No matter religion, politics, culture or anything else that divides us, you can pretty much guarantee on one thing to reunite us; our love of chocolate. And from Easter to Christmas, it’s surprising how much we actually manage to weave chocolate into the fabrics of our lives. And while neither holiday would be complete without it, it’s time for chocolate to get a holiday of its own as 15-21 October marks chocolate week!
It’s the 14th consecutive year that this iconic week has been celebrated and it’s fair to say that everyone’s pretty excited about it. Chocolate Week was started to promote fine flavour chocolate, the independent artisan chocolatiers and the chocolate companies who work in direct partnership with cocoa farmers. It aims to encourage consumers to pay a fairer price for their chocolate and to better support the workers involved in the process.
And how should you celebrate? Well you could always bathe in a giant hot tub of melted chocolate, but we have a feeling that would create a bit of a mess! Instead, try baking a new chocolate-themed recipe, take a chocolate making class or grab yourself a chocolate flavoured cocktail (or a few). If you’re stuck on ways that you could celebrate on your own then don’t worry, because there are set to be hundreds of events happening from the large city festivals to the hotel chocolate workshops to the promos in local chocolate shops. We bet you’ll be able to get a few free tasters that week!
So wherever you are in the UK, there’s set to be a chocolate event near you. Most of them are in celebration of chocolate week but if you happen to be in Leeds then they’re already planning ahead for the Christmas period too! Discover a few local chocolate festivals on our Snizl feed.
Brighton Chocolate Festival 2018
BRIGHTON CHOCOLATE FESTIVAL – A TWO-DAY CELEBRATION OF CHOCOLATE with FREE ENTRY* to visitors on both days.
OPEN FROM 11AM – 5PM ON BOTH DAYS
Join us a we celebrate our love of chocolate at the Hilton Brighton Metropole on the 13th/14th October.
Fantastical Chocolate Festival Liverpool
A day of delectable confectionary, singalong live music and chocolatiers.
Stock up on the good stuff for your family and friends. Full of delicious treats and Willy Wonka inspired characters to keep the kids (and big kids) entertained all day.
Melton Mowbray Chocfest
There’s a treat in store for chocolate lovers when ChocFest returns to Melton Mowbray from 17-18 November 2018.
ChocFest is one of the UK’s most popular chocolate festivals and at this year’s event, there will be some of the finest chocolate and associated food and drink products to taste and buy from some of the UK’s best local producers.
The Chocolate Festival Leeds
The sweetest festival around! Join us in Leeds this Christmas for a festive session of cocolicious goodness. Sample a deliciously dynamic range of chocolate, speak with suppliers, purchase tasty treats for yourself or Christmas gifts for others, drop into one of our demo’s or talks from industry experts and enjoy a chocolate cocktail or two.
And if you don’t want to go all out with an event but do want to sample some really great, high quality chocolate then be sure to visit a local chocolatier. Cocoa Amore in Leicester is an award-winning chocolate shop who inject true craftsmanship into every bite and they make amazing gifts too! Or how about Studio Chocolate in Nottingham for a truly unique and special gift – whether it’s for someone you love or just a little treat for yourself! And not satisfied with just creating amazing chocolates, they also make celebration cakes too.
Cocoa Amore
The award winning hand made Chocolate shop in the heart of Leicester City Centre.
Studio Chocolate
With everything from gin and tonic truffles to pretty pumpkins, you’ll be sure to find something unique on our website where art and chocolate collide.
Mouth watering with all this talk of chocolate? Well you could win some for free! Simply enter our competitions below to be in with the chance of winning a tub of Celebrations or Quality Streets.
WIN – Tub of Celebrations Chocolates
As part of our Christmas Campaign, we are giving away a Tub of Celebrations Chocolates.
Launched by Mars in 1997, this chocolate collection has become a firm family favourite.
WIN – Quality Street Chocolate Tub
Here’s one for all you chocolate lovers out there!
We are giving away a 720g Tub of Quality Street Chocolate.
Good Luck, and don’t forget to share for extra entries.
One reply on “We’re Going Chocolate Mad for Chocolate Week!”
Thanks for mentioning ChocFest in Melton Mowbray. Expecting 7-8,000 visitors. Loads of chocolates and chocolate goodies. Matthew (organiser).