Inspiring business mums conference

Well this has been a really busy week.

I met 3 wonderful ladies who put it all together for us Business Mums, Antonia Chitty, Nicky Chisholm and Suzanne Borrell who orgnaised the first Business Mums Conference in Brighton...

Just wish I had booked into a hotel and stayed over as those shops looked so inviting but the conference was too good to miss must add to to do list for next years conference!

What people said about The Business Mums Conference 2010:

"Inspiration, advice, networking, fun – the best conference I have attended!"

" A great day out, a sense of belonging to a community of like minded people, lots of ideas how to move forward."

" Thank you so much for such a well organised event, well worth the money and time to attend."

The day just whizzed by with some fantastic speakers and networking over a glass of fizz and the divine ChocChick truffles.

I am not usually a lover of plain chocolate but if you are and fancy making your own do check John Lewis Bluewater who are soon to be stocking their chocolate kits. Infact I hope to get some on board as we are off to a number of fairs soon and I am sure they would make popular Xmas presents... must add this to my list.

Purple Haze fabulous Wedding Favours

Earlier in the Summer we made up a wrapper design for one of our brides with purple font as she wanted to over foil our chocolate in purple. 

We sent out her order like this...

 

Our bride has just sent us this  fabulous picture of her chocolate bars taken on her special wedding day which she over foiled in purple to match their theme. 

We think they look gorgeous and would like to thank her for also adding a review to our  Freeindex listing which now lists us as No 1 for the Chocolate category!!!

Getting ready for Business Mums Conference #BMC2010

It's been a really busy few weeks as I had no internet for sometime a long story so I'm now catching up and lots of chocolate orders are flying out the door.

I will be posting the pictures soon but in the meantime I felt I had to show off our new Organic Fairtrade Belgian 10 gram Chocolate bars.

We finished making up a big box of our delicious hand made and hand wrapped Organic Fairtrade Milk Chocolate bars earlier today so if you are coming to the Business Mums Conference in Brighton next week on the 5th October do try you will find one in your goody bag just remember we wrapped each and every one!

We are launching our new site Chocospell Organic soon and you can either purchase our ChocoSpell Personaliced Chocolate Telelgram to send to friends or family or perhaps buy a license and set up your own ChocoSpell business.

I'm really looking forward to the conference and hope to mingle and catch up with some of you there as well as taking new ideas on board...think I better book my train ticket!

New Wedding Favours Video Summer 2010

Summer is nearly over although you wouldn't think it today as we have experienced lots of sunshine as I  loaded our most recent wedding favours video into You Tube.

A wonderful reminder for me and all our lovely wedding couples of the chocolate favours they shared with their friends and family.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2LgFsOgErk

This has to be my most favourite video production to date although I wish had done something with my hair and added a little make up for the occasion!

Enjoy x

Nutella Pancakes

When I read on Twitter that my friend NotSoSingleMum was organising a Nutella Carnival I had to take a detour on the way home to pick some up!

I just love Nutella and thought I would rise to the challenge. My kids love making pancakes so this proved to be a relatively easy choice to occupy them on a Sunday morning with just a little stress thrown in for good measure!

Stress I hear you say surely not, afraid my dear 6 yo daughter helped weigh, mix, pour and spoon delicious Nutella and toss the pancakes. But when asked to pose for the photos she flatly refused saying " I don't want you to put my picture on Facebook, your going to put it on Facebook!" I was mortified I tried to reassure her to no avail... will she be shy of Facebook when she's older?

So one of my boys stepped in for the photo.

Here's the recipe why not give it a go...makes about 6 pancakes double the quantities for a hungry family!

Nutella 2 Tablespoons

2 Eggs

4 oz Plain Flour

3 fl ozWater

7 fl oz Milk

2oz Melted Butter

• Put flour in bowl add eggs and mix.

• Combine water & milk gradually pour into mixture and mix together a little at a time - be careful to make sure there are no lumps...

• Add 1 tablespoon of melted butter & use the rest to cook the pancakes with.

• Add 2 tablespoons of melted Nutella to the mix

• Use a little melted butter to fry each pancake on a medium heat. When it starts to bubble & rise it is time to toss them & cook the other side!

• Serve with melted Nutella either inside before rolling or & drizzled over the top. We didn't have any icecream but add your choice for a decadent breakfast or dessert.

No holding back once the pancakes were ready, we had 2 pans on the go and Nutella Pancakes with extra Nutella and sugar were a big hit!

Enjoy :-)