Pick Me Up! Special – September 2019

yourfavouritechocolatebar,

ationalChocolateDay is

mber13th!

WORDS

BY

HANNAH

POON

IMAGES:

ALAMY

AND

GETTY

LIFESTYLE

ory

We have our old friends in Maya of Mesoamerica, or

more commonly known as South America, to thank

for the gloriousness of chocolate. They were the first

to discover the power of the cacao bean. Yes, we spelt

that right! It was none other than British traders who

cameinandmisspelt it to what we know

cocoa! At first the beans were

to create a bitter drink, that

s believed to be a gift from

od. That’s when the Spanish

ame in and sweetened the

drink up, before chocolatier

J.S Fry and Sons came up

with the chocolate bar in

1847! From the very first

dark chocolate bar to the

irst milk chocolate bar, the

dustry boomed, and it’s only

bigger!

M&M’s World

Visit the world’s largest candy store in the heart of Leicester

Square. M&M’s World London, is the chocolate shop of dreams.

With exclusive M&M’s chocolates and merchandise, there’s plenty

for you to look at and try. Not to mention, they home the world’s

biggest chocolate wall, with over 100 M&M’s to choose from. If

that’s not enough to tickle your taste buds, why not get yours or

a loved one’s face printed onto your favourite chocolate candy?

With so much to do in just one store, it’s no surprise that they

have four others in New York, Las Vegas, Orlando and Shanghai...

but of course, us Brits have the world’slargest!

Chocolate hunt

Love chocolate and adventure? In this race against

time, you and your closest friends will need to use

logic, skill and teamwork to scavenge your way through

the historic streets of East London, as you search for

tasty chocolate. After a quick briefing, you’ll head off

with clues, riddles, maps and, of course, your chocolate

supplies! The more clues you solve, the more chocolate

you win. The hunt goes through Old Spitalfields

Market, Brick Lane, ShoreditchandHoxton, so you’re

sure to get your steps in! Bonus o matter wha

happens, everyone leaves with

of Belgian goodies.

Buy a Gift: £49 for two

www.buyagift.co.uk

It takes

400 cocoa

beans to make

one pound of

chocolate

This is the

second out of

FOUR days

to celebrate!

A place of

wonder

Yum!

Follow the

choc!

Delicious

beginnings

yourself