Tuesday 20 March 2012

Choccywoccydoodah

Thanks a lot to everyone who greeted me on Mother's Day, you guys are awesome! As promised, here is the post about the cake shop & cafe that I raved about on my previous post. 

Choccywoccydoodah is not your usual cake shop. Although they have regular designs that you could view and buy online or in their shops, they are more popular for their decadent, bespoke, hand made cakes for any occasions using Belgian chocolates. They also sell unique chocolate gifts and chocolate cake decorations.

They have a show on Sky TV which features some of their cakes and how they make them. I love chocolates and have always wanted to visit their shop ever since I saw their show. That's why I was so happy that Papa E drove us to Brighton so that I could finally visit their shop.
Their window display. (Everything on display is edible).


They change their display with the change of the season or if there's an occasion. 

They had more cakes inside the shop but I was too mesmerised with the amount of goodies they have on display that I forgot to take more photos.

After visiting their shop, we went back to the seafront. I left Poj and Papa E to play at the beach while I window shopped. There are a lot of cute & quirky shops in Brighton. They're great coz they are small businesses so you know that you are buying unique items. There are also a lot of artists here, these are evident with all the paintings for sale and galleries in the city. 

And before we head home we went to the Choccycoccydoodah bar du chocolat. It is only a few yards away from the main shop. It was a little cafe located around the corner of Middle street. Having seen the place on telly many times, it was weird to feel so familiar to a place you're visiting for the first time. It was everything I expected it to be, it was a chocoholic's paradise. 
It was cloudy and cold outside and we sought refuge within the brightly coloured walls of the cafe.  We found comfort in the most indulgently thick, creamy hot chocolate I've ever sipped (Papa E went for the dark hot chocolate whilst I opted for the white one thinking that Poj might want to try it too).  I tasted both and preferred the dark one. Mine was overly sweet, I did not even get to finish it. It was still lovely though, perfect for the cold day. I ordered a chocolate cake (of course!) and was delighted when handed a huge slab of a deliciously moist cake drizzled with dark and white chocolates and a scoop of vanilla ice cream. 



We didn't order anything for Poj coz I know that their servings were huge. But we were surprised when the waitress came back and gave Poj these goodies for free. We all thought that the edible chocolate pencil and butterfly were so cool! 


Inside the cafe is a room or "boudoir" than can be rented for 2 hours for a private function such as a girlie get together or birthday party. The fee includes as much you can eat and drink of  Pure Belgian hot chocolates, milk shakes, chocolate cake, cup cakes and chocolate buttons. Molten chocolate in which to dip strawberries, marshmallows, nougat etc

There was a party on their boudoir which reduced the shop's capacity in half.  They had to turn away a lot of customers coz the place was full. I would be terribly disappointed if we didn't get a table! Buti na lang we didn't have to wait very long to get one.
The party ended before we finished so I was able to see what it looks like inside and even managed to take a photo - red overload! And it was wall to wall with murals and was surrounded with comfy red chaise lounge such as this one.  
The photo on the left is white chocolate popcorn lolly - no, I didn't buy one. I'm not a big fan of sweet popcorn. Papa E bought me a slice of lemon cake instead and a promise to pop in again the next time we visit Brighton.

I think the visit satisfied my chocolate cravings for the year. It was a sweet Mother's day celebration, literally!


Thanks again Papa E & Poj for the wonderful day and for my pressie =)  

25 comments:

  1. a place worth visiting and cakes worth lavishing:)

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  2. iba talaga sa UK, dito wala pa ko naexperience na free goodies for kids. =)

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  3. ang hirap basahin,hehe... 

    http://www.arvin95.blogspot.com

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  4. Sapphire Mommy (Mommy Jo)21 March 2012 at 02:47

    wow! happy place talaga to sis sa mga may sweet tooth na kagaya ko.everything looks yummy! the shop's name is sooo cute.catchy talaga plus they're so nice to give goodies for free.bongga!

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  5. Belated Happy Mother's Day po! ^___^ Wow! That's a chocoholic's paradise. Hope I can go there in the future. The edible pencils and butterfly looks great. It seems real when viewed afar!

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  6. jaidyleen iglesias21 March 2012 at 06:02

    di ako makapagcomment kahapon kaya ngayon palang ako babati ng happy mother's day po sa inyo =D anyway..ugh ang sarap ng dyan nakakalaway lang hehe

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  7. naloka naman talaga ako sa mga larawang ipinakita mo !
    i like your style... you have own uniqueness and i wish you the BEST of both worlds.
    good luck to you for being a wife and a mother.
    go go go !
    kaya natin to !!!

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  8. Belated Happy Mom's day! I think sa May pa yung Mother's Day dito. If not, patay ako sa mommy ko! Hahaha! Your shots look really yummy. Pang sweet tooth galore. :)

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  9. At ilang beses ko inulit yung name ng shop simula pa kahapon sa wakas -> choccywoccydoodah!!! Hahaha

    Akala ko yung seasonal display made of porcelain, edible pala lahat yun. Parang di ko ma-imagine nakakagati ko yung head nung display, hehehe baka 
    binigay sakin yan sis, idi-display ko na lang. hahaha.

    At na-amaze ako ng super duper sa lapis na bigay kay Poj. Ang galing talaga. 

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  10. eto nanaman ako na-emote ako sa gesture ni Papa E mo! sweetness talaga :)  hay, I love that store ha... ganda pa ng name, daling tandaan at bigkasin haha!  They're soooo oh creative and got nice details pa for costumers.  I love that detail  on giving Poj some cute not to mention edible freebies!

    By the way sis, you got an award on my blog... come drop by whenever you can! :)

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  11. parang ang sayang naman kainin ng mga displays na yun... they're too cute!

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  12. Krizzy_kalokangPinay23 March 2012 at 00:07

    Ang galing nga at ang sweet, they didn't have to give him anything - pero syempre like namin ang freebies! 
    You should see the other cake I got, I posted it on my previous post. 
    Naku, wait till you see the cake for real, AMAZING! I'm organizing a girlie party at their boudoir soon =) Any excuse to go back there hehe =)

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  13. Grabe ang ganda nung mga nasa display nila! Cute namn ng free chocolates ni Poj!

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  14. Krizzy_kalokangPinay25 March 2012 at 22:50

    Most definitely. I'm already planning my next visit, this time we'll rent the boudoir for a friend's baby shower =)

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  15. Krizzy_kalokangPinay25 March 2012 at 22:51

    Haha, we still love the cafe with or without it. But of course, I'm pleased with the freebie for Poj =)

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  16. Krizzy_kalokangPinay25 March 2012 at 22:52

    It's a chocolate heaven talaga! No wonder a lot of people visit them and look forward to seeing their window display =)

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  17. Krizzy_kalokangPinay25 March 2012 at 22:53

    Thanks Karla. It is, I can't wait to go back there =)

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  18. Krizzy_kalokangPinay25 March 2012 at 22:57

    Thanks hun =)

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  19. Krizzy_kalokangPinay25 March 2012 at 22:57

    Thanks a lot =)

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  20. Krizzy_kalokangPinay25 March 2012 at 23:09

    Haha, you're right sa May pa nga dyan. Don't worry, plenty of time pa. Thanks ah =)

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  21. Krizzy_kalokangPinay25 March 2012 at 23:12

    Haha, thanks. It's amazing right! Kapag nakapasyal ka dito Id definitely take you here. It's small pero siksik sa goodies! 
    Thanks, sensya na di pa ako nakadaan agad, Poj was poorly so absent sa net for days! 
    Thanks a lot

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  22. Krizzy_kalokangPinay25 March 2012 at 23:12

    Thank you =)

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  23. Krizzy_kalokangPinay25 March 2012 at 23:13

    Sinabi mo. Although up close it felt it was too beautiful to be eaten!

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  24. Krizzy_kalokangPinay25 March 2012 at 23:14

    Oo nga eh. Poj loved the free chocs =)

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