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How We Choose Each Monthly Chocolate Box
A monthly chocolate box should feel varied without feeling random. For our ongoing 9, 12 and 16-chocolate subscriptions, each selection is chosen by Mona, our Head Chocolatier, using previous records, flavour balance, seasonal opportunities and member preferences. There is no...
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A Golden Chocolate Comeback for Autumn
Six caramelised-white-chocolate flavours, returning for a few autumn weeks. Gold chocolate returns to Harry Specters on 6 October 2026, bringing six flavours together in the Gold Bit of Everything Selection. Made with caramelised white chocolate, Gold has a warm, rounded...
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How We Prepare for Christmas: 14 Weeks in a Chocolate Factory
Preparing for Christmas in a chocolate factory is not simply a matter of making more chocolate. It means forecasting uncertain demand, ordering packaging months ahead, planning around fresh ingredients, bringing in extra help and leaving enough flexibility for the unexpected....
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Halloween Chocolate Guide 2026: Treats Worth Choosing
From party favours to sharing bowls, here is how to choose Halloween chocolate that looks the part and tastes properly good. Halloween calls for chocolate that looks playful, tastes properly good and suits the way you plan to celebrate. Chocopops...
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Best Chocolate Subscription UK: Why BBC Good Food Put Harry Specters First
What the 2025 recognition means, how each monthly box is chosen and which subscription suits you. Harry Specters was placed first in BBC Good Food’s 2025 roundup of chocolate subscriptions and named its best choice for supporting a social cause....
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Why Small-Batch Chocolate Making Matters
Small-batch chocolate making means producing chocolate in deliberately limited quantities rather than pushing enormous volumes through one continuous process. It does not guarantee excellent chocolate on its own. What it offers is more opportunity to notice and respond to the...