When I was a girl I used to have a number of regular day-dreams.
One favourite involved me getting accidentally locked in a chocolate factory overnight. I used to spend hours thinking about sampling all the different kinds of chocolates rolling off the conveyor belts. Would I try a soft centre first? Or perhaps a caramel? What about a truffle or a chocolate frog? How many could I possibly eat before I was sick?
Roald Dahl’s wonderful book, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, did nothing to quench my imagination. On the contrary, it encouraged me to dream of rivers of molten chocolate, trees made out of candy and bubblegum that turned your whole body blue.
So when I visited Haigh’s Chocolates earlier this week for a special behind the scenes look at the factory and an interview with Alister Haigh, I was nearly beside myself with excitement.
