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House of Dorchester 

chocolates are made 

from the world’s finest ingredients 

by the world’s finest chocolatiers 

right here in Britain

Welcome 

to House of Dorchester 

We’ve come a long way from our earliest days, but quality and 

heritage are as important to us now as they were back then. 

How we started 

Our roots are set in Dorchester where we remain today, although in a very different place to 

‘The Dorset Maid’ chocolate shop where it all started on the High Street in 1963. Finding top 

notch chocolate to stock their shop proved so much more difficult than had been expected that our 

founders decided to make their own! A local lady trained in the fine art of hand tempering and fork 

dipping chocolates sat in the shop front making all the lovely, luxury chocolates by hand. She really 

was our ‘Dorset Maid’. 

Word spread quickly and pretty soon a whole team of people were hand making chocolates above 

the shop for sale downstairs. 

Over the years hotels, restaurants and all sorts of other businesses heard about our fine handmade 

chocolates and not just at home in the UK. The House of Dorchester name was introduced in 2002 

– a proud moment for all the staff, but particularly for the many who had been with the company 

since the very early days. As the times move on there are many more who have taken part in the 

exciting journey from the original shop to our factory on the Duchy of Cornwall’s Poundbury estate 

in Dorchester where we still finish many of our chocolates by hand for that extra little touch. 

Today… 

Today House of Dorchester makes a range of scrumptious chocolate products for some 

of the UK’s leading hotels, restaurants, shops and venues and are now enjoyed around 

the world. We are proud to be celebrating our 50th anniversary in 2013 and to now be 

supporting the Quality Partnership Programme (QPP) as part of our ongoing commitment 

to improve sustainability and the sourcing of ethically produced ingredients. 

What’s our secret? There isn’t one! We are just mindful of our heritage and remain true 

to our core values of quality, respect, provenance, service and design. Everything we do 

is with these in mind and that’s why our team of chocolatiers spend ages perfecting our 

recipes to make our delectable chocolates. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT OUR RANGE OF PRODUCTS: 

Telephone: 01420 84181 • Fax: 01420 543047 • Email: sales@hodchoc.com • www.hodchoc.com

Chocolate collections 

The ultimate chocolate experience 

Carefully crafted using only the finest ingredients to give you the ultimate chocolate experience. Whether a self-indulgent treat, 

a gift or a box to share, these special collections will delight the most discerning of chocolate lovers. 

5 

MINT CHOCOLATE 

COLLECTION 

A lively choice of fresh peppermint tastes, 

wrapped in dark, milk and white chocolate. 

DESSERT CHOCOLATE 

COLLECTION 

A rewarding treat of sweet after-dinner flavours, 


CARAMEL CHOCOLATE 

COLLECTION 

A luxurious selection of assorted caramel centres, 


COFFEE CHOCOLATE 

COLLECTION 

A rich blend of distinctive coffee flavours, 

wrapped in dark, milk and white chocolate 

VIOLET FONDANT 

CREMES 

Violet flavoured soft fondant cremes 

double coated in 70% dark chocolate 

5 

100g 

100g 

100g 

100g 

100g 



Connoisseur chocolate collections 

The connoisseur’s choice 

Created for those with individual tastes, 

our connoisseur collections are crafted 

using only the finest ingredients. 

1 2 3 

4 5 6 

STEM GINGER 

The finest crystallised ginger, double coated 

in our rich 70% dark chocolate. 

1 ROSE & VIOLET 2 MINT 

3 

Rose & violet flavoured soft fondant cremes 

double coated in our 70% dark chocolate. 

A lively choice of fresh peppermint 

tastes, wrapped in our dark, milk and 

white chocolate. 

CARAMEL 

A luxurious selection of assorted caramel 

centres, wrapped in our dark, milk and 


4 

DESSERT 

A rewarding treat of sweet after-dinner 

flavours, wrapped in our dark, milk and 


5 

LUXURY 

ASSORTMENT 

6 

An indulgent collection of decadent centres 

coated in our milk, white and dark chocolate. 

120g 150g 160g 160g 

160g 160g 



Luxury & dark chocolate collections 

Decadent and delicious 

A selection of indulgent assortments of decadent centres wrapped in our 

delicious milk, 70% dark and white chocolate. Presented in a beautiful, 

contemporary box, they are perfect for that special gift. 

Available in 200g , 300g , 400g & 600g boxes. 

Marc de Champagne truffles 

Lightly dusted milk chocolate truffles with a 

Marc de Champagne centre. 

Strawberry and Marc de 

Champagne truffles 

Smooth white chocolate truffles with a 

strawberry and Marc de Champagne centre. 



Hot chocolate & sweet impressions 

A highly visual range of gift chocolates 

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6 

1 

2 

3 4 

7 8 

1 

2 

3 

4 

Mini marshmallows stir in hot chocolate 

Chocolate fudge stir in hot chocolate 

Orange stir in hot chocolate 

Gingerbread stir in hot chocolate 

5 Sweet impressions – Cows 

6 Sweet impressions – Dogs 

7 Sweet impressions – Pigs 

8 Sweet impressions – Cats 



Tinned confectionery & biscuits 

Tins have an appealing after use and our 

exclusive range has innovative designs to suit 

all gifting occasions. They contain a selection 

of natural sweets or tempting biscuits. 

2 

3 

4 

1 

1 Planes, trains & automobiles 

3 

2 London collection 4 

Flower vases 

Men’s mini mints 



Flying the flag range 

Perfect souvenir or gift 

Containing a range of unique House of Dorchester luxury chocolates 

and confectionery, the range uses a design that takes inspiration from 

a cotton Union Jack flag with stitching and texture, finished with 

distinctive gold foil on boxes and wrappers and gold embossing on tins. 

2 5 

1 

3 

6 

7 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

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Flying the flag luxury British chocolate assortment 

Flying the flag twelve pictorial pack 

Flying the flag seven pictorial pack 

Flying the flag fine milk chocolate bar 

Stir in hot chocolate spoon with mini marshmallows 

Flying the flag money box 

Flying the flag square tin 

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Scottish Saltire f lag range 


House of Dorchester’s Scottish Saltire Flag range provides the perfect range 

of products as a souvenir of a trip to Scotland. The Saltire is one of the oldest 

continuously used sovereign flags in the world, having been used since AD 832, 

or so legend has it. Symbolising Scottish heritage, our brand new design takes 

inspiration from a cotton Saltire flag with clear stitching and texture elements. 

Our luxury chocolate assortment box is finished with striking distinctive gold 

foil lettering and the traditional thistle. 

Scottish Saltire flag 

five pictorial pack 

A pack of five small House of Dorchester fine milk 

chocolate bars wrapped to make full use of the extended 

Scottish Saltire flag and thistle, finished in a clear pack. 

Scottish Saltire flag luxury chocolate assortment 

A delicious selection of eight handmade chocolates. This distinctive Scottish 

Saltire flag assortment contains the following chocolates: milk caramel heart, 

violet creme, café noix, strawberry cheesecake, pistachio mousse, Marc de 

Champagne truffle, raspberry caramel and roast nut praline. 

Scottish Saltire flag 

fine milk chocolate bar 

Made from House of Dorchester’s special recipe fine milk chocolate, 

this weighty bar comes wrapped in gold foil paper and finished with 

our distinctive Scottish Saltire flag design with gold print. 



London Red Bus & London England range 

Chocolate and tins featuring the iconic London red bus 

1 

5 

3 

4 

2 

6 

4 1 London England twelve pictorial pack 

3 London England seven pictorial pack 6 

2 London England fine milk chocolate bar 

5 

London red bus pencil case tin 

London red bus suitcase tin 

London red bus money box tin 



Coronation range 


As the Diamond Jubilee proved, the British public are proud of their heritage. 

The Coronation range from House Dorchester has been created to mark 60 

years since the Queen’s Coronation in Westminster Abbey on 2nd June 1953, 

using brand new designs with distinctive gold foil on boxes and wrappers. 

Coronation seven pictorial pack 

A pack of seven small House of Dorchester fine milk 

chocolate bars wrapped to make full use of the Coronation 

design, finished in a clear pack. 

Coronation crown praline box 

A traditional chocolate box with a royal twist. Praline chocolates in the shape 

of crowns wrapped in House of Dorchester white, milk and dark 70% chocolate, 

packaged using individual cups, tray, and placed in a high quality box with gold 

foiled elements. 

Coronation fine milk chocolate bar 

Made from House of Dorchester’s special recipe fine milk chocolate, 

this weighty bar comes wrapped in gold foiled paper and finished 

with a distinctive dark purple and gold wrapper. 



Chocolate pictorials 

Themed mini chocolate bars 

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8 

1 

5 

2 

9 

6 

3 

7 

10 

3 William Shakespeare (mint) 6 London landmarks (milk) 

10 Scottish castles (milk) 

1 Henry VIII & his six wives (mint) 

2 Kings & Queens of England (mint) 

4 Scottish wildlife (milk) 

5 Highland cattle (milk) 

7 Stratford Upon Avon (milk) 

8 Andrew Murray London (milk) 

9 London scenes (milk) 



Personalised chocolate bars 

Our personalised chocolate bars (85g ) made with delicious British chocolate are so popular you will find them gracing 

the shelves of tourist attractions, museums and gift shops throughout the UK. 

Can’t make up your mind? Here are the options… 

Hot foil wrappers option 

The technique of hot foil blocking is similar to stamping on a piece 

of paper except we use foil instead of ink. We can personalise our 

standard wrappers with your own logo and wording. You can mix and 

match in multiples of 50 of each flavour. All we ask is that you order a 

minimum of 300 chocolate bars and we require you to pay a small one 

off charge to create the printing block. 

Step one: Choose your flavours 

Choose from six flavours. Don’t forget you can mix and match: 

• 70% dark chocolate 

• Milk chocolate with natural orange oil 

• White chocolate with cookie pieces 

• Milk chocolate with raspberry pieces 

• White chocolate 

• Milk chocolate 

Step two: Decision time 

Decide between personalised chocolate bars with hot foil blocking or 

using your own artwork. 

We’ll be pleased to quote you on both options. Simply call us on 

+44 (0)1420 84181. Too shy to call? Email sales@hodchoc.com 

Completely bespoke wrappers 

We require you to commit to a larger quantity of wrapper stock with 

this option but you have the freedom to create fantastic bespoke 

wrappers. The wrappers are printed using the offset lithography 

method and so we can match to your pantone numbers - the world 

is your oyster! 

Step three: Sit back and await delivery 

Our customer services team and production in the heart of Dorset 

will work swiftly to get your chocolate to you as soon as we can. 

Pssst! For those customers who prefer not to personalise or find it 

difficult to meet our minimum order requirements, we do also offer 

House of Dorchester branded chocolate bars available to buy in 

cases of 25 bars. 



Personalised pictorials 

We are proud to be able to offer our trade customers the possibility to fully personalise packs of 

mini chocolate bars that we call “pictorials”. 

We have a wide range of pictorial formats to choose from, although from experience we find that 

seven packs are the most popular. We can offer mini chocolate bars (10g each) in our very own 

recipe milk chocolate and dark 70% chocolate optionally infused with mint oil, foiled in either 

gold or silver. 

If required we can develop artwork for you working from photographs and postcards or you can of 

course supply artwork directly. Wrappers and backer cards are printed using offset lithography so 

we can match to your pantone references - the world is your oyster! 

We then finish in acetate packaging. 

We charge a simple one off artwork origination charge for all our personalised pictorials which 

includes design and printing of wrappers and backer cards. Whilst the design does not always 

require it, we do have the option to print wording on the acetate using our hot foil blocking 

technique in a variety of colours. The technique of hot foil blocking is similar to stamping on a piece 

of paper except we use foil instead of ink. All that we ask is that you pay a small one off charge to 

create the printing block. 

We would be happy to quote customers on volumes of 2000+ packs. To discuss your precise 

requirements please do not hesitate to contact our customer services team on +44 (0)1420 84181. 

Too shy to call? Email sales@hodchoc.com 

We can produce the following 

combination of layouts: 

• 3-pack (3x1) 

• 4-pack (4x1) 

• 5-pack (5x1) 

• 6-pack (3x3) 

• 7-pack (7x1) 

• 8-pack (4x2) 

• 10-pack (10x1) 

• 12-pack (4x3) 

• 24-pack (12x2) 



Slims & envelopes 

Personalised chocolate slims in envelopes - perfect for restaurants 

We offer slims in personalised envelopes in either milk chocolate or dark 70% chocolate infused 

with mint oil. The slims are foil wrapped in gold or silver. The envelopes themselves can also be 

printed in a wide variety of foil colours. 

The envelopes are available in navy, black, green, white or burgundy. We simply make a small 

one off origination charge to create the printing block and are happy to quote customers on 

minimum volumes of 1000+. 

Personalised chocolate slims - perfect after dinner 

We offer fully personalised single mini chocolate bars (10g ) that we call “slims”. Available in 

either our very own recipe milk chocolate or in dark 70% chocolate infused with mint oil, the 

slims are foil wrapped in gold or silver with paper sleeves and come in boxes of 250. 

Each wrapper can be fully personalised and we print wrappers using the offset lithography 

method so we can match to your pantone numbers – the world is your oyster! We simply make 

a small one off origination charge per colour per flavour and are happy to quote chocolate on 

minimum volumes of 5000+. 

Mint chocolate discs in envelopes - perfect for hotels 

In a similar fashion, we supply gold foiled discs of dark 70% chocolate infused with mint oil 

in personalised envelopes. We simply make a small one off origination charge to create the 

printing block and are happy to quote customers on minimum volumes of 1000+. 

Chocolate slims - perfect for catering 

We also offer simple slims foil wrapped in gold or silver to the catering trade. Available in milk 

chocolate or dark 70% chocolate infused with mint oil, these come in boxes of 250. 

To discuss your precise requirements please do not hesitate to contact us on +44 (0)1420 84181. 




Personalised chocolate boxes 

We are proud to be able to offer our larger customers the possibility to fully personalise our 

range of chocolate collection boxes. 

Our chocolates have been lovingly developed by our chocolatiers in Dorchester and have 

had excellent commercial success under our own House of Dorchester brand. Working with 

anything from simple hot foiling of your company name and logo on coloured boxes to fully 

supplied artwork, we are able to supply chocolate collections in rigid, fully recyclable boxes. 

Choose your flavours 

We pack our luxury chocolates into black cavity trays using black paper cups and finish with 

oblong black cushion pads. Our chocolate collection boxes weigh 100g and each contain eight 

luxurious hand finished chocolates. 

• Dessert chocolate collection: 

Wild Berry Crumble, Pistachio Mousse, Lemon Meringue, Strawberry Cheesecake. 

• Caramel chocolate collection: 

Chewy Caramel, Fudgy Caramel, Runny Caramel, Hard Caramel. 

• Coffee chocolate collection: 

Espresso, Latte Crisp, Americano, Cappuccino Whip. 

• Mint chocolate collection: 

Mint Creme, Mint Crunch Truffle, Mint Truffle, Rich Mint Truffle. 

• Violet Fondant cremes 

We would be happy to quote customers on minimum volumes of 3000+ boxes. To discuss your 

precise requirements please contact us on +44 (0)1420 84181. 




Personalised luxury chocolate boxes 

We are proud to be able to offer our trade customers the possibility to personalise our luxury 

boxes of chocolates by printing your name and logo on our designed white and black boxes using 

our silver hot foil blocking technique. 

The technique of hot foil blocking is similar to stamping on a piece of paper except we use silver 

foil instead of ink. 

All that we ask is that you pay a small one off charge to create the printing block. 

We pack our luxury chocolates into black cavity trays using black paper cups and finish with 

cushion pads and a glassine seal. Our luxury chocolate boxes containing milk, white and dark 

chocolates are available in 200g boxes (12 per case), 300g (12 per case), 400g (6 per 

case) and 600g (6 per case). We are also able to offer our dark assortment in 200g boxes 

only (12 per case). 

We would be happy to quote customers on minimum volumes of 48+ boxes. To discuss 

your precise requirements please contact us on +44 01420 84181. 




Loose chocolates range 

Loose chocolates available to buy in 

bulk for your chocolate counter 

We have a range of hand finished 

chocolates sold in bulk 

perfect for chocolate shops, 

sweet emporiums and 

delicatessens. All we ask is 

that our customers order full boxes 

of each chocolate for a minimum order 

of £150 to benefit from free delivery.* 

Americano Truffle 

(Dark) 

British Bittermint 

(Dark) 

Café Noix (Dark) 

contains nuts 

Cappuccino Whip 

(Milk) 

Caramel Heart 

(Milk) 

Caramel Heart 

(Dark) 

Chewy Caramel 

(Milk) 

Coconut Creme 

(Milk) 

Coffee Creme 

(Dark) 

Espresso 

(Dark) 

Festive Christmas 

Truffle (Milk) 

Festive Yule Log 

(Milk) Contains nuts 

Fudgy Caramel 

(White) 

Gingerbread 

Truffle (Dark) 

Hard Caramel 

(Dark) 

Hot Cross Bun Truffle 

(Milk) 

Latte Crisp 

(White) 

Lemon Meringue 

(Dark) 

Marc de Champagne 

Dusted Truffle (Milk) 

Marc de Champagne 

Truffle (White) 

Mint Creme 

(Dark) 

Mint Creme with White 

Strickles (Dark) 

Mint Crunch Truffle 

(Milk) 

Mint Truffle with 

Sugar Crystals (Dark) 

*All round truffles are supplied in boxes of 84 or three layers of twenty eight. British Bittermints in boxes of 144 and the rest are supplied in boxes of 112 or four layers of twenty eight. 



Loose chocolates range 

Orange Creme 

(Dark) 

Pecan Parfait (Dark) 

contains nuts 

Pistachio Marzipan (Dark) 

contains nuts 

Pistachio Mousse (White) 

contains nuts 

Praline Bouchee (Milk) 

contains nuts 

Praline Crown (Dark) 

contains nuts 

Praline Crown (Milk) 

contains nuts 

Praline Crown (White) 

contains nuts 

Praline Rossette (Dark) 

contains nuts 

Raspberry Caramel 

(Milk) 

Raspberry Caramel Heart 

(Milk) 

Rich Mint Truffle with 

Green Strickles (White) 

Roast Nut Praline (Milk) 

contains nuts 

Rose Creme 

(Dark) 

Rose Truffle 

(Dark) 

Stem Ginger 

(Dark) 

Strawberry and Marc 

de Champagne Truffle 

(White) 

Strawberry Cheesecake 

(Dark) 

Strawberry Fourre 

(Dark) 

Violet Creme 

(Dark) 

Violet Truffle 

(Dark) 

Whole Brazil Nut (Milk) 

contains nuts 

Whole Brazil Nut (Dark) 

contains nuts 

Wild Berry Crumble 

(Milk) 












House of Dorchester 

chocolates are made 

from the world’s finest ingredients 

by the world’s finest chocolatiers 

right here in Britain 

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Telephone: +44(0) 1420 84181 • Fax: +44(0) 1420 543047 • Email: sales@hodchoc.com • www.hodchoc.com

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