Grasmere Chocolate Cottage - Ambleside

After browsing the chocolate and confectionery store shelves finding several vegan goodies we asked the lady behind the counter if any of the homemade chocolates were vegan and several were about 60%. She was Angela one of the friendly owners and she said she realised many of the dark chocolates would be vegan if she didn't decorate them with a dob of milk or white choc so left it off. Like most vegan chocs there are too many (in my opinion) fruit or fondant based ones, but these did taste superior to any others I've had. There was an almond nut cluster which in Angela's opinion is the nicest choc in the whole shop.

I went out of curiosity and went with a box full of chocolate! there are some (super tasty) vegan options available and I can recommend them all

Amazing. I thought I'd only find one, maybe two vegan options here. but to my surprise, there were ~15 chic chocolate options. I saw the chocolate with mint absolutely emptied. the owner had so many other vegan options like rose cream, orange cream, lemon cream, etc., all really delicious. She's really a genie, her chocolate is supposed to die. Do not miss this place!

My hiking group tends to visit grasmere on a Sunday so that I constantly know that chocolate cottage was close but closed. I then discovered that it is open on Sunday until 3:30! this was a joyful and sticky discovery (the more since I left the chocolates lying in a sunbeam when I came home and they were melted.) I had the orange fondantes and coffee creams, which were beautiful colors, almost too strongly flavored (which did not stop me eating them and too expensive. (as for this hiking group I mentioned, the shop also sells kendal mint cake.

After we find the chocolate and confectionery stores several vegan tasty we ask the dame behind the theke when one of the homemade chocolate vegan and several were about 60% she was angela one of the friendly owners and she said she realized that many of the dark chocolates would be vegan if they did not decorate them with a dob of milk or white chic, so that it left. like most vegan chords there are too many (I think) obst or fondant based, but these have taste superior, all the others I had. there was a almond nut cluster, which, after Angelas, is the most beautiful choir in the whole.