Right in the heart of historic Monmouth town centre on Monnow Street, this independently owned…read morechocolatier founded in 2006 was a real find. Its small, well ordered premises were brimming with chocolate based goodies. Best of all much of it was made on the premises, using Belgian Callebaut couverture chocolate as the base. Under their own brand Mon Cacao range, more than 46 varieties are available, with a variety of dark, milk and white chocolate on offer. They also sold milkshakes, ice creams etc. Well worth a visit. You can also order online via their website.

This shop has closed now (pretty much like most of the other independent shops in Monmouth!) It's…read morebeen replaced by Topstak, they sell and install stoves & fires http://www.topstak.co.uk/monmouth-showroom.php

The staff are always welcoming at this delightful upmarket chain. A key part of their mission is to…read morelimit and reduce sugar content. Sugar is to sweeten but not to cheapen. Contrast this maxim with the greedy international conglomerates like Cadbury (no longer British controlled) and Nestlè (a chairman once said that water should never be free). Their deliberate overuse of processed, cheap, white sugar and any other cheap ingredient they can get their grubby claws on including industrial chemicals, processed cheap oils to bastardise chocolate for only one purpose, which is to increase shareholder payouts, their own bonuses and the chairman's share hand outs and fuck customers and remember they sell this stuff to kids. With Hotel Chocolat it's always a bonus for me when they have a cafe in store as their coffee and chocolate libations are tasty. A cafe also includes ice cream and ice cream sundaes with great quality sauces. I have very clear favourites when I shop - anything with booze and anything with macadamia, hazel or cashews nuts (though strictly speaking a cashew isn't a nut it's a Drupe with the nut being a seed). I'm not a fan of very dark chocolate but will use it in cooking. My always go to sweets have champagne, gin or whiskey within. Also their chocolate florentines and their hazelnut pralines are just divine.

Some of the best chocolate around. The blueberry truffles are, in a word, OMG-mazing. It's by no…read moremeans cheap - a package of six truffles runs £2.95 apiece - but this is seriously high quality cocoa. Plus, if you hang around long enough inside you're bound to score a few free samples!

Small chocolate shop, we stopped in for hot chocolate. It was delicious, nice quick service. Also…read morevery pleasant. Melted chocolate and warm milk equals some the best hot chocolate. If your close by, I would say try this.

We found this little gem while walking the town of Cirencester. Delicious locally made ice cream,…read moregorgeous chocolates and coffee served by friendly helpful waitstaff. The ice cream comes with complementary choice of sauces. Tables outside are nice.

Wally's deli version 2 is the Arcades Wally's sweeter cousin. Bustling with Easter goodies at the…read moremoment it's hard to tell what is normally carried, but I for one do not give a damn when their is so much scrumptious chocolate on display. Being an upmarket deli, you'll get lots of beautifully decorated food. You pay for it, but your paying for quality that feels deserved. I love the shop as well, floor to ceiling glass and brightly lit, Wally's oozes with metropolitan class. You great great service, with lovely staff. Put all those ingredients in a blender and you've got your self tasty metaphorical pie.

I've been going to the Wallys Delicatessens in the Morgan arcade for years, so was very interested…read moreto see what I would make of their first ever new store in the St David's 2 center. On the whole I was quite satisfied and impressed. The store is not as big as the original, nor does it have as much stock. This is for the better though, as it is ascetically pleasing, and I have often felt that the other store packs far too much in. A further difference is that this new store focuses far more on the sweeter things in life. There is a mouthwatering selection of handmade chocolates, a wide variety of old fashioned sweets, and some simply breathtaking gingerbread houses, which are already on my Christmas list for next year. They do sell some of the more savory products (though if that's what your after I'd head for their other store), including a rather nice selection of oils, which are far superior to anything you get in a supermarket. Finally the great thing about this store, is that it really makes a nice change from all the big brand names that dominate St David's 2. It's so nice to see an independent retailer doing so well, and I would truly encourage anyone to check out Wallys.

Every childs dream! (And of course, every adult who is not afraid to let thier inner child out!)…read more I walked in and my mouth dropped, still possesing my sweet tooth, which I might add I hope I never lose, I was in heaven, all the bon bons under the sun, sugar coated jelly sweats, gobstopper, massive gobstoppes, sugar laces, liquorice alsorts, boiled sweets... oh it was just wonderous! No one in thier right mind can walk into this place and not feel the smile burst onto their face. There is something about sweet shops that just make everything with the world ok. So, if you need a bit of joy in your life visit scrumtiously (not enough shops use this as a name!) sweet and get that inner child buzzing with wonder and excitment about which sugary susbtance will soon be hitting your taste buds and filling you with complete satisfaction!

If I'm planning to walk from Gloucester Road to Bristol Temple Meads Station rather than be lazy…read moreand jump on the bus, I always make sure I stop by at Scrumptiously Sweet to treat myself for being so healthy. Yes, yes - a contradiction in terms! Just walking through its doors brightens my day. The shop assistants greet you with a warm smile, offers you an array of childhood delights from strawberry laces to chocolate bon bons. With a bag of sweet treats in my pocket, even a long walk in the cold is an attractive proposition!

This is a very special shop where they make their own chocolates. As you'd expect, the chocolate is…read morevery fine and a little bit of an investment. A very worth while one. I treated my partner to an Easter Egg from here last year and that was one prized possession. If you decide to buy one, get yourself one while you're at it. My usually very generous girlfriend kept hers all to herself! Oh, I would have easily given this place *** but the inside is awkward and a bit shabby and I wasn't so keen on the owner (?) speaking in French to his associate, thinking noone could understand him. This is not really that important, but it doesn't leave the same impression as the chocolate does. :)

Now, I certainly won't say that this shop alone is worth the trip to Cowbridge, but I will…read morecertainly imply it heavily. This is a charming little shop tucked away off the main road passing through the town, so you might not immediately see it. It's easy to find though, and is very near the main parking zone. The staff in Cocoa & Co are very lovely, and clearly take a pride in their products. They have a good range of handmade chocolates and gifts, but the thing that really makes this shop something special, are the sugar-covered almonds. In all different colours, jars of them fill a wall. These are my favourite of sweets, so I was very, very excited when I first found them. But they're great for wedding favours, and Cocoa & Co specialise in making these up, if you're so inclined.

You will find Cocoa & Co down a quaint little mews off the High Street at the top end of Cowbridge…read more You can get there by turning right after Arthur John Hardware. (I had lived in Cowbridge for six months before I discovered this beautiful little mews!) Being a chocoholic this is my kind of shop, and although expensive, the treats that they have on offer are our of this world... so, essentially well worth the extra dollar! Although i have never indulged in anything but the handmade chocs, they also sell a pretty broad assortment of other sweets, that are bought in from other cottage industries and small manufacturers. The interior of the shop is like something you would expect to find in a period film about the Victorian era... it has that other-worldly charm going on about it! A real delight!

No surprise at all that this fudge store has high reviews. The guys working there were encouraging…read morepasserby's to come in to get a sample of fudge and most people were grabbing a slice or two to take with them. They have the traditional flavors like chocolate, raspberry, etc. When I tired the fudge in the store, it was soft but after taking it away (and storing in a container), it did dry out. Very sweet, as expected, with fudge!

Visiting Bath from the United States. We passed by this cute little shop while walking around the…read moreshops. The two workers inside were so nice and inviting. We asked if we could try three of the fudge flavors ND with no hesitation the lady proceeded to give us samples. The three were equally as delicious and we just had to buy a slice of each. We were like kids in a candy store. You must give them a try!

Can we just take a moment to applaud the WONDERFUL pun in the shop name? Isn't it brilliant? I…read morewanted to really love this shop. I get very excited about little sweet shops, but this one fell short for me. Despite the amazing name. There's nothing wrong with the shop itself, it's just not... amazing. The fudge she asked us to try was nice, and actually reasonably priced. But there was nothing in the cute little shop that wowed me. The truffles looked great, but £3.95 for 100g seemed very pricey - rivalling London prices. And there were some animal crafted chocolates that really weren't very good. I wouldn't have sold them if I'd made them (not that I know how to do that, but still). It's a cute shop, it's got a great name and the people here were lovely. It just wasn't going to make me want to spend any money. Usually truffles are the first thing I'll spend me pennies on, but I wasn't tempted this time. I almost gave them four stars for the name alone, but the shop just didn't do it for me. Which is probably good for my waistline.

this shop is soooooo good!!!!! amazing chocolates, ice-cream, sweets and even cappuccino. It has…read moresuch a nice old fanshioned feel and the staff are really friendly, part of the appeal of this place, definately a repeat trip, ps the soft nougat is awesome!!

If we don't go to Bartletts we go to Banables. Not quite so 'up market' but extra friendly and good…read morequality meat unlike those supermarkets. Fantastic pork pies too. Try the dry cured bacon.