Made by Hazel Mountain Chocolate owned and operated by Kasha and John Connolly nestled amongst the rolling Burren hills in County Clare, using local, sustainable, natural ingredients and sourcing the best cacao beans. Kasha & John are committed to supporting the ‘little guy’ and fostering direct relationships with cocoa bean farmers and co-operatives from Madagascar, Venezuela, Mexico, Costa Rica and Cuba. Not only is this the right thing to do but they promise you’ll taste the difference. They follow minimal processing, use less sugar and their beautifully designed packaging is eco friendly. Their milk comes from free roaming grass fed cows – the kind you’re likely to encounter in a traffic jam on the county Clare country roads, all amalgamated with a very smooth Cuban bean.

For small-batch, family run producers like Hazel Mountain chocolate, making chocolate takes time, great care and a whole lot of patience. They’ve nailed the first two and well, the third is a work in progress! Bean to bar means that they control each stage of the chocolate making process. They roast the beans, hand cracking and winnowing, before grinding them in stone mills for two days, slowly adding sugar and local, seasonally inspired flavours. All before ageing the chocolate for 3 weeks (this is where the patience comes in!). Beautiful in its simplicity. Delicious to the taste

70g Classic Irish Milk Chocolate

42% Cuban Cacao

Ingredients

Cacao Beans, Sugar, Irish Milk, Sunflower Lecithin