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Festive Season 2026

How does pre-ordering work?

We are a fresh chocolate business and want to deliver the best quality, freshest chocolates to you for the festive season. If you wish to PRE-ORDER chocolates for Christmas, please make sure you place your order in our Festive Shop.  We will start to

How long will my festive chocolates last?

We are already busy making special batches of chocolates for the festive season. All festive orders will stay deliciously fresh until at least the 25 January 2026 - although we don't think you'll need that long!

What is the latest date I can order for Christmas?

The entire festive range comes with free standard delivery over £18 (3 pouches or more!).  Order now from our Christmas shop and your chocolates will be deliciously fresh until at least 10 January 2027. Last confident order date for standard delivery

Can I still order after 16th December?

Yes - our site will not close! If you're happy to take a chance, we recommend ordering with EXPRESS shipping after this date and we will do our best to your chocolates to you in time for Christmas. But, it is best to order sooner if you can!

What do your festive packs look like?

We have added some premium festive touches to our packaging for Christmas. - The pouch range comes in premium red tissue paper with festive detailing. - The jar range has premium red festive labels and is sent with recyclable deep black sizzle-paper

I am buying my chocolates as a gift. Can I include a message?

Yes, absolutely!. You will be given the option to leave a short message (up to 200 characters) while your products are still in your basket, i.e. BEFORE you check out.  You won’t see your message again at checkout, but don’t worry–if you have entered

I am pre-ordering for Christmas. Can I specify delivery on a particular day?

Firstly, if you want to make a pre-order for Christmas, please be sure to order from our Christmas Shop! (During November we will be continuing to ship as usual from our regular Chocolate Shop). We will be sending out all our pre-orders starting 3rd

Can I put my chocolates under the Christmas tree?

Treat our chocolates like any other fresh product. Please keep them chilled for as long as possible!. We would recommend that you keep them refrigerated and slip them under the tree on Christmas morning, especially if your tree is in a warm room or a

Will you be keeping the new Seville Orange flavour in your range after Christmas?

Our Seville Orange is a special edition limited flavour for the winter - so once it's gone, it's gone! But keep your eyes peeled for new flavours in the New Year...

How does your Corporate and bulk ordering work?

We have prepared our 'top 5 offers' for bulk and corporate gifting - see the menu item in our Christmas Shop here. We can offer a bespoke service for these larger scale orders - perhaps you would like each gift to include some branded messaging, or e

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