OUR STORY

Our Story

Handmade micro-batch bean to bar artisan chocolate made in Godalming, Surrey, UK.

Clever Bean Chocolate was started in 2018 by Dan Manning after he tried and experimented with different chocolate tempering techniques and flavors in order to create Christmas presents for family. Following this initial interest, 6 months and many failed attempts later Clever Bean Chocolate started selling a small amount of chocolate at Farnham farmers market and we have grown ever since!

We don't use any artificial additives, just a few natural ingredients to create tasty chocolate bars with a high cocoa content.

Our impact

on the planet

Packaging

Our packaging is 100% recyclable using only foil, cardboard and paper tape in our chocolate bar packaging.

Local commerce

We sell primarily to small local businesses and at farmers markets.

Organic

When organic options are available, that's what we choose.

Agroforestry

Our cacao is grown sustainably amongst trees or shrubs, using the Agroforestry land management system. This method has much less environmental impact than the fertiliser-heavy plantations that are common in West Africa and which cause so much deforestation.

Less Waste

We sell any chocolate bars that don't make the cut as 'imperfect bars' at farmers markets preventing waste product.

Green logistics

We re-use all packaging materials that we can from our suppliers

@cleverbeanchocolate

Come see us at @ramsterhallweddings @ramstergarden.events today 10-4.30 for some chocolaty festive inspiration #chocolate #christmas #market #christmasmarket
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We're here in Milford today 10-1.30 with @swsfarmmarkets #chocolate #market #smallbusiness
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@secrettsmilford today giving out samples to celebrate stocking here we'll be around 11-2 if you'd like to pop by!
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Come see us at Farnham today for our last market of the year! Open 10-1.30
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Come down to Farnham farmers market today in central car park 10-4 to get you chocolate fix! #choc #chococlate #farmersmarket #farnham
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Come see us at Milford farmers market today 10-1.30 for all your chocolate needs! #chocolate #beantobar #farmersmarket #milford
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Come down to Milford farmers market today between 10 and 1.30 to buy a cup of our organic hot chocolate freshly made for you! #chocolate #godalming #milford #farmersmarket
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New article on Clever Bean Chocolate's team up with @chimneyfirecoffee ! See bio for a link #beantobar #greatcoffee #peru
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As of now we are delighted to show our new CB branded chocolate bars made from new custom molds! We've been able to invest and do this thanks to all of our loyal customers and retail sellers so thank you! And thank you to @artbysmackjack for designing them! #chocolate #smallbusiness #cleverbeanchocolate
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Come down to Farnham market in central car park today between 10 and 1.30 to get your organic chocolate fix! It's our second market of the year and it looks like it may be busy! #chocolate #farnham #market
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We're at Farnham farmers market today 10-1.30, come see us to check out our new hot chocolate in milk, dark, mint and orange flavours!
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The exciting things you get to buy to make great chocolate!
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Clever Bean Chocolate is featuring today in @godalmingnub news. Click the link in the cleverbean bio to see the article!
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Come see us at Farnham farmers market today from 10-1.30 to see our new hot chocolate and advent calendars!
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Big announcement coming soon, who likes white choc? #beantobar #choc #artisan #organic
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Comes see us at Milford farmers market today 10-1.30. Its a nice sunny day so far so come on down! #choc #milford #farmersmarket #beantobar
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Clever bean chocolate is now stocked in Cheltenham in @dunkertonscidershop, check them out at Dowdeswell to get your cider and chocolate fix! #beantobar #choc #chocolate
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Come see us today at Milford farmers market for all your chocolate bar needs! Open 10-1.30
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We're at Milford market today for the first time since February! Come by to buy some choc and be sure to keep to the markets new social distancing guidelines @swsfarmmarkets #godalming #milford #choc #market #farmersmarket
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Happy to announce we are now stocked in @kingfisherfarmshop in Abinger Hammer. Come by to get some local organic choc! #choc #beantobar #artisan #abingerhammer
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3 for £10 plus delivery with code 3for10 for our chocolate bars on Cleverbeanchocolate.co.uk, we are still able to send chocolate out :) #choc #chocolate #artisan #beantobar #delivery
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Sorry to have missed you if you went to Farnham farmers market today but we are still providing bars by delivery from the website in our bio. Use code 3for10 at the checkout for 3 bars for £10 plus delivery. #choc #artisan #farnham #godalming #chocolate #beantobar
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Clever Bean Chocolate looking very at home in @godalmingfood in their new 100% recyclable packaging! #choc #chocolate #deli #artisan #beantobar www.cleverbeanchocolate.co.uk
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Thank you for stocking our newly packaged chocolate bars @godalmingfood ! Please visit their Deli in Godalming town centre to get some for yourself #chocolate #artisan #deli #godalming
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We're in Farnham this morning in central Car park from 10-1.30, come say hi and try some localy made organic chocolate (vegan options available) #farnham #chocolate #surrey #beantobar
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We're here in Godalming today just off of crown court, come out for some free chocolate samples if you're around #chocolate #godalming #surrey #farmersmarket
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Struggling to keep up with demand this Christmas! See you all at Milford farmer's market @swsfarmmarkets tomorrow #choc #farmersmarket #christmas #chocolate
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Good news everyone! @godalmingfood are now stocking Clever Bean Chocolate on Godalming high street! Please visit them for all your organic chocolate bar needs 😁 #choc #chocolate #beantobar #godalming #artisan #surrey #food
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Chocolatey choccy choc... Intense milk chocolate being made and slowly being cooled in the new tempering machine #choc #chocolate #beantobar #godalming #surrey
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Becky is at Sandy Farm Business Centre this evening spreading the Clever Bean word and choc! #chocolate #choc #beantobar
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@swsfarmmarkets Milford market was great fun on Sunday, selling our organic chocolate. Thank you for everyone who came along and we'll see you next month! #coc #chocolate #farmermarket #market #organic #beantobar
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Come and see us at Milford farmer's market this Sunday 17th November. We're excited as it's our first time at this market! #choc #farmersmarket #chocolate #beantobar #surrey #milford
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The chocolate workshop is complete - garage converted and 5/5 hygiene rating from the council :D Happy Wednesday! Swipe right for start to finish conversion pictures #workshop #conversion #choc #chocolate #diy
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We'll be at Farnham farmers market today 10-1.30. stop by for some free samples and a chat #cleverbeanchocolate #chocolate #farnham #godalming #farmersmarket
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Chocolate workshop is at 90% complete! Almost there now, just need skirting boards and a fridge #workshop #chocolate #smallbatch #diy #beantobar
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CREAMY VEGAN CHOCOLATE BACK IN STOCK 😁 for all those who were asking, bars are now available online, use promo code 3FOR10 to get 3 bars for £10 cleverbeanchocolate.co.uk Link in Bio #vegan #veantobar #oats #chocolate #chocolateformiles
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This is what happens when your chocolate melter stops working and heats up to 100C! We found the chocolate bubbling and burning 😮😬😂 #chocolate #choc #beantobar #issues #burn #woops
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18 bars of 70% deeply dark chocolate setting up #choc #artisan #chocolate #smallbatch #beantobar #besntobarchocolate
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Another draft run of the new packaging we're getting made! The colours are right this time, it just needs some final adjustments. Thank you to @artbysmackjack for the amazing design work on these!!!
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See you at the farmers market Farnham market goers! We'll be there 10-1.30 tomorrow (Sunday 28th July) #farnham #surrey #chocolate #beantobar #market
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Nom nom - a milk chocolate batch on the go #choc #chocolate #artizan #beantobar
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Ever wondered how we get the labels for the back of our chocolate bar packets? Thought so! #printing #choc #printingthedayaway #printyprint #print
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Printers first pass at new recyclable packaging and... All the colours came out wrong 😂 Somehow red became gold! #packaging #choc #design #recycle #cleverbeanchocolate
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Updates on the garage conversion for more chocolate making! We used the bank holiday weekend to put up a wall and a door... Isn't it adoorable?
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Once chocolate is poured into molds at the right temperature it is left for 15-20 minutes to solidify into a bar #choc #artisan #chocolate #beantobar
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Clever Bean Chocolate recently moved premises and had to get re-assessed by the council for hygiene standards. We're happy to report that we received 5/5! #smallbusiness #hygiene #waverley #chocolate
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A stand we ran at @farnhamwholefoods recently. We now have even more flavours!⠀ #wholefoods #artisan #chocolate #cleverbeanchocolate #popup #business #enterprise
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Here's a 2.5kg block of milk chocolate. Sometimes when creating several batches in a row we set up the chocolate into large blocks after making it, this way it can be stored before it is re-melted and tempered into bars. #bloom #bloomart #chocolate #artizan #beantobar #cleverbean
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When tempering chocolate bars we sometimes get the temperature wrong, this creates 'bloom' due to incorrect cocoa crystallization it's not ideal, but it makes a great pattern! #choc #chocolate #cocoa #bloom #cleverbeanchocolate
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Fresh clever bean chocolate bars, ready to be packaged up. Although it is harder to set up chocolate in the molds we use to get this pattern, we think it's worth it to get a finish on the bar that's nice enough to match the taste! #beantobar #choc #chocolate #artisan #startup
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Over the last month we have been working on a new space to make chocolate in by converting this garage - we're half way there now (bottom right) but have some way to go! #choc #garageconversion #diy #business
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Four of our six flavors here, available to buy on our website cleverbeanchocolate.co.uk Can you spot the missing two? #chocolate #choc #cleverbeanchocolate #organic #artizan
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Better late than never, here's a chocolate orange clever bean egg that we tested out over Easter (just before we put it together)! #easter# choc #chocolate #cleverbean #organic #test
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Getting ready for tomorrow's farmers market in #farnham. If you're around come and see the introduction of our new white chocolate bar. Also, all of our the milk and cocoa in our chocolate is now 100% organic! #chocolate #artizan #choc #organic
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Happy new year everyone! To start the new year with something new, here's a sneak peak at our first attempt at white chocolate in the mellanger 😁 #choc #chocolate #whitechocolate #cleverbean #beantobar #organic #farnham
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Packing up some gift boxes for tomorrow's farmer's market in Farnham! Also available at @farnhamwholefoods #christmas #gifts #choc #chocolate #farnham #market
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'The Vegan Box' available now on our website! 3 bars of vegan friendly chocolate in a gift box perfect for Christmas. Dark, Dark Mint Crisp and Milk free creamy chocolate bars. www.cleverbeanchocolate.co.uk #vegan #chocolate #christmas #present #artisan #farnham
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Gift boxes now available at cleverbeanchocolate.co.uk! Choose from our Vegan Box with a bar of vegan milk, dark and mint chocolate or our Mixed Box with milk, dark and milk orange #christmaschoc #chocolate #cleverbean #beantobar
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Gift boxes have arrived ready for Christmas! Available in farmer's markets and online soon #choc #beantobar #gift #christmas #boxes #cleverbeanchocolate #comingsoon
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Come over to @farnhamwholefoods from 11-1 today to try each of Clever Bean Chocolates 5 flavours! #choc #chocolate #beantobar #farnham #farhamwholefoods #samples #tasty
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Taking apart your melanger half way through a 4.5kg batch of chocolate because a wheel has siezed (photo after removal of a LOT of chocolate) #onewheeldown #choc #chocolate #beantobar #cleverbeanchocolate #business #fixed #farnham
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Introducing our new Intense Milk Chocolate bar! 55% Madagascan Cocoa with creamy milk gives this bar a much more intense cocoa flavour than your average milk chocolate. Buy at www.cleverbeanchocolate.co.uk (link in bio) #beantobar #artisan #cleverbeanchocolate #chocolate #farnham
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We'll be back... At Farnham farmer's market on the 23rd September! A massive thank you to everyone who came and supported us last time, we hope to see you again next weekend #farmersmarket #choc #chocolate #beantobar #business #startup #nom #farnham #cleverbeanchocolate
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Our first farmers market was a roaring success despite the torrential rain! Thanks to everyone who came out to support us! #beantobar #cleverbeanchocolate #chocolate #farmerskarket #choc #farnham #surrey
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Tomorrow's the big day! Cleverbean's first farmer's market 10-1.30 in Farnham town centre central car park. If you go you'll be lucky enough to see this banner in action! In my opinion it's ban-tastic... #banner #farnham #bannerpun #chocolate #farmersmarket #cleverbeanchocolate
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All the necessities are ready for the farmers market this weekend... #mug #farmersmarket #cleverbeanchocolate
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When the power goes on your melanger half way through a batch of chocolate and it solidifies into a 4kg lump 😂 #woops #beantobar #chocolate #cleverbeanchoc #choc #artizan
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Announcing Clever Bean's first farmer's market :D Farnham town central car park on Sunday 26th August 10-1.30. Be there or be without choc... And nobody wants that. #farnham #farmersmarket #artisan #chocolate #beantobar #market #stall #bean2bar
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A farmer's market requires a table, and where do you buy a folding table? I have no idea... So I made one from old pallets! A few screws, bolts and a couple of hinges later and here it is. #diy #farmersmarket #chocolate #beantobar #table #business
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Pouring up 70% deeply dark Madagascan choc into these moulds before they set into lovely bars #choc #chocolate #dark #drakchoc #beantobar #batch #artizan #chocoholic #farnham
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All four Cleverbean flavours; Smooth Milk Orange Toatally Vegan Dark Mint Crisp Deeply Dark Buy online from the link in the bio or: www.cleverbeanchocolate.co.uk #farnham #choc #chocolatebar #chocolate #chocolatemaker #beantobar #cocoa #vegan #veganfood #veganrecipes
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Some weeks back I visited Bali and was lucky enough to be given some fresh cocoa beans from the pod. Once home I planted them and they've flourished in the sun - they may not provide much cocoa in the near future but they're pretty cool #cocoa #plant #beantobar #tree #artizan
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Completed new batch of milk chocolate orange using cold pressed orange oil on Monday #chocolateformiles #choc #chocolate #farnham #surrey #artizan #beantobar
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Clever bean chocolate is proud to announce we are now stocked in @farnhamwholefoods please visit for all your clever bean chocolate needs! #choc #beantobar #farnham #surrey #wholefoods #chocolate #business #enterprise
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Another bar from the range - 65% cocoa dark mint crisp, made with cold pressed japanese peppermint oil. This bar has a slight crunch to it as you bite in created by the timing of the ingredients being combined. #cocoa #chocolate #chocolatebar #mint #vegan #veganfood #beantobar #farnham #surrey
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A freshly tempered and packaged bar of 70% deeply dark chocolate made from Madagascan Cocoa beans in #farnham #surrey check it out on our website in the bio #madeinbritain #chocolate #beantobar #choc #cocoa #shop #vegan #veganfood
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If there isn't enough time left to temper after base ingredients have finished conching into a refined chocolate, it gets poured up into 2-3kg slabs to be melted down and tempered into chocolate bars later #tempering #chocolate #choc #beantobar #cleverbean #chocolatemaker
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On the left a smooth milk orange 54% bar and on the right a deeply dark 70% bar. Both available on the cleverbean website in bio and description #chocolate #beantobar #cocoa #choc #enterprise #vegan (dark bar)
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Some of the first online orders going out the door #chocolate #beantobar #newbusiness #greatfood #food #nom #choc
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Online shop and website now live! Visit www.cleverbeanchocolate.co.uk to buy bars delivered to your door. Use code 3FOR10 or 6FOR20 for discounts when buying three or six bars. Link in bio Please like and share :) #chocolate #beantobar #artisan #onlineshop #cocoa #choc
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Proud to announce Clever Bean's first hygiene rating 5/5 granted by Waverley Council #proud #clean #hygienic #choclate #beantobar #catering
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Once the cocoa beans are roasted they are blended down into cocoa nibs as fine as possible before they go into the melanger with other ingredients #cocoa #chocolate #beantobar #nibs #beans #food
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A batch of 55% cocoa intense milk chocolate - this machine grinds down the cocoa below a 20 micron particle size over 24 hours. This is lower than the human tongue can distinguish and means the chocolate is smooth to taste #chocolate #science #beantobar #cocoa #artizan
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Checking out a cocoa tree in Singapore in the Gardens by the Bay - it's nice to see so much greenery intertwined with a city! #cocoa #theobromine #chocolate #cocoapods #food #nature #singapore #gardensbythebay #travels
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Shelling roasted cocoa beans - generally we use cocoa nibs but on ocassion try a new variety of bean. These were South African and smelt like brownies once roasted #chocolate #beantobar #goodfood #tasty #cocoa
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For tempering chocolate into bars the temperature must be raised, lowered and then raised again before pouring into moulds. This allows the correct cocoa crystal formation for hard chocolate at room temperature. #chocolate #beantobar #lessons thanks @chocolatealchemy for the tips
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Boxing up the latest batch of bars #chocolate #cocoa #boxing #bars #food #business #enterprise
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Fruit and nut milk chocolate that we tried recently with raisins and hazelnuts #nuts #milkchocolate #beantobar #chocolate #cocoa #food #foodporn
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The new vegan bar in all its wrapped and labelled glory #vegan #cleverbean #chocolate #beantobar #creamy #nomilk #cocoa
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Some freshly tempered vegan milk free creamy chocolate bars #chocolate #beantobar #beantobarchocolate #cocoa #artizan #vegan
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Trying out a new recipe for toatally milk free vegan chocolate #beantobar #chocolate #choc
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