Chocolate Treat Club

Head over to https://www.facebook.com/republicofcocoa/ for your chance to win a giant bar of Christmas chocolate!

We are very sorry to announce that we are suspending Chocolate Treat Club with immediate effect. Unfortunately we have had a number of technical issues and are unable to provide the level of customer service we would like.
As a result we are pausing Chocolate Treat Club for the time being with immediate effect. All customers who are affected will be contacted personally.
The Treat Club has been a fantastic and fun experiment in chocolate deliveries, in discovering unique and... daring flavours and most of all, we've loved being directly in touch with our customers and hearing your feedback.
We sincerely apologise for any disappointment this may cause. We know that you love chocolate as much as us. Many thanks for your support over the last few years.
We will be rethinking Treat Club in the future so watch this space
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Fresh out of the er... oven? Gingerbread Bar! Christmas starts today!

These cheeky chappies coming to a December treatbox near you! 'Do ya wanna build a snowman?'

Exciting news of the shortlisted bars for the Christmas Bar competition over on the Cocoa Republic Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/republicofcocoa/

Handle with care this bonfire night! Coming soon to a TreatBox near you...

Ribbit ribbit ...these Halloween-y frogs could be hopping their way into your TreatBox this month...

From our friends over at the Cocoa Republic. Vote for your favourite and be in with a chance to win a goody pack!
https://www.facebook.com/republicofcocoa/ posts/553604818163962

Plan for the weekend:

Here's a little treat for you!
Chocolate Flapentines Recipe
One of my favourite little treats (having a bit of sweet tooth…) is a good flapjack. Almost any flapjack is good as long as its not dry. Gooey and oaty with crispy bits round the edges are the best. Yum. And I do like to experiment with new ideas so am always on the look out.
... Whilst out on an after school cafe run with the children the other day inspiration came: we chose a flapjack, florentine and cookie. (You need an after school treat right?) We always share, and so eating the florentine and flapjack got me thinking, why not combine a flapjack with a florentine? So the Flapentine was born (or maybe the Florenjack?).
Back home later we rustled some up! We took a tried and tested flapjack recipe and added a few extras. Here’s the recipe we created. They didn’t last very long...
Ingredients:
250g butter 250g light brown sugar 4tbsp golden syrup 300g jumbo oats 125g glace cherries 50g whole almonds 30g candied mixed peel 50g dark chocolate drops/ buttons
Method:
1. Melt the butter, sugar and golden syrup in a saucepan.
2. Stir the oats into the melted mixture. using jumbo oats gives quite a flapjack that can fall apart a bit. if you prefer use 1/2 jumbo oats and half regular porridge oats
3. Chop the cherries in half, roughly chop the almonds and add with the candied peel to the oat mixture
4. Stir together with the oats and pour out into a 20 by 30cm cake tin. Some people grease and line them but I can’t be bothered. Spread the mixture out and level it.
5. Scatter the chocolate drops evenly over the top.
6. Bake in the centre of the oven at 170C for about 30min (until golden and bubbling).
7. Remove from the oven and allow to cool for about 15 minutes. cut into pieces of whatever size you like and then try and leave in the tin until cold before removing. I usually skip this step, try and remove whilst warm and then have to eat all the broken crumbly bits….
8. Store in an airtight tin once cold and try not to eat in one go.
If you make these, do share a photo!
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A blog post about how Chocolate Treat Club came to be by our sweet toothed founder, James. http://www.chocolatetreatclub.co.uk/…/C hocolate-Treat-Club-…

Get yourselves over to https://www.facebook.com/republicofcocoa/ to find out which was the most popular topping in our Great British Bar competition!

October is here, it's getting chillier. How about warming up with some of our Chilli Chocolate treats? Are you a fan?

Who got to try our NEW treats this month? The Buttermint Bar and the Creme Brulee Bar? What did you think?

Just over TWO HOURS left to create a Great British Chocolate Bar #competition http://www.cocoarepublic.co.uk/create

We all got 100% here of course - it's our native language :) https://www.buzzfeed.com/b…/can-you-spe ak-fluent-bristolian…

Happy Roald Dahl Day everybody :)

A Chocolate Treat Club exclusive - the Creme Brulee bar! Creamy white chocolate with vanilla topped with butterscotch pieces... oh man...

A Chocolate Treat Club exclusive - the Creme Brulee bar! Creamy white chocolate with vanilla topped with butterscotch pieces... oh man...