{"id":828963,"date":"2026-03-16T06:00:32","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T06:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/828963\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T06:00:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T06:00:32","slug":"i-tried-east-bristols-newest-chocolate-shop-and-one-item-was-to-die-for-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/828963\/","title":{"rendered":"‘I tried East Bristol’s newest chocolate shop and one item was to die for’"},"content":{"rendered":"

There is a new, exciting addition to Church Road – and it is a dangerous one.<\/p>\n

Award-winning Radek’s Chocolate opened along the busy road<\/a> in East Bristol last weekend. Famed for its brownies and handmade vegan chocolate, Radek’s is a well-known brand among Bristolians; having been around since 2008, when it started serving at festivals.<\/p>\n

However, there was no need to be in festival season to enjoy their goodies and stores such as Southville Deli – also on Church Road – sell their chocolate, which is where I had bought it from in the past.<\/p>\n

I have to admit this latest opening took me by surprise, only hearing about it through a rather excited mum friend in the St George’s Park playground; this is exciting news among all the gentrifying, yummy mummies of East Bristol.<\/p>\n

Already well-catered for by Loaf and Rubino Lounge, and also briefly by Crafty Egg, Radek’s offering is different and unique – but will totally pose serious competition in my opinion.<\/p>\n

I can’t imagine I will be the only one who may, from now on, treat herself to a hot chocolate before a trip to the park.<\/p>\n

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The shop is well stocked -Credit:BristolLive<\/p>\n

So, yes, I was looking forward to checking out the chocolate shop on my lunchbreak mid-week; what a treat this would be, I was already sure. I went for the 52% Pa Lo Chilli Spice hot chocolate (\u00a34); a Thai spice mix infused with lime leaf.<\/p>\n

A big fan of chilli chocolate, my expectations were set high here but I was not disappointed. Served with oat milk as standard, this was a silky and smooth hot chocolate, with a definite kick and spicy note.<\/p>\n

It left a lovely aftertaste in my mouth and I can easily say this is the best hot chocolate I have had in some time. It was to die for.<\/p>\n

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52% Pa Lo Chilli Spice hot chocolate -Credit:BristolLive<\/p>\n

I also got one of its popular CBD brownies, which were terribly yummy and chocolatey, as they should be. I enjoyed the thick, chocolate crust while the nuts were also a good addition.<\/p>\n

For review purposes, of course, I also got some delicious truffles to enjoy later (also very rich) and the make-at-home rose and raspberry hot chocolate (68% cacao).<\/p>\n

I tried making this at home, preparing it on the hob as recommended. While this was certainly a good hot chocolate, and not excessively sweet, the store-bought one was definitely more memorable. It had a strong rose taste, but sadly couldn’t get the raspberry.<\/p>\n

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The truffles on sale at the shop -Credit:BristolLive<\/p>\n

The iconic Mrs Potts, on Park Street, has been my go-to for hot chocolate since I moved to Bristol. However, I fear this may have changed this week.<\/p>\n

I am in doubt my hot chocolate consumption is about to go up quite significantly – and yours should too.<\/p>\n

Radek’s Chocolate is on 186 Church Road, BS5 9HX.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There is a new, exciting addition to Church Road – and it is a dangerous one. Award-winning Radek’s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":828964,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8818],"tags":[381,748,10296,393,4884,83201,237978,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-828963","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bristol","8":"tag-bristol","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-east-bristol","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-hot-chocolate","14":"tag-radek","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116237331990405807","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/828963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=828963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/828963\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/828964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=828963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=828963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=828963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}