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cocoa pod design raffia bags
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Beautiful Cocoa Pod Design Raffia Bags Handmade in Madagascar

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Pink Champagne Truffles
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Pink Champagne Truffles

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A Taste of the West Country – 2019 Edition

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Humbug Chocolate Sticks

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Mixed Box of Chocolates

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Salt Praline 12 Chocolate box
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Sea Salt Pralines Box of Twelve

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Chocolate Salami
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Chocolate Salami – Original Brandy and Rum

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Champagne Truffles 12 Chocolate Box
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Champagne Truffles Box of Twelve

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Multi Award winning chocolates

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Over eighty fine food awards since 2006 including Supreme Champion and nine times Champion chocolate at the Taste of the West awards. Great Taste awards winner. BBC Good Food champions.

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Free delivery for retail customer orders over £35. Fully tracked delivery with options to deliver to a shop, leave in a safe place or with a neighbour.

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Free gift tag and message on all orders. 

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Latest Chocolate News

Chocolate Centrepiece sculpture for John Lewis Foodhall Oxford Street
Chocolate Centrepiece for John Lewis Foodhall Oxford Street
April 8, 2020

Though events have currently overtaken us with the temporary closure of John Lewis Oxford Street [...]

Hand piping Easter Eggs
Coronavirus Update
March 20, 2020

24.3.2020 Based on the latest Government advice we have decided to close our chocolate factory [...]

Pink Champagne Truffles
Mother’s Day Chocolates 2020
March 7, 2020

Pink Champagne Truffles Our new Pink Champagne Truffles 12 chocolate box is perfect for Mother’s [...]

Art Deco Easter Eggs
The World’s Fairest Chocolate
March 6, 2020

The chocolate we use to make our Easter Eggs and Chocolates is sourced under a [...]

Cashew Trees in Madagascar
Vegan Cashew Milc Chocolate and Sustainability in Madagascar
March 1, 2020

Our Vegan-milc chocolates have been incredibly successful since their launch last Easter, and we are [...]

Plastic Free chocolate boxes with Glassine cups
What is Glassine and how do you recycle it?
February 24, 2020

This morning I had a lovely telephone conversation with a customer who had purchased a [...]

Pink Champagne Truffles
Valentines Chocolates 2020
January 19, 2020

Pink Champagne Truffles Our new Pink Champagne Truffles 12 chocolate box  is perfect for the [...]

Spaceship Earth
The Future Economy – Prosperity, Growth, and Planetary Boundaries
December 31, 2019

Our own chocolate business has always been a small business, though it has varied in [...]

I’m going to eat it all! – Television presenter Alan Titchmarsh on presenting Lick the Spoon with a National Treasure Award

Alan Titchmarsh

It is a thing of great beauty as if from the boudoir of a French courtesan – Nigella Lawson describing Lick the Spoon’s filigree Easter Egg

Nigella Lawson

Chocolates equal to the finest in the world – chef Rick Stein as chief judge at the Taste of the West awards

Rick Stein

Useful Information

Dark Chocolates
Frequently Asked Questions FAQ
May 6, 2020

Find answers to many frequently asked questions such as Is your Chocolate Fair-trade? How Fast [...]

Garden Recycling
How to Recycle our Home Compostable bags – Plants v Plastic
July 5, 2019

How to Recycle our Home Compostable Bags – Summary If you receive your chocolates in [...]

Diana Short chocolatier Lick the Spoon
Welcome to Lick the Spoon!
July 5, 2019

Welcome to Lick the Spoon! We started making chocolates from our kitchen table thirteen years [...]

Chocolate Delivery Information
July 29, 2013

Alas we have to charge you for shipping and delivery, but at least you can [...]

Akany Avoko Faravohitra
Akany Avoko Faravohitra Childrens Home Madagascar
July 8, 2016

Our visit to Akany Avoko Faravohitra Childrens Home Madagascar was an unforgettably moving experience. In Malagasy [...]

Chocolate bars stacked 2
Click and Collect
September 20, 2015

It is now possible to Click and Collect your chocolates having them delivered to a [...]

What is Fresh Chocolate?
October 4, 2015

What is Fresh Chocolate and why is Raisetrade important? Updated October 2015… a year on [...]

A nice glass of Criollo?… Origin chocolate explained.
February 21, 2014

I dare say a fair few of us will sit down this evening with a [...]

What is Couverture?
February 21, 2014

As passionate chocolatiers, we’re always on the lookout for new exciting “couvertures” to try ~ [...]

Award winning handmade chocolates
Fresh Chocolates Shelf Life?
November 21, 2013

Fresh Chocolates We refer to many of our chocolates as ‘fresh chocolates’. These are ganache [...]

Buy Chocolates Online Now!
July 30, 2013

Buy our award winning chocolates online today with gift wrapping,  a personalised message and delivery [...]

Fresh chocolate counter at Gloucester services
Where can I Buy Lick the Spoon?
July 30, 2013

You can buy all of our Chocolates from our website online today! Our Chocolate factory [...]

SALSA Approved

SALSA Approved

We are independently audited and approved by SALSA – Safe and Local Supplier Approved – Site Code 1839

GUILD of fine food producer member

We are producer members of the Guild of Fine Food and are also Great Taste Producers having won great taste awards in three consecutive years.

Taste of the west member

taste of the west producer members

We are producer members of Taste of the West – patron H.R.H. Prince Charles, Prince of Wales. We were Supreme Champion 2016. Eight times winner Champion Chocolate.