Chocolate tag
Biome-inspired Christmas chocolates
We’ve taken a Jamie Oliver recipe and ‘remixed’ it with inspiration from some of the delicious plants we’ve got growing in our Biomes to cook up these tasty chocolate treats: sugar, coffee and cacao grow in our Rainforest Biome chillis, oranges and mint grow in our Mediterranean Biome. These chocolates are great Christmas-time treats as they [...]
Best selling Cornish chocolate collection gets a revamp
Ever since we launched our first three Eden Project handmade chocolate bars, they have been flying off the shelves. Seeing as you loved them so much, we thought we’d treat you to two new flavours: chilli chocolate and (our favourite) sea salt chocolate. To celebrate these two new bars, we commissioned Duncan, one of our artists [...]
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Sweet treats for Easter
Treat your loved one to something wonderful this Easter. For those with a sweet tooth, our chocolate ranges are both fairtrade and absolutely scrumptious. Dinosaur Easter egg £9.95 Handmade with milk chocolate and brushed with melted dark and white chocolate, this Easter egg is utterly irresistible. As if it isn’t enough to have an award-winning [...]
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Introducing… private guided tours at the Eden Project
These new private guided tours can help you make the most of your visit to Eden, whether you want to learn more about gardening, science, food, different cultures, or simply explore Eden behind the scenes. Each lasting 90 minutes, our private guided tours for two make a great gift for a friend or loved one. [...]
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- Chocolate, Chocolate Jungle, Food, Horticulture, Mediterranean Biome, Rainforest Biome, Sustainability, tours
Marbled chocolate tray bake recipe
Our chefs are cooking some delicious chocolate recipes – both sweet and savoury – for visitors to Eden to feast on at our Chocolate Jungle event this week. If you needed any encouragement to eat more chocolate, we’re sharing some recipes with you here on our Blog! Try this tray bake recipe, and let us know [...]
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Where does chocolate come from?
As part of our festival of chocolate, cocoa grower Kouame Alphonse Fasseri from Africa’s Ivory Coast, tells us his part of the story – including how Fairtrade chocolate has made a difference to his daily life. Kouame is a member of the 6,000-strong Kavokiva Fairtrade co-operative providing cocoa beans that are sent over to the [...]
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Savoury chocolate recipe: borlotti bean mole with roasted winter vegetables
Our chefs will be cooking some delicious chocolate recipes – both sweet and savoury – for visitors to Eden to feast on at our Chocolate Jungle event this February half-term. If you needed any encouragement to eat more chocolate, we’re sharing some recipes with you here on our Blog! Try this mole recipe, and let [...]
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Should we all be eating chocolate for breakfast?
Kieran Renihan, who set up raw chocolate company Chocolution, explains how healthy chocolate can be, and why we should all be eating it for breakfast. He also offers you the chance to win a free chocolate making kit. Most of us feel like we should cut back on chocolate; that it’s not healthy. But actually, [...]
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The art of chocolate
Eden has gone chocolate crazy this February. We’re even holding our own ‘Chocolate Jungle’ festival with everything from hands-on chocolate making workshops for kids, to learning, tasting, smelling and feeling chocolate in our biomes. In the lead up to the event, I decided to find out more about the fabulous chocolate we sell in our [...]
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10 facts about chocolate from the Eden Project
In the run-up to our chocolate festival, Chocolate Jungle, in February half-term (11–19 February 2012) we’d like to share some facts with you about the fascinating and surprising story of this tasty treat. The Maya people of ancient Mexico used cocoa beans as money: 10 for a rabbit, 100 for a slave. The botanical [...]
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