Healthier choices for hot chocolate lovers as CHOC Chick launches Blissful Blends

CHOC Chick, the supplier of raw chocolate making kits and ingredients, is this month launching Blissful Blends, a range of blended raw cacao chocolate powders, exclusively in 240 Holland & Barrett stores across the UK.

The first two flavours, Heart Warming Cinnamon and Marvellous Mandarin, are a unique blend of raw cacao with natural spices to create divine hot chocolate drinks, smoothies and shakes. They’re available for £7.99 in 250g pouches.

Both blends are free from dairy, gluten, sugar, additives and - best of all – guilt. They arrive at a time when raw cacao is in greater demand than ever. It’s predicted to be one of the top food trends for 2016* - and you only have to try it to understand why.

As well as tasting fantastic, natural unprocessed cacao is full of antioxidant flavanols, magnesium, iron, vitamins and essential heart healthy fat.

Each pouch is enough to embark on a 20 day CHOC Crave Challenge. By mixing a teaspoon of either Blissful Blend with hot water in a small espresso cup and enjoying ten minutes before a meal, the CHOC Crave Challenge can raise energy levels, help to keep chocolate cravings away and reduce appetite.

Galia Orme, founder of CHOC Chick, spoke about the launch: “Healthy and free from options are growing trends, but customers still want variety and comfort. More and more people are choosing hot chocolate over coffee or tea. And, as their hot chocolate consumption increases, so too does their demand for more varieties and flavour combinations.

Alongside the launch of Blissful Blends, we can’t wait to get customers involved with the CHOC Crave Challenge! It is such a simple way to see fantastic results that have such a positive impact on so many different aspects of our lives.”

Lucille Tichivangana, hot drinks category manager at Holland & Barrett, said: “We are very excited to be launching the CHOC Chick Blissful Blends range exclusively in Holland & Barrett. We can’t wait for our customers try these innovative hot chocolate products”

CHOC Chick’s ethically sourced organic cacao ingredients and raw chocolate making products are stocked at 400 stores across the UK and Europe. These include Whole Foods Market UK, Harvey Nichols, Infinity Foods and Magasin Du Nord in Copenhagen. They’re at 200 Holland & Barrett stores and have been the company’s online bestseller since March 2015.

Introduced to the east coast of the US following a recommendation to Whole Foods Market North Atlantic, CHOC Chick products can also be found in 30 stores in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Maine. 

To find out more, visit www.chocchick.com, like on Facebook and follow on Twitter. 

For media enquiries, please contact Emma De Maio, redheadPR, 07921 160 134, emma@redheadpr.co.uk. 

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