Hotel Chocolat is expanding its autumn offering with two limited-edition drinking chocolates. Brand-new Spicy Maple and the returning customer-favourite Pumpkin Spice, alongside three limited-edition seasonal Selectors.
Spicy Maple combines the growing consumer appetite for ‘swicy’ (sweet and spicy) flavour profiles with the brand’s expertise in chocolate, bringing together sweet maple and habanero heat in a drinking chocolate format. The recipe follows the success of Hotel Chocolat’s Spicy Maple filled chocolate, demonstrating how established flavour profiles within the brand’s portfolio can be translated into new formats.
Meanwhile, Pumpkin Spice’s return reflects the continued popularity of warming autumnal flavours and the role of limited-edition recipes in creating seasonal excitement. Rounding off the seasonal line-up, three limited-edition Selectors bring further autumnal options across the wider chocolate range.
NEW: Spicy Maple | £11.95
A balance of sweet maple and habanero heat.
RETURNING: Pumpkin Spice | £11.95
A warming blend of cinnamon, ginger, and pumpkin.
Commenting on the latest creations, specialty chocolatier at Hotel Chocolat, Yiotis Panagiotou said: “Food innovation is increasingly about identifying what’s already resonating with customers and finding new ways to deliver it. Spicy Maple started life as one of our filled chocolates, and we saw an opportunity to translate that into a completely different format, pairing the sweetness of maple with habanero heat to bring a ‘swicy’ twist to drinking chocolate.
Pumpkin Spice, meanwhile, continues to prove the power of nostalgic, seasonal flavours, with its warming blend of cinnamon, ginger and pumpkin now firmly established as an autumn ritual for our customers. Together, the two recipes show how we’re using flavour innovation to extend proven concepts across the portfolio and keep the category feeling new.”
The new drinking chocolates can be prepared at home using a Velvetiser®, steam wand or hob, while Velvetiser Cafés will also serve the recipes as a hot chocolate, choc shake or mocha, extending the range across both at-home and out-of-home occasions.
VIP.ME* early access: Monday 24 August
Full launch: Tuesday 1 September
Where to buy: hotelchocolat.com, Hotel Chocolat stores and cafés
Seasonal Chocolate
Alongside its drinking chocolate innovation, Hotel Chocolat is bringing back three seasonal limited- edition Selectors, available in-store and online from Tuesday 1 September:
Rustle & Crunch | £4.65
Pumpkin Pie | £4.65
A trio of seasonal tributes: Milk truffle, praline, and Florentine Isabelle.
Nuts for Praline | £4.65
Spiced pumpkin ganache and almond praline, finished with a crunchy corn-flake crust.
Almond praline with a hint of sea salt, layered between hazelnut and topped with a Piedmont hazelnut, served in a 40% milk chocolate cup.
The three seasonal Selectors will be available in-store and online from Tuesday, 1 September.
