The Amazing Chocolate Workshop

Chocolate That Looks Like Everything Except Chocolate.

The Amazing Chocolate Workshop was founded near Nottingham in 2014 by two friends — Mo and Ed — who started out at craft markets and have since sold over two million boxes across more than 20 countries. The concept is precise: make handcrafted chocolate objects that are so realistic, people do not immediately realise they are looking at chocolate. Tools. Cameras. Spanners. Cheese. Make-up. Cars. Over 100 products, each made with enough precision that the reaction when someone understands what they are holding is the entire point. The Nottingham Post called them quirky and very realistic. The Birmingham Press went further. The reviews largely confirm both.

The chocolate itself earns its place. Plain chocolate is made with Trinitario cocoa beans from Venezuela — a variety used in under 10% of worldwide production, sought after for its flavour complexity and used exclusively by premium producers. The result is 64% cocoa plain chocolate that is smooth and mellow without bitterness, alongside 37% cocoa milk and 30% cocoa white. All plain chocolate is vegan. Packaging is plastic-free, eco-friendly, compostable and recyclable, and won the UK's biggest packaging award for exactly those reasons. Boxes can be personalised. Orders dispatch within days.

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