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Made with
love from the
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Hi, I’m Finlay MacDonald, founder of Chocolates of Glenshiel. I’ve always had a passion for food, having grown up in the beautiful Glenshiel surrounded by outstanding Scottish producers. When I was sixteen years old, I began to experiment combining my two favourite things: delicious Scottish food and chocolate! Working away in my parents’ kitchen, I practised and practised, slowly but surely honing my skills. Now with my very own kitchen, café and gift shop in my beloved home Glenshiel, I work with a small team who share my love of – and dedication to – uniting the finest chocolate with locally sourced ingredients we discover in our day-to-day lives in the Highlands.
The story told by Finlay
Eilean Donan Castle
Loch Duich
A glen of
inspiration
I feel very blessed to live in a place as picturesque as Glenshiel – it really is a stunning setting for my wee kitchen. Its natural beauty is a constant source of inspiration as I expand our range and experiment with different flavours. We always make sure to use the best local ingredients, whether it’s locally foraged elderflower, whisky from Skye or gin from Harris. This coupled with views over the mountains and Loch Duich, I am never far from the Highland dream upon which Chocolates of Glenshiel was founded.
A WEE MAP OF OUR SUPPLIERS
Inverness
Dunnet
Isle of Harris
Grantown-on-Spey
Ballindalloch
Isle of Raasay
Portree, Isle of Skye
Dunvegan, Isle of Skye
Carbost, Isle of Skye
Glenelg
Aberlour
Blairgowrie
Arbroarth
Perth
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Isle of Jura
Isle of Arran
Chocolates of Glenshiel
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Come and visit our café.
Dunnet
Isle of Harris
Inverness
Inverness Coffee Roasting
Features in Highland Roast Coffee bar and chocolate (Local and Classic Selections).
Grantown-on-Spey
Ballindalloch
Isle of Raasay
Raasay Distillery
An exciting collaboration! Check out Raasay Distillery’s Tour webpage.
Portree, Isle of Skye
Dunvegan, Isle of Skye
Loch Leven Tablet
Features in our Scottish Tablet and Milk Chocolate bar.
Skye Sea Salt
Features in our Skye Sea Salt chocolate bar, Salted Caramel and Hazelnut chocolate bar and Salted Caramels (Wee Salted Caramel Selection, Local and Classic Selections).
Carbost, Isle of Skye
Talisker Whisky
Features in our Skye Whisky chocolates (Local and Whisky Selections).
Glenelg
Aberlour
Blairgowrie
Heather Hills Farm
Features in our Heather Honey & Raspberry chocolates (Local and Classic Selections) and Whisky & Honey chocolates (Whisky Selection.
Bruce Farms
Features in our Heather Honey & Raspberry chocolates (Local and Classic Selections) and Whisky & Honey chocolates (Whisky Selection.
Arbroath
Perth
Edinburgh
Edinburgh Gin
Features in our Rhubarb & Ginger chocolates (Gin Selection).
Eteaket Tea
Featured in our Royal Earl Grey and Bergamot chocolate (Spring Collection 2021).
Glasgow
Drambuie Liqueur
Features in our Whisky Liqueur chocolates (Whisky Selection).
Graham’s Butter
Many of our chocolates contain Graham’s cream and our salted caramel is made using Graham’s butter.
Isle of Jura
Isle of Arran
Finlay in the kitchen
Meet the team
Bringing people together with chocolate
The cocoa industry is one with many flaws. Thankfully, we source our chocolate from an ethical supplier who is working hard to eradicate poverty and inequality in cocoa farms whilst empowering communities through childhood education and one-to-one support with farmers to help reshape their processes to be more efficient and safer; as well as tackling deforestation and striving towards a carbon neutral industry. To help do our part, we’ve teamed up with Village by Village, a fantastic locally-led organisation doing important work in Ghana – a country growing lots of the world’s cocoa – to help eradicate poverty and provide education and healthcare to communities in need. We asked Village by Village what we could do to help, and they told us that one of their top priorities at the moment is providing schools with clean water stations which has an enormous ongoing impact on the health of both students and staff. A proceed from each and every chocolate we sell now goes to providing clean water stations to Ghanian schools!
You can learn more about the brilliant work Village by Village are doing on their website, Instagram or Facebook.
A TASTE OF SCOTLAND
Become a Stockist
We think your customers would love our chocolates! To find out more about stocking our chocolates in your shop or gifting them to your hotel/b&b guests, please email taste@chocolatesofglenshiel.com with a wee bit of information about your business.
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Chocolates of Glenshiel
Heading to the Highlands this summer?
Make sure to refuel with us at Chocolates of Glenshiel 🍫
We’re on the main route to Skye, just between ‘what a beautiful road’ and ‘are we there yet?’. Better yet, we’re dog friendly, so the whole family can enjoy their visit whether indoors in our cosy cafe our in our garden admiring the views 🏔️
We’ve got all the chocolates you see on our website as well as limited edition chocolates, special bars, such delicious locally roasted coffee, speciality Scottish tea and - dare we say? - the best hot chocolate in Scotland.
No visit to the Highlands is complete without a chocolate break!
#chocolatesofglenshiel #dogfriendlycafe ##highlandroadtrip #isleofskye #visitscotland
An April recap. This month was a busy one! Happy May everyone ☀️
#chocolatesofglenshiel #aprildump #springhassprung #visitscotland
It has now been two weeks since our brand new boxes launched and it has been so amazing to hear all of your lovely reviews, thank you so much 🥰
As the weekend is now upon us, it’s time to decide which collection to treat ourselves to this evening.
What’s your new favourite box?
Finlay’s thoughts on a recent biscuit experience.
After a year and a half of experimenting, planning and tasting, our brand new range of boxes is finally here.
We’ve gathered some of the very best flavours from around Scotland to create these new chocolates and the result is something spectacular. Not only that, but now the boxes are as beautiful as the chocolates they contain (thanks to the endlessly talented team at @blackhousecreative_ ).
Explore all six collections on our online shop, or let Finlay walk you through them on our latest blog post.
We’ve poured a lot of love into these new chocolates and we are so excited to finally be sharing them with you. We can’t wait to hear what you think!
Finlay & Co. X
Don’t panic, there’s still time to secure your Scottish Easter treats!
From our range of eggs - with multibuy savings - to our limited edition Spring Selection, there’s lots of springtime specials to treat yourself to 🌷
#chocolatesofglenshiel #madeinscotland #scottishhighlands #shoplocal #eastereggs
The third and final edition of our Scottish Easter Egg Series: Honeyberry & Pecan.
This egg features honeyberries from Perthshire, grown by Bruce Farms who can always be relied upon for outstandingly fresh and delicious fruit.
Paired perfectly with our 71% dark chocolate, this egg brings a bit of sophistication to Easter this year. It’s also dairy-free and suitable for vegans.
Our Scottish Easter egg range is on sale now, with £5 off per egg when you purchase two or more.
A whirlwind tour of some of our lovely stockists is always our favourite way to spend a beautiful spring day 🌸🌼🍫
#chocolatesofglenshiel #scottishgifts #chocolatelovers #madeinscotland
