Booja Booja Truffles

Booja Booja Truffles
are dairy-free, gluten-free, organic, suitable for vegans/lactose intolerant, low in sugar and extremely delicious too.
Around Midnight espresso truffles These espresso truffles are so packed with flavour, one gives you the entire chocolate and coffee fix you need (56% cocoa content). Voted 'Best Organic Product' in 2000 these Booja Booja hand made chocolates are the (organic) business.

Origins of Chocolate

Originally thought to have been discovered by the Aztecs, archaeological evidence now dates the use of chocolate to the earlier Maya civilisation. A thousand years ago in Mexico cocoa beans served as currency and were also used at the heart of many rituals and ceremonies.

Spanish explorers of Mexico introduced Europe to drinking chocolate at the start of the 17th century, but by the middle of the 17th century the solid confection made from roasted ground cacao seed was becoming familiar and over the centuries became even more popular than the drink version.

The word "chocolate" derives from the Mayan "xocoatl" and the word cocoa from the Aztec "cacahuatl." The Mexican Indian word "chocolate" comes from a combination of the terms "choco" (foam) and "atl" (water).

Vegan chocolates for lactose intolerant people

There are many people who are being recognised as being lactose intolerant now and many who choose to avoid dairy and other animal products (vegans), which means that there are now loads of alternative dairy free  chocolates and foods available.