HEIDEL

Founded in 1976, Heidel is a popular chocolatier, manufacturing a range of traditional treats and confections that are sold across Germany and available internationally. The company’s famous Dark Selection (an assortment of dark chocolate tablet bars presented in a tin container) and Fine Gold bars (milk chocolate wrapped to resemble gold bars) are highly sought after and enjoyed widely. The brand is particularly known for their beautifully decorated, traditional seasonal chocolates, especially their easter eggs and Christmas candies which are often exchanged as gifts. The company is part of the larger Windel Group, which includes a number of popular chocolate and coffee marques.

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Few things in this world are as universally loved and as guaranteed to bring pleasure as the consumption of chocolate. The health benefits may be questionable, but certainly it is known that chocolate can trigger the release of endorphins resulting in a feeling of happiness and elation. Long enjoyed by ancient Inca and Aztec cultures in South and Central America, Europeans developed a ferocious appetite for chocolate and a proliferation of chocolatiers were established across Europe and further afield.