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Competition! Win a box of delicious handmade chocolates
Friday, January 20th, 2012Facebook – like our Hot Chocolates page and update your status to “I want to drown in Hot Chocolates. Like Hot Chocolates to win a free box.”
Twitter – follow hotchocshop and tweet “I want to drown in Hot Chocolates – retweet and follow hotchocshop to win a free box.”
Join our mailing list – email me Sharon with the message “Sharon, I want to drown in Hot Chocolates!”
Why not do all three and triple your chances of winning! Competition closes Tuesday 31st January at midnight. Open to UK residents only.
Rose and Cointreau Truffles
Wednesday, November 9th, 2011
Special edition twelve rose and cointreau handmade chocolates covered in dark chocolate – the best of British and French – gorgeous!
Handmade Salted Caramels
Wednesday, November 9th, 2011
Sticky and dense handmade salted caramels using sea salt harvested from mineral rich seawater containing traces of important minerals such as calcium and magnesium. Enjoy with a cup of coffee after dinner.
Toffee Apple Chocolates
Friday, October 7th, 2011Just eaten one of my new Toffee Apple chocolates with a cup of coffee – Perfect! Feel de-stressed already. Whilst the kids are tucking into toffee apples relax with our version of the Autumn classic.
The Christmas Cake
Monday, August 29th, 2011
If I’d known you were coming I’d have baked a cake!
Rhubarb and Custard Chocolates
Tuesday, July 5th, 2011
Just made today by me and Mhairi! Rhubarb and Custard
Today in the Hot Chocolates Kitchen
Tuesday, June 28th, 201115% off Hot Chocolates
Monday, May 30th, 2011Edinburgh Evening News 23 April 2011 – Breaking the Mould
Friday, April 29th, 2011Self-taught chocolatier Sharon Grimshaw cooks up her sweet treats in her kitchen on Littlejohn Road, sending luscious aromas of her award-winning apple crumble chocolates and her quirky Lia Fail truffle – laced with Perthshire brewed beer – across neighbours’ gardens. She sells her bespoke, handmade creations through her HotChocolates website and demand is growing all the time. “I was making up little favours for my wedding guests and was so disappointed at the state of British chocolate available that I decided to make my own,” she recalls.
She began creating recipes based on traditional British puddings – including black forest cherry and an oat and whisky Cranachan-style chocolate. For Easter, she adapted the classic Simnel cake, with spices, nuts, marzipan and orange, and turned it into a mouthwatering white chocolate.
Boozy Apricot Crumbles
Tuesday, April 5th, 201112 gorgeous handmade apricot crumbles infused with Cointreau and Orange Cognac and covered in milk chocolate! Yes I know, a little extravagant, but when you make chocolates you have to be and they are at a special offer price too!



