Easter is the traditional celebration for families to get together after the long winter months to celebrate spring and new beginnings, Easter 2021 is, again, going to be a bit different! Here at the Chocolate Emporium, we're going to make Easter as normal as possible and continue to bring you a fabulous range of luxury chocolate Easter eggs and treats. We would like to thank you SO much for your continued custom as we continue to bring you a lot of chocolate happiness. As well as a bit of chocolate indulgence this Easter, we thought you might like to try a bit...

What makes chocolate the perfect gift at Christmas? The short answer is because everybody loves chocolate, right? The long answer has many reasons; some steeped in tradition tracing back to the middle ages others relate it back to science, specifically a unique chemical aroma that our brains love – the rich chocolaty smells combined with the sweet smooth taste helps us to recapture happy memories. So, when did we start giving chocolate gifts at Christmas? Chocolate has been given as a gift for many centuries.  A tradition that dates back to ancient times when the Aztecs presented cups of chocolate...

We’re pleased to be able to bring you the NEW Salted Caramel Millk Chocolate Lindor from Lindt, which was recently launched in the UK, to the enormous delight of the great British chocolate lover.   The sweet and salty combination of caramel and chocolate has long been a pleasurable taste phenomenon and is one of the most popular flavours across our whole range.  People generally like the sweet sensation of chocolate because it brings pleasure and comfort, but topped with a subtle sprinkle of salt, it stimulates the taste buds to create an even more pleasurable experience! This is the...

Well, according to new data, Chocolate and Vodka! There’s been an inevitable increase in online shopping as lots of shoppers are switching from traditional buying methods, mostly through necessity as people are self-isolating, but also because a lot of high street shops selling these items have not been allowed to open at all! Now we’re all getting more savvy to ordering online, it appears that 40% of us are doing more online shopping – up from just 16% at the beginning of lockdown. Buying stuff we only ever bought in high street stores, another third of us are turning to...

Giving chocolates on Valentine’s Day is up there with a bunch of flowers and a romantic dinner for two as the preferred gift to celebrate the day.  It’s easy to understand why chocolate is one of the favourite ways to express love on Valentine’s Day!  Think of it as an edible declaration of Love that makes the recipients of Chocolate feel special. When did the Tradition of Giving Chocolate on Valentine's Day begin? The history of Valentine’s Day goes back to the Roman era but it wasn’t really until the 19th Century that chocolate became a staple fixture on this...