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 Chococo Milk & Dark Christmas Trees filled with chocolate presents

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NEW Chococo Milk & Dark Christmas Trees filled with chocolate presents (£19.50/200g each) – Stylish faceted chocolate trees, each with four delicious chocolate gems hiding inside. Perfect for the family to share with chocolate to suit everyone! Each is hand-decorated with speckles of cocoa butter ‘snow’.  Each is wrapped in tissue inside a recyclable kraft cardboard box.

47% Colombia origin Milk Chocolate Tree – this rich yet creamy, low sugar milk chocolate tree has award-winning Gingerbread Caramels and Milk Orange gems inside. Make a difference this Christmas with our Milk Chocolate Christmas Tree. Every Milk Chocolate Christmas Tree purchased = 1 tree planted with the charity Just One  Tree. https://www.chococo.co.uk/charity-milk-chocolate-tree.html

72% Ecuador origin Dark Chocolate Tree – this dark chocolate tree with smooth mellow cocoa notes has  spiced Speculaas Caramels and tangy Dark Orange gems inside. Make a difference this Christmas with our Dark Chocolate Christmas Tree. Every Dark Chocolate Christmas Tree purchased = 1 tree planted with the charity Just One  Tree.  https://www.chococo.co.uk/charity-dark-chocolate-christmas-tree.html

Background: 

Multi award-winning, Dorset-based, independent, chocolatier Chococo celebrates its 20th birthday with this contemporary range of Christmas chocolates to delight family and friends this year. The range is handcrafted in Dorset by a principled bunch of chocolate lovers, led by founders Claire and Andy Burnet, all passionate about creating truly delicious chocolates which both taste good and do good.

NEW for this year are exciting flavours in Chococo’s Festive Boxes, a new range of chocolate Santas, new chocolate baubles and new chocolate Christmas trees. Also included are gifts to share, chocolate biscuit cakes and its ever-popular chocolate salami. Importantly, all the items come in 100% plastic-free packaging. Chococo cares about the impact of its packaging on the environment and always has done – 100% of their packaging, including their mail order boxes, is plastic-free and is either recyclable, compostable or reusable.

All Chococo’s chocolate is sustainably sourced, from its Cocoa Horizons verified chocolate made with 100% sustainably sourced cocoa, to Direct & Raisetrade chocolate produced in country of origin for Chococo by their partners Martinetti Cocoa in Ecuador, Luker Chocolate in Colombia and Chocolaterie Robert in Madagascar.

Paxton & Whitfield – the UK’s oldest cheesemonger

Paxton & Whitfield, the UK’s oldest cheesemonger has the best cheese you can eat. There are a lot of wonderful Christmas gifts available this year from them.
 
 
  1. Christmas Cheese Selection – a selection of cheese perfect for the festive table including the NEW and EXCLUSIVE Cullum 
  2. Hampers & Gift Packs – a superb range of NEW gift packs and hampers  
  3. Cheese Accompaniments & Cheese Homewares – everything you could possibly want for your cheese serving needs 
  4. Cheese Club – Paxton & Whitfield’s original cheese club along with a NEW three month subscription 
  5. Cheese Advent Calendar – Paxton’s NEW & IMPROVED cheese advent calendar for 2022 

Maggie O’Farrell’s new children’s picture book, THE BOY WHO LOST HIS SPARK for the children in your life. 

Beautifully brought to life by illustrator Daniela Jaglenka Terrazzini, the story follows Jem as he struggles to find a sense of belonging after his family’s recent move from the city to the countryside. When mischief and chaos ensue wherever he goes, his sister believes it to be the work of the “nouka” – can these mythical creatures help Jem find comfort in his new home?

Maggie O’Farrell’s second book for children, beautifully brought to life by Daniela Terrazzini, explores how we deal with pain, loneliness and tough emotions when we face changes and challenges – whatever our age.

 

The story is set in the lush green hilly countryside, which are modelled on Arthur’s Seat, the iconic landmark in Edinburgh, where Maggie lives.

 

When Jem and his family first move to a small town, he struggles with his new life. The unhappier he grows, the stranger things become … mischief and chaos seems to bloom everywhere. His sister Verity is sure it is the work of a “nouka”, an ancient creature that lives deep down inside the hill; a creature forged from the sparks of a long-extinct volcano. Jem is adamant – there is no such thing.

 

But it is through the magic and mayhem of this small mystical creature that Jem finally finds a sense of belonging, a sense of home. He, once more, discovers a spark of magic. A beautiful and atmospheric long-form picture book set against a dramatic backdrop of an ancient hillside and the mysterious mood-affecting creature that lives within.