MACKIE'S ICE-CREAM, ||WEBSTART||www.mackies.co.uk||WEBSTOP|| According to Mackie’s, if you eat very cold dessert the natural processes which raise it to body temperature during the digestive cycle suck the calories out of the body … meaning it takes more calories to consume the ice-cream than in it. We are not sure if this is true, but we shall imagine it is while tucking into the delicious smooth and creamy desserts on sale at Foodies.
LA TRINITY,
www.la-trinity.co.uk The Caribbean is known for producing great rum, and Caribbean food specialist La Trinity produces fantastic Caribbean rum fruit cakes, made with raisins, cherries and other
dry fruits that are soaked in alcohol for three to six months! The result is a moist but firm cake with a distinct mouth-watering smell of spices.
CHOCOLATE TREE
www.the-chocolate-tree.co.uk Ready to throw the diet out the window? The Chocolate Tree is the perfect place to start, their hand-crafted truffles, each individually decorated, are like little drops of heaven.
Its chocolate bars are certainly not your average, as fruit, nuts and spices from around the world are mixed with delicious organic chocolate to create a divine treat. Try the extra dark chocolate bar with 72 per cent cocoa.
CHOCOLATE TIERS,
www.thechocolatetiers.com Supplying Scotland with all its chocolate fountain needs, Chocolate Tiers use only the finest Barry-Callebaut genuine Belgian chocolate to create spectacular fountains for those with a sweet tooth. Join in on some dipping action at Foodies.
STOATS PORRIDGE BAR
www.stoatsporridgebars .co.uk Find the mobile Stoats Porridge bar at Foodies and try its cranachan porridge, based on the traditional Scottish dessert, with a mix of raspberries, honey, single cream, sweet toasted oats and topped with a raspberry; the delicious white chocolate and roasted hazelnut porridge or the whisky and honey porridge. Who said porridge had to be saintly?
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