Small businesses with a social mission
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Features
- Hand made ceramic mug with 180g hot chocolate mix
- Refuge chocolate enamel mug with 90g chocolate melts
Enamel Mug and Melts Pack
Teal enamel (tin) mug with black rim. Printed with white Refuge Chocolate logo.
Comes with Refuge Hot Chocolate Melts; 2 x solid chocolate and sugar half round shapes. Add liquid, heat and enjoy the best hot chocolate ever!. 2 servings per pack.
Think of our ethical Drinking Chocolate Melts like a chocolate stirrer but without the stick (we like to keep things as waste free as possible around here). They can also be compared to hot chocolate bombs/ bombes but with our gourmet dark drinking chocolate chocolate Melts you get a heck of a lot more chocolate for your dollar.
Made using sustainable ingredients our luxury hot chocolate is compared to the gourmet Italian and Spanish hot chocolates. Taste the best vegan hot chocolate around.
Ceramic mug and hot chocolate mix pack
Bespoke ceramic mug crafted by Helen Faulkner Ceramics.
Cosy shaped ceramic mug with black speckled orange glaze and exposed clay base.
This beautiful ceramic mug comes with a pouch of our luxurious ethical drinking chocolate. Made using sustainable ingredients it is compared to the gourmet Italian and Spanish hot chocolates.
Using the finest ground fair trade Belgian chocolate together with a dusting of sugar for a taste sensation. This is the very best hot chocolate powder to make the most delicious chocolate drink.
Add liquid, heat and enjoy.
4-8 servings per pack.
To make a Refuge thick liquid hot chocolate just like we do:
(Based on 900w microwave)
-Spoon in 45g / 4 tablespoons of the hot chocolate blend into a microwavable mug.
-Pour 125ml double cream into the mug.
-Heat in microwave for 1 minute 20 seconds..
-Remove mug from microwave.
-Stir well until blended.
-Heat again for a few seconds if you want to make it a bit warmer.
-Drink and enjoy.
Instead of the above methods, heat the liquid in a saucepan on the hob.
You may also wish to substitute cream for milk or a dairy alternative.
Contains ground dark Chocolate (67%) cocoa mass, sugar, fat-reduced cocoa powder. Dark Chocolate contains: Cocoa 50.1% minimum. Sugar (33%)
*All our products are hand made with ethical ingredients and recyclable / compostable packaging.
Made in a kitchen where cereals containing gluten, nuts and eggs may be present
Refuge Hot Chocolate (now Refuge Chocolate) has been fully operational since 2017 led by Chief Potion Maker Tara Mullan.
'Not being a tea or coffee drinker I spent many years sampling the hot chocolate drinks throughout Ireland and beyond, never quite getting one that hit the taste buds of how I thought a hot chocolate should taste. Until a few years ago I went skiing in Andora and tasted something that hit the spot. It was strong, thick and had so much taste. More like melted chocolate than the expensive dish water I was often served in cafes.
This awakening must have been filed away in the depths of my brain and came to the fore when I was trying to come up with a solution to financially support a local anti human trafficking charity I volunteer for. I briefly tested several ideas of projects to raise finance for the charity. Until one day the name Refuge and hot chocolate literally dropped into my head. This is when I started experimenting with recipes I read about and ones I made up.
Once I got closer to what I thought was a good tasting drink I asked friends to test some and give me feedback. After this I had the recipe for the original chocolate. It's still the same recipe we use today.'