5 chocolate hot spots to satisfy your sweet tooth this Easter

Easter is a fantastic time to go chocolate shopping, and if you’re staying in London then you’re positively spoilt for choice. We love chocolates as much as anyone else, so whether you’re looking for traditional treats, something a little wackier, or an upmarket style of chocolate to keep your sweet tooth at bay, we’ve compiled this selection of 5 major chocolate hot spots to head for…

1. Choccywoccydoodah

If you can get round to pronouncing the name right, then a trip to this impressive chocolate emporium should definitely make the grade while you stay at your Paddington hotel. Situated in Soho, the venue is both a store and a cafe, with everything from chocolate cakes to bars and chocolatey sweets on offer. There is a distinctly experimental edge to the fare offered by Choccywoccydoodah, and a bar for adult visitors to enjoy as well as a room you can book for special events.

2. Artisan du Chocolat

Situated in stylish Westbourne, this upmarket chocolate shop is the ideal place to combine luxury and your sweet tooth while visiting the city. The venue is designed to welcome guests into a world of new flavours and familiar combinations, and the staff tend to take the art and science of great chocolate pretty seriously. This is where you’ll find chocolate which has been ground from the bean by the team rather than buying processed items from elsewhere, meaning even the standard range is impeccable and flavourful. The store stocks a wide range of seasonal items throughout the year, and also items made to cater for specialised diets.

3. L’Appetit Fou

This is a shop which has made Belgian chocolate its major inspiration – and you can buy it in enormous slabs while enjoying London hotels special offers this Easter. With a name which can be translated roughly to ‘crazy appetite’, the chocolates are focused on a more classical interpretation of sweet treats, with flavours such as marzipan, coffee and caramel proving most dominant.

4. La Maison du Chocolat at Harrods

It doesn’t get much more luxurious than the Harrods chocolate store, and La Maison du Chocolat can be traced all the way back to the Parisian store which started the brand in 1977. This is where Londoners staying at a Paddington hotel can get a real taste of opulent chocolate making at its very best, with taster boxes and distinctively upscale candies sure to appeal to even the most discerning sweet tooth.

5. Melt

Founded in 2006 by Louise Nason, Melt has become a glamorous chocolate shop in the intervening years, with colourful packaging and a kitchen where visitors can see their chocolate being made before their very eyes. The in-house chocolatiers are on-hand to discuss how each piece is made, and some of the flavour combinations are downright ingenious. If you’re on the lookout for chocolate which combines rich taste with a flair for the creative, then this is the place to be.