I have so much I could write about as a first ‘blog post’ but think most appropriately we should introduce ourselves and get to know each other a little better..! So here we go.

My name is Nic, or Nicola, and I am The Chocolate Hut. I’m a one man band operating with a lot of help from family and friends to bring tasty treats to the general kentish public! The Chocolate Hut started as a dream in late 2010 as I stood making delicious sweet and salty chocolate bars for Christmas presents and testing fudge and sweet recipes from the Christmas edition of Good Housekeeping (I was 25 but old before my time…). The recipe for the sweet and salty chocolate bars is adapted but still used every week now, and I still have that crumpled page from Good Housekeeping.

By May 2011 I’d completed all relevant paperwork, and the show was on the road with our first ever event, Sweeps Festival, Rochester 2011. Positioned right next to a bandstand filled with questionable but extremely loud talent and battling galeforce winds that whipped plates filled with delectable chocolates and treats straight off the table, that first weekend was a definite learning curve – it certainly couldn’t get any worse!

Regular farmers markets followed and the direction of the business changed week by week, as we followed trends and tried to work out a winning formula! In 2014 we have our very successful range of Granola Bars. There are 7 varieties ranging from the classic Mixed Berry (cranberries, sour cherries, blueberries and golden raisins) to our newest member of the gang, Salted Peanut. They are all finished with a base of dark Belgian chocolate. We’ve also just launched our range of gourmet brownies – inspired by America, made in the Garden of England… More on these guys another time. ;)

– the chocolate hut