From Dorset to Japan, this month’s adventures in chocolate go global

A tuck box of new delights and a bar of almost unimaginable smoothness have stolen my cocoa-covered heart

Aurosó took a break for a while but they’re back making super low-sugar, high-cocoa content chocolate and I loved the 90% cocoa Candied Orange Florins, an excellent chewy treat, like a very grownup chocolate coin. Grá and Corra were two new makes to me. If you know someone who loves peanuts then they’ll love the oozy crunchy 60% cocoa Corra Peanuts Crunchy bar. Grá is an Irish chocolatier that makes very pretty long lozenge-shaped filled chocolates. They were a tad too sweet for me, but my testers loved them.

MayHawk’s 63% Olive Oil and Welsh Sea Salt is a beautiful bar from any angle: amazing art work and the chocolate is of an almost unimaginable smoothness.