Richard and his partner struggled to find quality, organic chocolate so they decided to make their own. They sourced excellent great quality chocolate and committed to pay a fair price to the growers sourcing their ingredients for their chocolate from certified Fairtrade co-operatives, as well as the cane sugar, vanilla and coffee (their Coffee Bar - 55% dark chocolate with coffee was in fact my favourite). Their cacao comes from Peru, The Dominican Republic - rich with notes of red berries and Panama - decadent and incredibly smooth. With the support of Fairtrade Premium the farmers can invest in their own communities including ensuring a supply of clean water.
Chocolate and Love has won Great Taste awards - 15 so far and they are confident of more in the future.
When I met Richard O/Connor he challenged me to taste his chocolate and not find it incredible. He was right - this chocolate is a rare treat.
This is not only a delicious collection but visually eye 'candy' as well! Richard and his partner Birgitte worked with designers in New York to produce the beautiful wrappers for their chocolate bars. The lovely floral wrappers are a delight with their cacao pods, cacao flowers, orange flowers, mint leaves, cocoa beans and so many other beautiful designs.
If you would like to win a box like the one above with four x 100g bars - one of each of Sea Salt (55% dark chocolate with caramel and sea salt), Filthy Rich (71% dark chocolate), Orange (65% dark chocolate with orange) and Creamy Dark (55% creamy dark chocolate and cacao nibs) then complete the Rafflecopter option below:-
I was sent a 4 bar selection box but was not required to write a positive review. All photos and opinions are my own.
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This chocolate indeed was delicious and the wrappers are so pretty.
ReplyDeleteMy favourite was the coffee one - I just love the wrappers too!
DeleteI love to eat it and sometimes it might make it into my cake x
ReplyDeleteThere is nothing quite like a home made chocolate cake made with great quality chocolate!!
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ReplyDeleteGreat news - keep following and hopefully entering my giveaways!
DeleteI love chocolate its delicious , I enjoy it most with a cup of tea. Thanks for the chance to win x
ReplyDeleteMy perfect moment is a sip of coffee and a square of great chocolate and just let it melt in my mouth.
DeleteI am not a great chocolate fan but the wrappers look so colourful and pretty.
ReplyDeleteThey are indeed beautiful wrappers designed just for this wonderful chocolate
DeleteI love to bake, and my favorite recipes have chocolate in them - brownies, pumpkin chocolate-chip muffins, chocolate-peanut-butter buckeyes, chocolate zucchini bread...
ReplyDeletepumpkin chocolate chip muffins - wow these sound amazing!
DeleteI do prefer to just eat it but also enjoy making chocolate cake or cheesecakes although some always ends up getting eaten while I'm cooking!
ReplyDeleteI find it hard to cook with it - it never lasts long in this house!
DeleteI like to eat ,drink ,bake and cook savoury dishes with it
ReplyDeleteI added some to a chilli I made recently - it just adds that special flavour!
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ReplyDeleteI like to eat ,drink ,bake and cook savoury dishes with it
ReplyDeleteI love cocoa rich chocolates, those look yummy with nice packaging.
ReplyDeleteThese chocolates are really lovely, they taste well bred if you know what I mean!
DeleteGreat giveaway! I do love chocolate and haven't tried out this brand before.
ReplyDeleteI only discovered them at the FairTrade Xmas show in July and really like them
DeleteGreat looking chocolate and gievaway!
ReplyDeleteThey taste as good as they look as well!
Deletelove the wrappers , very attractive and who says no to chocolates
ReplyDeleteThe wrappers are really pretty aren't they.
DeleteSounds delicious and I love the wrappers! I prefer to eat chocolate as it is :)
ReplyDeleteI like a square of chocolate and a sip of coffee and just let it melt in my mouth!
DeleteI"m following you on instagram - I love your beautiful sunflowers!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the instagram follow - the sunflower was self seeded by a bird probably
DeleteI intend to bake with it, but I have to get at least double or triple what I need because I love eating it plain, too!
ReplyDeleteGreat to have enough to nibble when you are cooking!
DeleteWhen it comes to dark chocolate I just love to eat it.
ReplyDeleteMy favourite is white chocolate which isn't really chocolate at all. Ironic!
DeleteI read about this chocolate recently in a magazine. It sounds delicious. I like eating squares straight from the packet :)
ReplyDeleteHope you win. Then you can try some!
DeleteI don't actually eat it myself - my husband loves chocolate though, as a snack or a dessert. And if he had these, I would totally grab the wrappers after he'd eaten the contents, as a crafter I'm sure I could use them, they are stunning
ReplyDeleteThe wrappers are so beautiful that I hate to open them!! Weird I know!
DeleteJust beautiful, would love yo try it.
ReplyDeleteYou really should try it Janice
DeleteI like to eat it most of all.
ReplyDeleteIn our household it is eating it, even when attempting a cake the chocolate gets eaten...
ReplyDeleteFollowing on Instagram @glennamy666
ReplyDeleteI eat it but also like to drink it too!
ReplyDeleteI use it in all three options
ReplyDeleteI love to eat chocolate
ReplyDeleteI love to simply eat chocolate - sometimes followed by a cold glass of milk for some reason!
ReplyDeleteI like it a little at a time - I make a large bar last a few days.
ReplyDeleteI aso love baking chocolate brownies.
I haven't cooked with chocolate, I just eat it, lots of it!
ReplyDeleteI can't decide between eating and baking, probably eating all the chocolate brownies I've baked with it though!
ReplyDeleteI really enjoy eating it, I am not much of a baker
ReplyDeleteI eat it and drink it , sometimes both at the same time.
ReplyDeletePrefer just to eat it but love an Irish cream hit chocolate on a cold winter night
ReplyDeletei do all three drink eat and bake but nothing beats chillin on the couch with a bar of chocolate following on instagram
ReplyDeleteI do love to bake with it but I just prefer to sit and eat it :)
ReplyDeleteI love chocolate in all its forms but more so in cakes!
ReplyDeleteFarhana
I love a square or 2 of a good quality chocolate with a coffee, and hot chocolate - but I don't like chocolate cake or mousse :)
ReplyDeleteI love eating chocolate and drinking hot chocolate and I've followed you on Instagram
ReplyDeleteI love doing all three! Eating, cooking with and drinking. Drinking is my favourite x
ReplyDeleteI love all 3 but most of all eating it straight out of the wrapper
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ReplyDeletefollowing on instagram- my favourite way to eat chocolate is on its own all at once!
ReplyDeleteI eat it & make cupcakes with it too :)
ReplyDeleteI love to eat a small bit after diner each night but love baking with it too!
ReplyDeleteI love to eat it, drink it, bake with it, put it in chillis, spread it on toast, every use you can think of really
ReplyDeleteMy favourite way to enjoy chocolate is in my homemade cherry and amaretto brownies!
ReplyDeleteI do everything with chocolate bar wear it. Great in baking, on it's own or as a drink. So many uses and so tasty
ReplyDeletelove to bake with it yum yum thankyou for the chance :)
ReplyDeleteI do like to bake with chocolate but I like to eat it more
ReplyDeleteDefinitely eat it ;) x
ReplyDeleteI just eat it... i like it simple :p
ReplyDeleteI love to eat chocolate :D
ReplyDeleteI love eating chocolate and I also enjoy baking with it.
ReplyDeleteI'm following on instagram and angiehoggett. I love to use chocolate in brownies and cakes
ReplyDeleteI do 'all of the above';) but nothing quite compares to just eating it in a chunky bar! I've followed on instagram. x
ReplyDeleteI love eating it whilst enjoying a film or a tv series, I do a bit of baking as well. But not much!
ReplyDeleteMostly I just eat it, but sometimes I like to bake it into things
ReplyDeleteI prefer just to eat it but do use chocolate for baking too.
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Well all 3 really, but my favourite is eating plain chocolate out the fridge. I love fridge chocolate!
ReplyDeleteLove making cornflakes cakes
ReplyDeleteI always have plans for chocolatey creations, but generally I just eat it as it comes!
ReplyDeleteI eat it, nothing beats some good quality chocolate melting slowly on your tongue.
ReplyDeleteI love to bake cornflakes cake with it
ReplyDeleteDrink it and eat it. Definitely bake with it as well, our favourite at the moment is Chocolate Hazelnut Ice Cream cheesecake.
ReplyDeleteI love to drink, eat and bake with chocolate but my favourite thing is to melt it and use as a dip for strawberries & marshmallows. Yummy treat!
ReplyDeleteIm huge chocolate fan! And these sound fab, love the packaging too!
ReplyDeleteDefiantly bake with water and dunk it loves me chocolate x
ReplyDeleteDefiantly bake with water and dunk it loves me chocolate x
ReplyDeleteI love chocolate in all forms, baked, to drink and to eat straight from the packet! Yum!
ReplyDeletemy twitter name is @carlychoc2 so as you can tell I do love a bit of chocolate! I bake with it, eat it, drink it and bath in it ;-)
ReplyDeleteI do follow already carlychoc2 on instagram :-)
DeleteBake *choccy fudge cake* & eat it whenever i can get my hands on it!
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I love chocolate best when it is melted, with marshmallows to dunk.
ReplyDeleteI love chocolate especially Galaxy, with a cup of tea and also I like to make chocolate cheesecake xxx
ReplyDeleteI love chocolate, eating or cooking with it
ReplyDeleteI like to bake with chocolate, and eat it too! :)
ReplyDeleteMainly just eat it! Nothing better than sitting down with a nice cup of tea and some quality chocolate :-)
ReplyDeletei eat it, bake with it and drink it !!! looovvvvveeeeee chocolate :)
ReplyDeleteI do everything with it- bake, eat and drink! Yum :)
ReplyDeleteI love to bake with it and just to eat it as well.
ReplyDeleteHave followed on instagram.
ReplyDeleteFollowing you on Instagram under username @catlovinkesh x
ReplyDeleteI love all forms of chocolate but my favourite is biting it from a bar with a glass of red wine :)
ReplyDeleteI love all forms of chocolate but my favourite is biting it from a bar with a glass of red wine :)
ReplyDeleteI just eat the chocolate, I'd love to bake with it but I can't seem to make it last that long.
ReplyDeleteI must admit my fave way to eat chocolate is to just ram it in my mouth lol
ReplyDeleteeating and baking
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ReplyDeleteI mostly just eat it! I can't be patient with chocolate :)
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ReplyDeleteI eat it bake wuth it but cant drink it dont like taste
ReplyDeletei eat eat eat eat eat eat eat it lol
ReplyDeleteI use it all three ways but my favourite is eating it :)
ReplyDeleteI am a total chocoholic! I love baking with chocolate, from making chocolate cakes with ganache icing, to chocolate brownies! I love a drinking chocolate made with hot milk and topped with cream and a flake, and of course, there is nothing nicer than an evening in either watching a good film or reading a book with a bar or box of choccies!
ReplyDeleteI follow your blog on instagram as coppelia100
ReplyDeleteThis is the best chocolate I have ever eaten, I use the sea salt one to bake with it gives an amazing flavour to chocolate cake and I eat the rest. The mint flavour is my favourite x
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DeleteBoth bake and eat it. Love hot choc drinks esp this time of year. Following on INSTAGRAM as @lorraine606s
ReplyDeleteEat it and drink it! #Yumm
ReplyDeleteI like to eat it, too much I'm afraid!! lol
ReplyDeletei bake with it but i taste it first so thats both
ReplyDeleteI just eat it
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Lynsey Buchanan
I bake, drink & eat it. I particularly love coffee flavoured chocolate🙉 Following on Instagram @Sparklett21
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