Here at Hotel Chocolat, we endeavour to break conventions, and so the magical festive season has always been a time of great inspiration for us. This year, we’re particularly excited to offer a glimpse behind the curtain via our chocolate imaginarium – an imaginary world inspired by true stories. As you journey through, you’ll see how we innovate, craft and obsess over every detail, so you can captivate those you hold dearest, effortlessly.
For 2024, we’re delighted to unveil a selection of new creations. We’ve also reimagined our Classic Christmas boxes, as well as our Grand and Velvetiser™ Drinking Chocolate Advent Calendars. Each brimming with fresh new recipes, they’re carefully crafted to bring happiness to you and yours throughout the festivities and beyond.
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2024’S FRESH INVENTIONS
Find something to captivate one and all from the plethora of new and updated creations to have emerged from our inventing room this year.
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ADVENTS
BURSTING WITH HAPPINESS
Tiptoe down the stairs. Peel open the door. Will it reveal a reimagined dessert or a creative drinking chocolate?
This Advent, embrace the excitement of unveiling imaginative chocolate creations crafted with carefully selected ingredients, more cacao and less sugar.
All tastes and sizes
With a selection of sizes and chocolate types to choose from, there’s an Advent calendar to please every palate. The Grand Advent £80
GLIMPSE BEHIND THE GRAND ADVENT DOORS
We’d never dream of giving it all away (after all, the anticipation’s the best part), but here’s a taster of what you may unveil:
A solid chocolate wreath
Full-size Selectors and Slabs
A selection of 50ml cacao tipples
Drinking chocolate sachets
Mini crackers for your table or tree
GRAND BY NAME, GRAND BY NATURE
Exclusive recipes
Explore a plethora of pralines, caramels and fruit ganaches, including some you won’t find anywhere else – like zingy Raspberry Rush and festively spiced Gingerbread Praline.
The Truffles for Two Advent Calendar £29.95
Share the joy of discovering new favourites, together. Unveil our most sought-after recipes in truffle form, with not one –but two behind every door.
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EXPLORE T HE COL L ECTION
From mellow milk to deep, decadent dark, via a taste of everything. You’ll find imaginative Advent calendars for savouring yourself, for gifting or for sharing.
1 The Advent Calendar £13.95 Peel back each door to reveal an intricately carved character in your choice of chocolate genre.
40% Milk 300798
70% D ark 300802
36% White 300803
Ca ramel-Milk 300800
Unbelievably Vegan† 300799
2 The Everything Advent Calendar £29.95
’Tis the season to embrace the excitement of unveiling our most sought-after recipes – from velvety pralines to cocktails and desserts transformed into chocolate.
300796
3 Up to Snow Good £8.95
Watch their smile light up the room as a mischievous cast of 24 solid chocolate Christmas characters reveal themselves, one magical day at a time.
– Milk 300805
–Unbelievably Vegan† 300804
Includes 24 filled chocolates
Features seasonal exclusives
“Excellent mixture of flavours and choices, great way to count down to Christmas”
Curl up and count down with the VelvetiserTM Drinking Chocolate Advent Calendar.
A collection of 24 decadent drinking chocolates, refreshed for 2024 to bring in sought-after seasonal exclusives: Pecan Cinnamon Danish, Pumpkin Spice and Coconut-White. Last year this calendar sold out long before 1st December, so be quick…
£50 300836
IT HAS TO BE VELVETISED
Ensure that super-silky, cloud-like finish by crafting your cup in the Velvetiser. Turn to page 28 to discover more about the ultimate drinking chocolate experience.
TASTES OF THE SEASON
You’ll find everything from seasonal berries to winter crumbles reimagined in chocolate form in our festive boxes, with an updated line-up in our Classic Christmas selections this year.
NEW RECIPES
Many hours are spent in our inventing room, imagining, crafting and meticulously taste-testing (of course) to create recipes you simply won’t encounter anywhere else. These new additions appear in our festive boxes this year:
Cherry as a compote, ganache and chocolate cap.
Clementine
Caramel
Supernova Zesty clementine caramel in 50% milk.
Burst of blackcurrant in 3 exuberantly fruity layers.
Pink Champagne Supernova Champagne, cream & strawberry in 40% milk.
Dark & Stormy Rum, warming ginger and zesty lime collide in 70% dark.
CLASSIC CHRISTMAS
Three sizes of marvellously merry selections. This year we’ve sprinkled in some of the freshest creations from our inventing room – think punchy rum cocktails and bursts of bold berry zing.
1 Classic Christmas Luxe £44.95
Something for the whole family. Digestifs, desserts, enchanted spruces and more in one undeniably festive and freshly updated selection of 37 chocolates. 263460
2 Classic Christmas H-box £17.95
14 best-loved and seasonal chocolates. Updated for 2024 with new recipes, including Triple Cherry, Triple Blackcurrant and Dark & Stormy. 263462
3 Classic Christmas Sleekster £29.95
A made-for-sharing selection of 28 chocolates. Refreshed to include new fruity recipes, creamy white penguins, Pink Champagne Supernovas and more. 263461
Topped with real meringue
WINTER PUDDINGS
For every dessert menu peeker, we give you the season’s best-loved cakes and bakes reimagined in chocolate form. Explore comforting crumbles to tangy cheesecakes and our festive take on Eton Mess.
4 Winter Puddings H-box
£17.95
14 filled chocolates inspired by the comfort of home-baked recipes and bursting with authentic ingredients. 263464
5 Winter Puddings Sleekster £29.95
Something to share. 27 filled chocolates including Brownie, Cinnamon Bun and Treacle Tart. 263463
IMAGINATIVELY CURATED FOR EVERY TASTE
THE MAGIC O F LOVE MATCH
Can’t decide on a boxed selection?
Find the one that’s right for them (or you) with our Chocolate Love Match quiz. We’ve melded decades of expertise with imaginative experimentation to form our boxed selections’ distinct flavour profiles –simply answer a few questions to effortlessly find the one they’ll love.
The Wreath Box £49.95
A presentation worthy of any mantelpiece featuring 40 chocolates, two chocolate snowflakes and a solid chocolate wreath. 263421
With wreaths that are sure to astonish. Our most decadent selection bursts with 90 seasonal-exclusive chocolates, including Mulled Wine and Custard Tart. Over 1.3kg of best-loved recipes The Grand Wreath Box £90 263420 ALSO AVAILABLE
A CHOCOLATIER’S BANQUET...
Steal glances and start conversations with these star-studded chocolate curations. A journey through cakes to cocktails reimagined in chocolate, presented imaginatively.
PICTURED BELOW The Grand Chocolatier’s Table £150
This 121-piece collection features a medley of our most-loved recipes including two single-origin chocolates. 263437
Also available: The Chocolatier’s Table £95
An elegant 69-piece collection. 263436
PICTURED ABOVE
The Cabinet £80 61 of our most celebrated recipes across two elegant tiers. Classic 263434 Dark 263435 Alcohol-free 263439
Also available:
The Signature Cabinet £200
Pull out all the stops with 163 chocolates served across three tiers. 263438
THOUGHTFULLY CURATED, EXQUISITELY PRESENTED
Imagine their face as they lift the lid on a selection of all their favourites and much more besides. Our hampers and Gift Collections come ready-to-gift in wicker baskets and glistening boxes every bit as beautiful as their contents.
Please contact the store team for bespoke hampers and gifts tailor made to your chocolate needs. A moveable feast that brings together our most sought-after recipes in all their guises – from velvety drinking chocolates to tipsy truffles, boxed selections to cacao-infused tipples. Finished with a bottle of our Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore DOCG, as any celebration should be. 358388
For full ingredients and allergen information, please visit our Jersey or Guernsey stores. see page 39
Explore more hampers and Gift Collections in-store.
A curated showcase of best-loved recipes – for the giftee who thoroughly deserves some time to savour a little of everything. 358412
creations, including Pink Champagne truffles. 358407
40 chocolates
22 For
and
Rather Large Cracker £44.95 Steal the show with our festive centrepiece. Over two feet long, bursting with 40 of our most sought-after recipes and a real ‘snap’ –it’ll take more than a few festive revellers to crack this colossal curiosity.
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information, please visit our Jersey or Guernsey stores., see page 39
Many surprises await when festive traditions and chocolatier magic intertwine. tree. They’re designed to reflect the twinkling lights.
3 for £15
Mini Crackers £19.95
10 miniature crackers that leave a big impression, each containing one of our most popular chocolates.
300835
TRADITIONS WITH A TWIST
Nut selections, glasses of bubbly… the festive season wouldn’t be complete without them. Our takes on tradition come served in elegant tins, feature far more chocolate and involve far less nutcracking. You’re welcome.
1 NEW Champagne Truffles Assortment £29.95
A new selection of 18 truffles fe aturing our take on Kir Royale. 263459 ALSO AVAILABLE Classic Champagne
Truffles Tin £12.95
Real Champagne, cream and 40% milk chocolate. 8 truffles. 263278
ALSO AVAILABLE Pink Champagne
Truffles Tin £12.95
Real Champagne, cream, milk chocolate and strawberry. 8 truffles. 263277
24 For full ingredients and allergen information, please visit our Jersey or Guernsey stores., see page 39.
2 NEW Whole Piedmont H azelnuts £16.95
Sink into the exquisitely nutty layers of our newest creation. We took Piedmont hazelnuts, renowned for their quality, and lavished them in a cloak of praline-enriched milk chocolate. 310600
3 Salted Caramelised A lmonds £16.95
Surprise the nut-lover in your life with salted caramelised almonds, enrobed in thick dark chocolate and presented in an elegant gift tin. Or simply slip one into your stocking... 310598
4 Whole Brazil N uts £16.95
Savour whole Bolivian Brazil nuts – sun-baked in South America – cloaked in highcacao dark chocolate and ready to gift, effortlessly. No nutcracker required. 310597
NEW Enrobed hazelnuts
ENCHANT EVERY FESTIVE GUEST
Elevate
FESTIVITIES THAT WON’T BE FORGOTTEN
GATHER
2 Cookies Luxe –Festive Edition £13.95 Cacao-nib and hazelnut cookies, lavished in a layer of milk, drizzled with more chocolate, and crowned with a praline penguin. 504334
3 The Festive Wreath £26.95
Enchant one and all with solid chocolate wreaths to showcase, slice and share. Milk with shortbread & florentine. 310584 Dark with hazelnuts, almonds & raisins 310575
Unbelievably Vegan† with caramel éclat, biscuit & cherry pieces. 310576
4 Large Chocolate Dipping Adventure £44.95
Dunk sweet and savoury favourites into four melting chocolate pots – for a festive family film night or dinner party with a difference. 310202 Back by popular demand You loved our outrageously decadent cookies so much, we brought them back. Leave
ADD SOMETHING TO SIP
For the finishing touch, serve a glass (or Podcup) of sippable chocolate alongside. Hot or iced, or as a chocolatey tipple with VelvetisedTM Cream. Turn the page to discover more.
Boxes of 10 sachets from £14.95 each
In the quest for drinking chocolate to captivate every taste persuasion, look to the Velvetiser library.
PERUSE THE LIBRARY
Where shelves are lined with 15 imaginative recipes (and counting). All crafted with real chocolate, carefully selected ingredients, and following our mantra of ‘more cacao, less sugar’. Below are our festive recommendations, including seasonal exclusives – and you’ll find many more
Drinking Chocolate Devotee Selection Tin £21.95
We curated our most sought-after recipes, including seasonal exclusives, for this updated selection served in an elegant tin. 310596
Salted Caramel & Clementine
PeppermintWhite
Classic 70% Hazelnut Praline
Mince Pie Ginger
VELVETISED ™ CREAMS
Real melted chocolate, crisp vodka and smooth cream meld to create a uniquely velvety finish that
can only come from the inimitable alchemy of velvetising…
1 Velvetised Cream –Chocolate 500ml £23
The original. Real melted chocolate, melded with crisp vodka and cream. 504098
2 Velvetised Cream –Salted Caramel 500ml £23
A smooth blend of salted caramel chocolate, vodka and cream. 504103
3 Velvetised Cream –Espresso Martini 500ml £23 Crisp vodka and punchy coffee, tamed by white chocolate and cream. 504107
4 Velvetised Cream –Black Forest Gateau 500ml £23
Dark and white chocolate, vodka, cream and a duo of tangy morello and black cherries. 504259
5 Velvetised Cream –Mint 500ml £23
An invigorating blend of dark chocolate, crisp vodka, cream and cooling Tasmanian peppermint. 504101
THE MIXOLOGIST
JAMES DRAKE Cacao-infused
Alcohol Specialist
“The inspiration for our Velvetised Creams came from our Saint Lucian cacao farm and hotel, Rabot Estate.
Surrounded by lush groves at our cacao bar, we melded vodka with real chocolate and cream –and a whole new taste-texture experience was born.
Their unique finish makes Velvetised Creams the perfect chocolate tipple to impress your guests, thank your host, or as something to share on festive film nights.
I’d recommend serving directly over ice.”
Serve your dessert sippable For something your guests will still be talking about next Christmas. All you have to do is pour.
in-store.
PRESENTS WITH PERSONALITY
Peek
Senior Chocolatier
“Nostalgia and memories are important to me, and I put a little bit of myself and things I like into my designs. Like the little tabs on the backs of the Jolly Penguin’s boots, just because I like wearing that style.
1 Jolly Penguin £9.95 each or 2 for £18
Six chocolates per
Enchant
Some of the Jolly Penguin also came from watching animated movies at Christmas, where the penguins are quite mischievous – so I tried to give him some of that. His bobble hat’s a bit squint, and he looks like he’s been up to something.”
A large hollow penguin in your choice of the following chocolate grades: Milk 112284
Bring
Unbelievably Vegan † 112283
Ca ramel-Milk 112282
White 112281
2 Selectors £5.45 per pack or 3 for £15
Six mini filled penguins.
Ca ramel 120405
Ha zelnut Praline 210460
White 220484
Unbelievably Vegan † Raspberry 150921
Pistachio 190406
Da rk Gianduja 610035
3 Posse of Penguins £13.95
Four hollow penguins ca st in 40% milk. 310577
Pistachio Hazelnut Praline Caramel
IMAGINATIVE GIFTING, MADE EFFORTLESS
Add the finishing touches to your festive chocolate gifts with elegant gift bags, complimentary chocolate box sleeves and more.
Gifting a boxed chocolate selection? Dress their H-box, Sleekster or Luxe for the season with a complimentary
Present their gifts in a chic bag, box, or ribbon-tied hamper to make their Christmas magical.
PERSONALISED MESSAGES
Add a personalised note to a complimentary message card
OUR DIETARY GUIDE
All of our chocolates may contain tree nuts, peanuts, milk, soya, gluten, wheat, egg and sesame. For full allergen, ingredients and nutritional information please refer to our website: hotelchocolat.com
Milk
Alcohol
Soya
Wheat/Gluten
Sulphites
Peanuts
Egg
for Vegans†
Sesame
Tree Nuts
†We believe this chocolate is suitable for vegans, however, as it is made in the same environment as our milk chocolate, we cannot guarantee it is free from milk.
More c acao, less
Nature-positive cacao will always be our number one ingredient, because chocolate with more cacao, and less sugar, is chocolate to cherish. After all, life’s too short for bad chocolate. Shop our full collection in-store
CORPORATE GIFTING
Find the perfect gifts for your team members, colleagues and clients at Hotel Chocolat CI. We offer a range of corporate gifts to suit all of your company’s needs, last pre-Christmas order date is Tuesday the 3rd of December.
CONTACT US
Please contact the store to discuss corporate discount rates, delivery enquiries, and more information.
