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Four brilliant small businesses for your delectable treats this Easter

Four brilliant small businesses for your delectable treats this Easter

Posted: Tue 26th Mar 2024

Looking for a chocolatey gift to give this Easter? Perhaps you'd just like to indulge yourself!

Enterprise Nation’s community is brimming full of fantastic businesses in this very industry, so there has never been a better time to shop small!

Take a look at these four superb small businesses, owned and run by Enterprise Nation members, to meet all your needs this Easter.

Melted Inside

Founded by the appropriately named Candy Bowles, Melted Inside produces a whole range of artisan food and drinks from jams to teas, but its Easter collection is something to behold.

Whether you’re in the mood for chocolate eggs, hampers, biscuits or alcohol-free drinks, Melted Inside has you covered while also providing a bumper vegan offering.

With all products made via non-industrialised methods and only traditional processes and recipes, Melted Inside will provide your every Easter wish.

The Solid Chocolate Company

Boasting a brilliant selection of Big Bars and Solid Chocolate Eggs—that’s right, they’re not hollow!—The Solid Chocolate Company is very much one of the go-to places this Easter.

The innovative design of The Solid Chocolate Egg, which pieces together 42 chocolate chunks into a perfectly formed, 750g egg, has got people raving, with multiple types of Belgium chocolate on offer.

The Chocolate Cottage

Richard and Angela Barker are the founders of The Chocolate Cottage. They hand-produce everything with ingredients originating in The Caribbean, Africa and the Americas.

With vegan offerings and handmade fudge also on the menu, The Chocolate Cottage could provide the perfect gift.

La Chocolatrice

If you’re after a more luxurious gift, why not check out La Chocolatrice?

Founder, Zoe Rutter, spent many a year studying and sampling patisserie and chocolates in France before setting up the business in the North East of England.

La Chocolatrice offers handmade chocolate bars, and eggs to boutique chocolate-making experiences, including Easter Egg Making.

The business is all about bringing smiles to faces, so its products will make the perfect gift all year round.


Are you looking to follow in the footsteps of these brilliant small businesses?

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Enterprise Nation has helped thousands of people start and grow their businesses. Led by founder, Emma Jones CBE, Enterprise Nation connects you to the resources and expertise to help you succeed.

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