Scary movies, jack-o-lanterns,Halloween chocolates and trick or treat. Where did the culture start?

From hosting parties, carving pumpkins, dressing up as walking zombies and chomping on delicious Halloween chocolates might sound familiar to you. But Halloween didn’t start of that way.

The Origins of Halloween Traditions

Halloween is a celebration observed in many parts of the world celebrated on the 31st October. It is widely believed that many Halloween traditions originated with the ancient Celt harvest festivals with pagan roots. However others believe it began as a christian holiday. Separate from gaelic festivals like samhain.

Halloween traditions include, apple bobbing, bonfires, trick or treating, costumes, playing pranks, visiting haunting attractions and horror films. In many parts around the world the christian religion visit churches and light candles on the graves of the dead remain popular. Elsewhere it is more of a commercial celebration.

Food Traditions with Halloween

There are a number of foods associated with Halloween but our opinion chocolate is best! Historically the toffee apple was a popular treat for trick-or-treating children.

Others include;

Cinder toffee

Barmbrack

Monkey nuts

Pumpkin seeds

Sweets/candies

Pumpkin pie

Novelty shaped sweets ie spiders, worms and bats

Halloween Chocolates

In the Black Forest Chocolate kitchen Halloween is the start of the chocolate season, our favourite time of the year. We spend the summer planning and testing new recipes combining flavours ready to tanatalise our customers palates. And Halloween chocolates are the perfect event to kick-start the chocolate season.

So if you are looking for the perfect treat for yourself or your guests this year then look no further than these scream bonbons. Each one hand painted and unique. Inside the glossy white shells are two layers of pure indulgence. Biscoff lotus biscuit and milk chocolate topped with a deep dark caramel perfectly balanced with Cornish sea salt.

Whatever your Halloween plans are this year we hope you have fun and plenty of treats! Shop with us online for scarily good bonbons before they’re are all gone!