Chocolate custard, chocolate ice lollies, chocolate strawberries and chocolate courgette cake ? there?s not much you cannot do with the rich velvety products produced by Mortimer Chocolate.
And chocoholics are going to be in cocoa-covered heaven when the company opens its stall at the Wokingham Food and Drink Festival next month.
Offering delicious fluffy brownies piled high on plates and packets of the finest chocolate powder lined up in rows Mortimer Chocolate will be bringing a touch of Willy Wonka-style magic to this year?s festival.
Owner Adrian Smith founded the company five-and-a-half-years ago after a 20-year career working as a cocoa taster for global chocolate giant Mars.
Having helped the brand launch its Galaxy and Malteasers hot chocolate drinks Adrian decided to create his own high-quality hot chocolate powder oozing flavour from cocoa beans harvested around the world.
?We have a unique process to make our own chocolate powder,? he says.
?It makes a range of exquisite hot chocolate drinks and you can cook with it as well.
?We have a secret process for making our products. We important our cocoa from various parts of the world bringing it from South America and Africa.
?Cocoa is like grapes and wine ? you get different flavours according to where they are grown.?
From the sharp dark chocolate tastes of South America to the mellow cocoas of West Africa Mortimer Chocolate has mastered the art of creating a delicious chocolate powder, which can be mixed with sugar and hot milk to suit individual preferences.
And Adrian is something of a chocolate purist creating only the finest products, free from fats, additives and other mixers, to give people the authentic chocolate taste.
?Our chocolate is too good to spoil with things like chilli and that is very difficult to get right,? says Adrian, preferring to let his customers try their own unique flavours.
?If you try it you?re going to put too little or too much for most people.
?We have instructions to make a chilli drink on our website so you can get it right for you.?
With around 60 recipes on the company?s website the chocolate possibilities are endless for customers of Mortimer Chocolate, with melting moments and Viennese swirls among the temptations listed.
The company, which also has products stocked in supermarket giant Waitrose, will bring its rich, chocolatey brownies to the food festival which are handmade by Adrian?s wife Felicity and always fly off the stands.
?The brownies are gorgeous,? says Adrian who will be returning to the event once again this year, which runs from Friday, August 26, to Sunday, August 28.
?We used to sample them and so many people would say, ?Do you sell them?? so we started.
?The festival is really good. We have been in torrential rain and in sunshine as well but it?s always been good fun.?
Kate Lole, festival organiser, says: ?I always look forward to seeing Mortimer Chocolate at the festival.?
?I know I can purchase my favourite products at Waitrose in Wokingham but there is something special about being able to talk to the business owners Adrian and Felicity and to catch up on all the latest news.?
And you can bet that chocoholics will be making a beeline for the Mortimer Chocolate stall at the festival to satisfy their chocolate cravings and restock the tastiest item in their store cupboards at home.
To take a look at the recipes yourself visit www.mortimerchocolate.co.uk.
For more details on the Wokingham Food Festival ? which also includes a beer and music festival and takes place in Elms Field ? log on to www.wokinghamfestival.co.uk or call organisers on 0118 978 8801.
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