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Green & Black’s Organic Dark Chocolate Easter Egg

I was sent one of the absolutely delightful dark chocolate Easter eggs by Green & Black's and after opening it my whole front room seemed filled with the smell of the rich dark chocolate. That Dominican Republic chocolate has gotten ...

Velvet Edition from Green & Blacks – The Collection Reviewed

Velvet Edition from Green & Blacks – The Collection Reviewed

Green & Black's has created an whole new line of chocolate bars in dark chocolate. Their Velvet edition uses ethically sourced chocolate from Ghana. These bars have been created with no artificial colours, flavours and preservatives which means things like ...

Love Sweet Love – Chocolaty Sweet Treats and Wonderful Wines for Valentine’s Day 2016

It's a day when it is absolutely not worth the risk to take a chance on something you aren't sure of. Whether it is chocolate, wine, sweets or something else, it's a minefield choosing just the right thing for Valentine's ...

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Best Chocolate Cupcake Recipe Ever with Ultimate Chocolate Frosting Recipe

This recipe is adapted from one Craig Sams, founder of Green and Blacks, created for his bakery. It uses real chocolate in both the cupcake *and* the frosting. It is a bit fiddly but I think it is well worth ...

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Green & Blacks New Thins REVIEWED: 100g Chocolate Bars in Dark, Milk, Mint, and Salted Caramel

I have to admit to something - before I was sent these bars I had already tasted and judged them. It's hard to mistake the distinctive logo of G&B on bars, plus their distinctive leaf logo and so as the ...

Toledo Cacao Growers Association and Grupo Conacado: Cocoa Farmers Making a Difference

With chocolate making there is a lot of experimenting from how the beans are grown, through fermentation to how they are roasted, refined and conched. Sometimes experiments fail - but sometimes they lead to even better things. In 1985, during ...

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Luxury Tasting and Pairing Box Set from Green & Blacks

This year Green & Blacks' taste experts have been hard at work expanding their gifting range and are unveiling, just in time for Christmas, the brand new Green & Black's Organic Connoisseur Collection. It's a selection of Green & Blacks' ...

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Interview with Brandt Maybury Taste Specialist at Green & Black’s

I’m guessing that since you’re reading this blog you probably like, or perhaps even love, chocolate. It is that piece of delightful deliciousness that absolutely makes everything you go through worthwhile. Wouldn’t it be awesome therefore to have a job ...

Green Blacks Rum and Chocolate pairings with Young Diplomats

It isn't often that an event is run that I am able to attend where we are told the other side of the story. The perception of some who read this blog is that Green & Blacks have changed the ...

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Our Love Affair with Chocolate

From the ancient civilizations of Mesoamerica, to Homer Simpson and the Oompa Loompa's - chocolate is a divine, luxurious adventure for the taste-buds and the mind. Mind-blowing taste aside; how many times have you found yourself feeling angry, sad, overwhelmed, ...

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