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July 27th, 2010

Chococo, The Purbeck Chocolate Co., has released their Christmas range of chocolates for the up coming festive season

With a range was created by Claire and Andy Burnet with help from their team of chocolate makers, these chocolates are all freshly handmade in Swanage, Dorset, from ethically sourced Venezuelan Carenero Superior bean chocolate and fresh Dorset Cream, Chococo uses local products, wherever possible.

The Christmas range features some inventive new chocolate concepts, including Christmas trees and a chocolate Christmas snow globe, as well as some new interpretations of Chococo favourites, including a new take on the Purbeck Marble Cake

The range includes 6 new chocolates designs, some of which are designed for consumers who are dairy intolerant and all the prices include delivery within the UK.

NEW Chococo’s Giant Purbeck Marble Cake Wreath (£27.95/850g)
Last year the cake was designed in the shape of a Christmas pudding, this year it is a Christmas wreath. The chocolate biscuit cake is hand decorated with cranberries, pistachios, almonds and pecan nuts. It is then finished off with white chocolate lines.

NEW Seasonal Selection Boxes (from £18.50 for a box of sixteenchocolates)
Flavoured chocolates with seasonal flavours including Christmas pudding and gingerbread, as well as some of their award-winning chocolates.

NEW Chococo’s Contemporary Chocolate Christmas Trees (£11.00/100g)
These cone shaped Christmas trees come in two different chocolate combinations, a milk chocolate tree and a dark chocolate tree. Both come presented in a clear tube with personalized ribbon through the lid as a loop, so they can be hung from a real Christmas tree.

The milk chocolate tree is hand decorated with white chocolate swirls and edible glitter. Inside, the tree is decorated with fizzing popping candy and naturally coloured chocolate beans. The dark chocolate version is hand decorated with dark chocolate swirls and edible glitter. Inside it is studded with roasted cocoa nibs and dried morello cherries – this tree is suitable for any consumers intolerant to dairy products.

NEW Chococo’s Chocolate Christmas Baubles (£14.50 for 3 /150g)
In the pack are three milk chocolate baubles, each studded inside with different treats. One has Chococo’s crunchy homemade honeycombe made with Dorset honey inside. The second has naturally coloured milk chocolate beans with popping candy and the third has a white chocolate snowman surrounded by edible ‘snow’ sugar sprinkles.

All come wrapped in Christmas foil presented in a clear tube with personalized ribbon on the top. Chococo will also be offering a set of dark chocolate Christmas baubles for kids and/or anyone intolerant to dairy products.

NEW Chococo’s Christmas Snow Globe (£15.50/125g)
This stunning globe is made from milk and white chocolate decorated with dark chocolate swirls, finished off with edible glitter. Inside sits a white chocolate snowman and a dark chocolate Christmas tree, surrounded by edible ‘snow’ sugar sprinkles. The globe comes sitting on a swirl patterned chocolate base.

NEW Chococo’s Honeycombe Star Lollies (£8.95 for 2 or £15.95 for 4/ 40g
each)
Based on Chococo’s honeycombe chocolate, these handmade star lollies are studded throughout with crumbled pieces of heather honey honeycombe. Decorated with milk chocolate swirls and a light dusting of edible gold.

Chococo’s Advent Selection Box (£25.95)
Twenty five fresh, handmade, chocolates, wrapped in a frosted, numbered sleeve, so that the chocolates can be tasted in date order.

The box includes the full range of Dorset cream truffles plus new flavours including Prune & Armagac, organic fresh prunes steeped in Armangac, and Claire’s Cranachan, Drambuie in a white chocolate ganache topped with a raspberry coulis. Also in the box are seasonal favourites such as cinnamon, nutmeg, marzipan, gingerbread and a sugar leaf-topped Christmas pudding to eat on Christmas day.

Chococo’s Venezuelan chocolate is ethically produced from bean to couverture in its country of origin by an independent company who pay above market prices for their beans from the Aprocao co-operative.

For more information click here to visit the website.

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