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...

Don't resign yourself to eating grocery store confections for 24 days, treat yourself to some delicious quality chocolate!  Our exclusive handmade Lindt Lindor Advent Calendars are back in stock. . .  As if you need a reason to eat 24 Lindt chocolates! Whether you are religious or just happy it's the festive season, opening that little numbered door to reveal a delicious treat is still the best way to enjoy each day in December in the run-up to Christmas Day - especially if it reveals 24 different flavours of your favourite Lindt Lindor chocolates! We all love the anticipation of...

How will you be celebrating World Chocolate Day this year? Here at The Chocolate Emporium, we don’t need a special day to celebrate all things chocolate, but as World Chocolate Day falls on 7 July each year, we thought we would mark the occasion with some little known and sometimes whacky facts about this most revered sweet treat. We all know the fact that chocolate comes from the seed of the tropical Theobroma Cacao tree and Cacao has been cultivated for at least three millennia and grows in Mexico, Central America, and Northern South America, but here are some facts...

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...