Chocolates

Aphrodite was the ancient Greek Goddess of Love and Chocolate is universally acknowledged as the delectable food of love - So what better name for a company who craft delicious Chocolates entirely by Hand from only the finest of natural ingredients?

Artisan Chocolatier Janet Vine makes her handmade chocolates in the county of Essex in heart of the English countryside. She first began making them as a hobby about 12 years ago, her objective? To get away from the boring and sickly fillings like flavoured fondant (99% sugar) and sugary commercial Pralines and canaches that form the basis of so many mass manufactured and hand made chocolate selections today.

In the intervening years, Janet has been busy experimenting with the finest natural flavours and ingredients, fresh and pasturised dairy produce, fresh and preserved fruits, exotic liqueurs and the highest quality Belgian, German, French and English Couverture, developing deliciously innovative fillings, home made truffles, fruit and liqueur creams, chocolate fudges and marzipan etc, turning them into delicious handmade luxury confectionery.

CHOCOLATES

Janet busy experimenting with new flavours in her kitchen at home in Essex, England.

Janet "tried out" her creations on friends and gave them as presents or gifts and over time, people, even complete strangers started contacting her to volunteer as her "Guinea Pigs". Word spread and demand became such that it was becoming far too expensive to continue giving them away.

It became necessary to choose a name and after much thought and discussion, it was decided that, because of chocolates universal association with romance and love, Aphrodite - the ancient Athenian and Greek Goddess of Love - was a natural choice and Aphrodite Handmade Chocolates was born.

Janet's deliciously different approach has continued to win her accolades from everyone who has tasted her chocolate, see our Testimonials page for some of the well deserved tributes she has received since starting her business.

COMMENTS & FEEDBACK

We welcome comments and feedback of any description and we try to respond personally to all, so please feel free to contact us:

NOTE: Like most people, we have been forced to install spam filters. An unfortunate side effect is that some genuine emails are occasionally trashed along with the rubbish, so if you don't hear back from us, please accept our apologies but this is probably what has happened.

NEWSLETTER

Even better, why not join our Email Newsletter? as soon as we get better organised Janet will be sending out an occasional Newsletter with competitions and prizes, interesting articles, readers letters and recipes and her own favourite chocolate dessert recipes as well as special offers and a 10% member discount available only to subscribers. You can find more details here:

Thank you for visiting and we hope you take this opportunity to sample and enjoy the fruits of Janet's labours, we will be adding new flavours regularly, so bookmark us and check back soon.

To see a description of our products and flavours go to Hand made Chocolates Selection or Click Here for our Online Chocolate Gift Shop.

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