If you're the Queen and it's Christmas, eating a box of Roses or Quality Street just won't do. What you want is chocolate that's fit for a Queen.
Several small boxes of dark chocolate, made to a secret recipe, were delivered to Buckingham Palace for Christmas.
World famous chocolate makers Cadbury, based in the Bournville area of the city of Birmingham, have refused to divulge how the chocolate is made, but they say it has been specially tailored to suit the Queen's tastes.
British company Cadbury, formed by John Cadbury, a Quaker, in 1824, is the world's second-largest confectionery manufacturer. It was given a Royal Warrant by Queen Victoria in 1854.
Unwrapped: The Queen's secret chocolate, delivered in time for Christmas
By Rebecca English
23rd December 2009
Daily Mail
Special delivery: The Royal Family enjoy specially made chocolates every Christmas
As chocolate bars go it is fit for a queen - The Queen, in fact.
Made to a secret recipe by royal warrant holders Cadbury, several small boxes of the dark chocolate are being delivered to Buckingham Palace for the monarch and her family to enjoy at Christmas.
Pictured here for the first time, the Daily Mail can reveal the bars are made by a team of three on specially reserved equipment at the firm's factory in Bournville, Birmingham.
Cadbury - which was given a royal warrant by Queen Victoria in 1854 - refuses to divulge how the chocolate is created but sources say it has been tailored to the
Queen's taste.
The recipe is said to contain more cocoa solids than many other dark chocolates, making it ideal for both eating and cooking.
Only three or four small batches of the bar are made each year and, when not being used for the royal chocolate, the production equipment lies dormant.
One batch is made and delivered just before Christmas to Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle and Sandringham.
Each bar is wrapped in gold foil and encased in a red wrapper stamped with the royal crest and the 'By Appointment to HM The Queen' wording that the Cadbury warrant allows it to mark on all its products.
Queen Elizabeth II spends Christmas in Sandringham with her family
Below the crest, in gold and black lettering, the bar is labelled Cadbury's Superior Culinary Dark Chocolate, although it is known by staff at the company simply as 'Royal Household chocolate'.
While many of the bars are used in the royal kitchens to make fine deserts for private consumption and state banquets, some are also eaten as a sweet treat, according to the chocolate maker.
Cadbury spokesman Tony Bilsborough confirmed: 'We do make the Queen a bar of dark chocolate. It's not for sale to the public. We make this for her, under the terms of the royal mark.
'We've been providing chocolates to the Royal Family since Victorian times but I cannot discuss the recipe.'
Cadbury was founded by Quaker John Cadbury in Birmingham in 1824.
The firm is currently the subject of a hostile takeover bid by U.S. food giant Kraft, which could threaten 5,000 UK jobs. Shareholders have until January 5 to reject the £10.1billion offer.
The firm has described the bid as 'inadequate and unwelcome' and The Mail on Sunday has launched a campaign to Keep Cadbury British. If it is taken over there is no guarantee Cadbury would continue to make the Queen's chocolate.
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Several small boxes of dark chocolate, made to a secret recipe, were delivered to Buckingham Palace for Christmas.
World famous chocolate makers Cadbury, based in the Bournville area of the city of Birmingham, have refused to divulge how the chocolate is made, but they say it has been specially tailored to suit the Queen's tastes.
British company Cadbury, formed by John Cadbury, a Quaker, in 1824, is the world's second-largest confectionery manufacturer. It was given a Royal Warrant by Queen Victoria in 1854.
Unwrapped: The Queen's secret chocolate, delivered in time for Christmas
By Rebecca English
23rd December 2009
Daily Mail
Special delivery: The Royal Family enjoy specially made chocolates every Christmas
As chocolate bars go it is fit for a queen - The Queen, in fact.
Made to a secret recipe by royal warrant holders Cadbury, several small boxes of the dark chocolate are being delivered to Buckingham Palace for the monarch and her family to enjoy at Christmas.
Pictured here for the first time, the Daily Mail can reveal the bars are made by a team of three on specially reserved equipment at the firm's factory in Bournville, Birmingham.
Cadbury - which was given a royal warrant by Queen Victoria in 1854 - refuses to divulge how the chocolate is created but sources say it has been tailored to the
Queen's taste.
The recipe is said to contain more cocoa solids than many other dark chocolates, making it ideal for both eating and cooking.
Only three or four small batches of the bar are made each year and, when not being used for the royal chocolate, the production equipment lies dormant.
One batch is made and delivered just before Christmas to Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle and Sandringham.
Each bar is wrapped in gold foil and encased in a red wrapper stamped with the royal crest and the 'By Appointment to HM The Queen' wording that the Cadbury warrant allows it to mark on all its products.
Queen Elizabeth II spends Christmas in Sandringham with her family
Below the crest, in gold and black lettering, the bar is labelled Cadbury's Superior Culinary Dark Chocolate, although it is known by staff at the company simply as 'Royal Household chocolate'.
While many of the bars are used in the royal kitchens to make fine deserts for private consumption and state banquets, some are also eaten as a sweet treat, according to the chocolate maker.
Cadbury spokesman Tony Bilsborough confirmed: 'We do make the Queen a bar of dark chocolate. It's not for sale to the public. We make this for her, under the terms of the royal mark.
'We've been providing chocolates to the Royal Family since Victorian times but I cannot discuss the recipe.'
Cadbury was founded by Quaker John Cadbury in Birmingham in 1824.
The firm is currently the subject of a hostile takeover bid by U.S. food giant Kraft, which could threaten 5,000 UK jobs. Shareholders have until January 5 to reject the £10.1billion offer.
The firm has described the bid as 'inadequate and unwelcome' and The Mail on Sunday has launched a campaign to Keep Cadbury British. If it is taken over there is no guarantee Cadbury would continue to make the Queen's chocolate.
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