Sheffield Food Festival

Last weekend was the Sheffield Food Festival & for the festival in Cocoa we were running chocolate painting workshops. Here are just a few snaps to demonstrate what went on.

Here the lovely Ellen is getting very creative with the edible paint & has made a paisley pattern lolly.

This was my attempt of the Food Festival logo.

close up!

All lollies were handmade in Cocoa, this is my first attempt of some halloween lollies. Which hopefully we will see in Cocoa very soon.

I hope you had fun at the Sheffield Food Festival & look foward to getting involved next year.

Chocolate fair in London

 Been way too long since we blogged! This is just a little one for you....

So a few weeks ago Kate and I took a long day trip to London. Every year there is a chocolate fair (within a food fair) & it's a great chance to catch up with chocolate friends and hopefully make new ones. 

The first thing that caught our eye was this giant chocolate world/football, this picture doesn't really give it justice to how huge it was. 

 

 

We got to meet Johnathan who imports Marou for the first time. We have been selling this bar for over 6 months now & will hopefully be getting the small bars in soon.

We got to see Valrhona's new bars & packaging (there are loads!)

We caught up with the lovely people at Rococo, who let us try some of their fresh truffles which were amazing!

We also met up with Jane of Tipple Tails (sorry no pics I was too busy chatting)

On the train home we were lucky enough to catch up with the one the only Charlotte Johnson who used to work at Cocoa before she left us for the busy lights of London! It was worth the trip just to spend some quality time with her.

Getting ready for a sweetie bar this weekend

Kate and I went jar mad the other day to add to our collection. We sell these in the shop but they are also available to hire for special occasions.

 

Today I was filling them up for a wedding that takes place this weekend. Aneka and Roger are hiring the jars out (with sweets in) as well as two scoops and 100 paper bags.

 

For their wedding they chose Sweethearts...

 

Strawberry Milkshakes ...

 

Jelly Beans...

A mixture of Strawberry and Toffee Bon Bons, which looks great!...

 

  

and Marshmallow love hearts...

 

If you are interested in hiring/buying Cocoa jars or just having some sweets for your big day, feel free to pop in and have a chat with us about it.

Cocoa Comments

In Cocoa, we have always kept a Cocoa comments book to encourage customers to have their say in the cafe. I love reading what they have put, especially if I am feeling a little glum, it always cheers me up. We get touching messages, artworks and even poems. This first one was written nearly 6 years ago now.

Thank you to everyone who has contributed. I can't wait to see more...