Cocoa Mountain News

	20th Mar 2025 Cocoa Mountain BALNAKEIL (Durness) OPENS FOR 2025 Cocoa Mountain BALNAKEIL reopens for the 2025 season on Saturday 29th March! We open daily from 9am. We just can't wait to see everyone again, and enjoy the many delights of the Far North. With The Best Hot Chocolate, of course... Join us in DORNOCH also, daily from 10am more ...
	13th Nov 2023 Enjoy our 17th annual SEASONAL 5-4-4 OFFER Right now and up to 23rd December (Your discount is automatically applied at the checkout) SEASONS GREETINGS AND BEST WISHES FROM US ALL AT COCOA MOUNTAIN more ...
	28th Apr 2023 BANK HOLIDAY OPENING 1st & 8th May 2023 - Please note that we are open as usual on both of these days, and look forward to welcoming visitors to Dornoch and Balnakeil more ...
	24th Mar 2023 Visit Cocoa Mountain! It's 2023, and three years since we opened our Cocoa Mountain Balnakeil for ONE DAY before having to close because of the pandemic. It's been a rocky ride since - thank goodness for the Internet - but we are DELIGHTED to welcome our customers to Dornoch and Balnakeil daily, where (after the recent snow) we are fully expecting a splendid, long, light, warm summer. Please come and join us! more ...
	17th Mar 2023 Our store and cafe opening hours Spring 2023 Cocoa Mountain DORNOCH is open daily from 10.30. Our plan to re-open Cocoa Mountain BALNAKEIL for the 2023 season on March 24th - unfortunately may be delayed as a result of the difficult weather conditions in the far north. We will provide an update as soon as we are able to confirm more ...
	21st Dec 2022 CHRISTMAS 2022 (AND BEYOND...) Thank-you to everyone who placed orders with us for Christmas. All of our packages are now in transit and should arrive very shortly. We are now taking a break ourselves, and advise that our next dispatch will be January 5th 2023. We would like to take the opportunity to wish you a merry Christmas and best wishes for the new year. We look forward to being of service again. Cheers! more ...
	18th Dec 2022 DELIVERY UPDATE (UK) Everything moving smoothly. No issues to report. Still time to order for Christmas delivery. Thank you and Merry Christmas everybody! more ...
	8th Dec 2022 We are experiencing a fault with our telephone Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience but our phones are currently down. Until this is fixed, please email ([email protected]) or message us with your contact details and we would be delighted to call you back. Sorry! more ...
	13th Nov 2022 CHRISTMAS 2022 SPECIAL SEASONAL OFFER We always enjoy making Christmas special, and boy is that much needed in 2022. Take advantage of our seasonal 5-4-4 offer (buy five items we charge only for 4), available on all products at the checkout. We not only hand-make each and every gift, we pack, dispatch, and add your free personal gift message. We are pleased to be of service again this year, and send warmest regards to everyone more ...
	18th Nov 2021 "Just Stunning" New range of gift boxes launched Our new range of gift boxes and chocolate collections are now online! The new chocolate boxes taste look and feel incredible! more ...
	2nd Nov 2021 Winter at Cocoa Mountain Balnakeil more ...
	1st Jun 2021 Our Shops Are Open! more ...
	13th Apr 2021 OPEN?CLOSED/OPEN/CLOSED? A bit of clarity? We can only try. Our current ... hope ... is that we may be able to open our shops on April 28th but many many things could change this so please check closer the time to avoid any disappointment. Thank you more ...
	9th Feb 2021 The more the merrier - Update We listen! Famous Cocoa Mountain The Best Hot Chocolate is now available in 1KG pouches (fully compostable, of course). Unfortunately, Brexit has resulted in delays securing supplies of certain ingredients. Our next expected date for dispatch is Monday 1st March more ...
	1st Feb 2021 Update... Valentines Day is 14th February! Schedule your heartfelt messages of love right now... more ...
	19th Jan 2021 Set your alarm for Burns Night! Burns night 2021 is on January 25th... more ...
	23rd Dec 2020 Christmas Deliveries 2020 Thank you for ordering with us this Christmas. We are delivering to schedule, and so far we are hearing that the mail is working pretty well, considering the high volumes this year. Best wishes more ...
	5th Dec 2020 Recommended International Posting Dates... Please be advised that the last dates to order to get delivery for before Christmas are... more ...
	4th Nov 2020 HERE COMES THE CHOC-DOWN Extra support through the lockdown to relieve those 'lockdown woes' - and dream delicious dreams... more ...
	9th Oct 2020 Visiting Cocoa Mountain Balnakeil For everyone planning to visit us this year we are open until... more ...
	21st Sep 2020 Sorry! we ran out of 'The Best' Hot Chocolate but now it's back again... more ...
	22nd Mar 2020 We look forward to the day we re-open in Balnakeil and Dornoch. Hopefully it will be soon. In the meantime we remain open online ... more ...
	20th Jan 2019 The Best Hot Chocolate Great news. Production is in full swing, ready for our new tins to arrive more ...
	29th Aug 2011 Cocoa Mountain chocolates on the inaugural Inverness to Schipol flight! An honour... more ...
	15th Aug 2011 A chocolate shop at Christmas-time more ...
	15th Jun 2011 Lotte Glob - A Major Retrospective Saturday 25th June - 18th July 2011 12 noon to 5pm every day An invitation to visit Lotte Glob for a major retrospective '50 Years in Clay' more ...
	18th Jul 2010 COCOA MOUNTAIN launches new weather service for Durness Today we are pleased to launch our new weather service, which will provide daily - sometimes hourly - weather reports direct from Durness at www.twitter.com/cocoamountain more ...
	30th Jul 2009 Barbara Morrison ('Babs') RIP We are all devastated by the news of the death of our very dear friend and colleague Barbara Morrison, who died of cancer on Tuesday more ...
	11th May 2009 Your Award Winning Cocoa Mountain Thanks to everyone who voted and helped us win...and we're on the 5.30 Show tonight at 5.30 (STV) more ...
	7th Jan 2009 Mike McCartney's North Highlands Renowned photographer (and generally nice guy) Mike McCartney has been a regular visitor to Cocoa Mountain, and has included us in his new book... more ...
	20th Sep 2008 Stan ('the man') RIP Stan, our four-legged welcoming party, died yesterday. more ...
	25th Jul 2008 The end of an era... Our premises from June 2006 to July 2008 have now closed. We would like to thank all of our customers and staff who have helped make the experience so fantastic and enjoyable. Paul and James more ...
	10th Jul 2008 A vision of opening... THE BLUE BUILDING UPDATE: We had been in the depths of despair because our window supplier kept letting us down, but... more ...