Only one hamper box is permitted per order.
If you wish to order more than one please process this order first.
| About Thorntons |
| |
|
| |
- Did you know we’ve been
making delicious chocolates for almost a hundred years? In fact,
our very first shop was opened in Sheffield by Joseph William
Thornton, who handed the keys to his teenage sons Norman and
Stanley and said:
“Make this the best sweet shop in town!”
Well, they didn’t do a bad job, did they?
Over the next few years, as Thorntons got a name for itself, we
created a uniquely rich and chewy ‘special’ toffee,
that became so popular it became the fuel of the city’s
steelworkers. And later, just after the Second World War, they
hired one of Europe’s finest chocolatiers, Walter Willem, to
bring Europe’s finest soft-centred chocolates to the UK and
created Continental.
Today, we’re based in Derbyshire, employ some 4,000 chocolate
lovers around the UK and we’re proud to be one of the
best-loved and oldest names on the high street. But we
haven’t forgotten our roots. We still make our extra special
toffee and we’re still famous for our delicious Continentals.
Most importantly, the joy and wide-eyed wonder of two small boys
running a sweet shop remains at the heart of everything we do,
constantly surprising us with new and ever more amazing
recipes.
As you can probably tell, we’re really passionate about
chocolate and we’d like to share a bit of that passion with
you. In this section, we invite you to find out more about one of
the world’s favourite foods and what it is we do here at
Thorntons...
The short, sweet history of chocolate
We all love chocolate. But where does it come from? Open a bag of
your favourite Thorntons and come with us on a little
journey...
dip in
The art of making chocolate
How does a little cocoa bean become one of the most delicious foods
in the world? Comes with us and all will be revealed...
take a peek
The expert guide to tasting chocolate
Bet you didn’t realise there’s an art to tasting
chocolate? Follow this expert guide and give your taste buds a good
work out...
fancy a taste?
The language of chocolate
Don’t know your ganache from your gianduja? Find out what
these and other chocolatey words mean...
get nosey!
Explore our chocolates
So much choice! Explore our incredible ranges and then choose your
favourites. If you can make your mind up that is...
dive in
Your questions answered...
Queries about diets, nuts, additives, caffeine and diabetes, all
answered here...
take a look
A responsible company (CSR)
Press Centre
|
|
