21st Jul 2021
The Covid-19 pandemic in the last 18 months has affected everyone in different ways, and we all have to find ways to adapt to how we work and live our lives. When the pandemic started to spread around…
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28th Mar 2021
We drink a lot of tea every day, and, interestingly enough, we have been asked by a few customers in the last few years if we would bring out a tea chocolate. We actually did a lapsang souchong bonbon…
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9th Dec 2020
UPDATE: We have just extended our Christmas order deadline to Saturday 19 December 2020 (23:59 GMT) for all UK, Europe and US deliveries by courier to ensure delivery before Christmas. Please note tha…
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4th Dec 2020
This weekend it's Small Business Saturday UK - this is a grassroots, non-commercial campaign, which highlights small business success and encourages consumers to 'shop local' and support small bu…
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1st Nov 2020
For the first time, we have brought out advent "calendars" in the run-up to Christmas. As we always like to do things differently at 5D, our advent chocolate boxes are not going to have the little win…
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15th Oct 2020
Sometimes even with the best forward-planning in the world, things still don’t turn out the way you want them to. We have been planning to release a new chocolate called “Tokyo” since 2017, to coincid…
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20th Sep 2020
It's beautiful when the stars are aligned in chocolate creation. Our new chocolate "Helsinki" is one of those.In February 2019, we spent a long weekend in the beautiful Finnish capital - I happened to…
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20th Jul 2020
Last year we had a collaboration project with Pump Street Chocolate – to create 6 filled chocolates based on their award-winning chocolate bars. We have previously sold 5 of them through our l…
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19th Jul 2020
A few weeks ago, we spoke to Emily Reece at the Fine Chocolate Industry Association (FCIA), a non-profit organisation that focuses on supporting fine chocolate professionals. We have been a membe…
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2nd Jun 2020
Two flavours that we have wanted to include in a filled chocolate for a long time are pineapple and tomato, but we have not thought about putting these two ingredients together until recently. It's an…
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22nd Mar 2020
[Updated on 01 November 2020 - updated text in red]With the coronavirus situation around the world and following the principles of government guidance, here are some of the steps we are taking so that…
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1st Dec 2019
A few months ago, Suffolk-based Pump Street Chocolate asked if we would be interested in developed some bonbons that reflect the flavours of their delicious chocolate bars, to be sold at their sh…
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