Buying chocolate should be an experience; an indulgence; the ultimate in taste bud temptation. The Moniaive Chocolatiers offer a combination of all three, built on innovation, fairly traded organic ingredients and unique Scottish artisanship.
Innovation and Scotland, of course, go hand in hand so it is hardly surprising a small operation in a picture postcard village deep in the heart of Dumfries and Galloway in the rural south west should come up with a world first.
Tiny Tartans
Taste o’ Tartan
Fresh Filled
” The summer of 2018 feels like a distant memory. Restaurants were open, grocery stores were fully stocked, and people were vacationing without a care. My wife and I were two of those people.
The Cunninghams from Texas on our first international trip to discover our Scottish roots, taking two weeks to drive all across the breath-taking landscape, we had the time of our lives, and made so many memories. Our fondest were not of the castles, lochs, or countrysides… but of a tiny truffle, in a tiny chocolate shop, on a tiny street, in a tiny town outside of where our great-great grandparents’ grandparents once lived.
We spent an afternoon chatting with the staff, learning about Scotland, and tasting the most delicious confections we’d ever had, and have had since. Each was unique, and the experience made an impression that we will remember forever.
As we left the shop, we knew that this was not goodbye. 2.5 years later, I write this as I snack on a tiny tartan chocolate shipped to us from the tiny shop, on the tiny street, in the tiny town in Scotland. Liz was all-to happy to make our Christmas dreams come true, and ship enough chocolate to gift to all of our loved ones here in the US, and to help us share a small piece of our history with them.
The World may well be a very different place, there are some things that remain familiar, and for that, we can all be grateful. Thank you Liz, and everyone at Moniaive, for making this Christmas truly special. “
” I have bought a few things from Liz @ Moniaive Chocolatiers since finding its existence 2 years ago – a wonderful local resource. As it is in the area where I was brought up I wanted to support it, even more so after tasting the chocolates as well as loving the novelty of the tartan minis. Over the past 2 years I have bought Christmas and Birthday gifts from Liz whether it be direct from the shop or ordered via the internet/messaging.
The service, quality and taste has been greatly admired and appreciated so much so I know people who have travelled from Glasgow/Renfrewshire just to visit the shop after receiving chocolates.
Of course all this changed in March 2020.
My daughter was meant to be getting married in Italy in June 2020 and I had arranged with Liz to provide some chocolate favours which of course didn’t happen. Liz responds quickly to messages sent, has been so helpful, courteous and offered ideas to suit needs as there was a changing situation trying to quickly arrange the legal part of the marriage in London.
No more so were Liz’s positive service so evident as recently where she excelled in every way. My daughter and fiancé arranged a Registry office marriage and meal for the limited number of 30 as specified at that time. I contacted Liz and she provided chocolates and dual bars of chocolate with their names inscribed on the chocolate.
Within days things changed to only being able to have a maximum of 15 people.
I contacted Liz, with a week to go to the date I had to travel to London, to do more as they decided to invite individuals rather than couples so more local friends could attend. Liz raced to get them done and posted them as per the first batch recorded first class. The day before I was due to leave for the Wedding they hadn’t arrived.
Liz offered to come to me to deliver a new batch she made within hours, or meet me half way!
She didn’t want to disappoint and to have the Wedding more negatively affected than was already happening due to Covid 19.
I cannot thank her enough. Words cannot express my gratitude.
In the end she arranged to drive to get them to her partner who delivered them to me near my home!! Beyond the call of duty!
Amazing service, truly remarkable endeavour and ‘putting the customer needs first’.
It made such a difference to the wedding and the feedback has been so positive, with everyone complimenting the chocolates and presentation.
My thanks from the bottom of my heart, Liz.
I will be placing future orders, recommending Moniaive Chocolatier and as soon as this pandemic eases one of the first places to visit will be Thornhill and Moniaive Chocolatier.
May you go from strength to strength. I would highly recommend your chocolates as well as your bespoke service! Bravo! “
” The Moniaive Chocolatiers have produced a range of chocolates for The Scottish Parliament shop which feature the official Parliament tartan. They worked with us to reproduce the colours of our tartan in their unique edible art and have also developed bespoke labels which enhance the product. They are a professional company who are willing to work with their clients to achieve products which look good on the shelves. “
“The Moniaive Chocolatiers made the most perfect wedding favours we could ever have imagined. We chose their fabulous hand-painted tartan chocolate design, which incorporated a custom mixed paint colour that matched perfectly to our colour scheme. Not only did the chocolates taste delicious, they looked absolutely beautiful – the shimmering paint finished off with a matching bow made the perfect addition to our tables. A big thank you to Liz and the team for such a high-quality product and excellent customer service.”