Artisan Hot Chocolate for Autumn Evenings

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Here are the artisan hot chocolates we recommend for evenings when the season calls for comfort.

Few things capture autumn more completely than a well-crafted artisan hot chocolate.

For me, it is the dark richness of a high-cocoa, silky chocolate, without sprinkles or fuss, the sort of thing you might find in a small Parisian café, meant to be savoured slowly.

These makers approach their craft with care, sourcing, blending, and refining their recipes until the result is something memorable.

Here are the artisan hot chocolates we recommend for evenings when the season calls for comfort.

Pure Grated Chocolate Tube

By Harris & James

Family run business Harris & James have expanded from cafes, to coffee roasting, to crafting chocolate, all from their base in Beccles, Suffolk.

Their salted caramel hot chocolate flakes are the perfect sweet treat, guided by their brand principle of ‘More cacao, less sugar’.

Luxury Hot Chocolate

By Lottie Shaw's

There’s so much family baking history in Lottie Shaw’s of Yorkshire and their hot chocolate drops are the perfect choice for those who love a milkier hot chocolate taste.

The traditionally styled container looks beautiful on your counter top too.

White Choc

By Blendsmiths

It’s great to see friends Ryan and Chris going places with Blendsmiths, founded in 2017.

For lovers of white hot chocolate, this smooth velvety vegan white chocolate blend is made with creamy cocoa butter and has a delicious vanilla coconutty flavour.

Rose Petal Drinking Chocolate

By The Chocolatier

Delicate and decadent, this rose petal hot chocolate by Aneesh Popat, is rich and luxurious and just one of many innovative flavours.

His luxurious handmade chocolates are the choice of Michelin starred restaurants, royalty and luxury hotels.

44% Dark Hot Chocolate

By Harry's Hot Chocolate

Harry started a milkshake business when he was just 23 and this quickly grew into the Harry’s Hot Chocolate brand.

Together with Chloe and their little dog Ginny, this small-batch hot chocolate business in Cheshire offers a variety of delicious flavours of their sustainably-sourced chocolate.

Drinking Chocolate 70%

By Pump Street Chocolate

With tasting notes of almond and sour cherry, these chocolate flakes are so beautifully packaged they are the perfect gift for chocolate connoisseurs.

Father and daughter duo Chris and Joanna originally crafted their chocolate in their Suffolk based Pump Street Bakery and have since expanded into a factory supplying their chocolate around the world.

Venezuelan Black Cacao

By Willie's Cacao

Craft your own chocolate recipe with a block of 100% Cacao. Willie has been farming cacao in Venezuela since 1996 and you can’t get more direct bean to bar than this.

Not just for drinks, you can grate a little into all kinds of sweet and savoury dishes. A must have gift for all chefs.

60% Drinking Chocolate Box

By Rio Nuevo

Rio Nuevo is the choice for chocolate lovers who care about sustainability, with each purchase directly supporting cacao farmers.

Enjoy plastic-free packaging and a choice of hot chocolate intensity, from this pioneering Bcorp, based in Cornwall.

90% Hallmark Dark Hot Chocolate

By Bullion Chocolate

For lovers of dark hot chocolate, this 90% single origin hot chocolate by Max and the team at Bullion Chocolate in Sheffield is the perfect indulgence.

Known for their gold bullion style bars of award-winning chocolate, it’s no wonder they crafted award-winning hot choc too.

Few things capture autumn more completely than a well-crafted hot chocolate

I hope you’ve enjoyed discovering these makers. When you buy directly from their websites, your support goes straight to them and makes a real difference to their business.

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Lyndsey | Editor