OUR FAQS
WHAT IS THE SHELF LIFE & HOW DO I STORE IT.
Our Chocolate has a 12 month best before date from production, however we do recommend that once your order is received it is consumed within 6 months to enjoy the chocolate at its best. All chocolate products decorated with edible paint / edible lustre dust we recommend consuming within 3 to 4 months. All products containing topping and fillings we recommend consuming within 2 months to enjoy at their best.
Chocolate is best stored at stable room temperature. We recommend that you store your purchase in its box, in a cool cupboard away from bright lights, strong odours and heat. Please do not store your chocolate in a cold place such as a refrigerator as a rapid change in temperature may cause your chocolate to bloom, discolour or even alter the taste.
HOW LONG WILL MY ORDER TAKE?
We offer a bespoke personalised service here at A Little Gift Of Love – everything is made fresh to order once received usually take up to 6 working days, then dispatched, though we do aim to complete them sooner. At Christmas / Halloween etc there are certain lines that we start to make up 4 to 6 weeks before hand to keep up with demand.
Seasonal periods such as School holidays Christmas / Easter etc which can lengthen the production period up to 8 working days.
We recommend ordering in advance for any event. We do take bookings and you can pre order up to 12 months before your event. Your order will then be booked into a prime slot to be received at your chosen time. Pre bookings require payment in full and are fully refundable up to 28 days before the date of your event.
ALLERGIES
Allergy advice:- With working in our own kitchen we can not rule out that all of our Belgian Chocolate products may contain traces of – Eggs, Fish, Lupin, Milk, Mustard, Peanuts, Sesame, Soya, Tree Nuts, Cereals containing Gluten, Cereal, Celery and celeriac, Sulphur Dioxide, (preservative found in dried fruit), Crustaceans (i.e. prawns, crab, lobster, crayfish), Molluscs (i.e: clams, snails, muscles).
Although our milk, white and dark Belgian chocolate brand is nut and gluten free, and although we are very careful at A Little Gift Of Love we CANNOT guarantee our chocolate once it is manufactured into your gift / favours to be NUT free. Although I now make in my own unit, I use a wide range of toppings and fillings that may contain TRACES OF ALL ALLERGENS listed above.
All our Belgian chocolate is suitable for vegetarians apart from the strawberry flavour chocolate which is not.
The Strawberry, Orange and Caramel flavoured Belgian Chocolate we use may contain GLUTEN Traces.(as stated on the packaging)
We use quality names brands for our fillings and toppings.
If you have any questions regarding Allergens or ingredients please contact us we are more than happy to help.
We do cater for Gluten free orders, please contact us to discuss this prior to ordering.
OUR DAIRY / VEGAN CHOCOLATE
For milk/soya allergies- Dairy Free / Vegan Chocolate products. We work on a seperate area and use all separate utensils/equipment from our Belgian chocolate products.
We use a fresh new disposable work surface for every Dairy Free order.
All dairy free products are made on a separate occasion from our Belgian Chocolate products.
This means Dairy Free Vegan orders my take slightly longer for production , especially if it’s peak season. Please be aware before ordering.
Allergy advice: All though we work under strict conditions to create our Dairy Free Vegan Chocolate products, we can not 100% guarantee there will not be traces of any known Allergen:- Lupin, Mustard, Peanuts, Sesame, Tree Nuts, Cereals containing, Celery and celeriac, Sulphur Dioxide, (preservative found in dried fruit), Crustaceans (i.e. prawns, crab, lobster, crayfish), Molluscs (i.e: clams, snails, muscles).
WILL I LIKE YOUR CHOCOLATE.
Here at a Little Gift Of Love we use only the finest quality Fair Trade Belgian Chocolate couverture used by chocolatiers all over the world.
The Dairy Free / Vegan Chocolate coverture we use is also of the highest quality.
Samples are available to purchase should you wish to try before you commit to those wedding or party favours. We do offer a refund on your sample purchase should you go ahead with your order.
PAYMENT OPTIONS
All major credit and debit cards are accepted through our shop via both PayPal and Stripe secure payment gateways.
WHAT IF I WANT SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
That’s easy, give us a call /email, Tell us the occasion, how much you wish to spend and we will walk you through the process of choosing the perfect gift or favours. Nothing is too much trouble at a Little Gift Of Love.
DELIVERY
In the summer months we deliver to UK and Ireland only. Please contact us for international delivery rates outside of summer.
We dispatch by Royal Mail 48 hours , parcels usually arrive within 1 to 3 days but not guaranteed. Prices start from £5.00 under 2 kg and £11.00 over 2 kg- Signed for available for an extra £1.50.
COLLECTION IS AVAILABLE STRICTLY BY APPOINTMENT ONLY ( please double check you are able to collect before placing your order Thank you )
Please place your order by clicking on Pay and Collect then pop us an email us at info@alittlegiftoflove.co.uk
We will confirm your order and then when it is ready we will contact you to arrange collection.
UK , HIGHLANDS AND NORTHERN IRELAND – IS Standard UK postage under 2kg
ISLANDS over 2kg Please contact us before placing your order Thank you.
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND -Our site does not calculate for delivery – please contact us before placing your order Thank you
OVER SEAS – our site does not calculate delivery please contact us to discuss placing your order and arranging delivery.
BELGIAN CHOCOLATE
We use only the finest Belgian Fair Trade chocolate couverture used by chocolatiers all over the world. Ingredients are 100% sustainably farmed and are Cocoa Horizons certified.
It as cocoa content of no lower than 28% (White) 33.5% (Milk) 55% (Dark)
DAIRY FREE/VEGAN MILK CHOCOLATE ALTERNATIVE
The dairy free chocolate we use is the one of the most finest and is completely dairy-free, gluten-free, soya-free and certified 100% vegan. This chocolate is a milk chocolate alternative and has a sweet delicious taste.
We store our dairy free chocolate separately from all our other ingredients to avoid cross contamination and we use separate colour coded utensils.
Finished products are stored separately too and we never make products up at the same time as our other chocolate.
Shelf life and how to store is the same as our other chocolate products.
CHOCOLATE INGREDIENTS.
Dairy Free Milk Chocolate Alternative Ingredients: Organic cocoa (45%) (organic cocoa butter, organic cocoa mass),organic raw cane sugar, organic rice powder, (organic dried rice syrup, organic rice starch, organic rice flour),emulsifier (organic sunflower lecithin)natural flavouring.
Dairy Free, Gluten Free and soya free. Suitable for vegetarians and Vegans. May contain NUTS.
Belgian Dark Vegan Friendly Chocolate Ingredients: 55%Cocoa Content: Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Emulsifier: Soya Lecithin, Natural Vanilla.
Nutrition Facts:
Nutrition per 100g
Energy 539kCal / 2255KJ
Fat 39g of which saturates 23g
Carbohydrate 31g of which sugars 26g
Protein 8.8g
Salt 0.02g
Certified Kosher
Suitable for vegetarians/vegans
Alcohol Free
Belgian Chocolate Ingredients:
Milk Chocolate: 33.5% Cocoa Content: Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Whole Milk Powder, Emulsifier: Soya Lecithin, Natural Vanilla.
Nutrition Facts:
Nutrition per 100g
Energy 563kCal / 2357KJ
Fat 36g of which saturates 22g
Carbohydrate 51g of which sugars 50g
Protein 7.0g
Salt 0.21g
Certified Kosher
Suitable for vegetarians
Alcohol Free
Dark Chocolate: 55% Cocoa Content: Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Emulsifier: Soya Lecithin, Natural Vanilla.
Nutrition Facts:
Nutrition per 100g
Energy 539kCal / 2255KJ
Fat 39g of which saturates 23g
Carbohydrate 31g of which sugars 26g
Protein 8.8g
Salt 0.02g
Certified Kosher
Suitable for vegetarians/vegans
Alcohol Free
White Chocolate: 28% Cocoa Content: Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Whole Milk Powder, Emulsifier: Soya Lecithin, Natural Vanilla.
Nutrition Facts:
Nutrition per 100g
Energy 569kCal / 2379KJ
Fat 36g of which saturates 22g
Carbohydrate 55g of which sugars 55g
Protein 6.0g
Salt 0.21g
Certified Kosher
Suitable for vegetarians
Alcohol Free
Strawberry pink flavour chocolate:
ingredients
Sugar
Cocoa butter
Whole Milk powder
Emulsifier: Soya lecithin
Strawberry flavouring (artificial)
Colour: E120
Natural vanilla flavouring
Nutrition Facts:
Nutrition per 100g
Energy 568kCal / 2374KJ
Fat 36g of which saturates 22g
Carbohydrate 55g of which sugars 55g
Protein 6.1g
Salt 0.23g
Certified Kosher
Alcohol Free
May have Gluten Traces
Not suitable for vegetarians
Caramel flavour chocolate: Sugar
Cocoa butter, whole milk powder
Cocoa mass
Skimmed milk powder
Caramelised sugar
Emulsifier-Soya lecithin
Flavour
Spices
Natural vanilla flavour
Nutrition Facts:
Nutrition per 100g
Energy 566kCal / 2369KJ
Fat 37g of which saturates 22g
Carbohydrate 49g of which sugars 49g
Protein 8.0g
Salt 0.25g
Certified Kosher
Alcohol Free
may contain Gluten Traces
Suitable for vegetarians
Orange Flavour chocolate:
Sugar
Cocoa butter
Whole Milk powder
Emulsifier: Soya lecithin
Flavour (natural)
Colour: E160e
Natural vanilla flavouring
Nutrition Facts:
Nutrition per 100g
Energy 566kCal / 2370KJ
Fat 35g of which saturates 21g
Carbohydrate 56g of which sugars 55g
Protein 6.1g
Salt 0.22g
Alcohol Free
May contain Gluten traces
Certified Kosher
Suitable for vegetarians
Cappuccino Flavoured Chocolate Ingredients:
Cappuccino chocolate chips (callets) ingredients. Sugar. cocoa butter. Whole milk powder. cocoa mass. coffee. emulsifier; soya lecithin. instant coffee. natural vanilla flavouring. Nutritional information per 100g:. Energy 564kcal / 2359kj. Fat 36g of which saturates 22g. Carbohydrate 52g of which sugars 51g. Protein 6.6g. Salt 0.20g.
Alcohol Free
Certified Kosher
Suitable for vegetarians
For all other ingredients on a certain product if not listed you are more than welcome to contact us before purchasing- info@alittlegiftoflove.co.uk