Chocolate and Love – for could there be a better pairing?
There’s chocolate, and then there’s chocolate. The melt in your mouth, sumptuous kind. The kind you can save for a night in alone and devour almost devilishly so, rolling the flavours round on your tongue and savouring each and every bite. And such chocolate comes in the form of ‘Love and Chocolate.’ The brand is named aptly so, for their mouthwatering creations offer the effervescent satisfaction of a food-comatic love affair.
The aesthetically alluring and somewhat eye-catching packaging gives a sly glimpse into the exciting concoction of flavours beneath. No false beliefs lure you to the product, for even once you have deftly unwrapped your chocolate you are left with a product made from such a myriad of fine-quality ingredients it feels almost wrong to eat it. Although almost is the operative word.
This chocolate is smooth and delicate yet with a bite. It is no delicate one-taste-and-its-forgotten treat, this is something to savour, to enjoy and to cherish and something you won’t forget in a while.
The collection uses exceptional quality, organic and Fairtrade ingredients including cacao sourced directly from Peru, The Dominican Republic and Panama, cane sugar from Paraguay and Costa Rica, and bourbon vanilla from Madagascar to create seven mouth-watering luxurious variants. These are:
Panama – Single origin – Cocoa from Panama (80%)
Rich Dark – Cocoa from Peru and The Dominican Republic (71%)
Mint – Dark chocolate with peppermint crunch – Cocoa from Peru and The Dominican Republic (67%)
Orange – Dark chocolate with orange – Cocoa from Peru and The Dominican Republic (65%)
Coffee – Dark chocolate with Arabica coffee – Cocoa from Peru and The Dominican Republic (55%)
Dark chocolate with caramel and sea salt – Cocoa from Peru and The Dominican Republic (55%)
Creamy dark chocolate with cacao nibs – Cocoa from Peru and The Dominican Republic (55%)
Chocolate and Love has an impressive fifteen awards under their belt and are proud to be one of the few organic chocolate producers who have won a Great Taste Aware for every single chocolate within the range.
The brand was founded by couple Richard O’Connor and Birgitte Hovmand in 2010. Leaving behind corporate jobs as a surveyor and lawyer respectively, the couple followed their passion for chocolate and desire to develop a brand they could feel good about. Six years later they are proud to currently have the range stocked across 35 countries worldwide.
We caught up with Richard to find out a little bit more about the faces behind brand…
What made you decide to start up your business?
We wanted to make the best organic chocolate possible for our daughter Sophia
When you were a child, what did you want to be growing up?
An entrepreneur
What has been your proudest moment?
Flying solo in a small plane
What chocolate flavour do you wish existed? (Perhaps it’s one you’d look to make in the future!)
Chocolate infused with pistachio
I have no will power when it comes to…
Trying not to finish our Sea Salt chocolate bar. I have opened over 50 and not one has lasted more than three hours!
One thing I can’t live without…
My daughter
Best gift you’ve ever received?
£250 from my brother to do a diving course in Australia when I was 18 years old
Where you would like to be this time next year & this time in five years
Travelling for three months a year while running a great business
Your favourite place to visit in London
Duck and Waffle restaurant in Heron Tower – what a magical view of London
See Chocolate and Love’s full range here
Priced at just £2.99, this chocolate is a must-try for any chocolate lover for that something a little special.
