Grasmere Chocolate Cottage

My walking group tends to visit Grasmere on a Sunday so I was perpetually tantalised by the knowledge that Chocolate Cottage was nearby, but shut. However, I then discovered that it is open till 3:30 on Sundays! This was a joyous and sticky discovery (the more so since I left the chocolates lying in a sunbeam when I got home and they melted). I had the orange fondants and coffee creams, which were gorgeous colours, almost too strongly flavoured (which didn't stop me eating them!) and reasonably priced. (As for that walking group I mentioned, the shop also sells Kendal Mint Cake...)

I need to let every-one at Happy Cow know that the range of vegan chocolates available at Grasmere chocolate cottage is awesome, the fruit fondants of which there are 8 different flavours and the slow roasted almond nut cluster dipped in dark chocolate, and the coffee creams are fabulous, the face book and website are easy to use, the owners Angela & Richard will do anything to help and please, we are delighted with this little find and wanted to share with every-one at Happy Cow x

After browsing the chocolate and confectionery store shelves finding several vegan goodies we asked the lady behind the counter if any of the homemade chocolates were vegan and several were - about 60%. She was Angela one of the friendly owners and she said she realised many of the dark chocolates would be vegan if she didn't decorate them with a dob of milk or white choc so left it off. Like most vegan chocs there are too many (in my opinion) fruit or fondant based ones, but these did taste superior to any others I've had. There was an almond nut cluster which in Angela's opinion is the nicest choc in the whole shop.