National Vegetarian Week -
20/5/2013
20th to 26th May 2013 is National Vegetarian Week here in the UK. Maxwells Chocolates can confirm that all our chocolates are suitable for vegetarians.
Valentine's Day In Japan -
25/1/2013
In Tokyo you can now have chocolates made in the shape of your face for Valentine's Day. According to Wired Magazine a laser scan is taken of your features and a mould made using a 3D printer. What will they think of next?
Chocolate Sales In A Recession -
14/1/2013
According to the Daily Mail sales of chocolate are holding up well in the recession. It's one thing we can't seem to do without.
Another Market For Maxwells Chocolates? -
5/11/2012
According to the Daily Telegraph and KPMG, Russian consumption of luxury handmade chocolates is increasing rapidly. The market is expected to grow by 45% in 3 years.
2500-Year-Old Chocolate -
5/8/2012
According to a report in Digital Journal archaeologists have found traces of 2,500-year-old chocolate in the Yucatan Peninsula Mexico, on a plate used for serving food. Older samples have been found previously, but only of chocolate used as a beverage.
Thorntons' Sales To Supermarkets Increase -
12/7/2012
The Derby Evening Telegraph reports an increase in sales of chocolate maker Thorntons' products in supermarkets. Overall sales were up by 7.8 per cent in the 9 weeks to June 30 compared to the same period last year.
Shrinking Chocolate Bars - Not Here! -
1/7/2012
A report in the Daily Mirror reveals that some manufacturers are downsizing their chocolate bars in response to rising ingredient prices.
Charlie And The Chocolate Factory -
18/6/2012
According to the BBC a new musical version of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl, directed by Sam Mendes, will premiere at the London Palladium in June 2013.
Chocolate In China -
11/6/2012
An article in Business Week claims that consumers in China spent about $1.1 billion on chocolate last year, and the market is set for annual growth of 11 per cent from 2010 to 2014. People there prefer dark chocolate to milk chocolate.
Soccer Aid 2012 in aid of UNICEF -
24/5/2012
We've now provided chocolates for Robbie Williams, John Bishop, Marvin Humes, Jason Isaacs, Paddy McGuiness, Aston Merrygold, Olly Murs, Mark Owen, Ben Shephard, Jamie Theakston, Graeme Le Saux, Martin Keown, Kevin Phillips, David Seaman, Teddy Sheringham, Des Walker, Michael Sheen, Gerard Butler, Joe Calzaghe, Will Ferrell, Woody Harrelson, Patrick Kielty, James McAvoy, Mike Myers, Ed Norton, Sergio Pizzorno, Gordon Ramsay, Hernan Crespo, Roy Keane, Clarence Seedorf, Jaap Stam, Edwin Van Der Sar and Freddie Ljunberg. The match is at Old Trafford on 27th May 2012 and may the best team win! Meanwhile you can watch the programmes on ITV1.
Only The Best For Top Celebs! -
7/4/2012
Wow! Following the appearance of our luxury chocolates on Celebrity Big Brother, we've now been asked to provide them for the celebrity guests on Keith Lemon's LemonAid - on ITV1 on Saturday nights, starting tonight (with Cilla Black as the celebrity guest!)
Enjoy It While You Can! -
31/3/2012
While the price of chocolate is fairly stable at the moment, the World Cocoa Foundation warns that by 2020 the World's appetite for chocolate may exceed global supply. The former is growing at a steady 2.5 to 3% per year, whereas the latter is almost static.
Slimming calories? -
26/3/2012
A University of California study of 1000 men and women suggests that eating chocolate could actually help you slim. While this is obviously good news, don't get carried away: the study referred to consuming only modest amounts of chocolate.
Chocolate Maker In Power -
23/3/2012
Petro Poroshenko, a chocolate tycoon, has been appointed as Economics Minister in the Ukraine. He also owns a TV channel. How long before our Maxwell is similarly honoured in Britain?
Royal Endorsement! -
1/3/2012
"I love chocolate. I think all girls like chocolate" said Kate Middleton (aka Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge) in London on St David's day, while husband Prince William was away in the Falklands.
Our Chocolates On Celebrity Big Brother! -
26/1/2012
Maxwells Chocolates delivered kilos of them to the Big Brother House at the beginning of January, as requested, and we all watched Channel 5 to see the celebrities scoff them. Very exciting. Is chocolate an aphrodisiac, by the way?
Chocolate To Become A Luxury -
26/12/2011
as a result of climate change, reports the Daily Telegraph. (We thought it already was a luxury.)
Chocolates For Diwali -
23/10/2011
According to the Times of India companies are starting to give their staff presents of chocolates at Diwali (26th October this year), instead of the traditional Indian gifts of sweets and dried fruits. People prefer chocolates, they say.
Days Of Wine And Chocolate -
14/10/2011
As Chocolate Week draws to a close the Guardian offers up some thoughts on pairing wine with chocolate. Tawny port or moscatel are perhaps the most obvious choices, but not the only ones. Here at Maxwells, of course, it's always Chocolate Week.
Thorntons Results Generally Flat -
7/9/2011
According to the BBC Thorntons revenues
increased slightly for the year to 25 June 2011 compared to the previous year. Profits would also have
been similar to those of the previous year, had it not been for exceptional items (for example having to
keep on paying rent for shops the company has now closed) which in fact caused the business to make a
loss for the year.
Chocolate Is More Popular Than Beer -
13/8/2011
in Australia, according to their National Chocolate Report. And many prefer it to sex. Are you surprised?
War On Red Tape -
28/7/2011
A drinks licence will no longer be needed for shops to sell liqueur-filled chocolates (no kid!). See Business Secretary Vince Cable's announcement yesterday.
3D Chocolate Printer -
19/7/2011
Exeter and Brunel Universities have made a 3D chocolate printer. Eventually you'll be able to design, say, an Easter bunny on a PC and then have the printer build it, layer by layer, in chocolate. As chocolatiers we can see a basic problem with this: the temperature conditions that make the chocolate flow correctly in the printer may not be the ones that give it the best taste and mouthfeel. While this UK success may be good for cheap chocolate souvenirs, it's probably not the best approach for fine chocolate. So we'll stick to our own methods for now! See this Telegraph article on the future of gifts.
Rising cocoa prices could lead to a slowdown in chocolate
consumption - 8/7/2011
Reuters reports that the World's largest chocolate maker fears rising cocoa prices
could lead to a slowdown in chocolate consumption. See: Rising cocoa prices worry chocolate makers.
Where did Thorntons go wrong? - 29/6/2011
An article from The Guardian analyses the company's problems See: Where did Thorntons go wrong?
Thorntons to close 120 shops (or more) - 28/6/2011
According to a BBC report chocolate maker Thorntons is to close "a
minimum" of 120 shops over three years, and possibly up to 60 more.
The UK High Street appears to be in trouble, with problems at
Focus DIY, T J Hughes, Jane Norman, Moben, and Habitat annouced over
recent weeks. See: Thorntons set to
close up to 180 shops.
These handmade luxury chocolates have free delivery in the UK if you order more than £35 worth of them. We only deliver within the UK.
Maxwells Chocolates (pictured right in their appearance on Celebrity Big Brother 2012) are a product of the skill and imagination of our Chocolatiers, and are hand-made, entirely in the UK,
from luxury ingredients imported from all over the World. They are ideal as a luxury gift for Valentine's Day, and as
presents for birthdays, anniversaries, Mothers' and Fathers' Days, Christmas, Easter and other festivities, as well as being the
perfect chocolates to eat every day, setting standards that others will seek to copy. 
