With UK consumers choosing chocolate over desserts but still wanting multi-layered flavours¹, Hotel Chocolat is now bringing this to life in a sippable chocolate form with the launch of Raspberry Cheesecake hot drinking chocolate.
The brand new, limited edition offers a smooth, creamy and surprisingly light recipe crafted from specially paired ingredients of raspberry, yoghurt and mascarpone to deliver an authentic cheesecake flavour for the ultimate summer indulgence.
Yiotis Panagiotou, Specialty Cocoa Chocolatier (Product Development) at Hotel Chocolat, said:“I’ve always noticed that cheesecake flavours overperform because they balance indulgence with a bit of sharpness. That got me wondering what would happen if we turned that into a Velvetiser moment.
“The goal wasn’t to mimic a cheesecake exactly, but to capture that familiar ‘creamy-with-a-kick’ feeling in a way that makes sense as a warm, comforting drink. It’s basically the after‑dinner pudding people want, just in a cup instead of on a plate.”
Available in-store and online for a limited time only, the latest innovation is priced at £14.95 for a box of 10 sachets, each carefully portioned to pair perfectly with the All-New Velvetiser®. Launching today (7th April) exclusively for VIP.ME members until Monday 13th April when it’ll become available to all.
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Luxury cacao grower and chocolatier, Hotel Chocolat, was founded in 2004 to make exciting chocolate with three guiding principles – authenticity, originality and ethics. These principles remain central to the brand’s success today. From its sustainable cacao farm in Saint Lucia to its chocolate manufacturing facility in Cambridgeshire, UK, Hotel Chocolat connects every part of the journey – from tree to consumer. With a growing portfolio of stores in the UK and internationally, the brand continues to push boundaries of how chocolate is cultivated, crafted and enjoyed, by marrying sustainable cacao agriculture with the hedonism of top-quality chocolate, Hotel Chocolat reinvents the chocolate experience to make both people, and nature happy.
¹Mintel UK Chocolate Confectionery Market Report 2025
