u/frances_farmer

Following up to a post I made a couple of months ago:

https://www.reddit.com/r/chocolate/comments/1vph6y4/im_building_an_online_british_chocolate_shop_in/

Today it went live!

I was surprised at the attention my original post got and I learned a lot about what types of British sweets people are passionate about. I took that feedback and curated an initial launch line-up of 10 products that I think represent the best of British chocolate. It's intentionally small to begin with as I am just a single-person operation currently, but I have plans to grow the selection over the next few weeks and months.

I named Crunchie in that original post and it hasn't made the first cut. That one stings. It's near the top of the list.

My goal when I started the project was to create a site and shopping experience that's a bit more novel and interesting than the average spreadsheet style Shopify store. I would love to know if you feel that the injection of whimsy makes the experience a better one!

I appreciate you all and would love to answer any questions about logistics or anything else that might be of interest. The site is at farthingandco.com

I'm originally from York but have lived in North Carolina since 2017. I've always enjoyed it when friends and family come over from the UK and bring a supply of British chocolate with them. Twirls are probably my favourite, although I'm also very partial to a Double Decker.

Recently I decided to have a go at creating my own online British sweet shop. There are already plenty of places importing British products into the US, but I've always found the experience of actually shopping for them online a bit... dull. I thought it would be fun to try something a little different.

I'm still in the very early stages and figuring out what to stock, so I thought this might be the perfect place to ask:

For those of you living in the US, what British chocolate or sweets do you miss the most?

Not necessarily the obvious stuff either. I'd particularly love to hear about things you struggle to find over here.

I've put up a little coming-soon page for what I'm building if anyone's curious: farthingandco.com

But more importantly, what would you put in your first box?