Metropolitan Chocolates by Thorntons

    DERBYSHIRE, ENGLAND, November 14, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Thorntons is turning up the style with its brand new box of single origin chocolates - Metropolitan. Culinary couture meets cocoa chic in this stylish collection which has been crafted and designed by Master Chocolatier Keith Hurdman.

Inspired by chocolatiers from cities of the world, the dark Dominican Republic and milk Ecuador single origin chocolates are combined with delicious flavours such as salted caramel, orange blossom, quince and cloudberry to create this chic new box. Available in Thorntons store from early November, Metropolitan hits the shelves just in time for the pre-Christmas dinner party season or early Christmas gifts shopping.

The Metropolitan box of chocolates will make an impressive gift and hopefully your friends will love you enough to share it with you!. Highlights include the Midnight Melt chocolate made of intensely dark Dominican Republic chocolate with fruity undertones, which just melts in the mouth, and the Praline Piazza - a light, crisp praline wand, packed full of crunchy feuillietine pieces contrasting with a velvety roasted hazelnut praline.

Metropolitan boxes will be available for you to enjoy in two sizes:, 19 chocolates (191g) RRP GBP5.99, and 37 chocolates (373g) RRP GBP10.99.

For further details on the new Metropolitan box of chocolates, contact Sophie McColl at the Thorntons Press Office: 020 8875 6983 / [email protected]

About Thorntons

• Keith Hurdman is Thorntons Master Chocolatier. With over 25 years of experience in the industry, Keith is an unusual phenomena for the British chocolate industry as a home grown talent with extensive training with some of Europe's finest confectioners and chocolatiers in Belgium, Switzerland and France. He is now widely recognised as one of the UK's most talented chocolatiers. Keith has won a number of other awards including the International Belgian Chocolate Award and the highly acclaimed 'Truffe d' Or' in 2000 as Champion Confectioner of Switzerland.

• Thorntons has 379 own stores, 37 of which have their own cafe, and 250 franchise stores across the country, as well as a strong direct (www.thorntons.co.uk) and commercial business, supplying all major supermarkets.

• Products range from gift selections, chocolate blocks to toffee and ice cream.

• Established by Joseph William Thornton in 1911, Thorntons is one of the UK's oldest chocolate retailers, making it's chocolates in Derbyshire with more than 4,000 employees.

• Thorntons is the number one 'Chocolate and Confectionery' brand and the number 18 overall brand in the UK according to Superbrands' latest research.

Website: http://www.thorntons.co.uk/

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