Chocolate with a purpose

Who are we??

Set up by husband & wife team Andy & Claire Burnet, we are proud to have been making fine fresh handmade chocolates since December 2002 on Dorset’s Jurassic Coast. We believe that we were one of the first, if not the first UK artisan chocolatier, to pioneer making truly fresh chocolates, using locally sourced seasonal ingredients, including local fresh cream, blended with fine origin chocolate and no additives or preservatives.

By the way, we are Chococo, The Purbeck Chocolate Co and the word Chococo came from us playing around with the 'Choco' of chocolate and 'Co' of company - put the 2 together and you spell a word, Chococo!

Claire and Andy at the Chococo shop launch in 2002 Andy and Claire in the Chococo making room Claire and Andy, founders of Chococo

We turned the ground floor into our tiny chocolate kitchen with a viewing window so that customers could watch us in action making all our chocolates by hand. We were determined to make all our chocolates ourselves and show our customers that we are real people, making real chocolates in a real place and that determination to "keep it real" is still the same for us today.

Claire with two-year-old Lily in 2002 Claire and Lily 15 years after launch First Chococo shop 2003 Andy tempering chocolate Second Chococo kitchen 2005 Second Chococo kitchen 2008 Chococo Swanage shopfront today Chococo Winchester shopfront

2019 saw the launch of our latest exciting adventure - Chococo Gelato! We make our own gelato in small batches at our chocolate kitchen in Wareham & deliver them to our Chocolate Houses in our freezer van.

Chococo handcrafted chocolate

Claire & Andy outside our Chococo HQ in Dorset

In 2025 we opened our fifth Chocolate House (and our first in London) in West Dulwich.

And here we are in 2026 and opening our sixth Chocolate House. Never ones to shy away from ambition, we've gone WAY further afield for this one... New York City, here we come!