If, like me, you love chocolate, you are used to going into various chocolate shops in the UK. I’ve been to a few, in Manchester, in Wales, and in Scarborough. They were very good in their own way, but I wasn’t quite impressed with chocolate. Either it was too sweet, or too hard, or the chocolate construction was too elaborate to be enjoyable.
But when I saw Chocolate Bar across the corner from The Whittakers of Bolton my feet went there by themselves… and, by George, I wasn’t misled! I only tried their chocolates, although they do cakes, too. For £6 I bought 12 different types packed in a lovely box, from chilli dark chocs through truffles and cognac cherries to marzipan. I was going back to Manchester on the bus… and I couldn’t stop eating them until none was left!
The shop was set out to emulate the French chocolate shops, and chocolates are imported from the Continent, which explains the really fine quality. The shop has only been in business for a few months, but, provided they sort out their website, this promises to be a long-awaited addition to Bolton and to the British chocolate business.