Davenport's Chocolates

02/11/2024

A lush day down on the bridge at with more . I think next time we're down here all the leaves will be gone. Thanks to all my lovely customers, I think really appreciate you!!

29/10/2024

We've still got a few tickets left for our next 2 collaboration workshops if you would enjoy an evening of chocolate and creativity? This Thursday is Apple themed, next month Cream Whiskey from Ad Gefrin! Book tickets for £32 on Eventbrite
https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/chocollaboration-with-special-guest-each-month-1737919

19/10/2024

Autumn colour vibes on Armstrong Bridge at foodmarket. Here until 3pm today, be lovely to see you!

14/10/2024

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/chocolate-apples-workshop-with-jesmond-community-orchard-chocollaboration-tickets-901900076407
I've love to invite you to celebrate all things Apple (& chocolate) related with me at our upcoming workshop on Thursday 31st October. We are welcoming members from the Jesmond Community Orchard and I can't wait to taste some of their local harvest.
I have a fond memory of making chocolate apples when I was young - but we will be making serious grown-up indulgent apples here, as well as other Apple (and maybe cinnamon) themed chocolates. It promises to be a delightful, sociable and scrumptious event - book your tickets here on Eventbrite (£32) or juniors 10-18 year olds £18.

Chocolate Making workshop featuring wonderful local apples. Create a chocolate fondue, gourmet chocolate apples, and more chocolate delights

01/10/2024

Raspberry & Rose Truffles made today. One of my first ever recipes. Still going strong after 17 years - though with a different decoration. Does anyone remember what it used to look like?

26/09/2024

Looking forward to our with this evening! We are going to be making fir cones and chocolate leaves in our monthly creative workshop. This one got booked up very quickly, so we're all sold out for this evening. But I have put another date in the diary for February for a and Valentine's night!

Search for 'Davenport's Chocolates' on Eventbrite's website to see all our upcoming events. (There's some new ones listed!)

21/09/2024

A lovely day out on the bridge. In my opinion, one of the culinary delights of Newcastle is the locally made fare to be found at the .

Thankyou to all the customers that have supported us with purchases of .

And on a personal level, it's an absolute treat to enjoy a breakfast pastry from and lunch from the amazing .ricebox.

20/09/2024

This is why I have been so quiet on the social media front! Busy making a LOT of chocolates. And it feels like as soon as I make them, they are out the door. It's certainly coming into chocolate season.

For a chocolatier, this means that lots of my wholesale customers place orders as the weather turns cooler. And although you're not thinking about it yet, all those lovely independent shopkeepers are thinking about plans for Christmas. And the makers and crafters have to be one step ahead, and hence the busy chocolatiers. Very grateful for orders from my lovely customers this week including in Newcastle, in Marlow,
in Brampton, in Whickham and

But I'm taking a little time out to bring my chocolates to market myself tomorrow. You can find my little chocolate stall on Armstrong Bridge for from 10am - 3pm. Choose your own chocolates from our counter for a lovely treat or pick up one of our beautiful chocolate gift boxes. Hope you see you there! Jx

29/08/2024

Enjoyed another lovely workshop at our chocolate factory this evening, courtesy of the wonderful tea from . Thanks to everyone that came, it was a special evening of chocolate truffle creations and gold chocolate teapots! The rhubarb spritz tea, lemon rooibos and sliced chai all made amazing chocolate ganaches. Mmm....

27/08/2024

Our Salted Truffles are now back in stock. Made with the pure salt from underground brine springs at Churchfields Saltworks in Droitwich, these creamy, caramelly truffles are deliciously rich and smooth. Highly recommended for anybody that likes milk chocolate. Available to buy on our website for £14.00.

https://davenportschocolates.co.uk/products/salted-truffles?variant=43019414700289

26/08/2024

Brilliant, its time for another workshop! This Thursday we will be featuring the amazing Leaf Tea - a local tea company who bring flavours from all around the world to our doors. If you haven't tried their tea before, its really something special - both the loose leaf tea, and the maatcha powders are really exceptional. Have a browse on their website, and I'm sure you will find a brew that will hit the spot: www.loveleaftea.com

OR... you can come and taste them at our chocolate workshop this Thursday (we still have a few tickets available, just search for 'Davenport's Chocolates on Eventbrite to book)

We will be tasting various blends of tea, and then making Ganache truffles with the tea infusions too. For extra zing, we will be hand rolling the truffles in freeze dried fruit powders too, and attempting some chocolate teapot artistry. It promises to be a wonderful night of chocolate, tea and creativity - come and join us! Tickets £32 from Eventbrite, starts 7.30pm Thursday 29th August 2024. See you there!

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/901886565997

03/08/2024

Enjoying a lovely day . Not too hot, a sunny but breezy 20 degrees - perfect for me!

Stocked up on peppermint creams for an after dinner treat. As well as my summer range of fudge slices. Thankyou to everyone that has already popped down.
Just about to tuck into my lunch from the lovely .ricebox, thanks Adam & Lisa! X

26/07/2024

So lovely to have Alice from with us last night for our latest evening. Wonderful to hear how she has grown her jam making business over the last few years, and taste the authentic freshness of her homemade jams. The Blackcurrant & Juniper was the first one I tasted, and it really blew me away. But all of the jams were a joy to work with in the chocolate factory, as we made chocolate mediants sandwiched with all the different jams, as well as dipping lots of fresh strawberries in chocolate too.
Thank you to all the guests that joined us for the evening, your company and enthusiasm was delightful.
And on behalf of both Alice and myself, thankyou for your support of our artisan businesses, we really really appreciate it!
Til next time... August's is with with !

23/07/2024

Last few tickets remaining for our Chocollaboration this Thursday evening. Very excited to be welcoming Northumbrian Pantry to the chocolate factory for some Summer fruits inspired chocolate making. Its going to be a truly lovely one, I can just tell. Hope to see you there!

A chocolate making experience with the fruits and preserves of Northumberland (think strawberries dipped in chocolate and MUCH more...)

17/07/2024

Imagine working next to a chocolate factory () AND a brownie bakery()?! This food production unit is currently vacant, if you are looking for somewhere to move your food production/prep/bakery business to, come and join us! This down stairs unit is fully kitted out and ready to go - approx 750sqft. Please share/tag anyone that might be interested.
Ps the sky won't always be this blue, but the smell of chocolate will always be wafting around

11/07/2024

Very grateful to our stockists, who are passionate to support independent creatives like ourselves. When I am busy making the chocolates, it is so great to be able to partner with shops who will present our chocolates to our lovely customers for us, and help me continue to do what I love. This order is going out to , so a fresh order of will be on their shelves soon!

05/07/2024

Wrapping up Hazelnut Praline bars, one of my all time favourites. Crunchy caramelized nutty pieces, as well as caramelized praline paste, swirled into our creamy milk chocolate. And splashes of colour to finish. Happy Friday everyone x

27/06/2024

Loved collaborating with the wonderful Sam from for a wonderful workshop this evening. Thanks to everyone that came and drank coffee and made chocolates, it was heaps of fun!

26/06/2024

Late Availability Notice! I still have a few tickets left for my chocolate workshop tomorrow evening. Its a collaboration with Cracked Bean Roastery. If you love chocolate, AND coffee - still will be right up your street, come and be a chocolatier for an evening. Tickets £32 on eventbrite.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/901874168917?aff=oddtdtcreator

21/06/2024

They may be ridiculously simple, but they taste ridiculously good too. On the menu today: Salted Pretzels, double enrobed in creamy milk chocolate. A little treat that is rather yummy. Available to order on our website (see link in bio) for £7.00.

20/06/2024

Lots of chocolates coming off the enrobing belt this morning. Current batch of Creme Brulee Truffles, to be followed by Salted Truffles made with the fabulous ...

10/06/2024

If Dad likes chocolate... we hope we've got you covered for Father's Day Gifts. From our Broon Ale Truffles to our epic Chocolate O'Clock, there's lots to choose from. We'll be posting orders up until Thursday this week, and we include a handwritten gift message at no extra charge too.

https://davenportschocolates.co.uk/collections/all

06/06/2024

We'll be bringing our chocolate bars, gift boxes (AND FUDGE!) to Hebburn Food Market this weekend. Organised by the amazing Local Heroes NE, pop down to Hebburn Central for a treat this Saturday. If you live in Hebburn, Jarrow, Bill Quay, Pelaw... you might be amazed to find this on your doorstop. The market has some amazing street food traders (burgers from Slackjaw’s GBC are amazing) and some yummy cake options (The Brownie Bar, Simply Cheesecake for starters...) and honey from Travelling Bee Company is another top pick. We'll be there from 10am-2.30pm... hope to see you!

[I should also mention, I'll be bringing my handmade fudge slabs... flavours will include:
Vanilla, Biscoffi, Peanut Butter, Chocolate Orange, and Rocky Road @£4.50 a slab]

06/06/2024

CALLING ALL COFFEE LOVERS!! It's time for our next ! Tickets for our Coffee themed Chocolate making workshop are now on sale. We will be welcoming Sam from Cracked Bean Roastery to our chocolate kitchen, to hear her story, taste her small batch artisan coffee, and create chocolates with these locally roasted beans! We will be coating the coffee beans in chocolate, making crushed coffee bean chocolate bark, and infusing coffee into Ganache Truffles. Come and be creative with us, and take your creations home. Tickets are £32 and available on Eventbrite. (Please tag any coffee-loving friends that you think would enjoy this) Jx

A chocolate making experience infused with specialist artisan roasted coffees

03/11/2023

Exciting announcement... We've got the next planned for January 2024... featuring an exclusive single estate Olive Oil from St. Basil's in Crete. Bringing two of the finer foods of life together, we will be experimenting and creating Ganache Truffles with dark chocolate with this rich, buttery olive oil. One for the connoisseurs, this will be an exceptionally amazing feast for the senses. Possibly a great gift experience for Christmas - especially for any vegan friends and family! Tickets for the evening are now available on Eventbrite (search for Davenport's Chocolates and you should find our listings - but any problems please get in touch) so you can put 25th January in the diary. Tickets have been getting booked up quite quickly for these events, so do book soon if this is for you.
In the meantime, if you would like to get hold of St. Basil's Olive Oil, it is available exclusively from .
And you can find us both on Armstrong Bridge in Jesmond for the foodie market tomorrow too!