All About Us

We are not some big corporation, we are a husband & wife-led team who make chocolates because we love it.

We are proud of being ethical chocolate makers as, just as we care about the taste of our finished chocolates, we also care about the bigger picture - about where the ingredients come from and the people who produce them.

In our former lives, we both worked for large companies in marketing and finance roles so opening for business in December 2002 was a complete change of direction for us both.

Why did we make the leap?
Because we love fine quality chocolate, fresh food and Purbeck, this beautiful part of Dorset.

What are we passionate about?

Provenance – We only work with origin chocolate made with the finest cocoa beans, we use local Dorset produce, including the fresh cream for our ganaches, as much as possible and where we can’t go local, we try to source ethically produced ingredients.

Freshness – our fresh Dorset cream truffles & chocolates are best eaten as soon as possible as they are a fresh product, but they will keep for up to 2 weeks - if you can manage to hold back for that long….

Purity – we believe quite simply that pure food tastes better - so we don’t put any preservatives into our chocolates, so that you can discover the joy of tasting purity.

 

	Our Purity Promise: you will never find any such added ingredients as sorbitol, glucose syrup, neutral alcohol or any other substances commonly used in the industry to extend shelf life (although they will try to tell you that those ingredients are there for other reasons), in our fresh cream filled chocolates. We strongly believe that these preservatives adulterate the purity, taste & mouth feel experience of eating a truly pure fresh cream chocolate or truffle….accept nothing less!

How do we make our chocolates?

The artisan way, by hand.

All our truffles are piped, dipped in chocolate & then rolled in their appropriate finish by hand.

Our moulded chocolates are moulded & filled by hand, our enrobed chocolates are all hand-dipped, and all decorative finishes are added by hand.

We even hand-dip our dried fruits….are we mad or what!

Where are we?

“Cocoa Central”, our factory & shop is tucked away down a lane in the centre of Swanage.

Our “factory” (a rather grand title for a somewhat compact & bijou room) has a large viewing window through which you are welcome to watch us in action if you are ever in Swanage.

Our shop opposite is open Monday to Saturday year round.

Click here for directions.