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Green and Black’s Velvet Edition and Pralines: Great Stocking Fillers

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We love Green & Black’s at Frost. We think they are the perfect stocking filler. Eating the chocolates yourself is probably a better idea…we joke, of course.

We tried the Praline milk chocolate, the velvet edition dark chocolate 70% cocoa and the organic milk collection. The latter is 12 miniature bars of milk and white chocolate. Each one is as delicious as the last. We highly recommend Green & Black’s this Christmas.

Following the launch of the luxurious Velvet Edition dark chocolate range, they have just created their very first chocolate praline boxes, the perfect present for chocolate lovers this Christmas. Each praline reveals a whole hazelnut in the middle, wrapped in decadent truffle filling and covered in a layer of either milk or dark chocolate, to suit all tastes. They’ve just launched exclusively in Tesco.

Toastie Toes for all the Family with Totes

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It still not too late to buy just one more stocking filler. Go on, you know you want to.

Take a look at Totes latest collection if you haven’t given a thought to slipper socks for a while. Everyone is loving the sentiment of Danish Hygge and Totes are totally on trend with their slipper socks for all the family.

Totes slipper sox are the perfect gift to slip in Santa’s stocking and well worth going over budget for.

Dads, sons, brothers and uncles will love the latest style and no need to worry about queuing for returns because you got the wrong size – one size fits all. The sherpa lined Fair Isle men’s chunky sox have the most fabulous design on the outside and are fluffy and warm on the inside. A gift that may well make its way from his drawer into hers. RRP £16.00

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There are many great choices for the ladies too so it’s a win-win all round. Fair Isle Berry caught my eye and the bright jewel colours will cheer up the drab winter evenings. I love the fluffy linings that keep feet particularly warm. A brilliant asset if you suffer from cold feet and don’t want to wear slippers. RRP £15.00

Ones for the kids too – we don’t want to leave anyone out. Twin packs for boys and girls in a variety of designs that come packaged in a gift box so easy to wrap. RRP £8.00

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Unisex Christmas slipper sox will go down a treat on Christmas Day. Bright, fun designs and with slip resistant tread, perfect for when they are racing around the kitchen chasing the dog. Three different sizes : ages 1-3, 3-6, 7-10 RRP £8.00

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And, last but not least, how about these cute little slippers for the baby of the house. They come in four sizes and two adorable choices – zebra or lamb. They also have the same slip resistant soles and warm linings.

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Plenty to choose from and if your order is over £30.00 you get free delivery.

So there’s no reason for anyone to get cold feet this winter.

www.totes.co.uk

 

 

 

Stocking Filler Ideas For Christmas

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Let’s be honest, Christmas is just not the same without a stocking. Here are our picks.

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Pure Reship Oil from Nelsons

Pure Rosehip Oil is a must have. Made from 100% pure Rosehip Oil, cold pressed to create the highest grade product, the richness of the Rosehip makes it wonderful for dry skin. Rosehip Oil was also reportedly favoured by Kate Middleton during her second pregnancy making her look radiant throughout, so it’s the perfect stocking filler for those who love to take care of their skin.   

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You can even keep a cool head over the busy festive period with Rescue Plus Lozenge. Whether you’redoing final checks on the turkey or flitting between family members, ensuring their Christmas spirit is still going strong, Rescue PlusLozenge has a soothing orange and elderflower liquid centre and contains pantothenic acid (vitamin B5) which helps support normal mental performance.

 

Christmas can be a hectic time, so help friends and family take a moment to unwind and enjoy the festivities, by putting Rescue Plus Spearmint Chewing Gum in their stockings. With the act of chewing suggested to help calm and relax the mind, RESCUE Spearmint Chewing Gum, with its liquid flower essences centre, is both a handbag and desk essential.

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The winter months can often be harsh on hands and skin, so treat your friends and family to Nelsons Calendula Cream in their stockings this Christmas. Containing natural extract of calendula and known for its skin conditioning properties, it will leave their hands and skin in tip top condition, ensuring they look and feel their best throughout the festive period.

RESCUE, Nelsons arnicare and Nelsons Calendula are all available from Sainsbury’s, independent pharmacies and health food stores, grocery stores nationwide and online at www.amazon.co.uk.

We are fans of all. 

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Lord & Berry Crayon Lipstick

Lord & Berry 20100 Lipstick Crayon’s are streamlined lipstick pencils, the perfect size to fit in your travel makeup bag. They’re small in size but pack a punch with colour. Perfect stocking gifts.

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by Sainsbury’s Small Hot Water Bottle with Socks

We really loves these. So comfy and fluffy. from sainsburys.co.uk

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By Sainsbury’s sweet shop
Great retro sweets in great jars and a caddy. A good gift from sainsburys.co.uk

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by Sainsbury’s Copper Coated Measuring Cups

Take the guess work out of cooking with these beautiful, yet functional measuring cups. From sainsburys.co.uk

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Paw Paw Papaya

A great moisturising balm from Australia. Enriched with Bio Active Manuka Honey 20+, this is a topical balm that soothes, relieves and moisturises dry, sensitive skin. Great for chapped lips. It has no parabens and no sulphates. It can even be used on children and those with eczema, psoriasis and dermatitis.

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Jojoba 100% Natural Jojoba + Rosehip Oil

Wonderful stuff that makes a difference to skin. 100% natural. Great for dry skin, strechmarks, scars and hair. Can be used on all skin types.

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PMB Moustache Wax

One for the well groomed men. Pall Mall Barbers Sandalwood & Clove Moustache Wax

A must-have product for men with facial hair, the moustache wax is designed with only the finest ingredients in mind. Naturally found in essential oils, our firm hold wax helps keep your moustache fixed in place all day long, as well as helping to moisturise and neaten the facial hair. Developed with their classic signature London barber fragrance of sandalwood and clove, skin is left with a subtle scent lasting all day long.  Available from Pall Mall Barbers stores and http://www.pallmallbarbers.co.uk

 

No Stocking would be complete without some sweet stuff. We recommend…

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Mr Stanley’s Salted Almond Brittle

A bit different and very yummy.

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Mr Stanley’s White Chocolate Matches With Popping Candy

Unique and delicious. The popping candy is very subtle.

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Mr Stanley’s Salted Chocolate Truffle Fudge

These were wolfed down quickly at Frost HQ. The best fudge we have ever tasted.

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Mr Stanley’s Gummy Gingerbread Men

Original and they taste great.

All from mrstanleys.co.uk

 

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Carluccio’s Fichi Al Rhum

Chocolate coated fig, rum and walnut bar. Wonderfully boozy. Perfect for Christmas. A winner.

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Swizzles Drumsticks

A classic.

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Swizzles Drumstick Squashies

Another classic but with a (relatively) new twist. We LOVE these.

 

Ecoffee Cup – The Natural Reusable

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Looking for a stocking filler? The perfect choice  for the Secret Santa? For an original, beautifully designed, practical gift, look no further than Ecoffee Cup. After all, how many of us grab a coffee on the way to work? With over 100 billion single-use coffee cups going to landfill every year globally the Ecoffee Cup is the perfect choice for those looking for Christmas gifts with a conscience.

Made with natural, organic and biodegradable bamboo fibre, the Ecoffee Cup is sturdy yet light, is naturally sterile, has a resealable and ‘drip proof’ lid and is fully dishwasher safe.

The cup will last for years if treated nicely (it can split if stepped or sat on). However, it is not suitable for microwave use.

Created with the world’s fastest-growing, most sustainable crop – naturally organic, bamboo fibre – and non-GMO corn starch, Ecoffee Cup is BPA and phthalate free. It’s the Natural Reusable.

The Ecoffee Cup feels a bit like thick, yet light cardboard. Nice to hold and gorgeous to look at.

And if that wasn’t enough the cup is biodegradable; when it has reached the end of its lifecycle – simply crush it, soak it in boiling water and bury it with organic compost. So no more faded plastic cups lurking in your cupboards or sitting for years in landfill.

Available in a wide range of fun, vibrant designs; from block colours, striped or spotted, to geometric, feather or floral patterns prices start at £9.95.

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We particularly like the recently launched William Morris collection with 14oz cups priced at £11.95

We tested it here at the Frost offices and happy to say the Ecoffee Cup doesn’t taint the coffee, unlike many plastic reusables. It looks great, feels good to hold and is easy to store in your bag.

For more information or to purchase your Ecoffee Cup, go to www.ecoff.ee.

Bimbamboo Children’s Dining Sets From Ecoffee

And if you are looking for something to delight the little people in your life why not take a look at the Bimbamboo dining range for children.

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Perfect for tiny tots. It looks and feels great, the designs are colourful and cheerful and our little band of testers enjoyed using them. Designs in the range are Owls, Robots, Transport, Hot Air Balloons and Animals.  Made from the same natural, organic and biodegradable bamboo fibre as the Ecoffee cup, they are kind to the environment and look so much better than many of the plastic versions available.

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Each set includes a divider plate, a bowl and handled cup.

They’re also naturally sterile – making them the ideal surface for serving kids’ food. We loved them.

Priced at £15 per set

Last Minute Christmas Gift Guide for Mums: Chambord & Licor 43

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chambordchambordandlicor43Panicking about what to get mum for Christmas? These two make great stocking fillers or proper presents for mum: Licor 43 (the premium, Spanish liqueur) and Chambord (the premium French Black Raspberry liqueur). The Chambord 20cl bottle is available in a beautiful gold box, and is the perfect stocking filler. It retails at all major supermarkets throughout the UK for just £7.50. Licor 43 70cl (700ml) bottle is available from ASDA stores and asda.com nationwide as well as through www.drinksupermarket.com with an RRP of £17.50-£17.99.

 

Cocktail recipe ideas below. 

Licor 43 winter serves for 2015

 

Mulled Wine 43

  • 50 ml Licor 43
  • 125 ml shiraz
  • 15 ml lemon juice
  • 1x sugar cube
  • 4 dashes of angostura bitters
  • 4 dashes of orange bitters
  • 1x cinnamon stick

Soak sugar cube in both bitters, place soaked cube, lemon juice and wine into a pan and place on the hob until hot. Add Licor 43 and pour into a balon glass. Garnish with a cinnamon stick.

 

Spiced Cider

  • 50ml Licor 43
  • 125ml cider (apple or pear)
  • 15ml lemon juice
  • 2x barspoons of honey
  • 4 dashes of angostura bitters
  • 4x dashes of orange bitters

Place all the ingredients, except the Licor 43 into a pan and heat on the hob until warm. Add the Licor 43 and pour into a balon glass.

 

Spanish 43 Coffee 

• 25ml Licor 43
• Black coffee
• Whipped cream
• Cocoa powder

Warm the Licor 43 and pour into the coffee. Top carefully with the whipped cream and garnish with cocoa powder.

 

 

Chambord Royale

You take the fizz, you top with Chambord, and puff! Now watch the bubbles storm.

Ingredients 

  • Chambord Black Raspberry Liqueur
  • Champagne, prosecco or cava

Method
Pour your favourite fizz into a flute glass and top with Chambord. Garnish with a raspberry.

 

French Martini

Christmas calls for a classic cocktail. Take pineapple juice and shake, shake, shake it with Chambord and vodka and voila! You have the French Martini.

Ingredients 

  • 15ml Chambord Black Raspberry Liqueur
  • 50ml vodka
  • 60ml pineapple Juice

Method
Vigorously shake Chambord with vodka, pineapple juice and plenty of ice.

 

Chambord Very Berry

Brrr. When the snow is cold but the fire is burning, warm your hands with a Chambord Very Berry.

Ingredients 

  • 25ml Chambord Black Raspberry Liqueur
  • 125ml red wine
  • 25ml fresh lemon juice
  • Spoonful of sugar
  • 3 raspberries
  • Slice of lemon studded with cloves

Method

Crush raspberries in a wine glass with sugar, then add Chambord, wine, and lemon juice. Top with hot water and garnish with a slice of lemon.

For more inspiration visit www.facebook.com/ChambordUK

The Christmas tree looks best when there are presents beneath it. Wish your friends and family Joyeux Noel with a 20cl bottle of Chambord packaged in a beautiful gold box. Available from all major supermarkets (asda.com, tesco.com, sainsburys.co.uk) throughout the UK. RRP: £7.50. Bon!

 

 

 

 

Christmas Gift List: Stocking Fillers

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Ah, the Christmas stocking. It may be filled with satsumas but that is all part of the charm. Along with a dose of vitamin C, add these great gifts.

Milk_Shake Daily Duo Gift Set.

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A bestselling environmentally conscious brand. Professional hair products which combine the benefits of milk and fruit. From www.milkshakehaircare.co.uk

Dearest Margarita: An Edwardian Love Story in Postcards
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Smart and original. This is a great present with hours of fun to be had. In 1900, aged twenty and travelling from Havana to Europe, Margarita Johnson met and fell in love with the dashing gold prospector Charles Lumb. Her father disapproved, and after three years of secret postcards, the couple eloped to London. Cut out of her father’s will, Margarita was never welcomed again in Havana.

Margarita treasured her postcards from Charles, her family and friends, who wrote from England America and Europe. They remained with her until she died in 1959. Years later they were found by her granddaughter, tucked away in a cubby hole, and are here seen for the first time.

Dearest Margarita: An Edwardian Love Story in Postcards is available here.

 

Billington’s & Paul A Young’s Golden Sugar-Coated Caramel Bombs

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So delicious, so amazing they might actually be worth diabetes. Okay, maybe not. But these exclusive truffles are definitely something to look forward to. If you really love someone, slip them into their stocking. £15.50 at Paul A Young’s stores.

 

 Sugru Home Hacks Made Easy Guides.

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The guides are as great as the Sugru. Okay, maybe not: it would be hard to match up to what Time Magazine listed as no. 22 in their Top 50 inventions list in 2010 (the iPad was no. 34). For mums who love to mend, dads who like to organise or colleagues who like to be up on the latest trends, the Sugru Home Hacks Made Easy guides designed to help with everything from misplaced keys and fraying cables to broken parts and even some genius shoe storage ideas. It’s the perfect gift for anybody who loves a good idea.Compiled by mouldable glue Sugru (often described as the love child between Play-doh and superglue), the guide comes complete with booklet, dinky storage tin and five mini packs of Sugru to get you started – all for £10.00 and available exclusively at Sugru.com.

 

Accentuate.

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This rather cool game got funding from Peter Jones on Dragon’s Den. You guess movie quotes, accents and the year the film was released for triple points. A great game to make boxing day more fun. Accentuate Party Game is available here.

Wine For Dummies

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Wine For Dummies, 6th Edition by Ed McCarthy and Mary Ewing-Mulligan

Wine For Dummies, is essential reading for anyone who enjoys drinking wine and wants to stay up to date with today’s wine scene. This easy-to-follow guide will help readers understand different grape varieties and varying wine styles, decipher wine lists and labels, and understand how to use them to make the right purchases. It also explains how to match food with wines that will bring out the best in both and how to select, store, open, pour, and enjoy wine. Wine For Dummies is available here. . A great book that tells you all you need to know about wine.

The Gourmet Chocolate Pizza Company Belgian Chocolate Pizza Slice

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Belgian Chocolate Pizza Slice – £2.99 from family run thepresentfinder.co.uk

Delicious pizza slice made with a thick base of chocolate, topped with vanilla fudge pieces, chunks of chocolate brownie cookie and white chocolate curls.

 

Walk Mill Botanics

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Naturally beautiful handmade products. Walk Mill Botanics do homegrown, handmade products for body and home. Their products are unique. Their handmade soap comes in recycled cloth embedded in flower seeds. You tear it, plant it and then watch it grow. Smart, unique and innovative. These natural products are amazing and smell divine. They are also SLS and paraben free. We tried there Blackcurrant & Honey With Ginger Handmade soap and Lavender bath bomb and loved them. Available from http://walkmillbotanics.com

 

One4all Remote

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One4all remote+

Great, easy-to-use universal remotes. Perfect for those who are technically challenged. The new One For All TV Zapper is a simplified, easy TV remote featuring only the keys you actually need but still performs the functions of a universal remote control.  And it has a really comfortable grip and guaranteed stability on your or your loved one’s side table – so it’s easy to pick up and use. For something a little more advanced, the  Zapper +  has the ability to use One For All SimpleSet for advanced functionality, including menu navigation and number keys for direct Channel selection. With big buttons for channel and volume controls, these remotes have been twinned with an optional wrist strap so it doesn’t go missing down the side or back of the easy chair or sofa.

At very affordable prices, the One For All TV Zapper (URC 6810) retails at £12.99 and the Zapper + (URC 6820) at £17.99 from electrical retailers, selected grocery multiples including Currys (URC 6820) and online from the One ForAll web shop and Amazon.

 

Gin & Tonic flavoured Lip Balm 

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Gin & Tonic flavoured Lip Balm – £4.99 from family run thepresentfinder.co.uk

A great idea and beautifully packaged. This luxury Gin and Tonic flavoured lip balm is simply gorgeous. Made in the UK, by Bath house, the moisture-rich shea and cocoa butter balm, made with natural butters and extracts, will leave your lips feeling smooth and soothed.

 

Eat 17 Bacon Jam

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Eat 17 Bacon Jam .Set of Four – £14.99 from family run thepresentfinder.co.uk

Delicious and something a bit different. The set of four is a great gift for a foodie friend or as a stocking filler! Each of the jams go well with a huge range of dishes and can be eaten as a spread so there is a place for Eat 17 Jam on the table all the time! Included are Bacon, Onion, Bacon Chilli and Chorizo Jams.

 

More Mindfulness Colouring. 

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Adult colouring books are huge at the moment and More Mindfullness Colouring is perfect for relaxing and taking care of your mental health, something that can definitely be tested at Christmas.

More Mindfulness Colouring: More anti-stress art therapy for busy people is available here.

 

Raisthorpe Manor’s Sloe Gin and Damson Port.

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Dreaming of a white Christmas? If the weather doesn’t oblige, you can create your own sloe-storm with a gift of Raisthorpe Manor’s Sloe Gin – a Great Taste gold winner. Carefully matured for eight months on the Raisthorpe Estate in the heart of Hockney’s Yorkshire Wolds to an old (and secret) family recipe, Raisthorpe’s Sloe Gin offers that unmistakably complex combination of bitter-sweet London Gin and the tart tang of sloes, and is at home in the flute as it is in the hip flask.

Damson Port

Damson Port, hand crafted in Yorkshire, is one of the UK’s most unique bottled liqueurs and was rated top of its class for taste, winning three gold stars from the Great Taste judges in 2014.Only the finest hand -picked local damsons go into each bottle and are gently steeped in Port with a dash of sugar to a secret family recipe. Its wonderful balance of sweetness, luscious fruit and hint of damson stone is the perfect foil for a cheeseboard, turkey and all the trimmings, or on its own after dinner. It’s sure to leave any recipient in good spirits. Available in 5cl, 35cl or 70cl bottles: £3.95/£16.95/£24.95

We tried both of these delicious liqueurs and were very impressed. Delicious beyond words and a truly brilliant present. Frost loves.

Raisthorpe Manor Liqueur is available here.

 

Grumpy Cat No-it-All Book

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Fun and hilarious. We loved this. It really puts a smile on the face. Grumpy Cat: No-it-All: Everything You Need to No is available here.

 

Heir & Grace Mulled Oranges Candle.

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Created just for Christmas but can be used all year round. This is beautiful, just absolutely stunning. It smells divine and is just so christmassy it can’t help but make you smile. The ideal gift for anyone. Has warming noted of nutmeg, cinnamon and clove, a glazed orange heart underpins the festivity. This is a Christmas classic.

http://heirandgrace.co.uk

 

 

Hans Sloane Drinking Chocolate Review

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We got quite excited when a box of Hans Sloane Drinking Chocolate come to Frost HQ. It looks amazing first of all. It is very unique as the drinking chocolate is in the form of beads and, just in time for Christmas, a bauble filled with chocolate beads. You just put the beads into hot water or milk and stir. They come in award-winning 70% Ecuador, 67% Madagascan and Honey flavour, as well as Smooth Milk and Rich Dark. It is hard to pick a favourite. They all taste so delicious. I hope to get some of these in my Christmas stocking as this lot will definitely be finished by then. Amazing drinking chocolate.

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Hans Sloane Drinking Chocolate is the only hot chocolate product to be made from pure chocolate beads. Their company mission is to bring the taste of chocolate back to drinking chocolate and their beads melt perfectly in hot milk or water to create a richer chocolate drink. Named after the man who pioneered drinking chocolate in Europe in the seventeenth century, Hans Sloane continue to innovate the hot chocolate market.

Sir Hans Sloane was a chocolate pioneer. In the late 17th century, after tasting drinking chocolate in Jamaica he came up with the idea of combining it with milk to make it more palatable. He brought his recipe back to England, initially as a medicine, but it soon became the way people consumed hot chocolate in Europe.

Four centuries later, the name Hans Sloane continues to be synonymous with innovation. Hans Sloane Drinking Chocolate is the only hot chocolate product to be made from pure chocolate beads. Their company mission is to bring the taste of chocolate back to drinking chocolate and their beads melt perfectly in hot milk or water to create a richer chocolate drink.
Available in 270g packs, Hans Sloane Drinking Chocolate comes in five varieties, including the Great Taste Award-winning Smooth Milk, Rich Dark, Madagascar 67% and Ecuador 70%, as well as their unique Natural Honey. 1 kg catering packs for baristas and cafes are also available in Smooth Milk and Rich Dark.

This autumn sees the launch of the perfect stocking filler for Christmas – Hans Sloane’s handmade single-serve Christmas Bauble and Cocoa Pod, each filled with chocolate beads. Simply shake to hear the chocolate beads inside before popping the bauble/pod into a cup and adding hot milk or water.

Retro Swizzels Sweets Review

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When I was growing up I spent a large amount of my pocket money on swizzels sweets. Their iconic sweets are all included in their Sweet Shop Favourites tin and gift box: love hearts, refreshers, fruity pops, drumsticks, parma violets. The tin also has fizzers, two double-dips and two of the latest additions: drumstick and refreshers squashies. If you haven’t tried them yet, you don’t know what you are missing. They also have a One Direction tube of love hearts. Perfect for any 1D obsessed family members.

Iconic family-owned British sweet makers Swizzels have an array of Christmas crackers available this festive season. They are great stocking fillers and they also have amazing tins for the whole family to share.

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Available from tesco.com