Fox out early this evening in Little Venice

A welcome boost to energy, well-being and happiness levels for self and colleagues from this beautiful and rightly acclaimed bar by the marvellous ⁦Dormouse Chocolates⁩ of Manchester. Grown-up choc can still be joyful

Hefty and tasty from ⁦Tony's Chocolonely UK & IRE⁩ and the link with ⁦Ben & Jerry's UK 🧡⁩ is interesting - they are supply chain allies and both big high-volume companies looking to do the right thing by producers. Not easy and not always popular but making the effort…

The current cold snap provides a good chance to asses a new hot choc from ⁦Hotel Chocolat⁩ - though I think this is intended for the summer serve-over-ice sector. I found it most effective, hot, after a chilly walk with the noble cockapoo yesterday evening. Sweet, though…

Sweet confusion: here is a UK Milky Way (top) and a US Milky Way Midnight, which is a dark choc version of the UK Mars bar (bottom). And in the US our Milky Way is called 3 Musketeers… Simples!
My favourite is the Milky Way Midnight - with thanks to ⁦Holly⁩

Thank you for sharing this - it is remarkable, and not just for the quality of narration…

This is an amazing film from 1965, promoting the new Bill Ring Shopping Centre in Birmingham. It’s a real time capsule, not just for old Brummies. Beautifully narrated by Richard Baker. CC Andrew Baker youtu.be/aWglgu--Wvc?si…

Look at this feast of chocolate goodies (this is just part of a generous haul) sent by my kind Twitter friend ⁦Holly⁩ - lots of interest here. The Milky Way Midnight is a dark choc Mars Bar in UK terms and the Dove discs and minis are excellent. Thank you!

Such an adornment to the neighbourhood - ⁦Lime, Tier, Urban Forest and Voi all over the place like a looney’s knitting as usual

I love this bar from Baiani of Brazil - it is intense, as the name declares, it is from Bahia, a region I have visited and adored… and I can make my initials with two of the chunks. Yay!

Today we are devouring with great delight this beautiful dark milk made by my friends at ⁦Dormouse Chocolates⁩ in Manchester with beans from the women of Afromuvaras in Colombia. Dormouse source their beans with all the care that they also put into making their bars. Fab

A bright and beautiful bar from ⁦Latitude Craft Chocolate⁩ of Uganda, made in Kampala with beans directly sourced from certified organic farmers. Tasty, too

Went to The London Library today for the first time in ages and really enjoyed the names of the new returns trolleys

Lovely and groovy twin-pack of dark bars with Haitian cacao from the 1,200-member Pisa Cooperative by ⁦Zotter Chocolate⁩. Smooth melt, mellow flavours

The round tower of St Mary, Great Shefford looking rather dramatic this morning

Easter cake

This beautiful egg, from Chocolarder of Cornwall, combines dark milk choc with fragrant hot cross bun crumb and is deeply, deeply delicious. Moments after the ceremonial chocolate hammer had been wielded, every scrap was gone

Last-minute supermarket Easter Eggs, part 2: this remarkable - and substantial - item is the Cocoa Noir Duo from ⁦Asda⁩ which was highly rated in ⁦The Telegraph⁩ testing and is terrific value

If you are looking for a last-minute supermarket egg, these, from ⁦Waitrose & Partners⁩ , have gone down well chez Baker (exterior and interior illustrated). More supermarket eggs to follow later…

Here’s another simply beautiful dark milk, this time from ⁦Bare Bones Chocolate⁩ of Glasgow, whose work we love. And as you can tell from the sticker, via ⁦Cocoa Runners⁩