Montezuma’s Chocolates

I love this little shop, so much better than Hotel Chocolat in my humble opinion. Just wish the shop was a touch bigger, it’s really hard to navigate the tight spaces if some moomy decides to bring in a honking huge-​ass baby stroller/​carriage, which can easily take over half the shop — which happened when I was last in there for Christmas gifts. But the fact that a baby stroller has taken up half the floor space is not the store owner’s fault — it’s that of selt-​entitled parental who think their sprogs are important deities (another issue there), but I do mention this as a warning that the floor space is rather small.
I picked up some boxes of Christmas Truffles for my husband’s family members and they have gone down a treat.
Only funny side for me, being from North America, is that when I mention that one of my favourite chocolate shops is called Montezuma my friends back home just howl in laughter over the name. as a popular saying in N. America for have traveller’s «runs» is «Montezuma’s Revenge». so as a foreigner I do get a bit of a giggle.

Artisanal chocolate shops are springing up everywhere and with the price of their products, I can understand why. A wander down Winchester High Street brings you across 4 chocolate shops in quick succession
Montezumas is a chain, which started in Brighton but now has a presence across the south of England. The Winchester shop is quaint but but it does have a nice selection of confectionery on display. I especially appreciated their single estate range though I didn’t find anything to match Hotel Chocolat’s Madagascan bar with its fruity tones
My girlfriend and I walked out with some truffles for a dinner party, which went down very well. I especially like the geranium and orange truffles