Love Chocolates / Love Meringues

Kris Rzepecki has been making chocolates in the artist colony town of Kirkcudbright for over 10 years. For many of those he worked under the name of Carswell's Chocolates, but a recent re-brand brought Love Chocolates into alignment with Love Meringues, a young enterprise which sees wife Wendy creating towering pavlovas and colourful meringues. Kris’s handmade truffles and Wendy’s meringues are all made using natural ingredients, local cream and free range eggs. Among the many flavoured truffles, filled chocolates and bars, cold smoked chocolate is a popular recent addition to Kris’s range, the recommendation being to use it in sweet or savoury cooking. Local stockists include John D Owen’s in Newton Stewart and Kilnford Farm Shop, and the chocolate and meringue range is also made to order and sold at local events – check their Facebook page for details and an online shop.

Listed in the Chocolate Larder – order a print copy (free + p&p).