For a car boot sale refreshment that is easy to count out, start with manufacturer-packaged mini bars: Divine lists 4.2 g bars in a 100-pack and 12.5 g bars in a 160-pack, while Montezuma's offers a larger 25 g mint option. Check whether each bar has its own wrapper, keep the exact pack's allergen information available, and ask your local authority about registration if the activity may amount to a food business.
A countable mini bar avoids cutting a larger bar into portions. Divine lists 100 × 4.2 g and 160 × 12.5 g dark-chocolate bar formats; check the individual wrapping and retain the outer pack for ingredient information.
Choose a format that lets you give customers accurate ingredient and allergen information. The Food Standards Agency says a temporary stall can fall within food-business registration rules; check your planned activity with the local authority before trading.
Montezuma's Royal Mint comes as 25 g dark-chocolate mini bars with mint oil, while Hotel Chocolat lists 70% dark batons and Lindt lists dark truffles. Decide whether the flavour and serving format suit your visitors, then check each product's ingredients rather than relying on the word “dark”.
Set an expected serving count and portion size first, then check the exact pack's wrapping, flavour and allergen information.
| Priority | What to check | Your needs |
|---|---|---|
| Servings | Compare the bar count with expected visitors. Divine lists 100 × 4.2 g and 160 × 12.5 g bars; Montezuma's lists 26 × 25 g Royal Mint bars. | I want to offer one predictable portion per visitor without breaking up larger bars. |
| Wrapping | Confirm whether each bar has its own wrapper, and keep the outer packaging accessible for product information. | A handout that stays in its manufacturer's wrapper would be easier for me to distribute and identify. |
| Flavour | Check the cocoa percentage and added flavours on the exact product. Montezuma's describes Royal Mint as 74% dark chocolate with mint oil. | If mint is part of the offer, I can choose it deliberately rather than assuming every dark-chocolate mini tastes alike. |
| Allergens | Read the ingredients and any may-contain statement for the exact pack. Divine's 100 × 4.2 g listing warns of possible nuts, cereals containing gluten and milk; Lindt LINDOR Dark 70% truffles contain milk ingredients and soya lecithin. | I need to answer ingredient questions from the packaging, not assume that “dark” means milk-free or suitable for someone with an allergy. |
| Stall activity | Establish whether the refreshments are being supplied as part of a food business. The Food Standards Agency says registration can apply to food businesses operating from temporary stalls; confirm the position with your local authority. | Before I trade, I want to know which food-information and registration requirements apply to my planned activity. |
Lindt's LINDOR Dark 70% truffles contain milk ingredients and soya lecithin. Divine's 100 × 4.2 g mini bars and Montezuma's Royal Mint mini bars also carry may-contain warnings.
Read the ingredients and precautionary statements on the exact pack before describing a product's dietary suitability to visitors.
A 100-bar case of 4.2 g minis and a 26-bar case of 25 g minis provide very different numbers and sizes of servings. A larger portion may leave you with fewer handouts than planned.
Estimate visitor numbers, then compare both the individual portion and the number of bars in the pack.
The Food Standards Agency says food-business registration can apply to temporary stalls, and food businesses must provide allergen information. Whether registration is required depends on the nature of the activity.
Describe your plans to the relevant local authority before trading, and keep the manufacturer's packaging available for accurate food information.
Divine lists 70% dark-chocolate bars in 100 × 4.2 g and 160 × 12.5 g formats.
Royal Mint is listed as 26 × 25 g mini bars made with 74% dark chocolate and mint oil.
Hotel Chocolat lists 70% dark-chocolate batons in a 15-finger pack.
Lindt lists LINDOR Dark 70% truffles in a 1 kg box.
M&S lists mini-sized chocolate buttons in its Foodhall range.
This eight-bar dark-chocolate wafer multipack is a countable option for a small refreshment offer. Check its bar-by-bar wrapping before choosing it for direct handouts.
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Eight 20.7 g dark-chocolate wafer bars give you a countable serving for a small offer. Check whether each bar is individually wrapped before using the pack for handouts; the listing identifies milk and wheat, so refer to the exact pack for allergen information.
A multipack of single mini bars gives you a stated number of portions without cutting up larger bars. Divine lists 100 × 4.2 g and 160 × 12.5 g dark-chocolate bars; check whether the bars in your chosen pack are individually wrapped.
No. The exact ingredients and allergen statements determine what you can tell visitors: Lindt LINDOR Dark 70% truffles contain milk ingredients, while Divine's 100 × 4.2 g mini-bar listing includes a may-contain milk warning.
If you operate as a food business, you must provide applicable allergen information. Food Standards Agency and Food Standards Scotland guidance distinguishes prepacked, prepacked-for-direct-sale and non-prepacked food, so keep the exact product packaging and check which rules apply to how you offer the chocolates.
Registration depends on whether your activity is a food business; being at a temporary stall or selling prepacked goods does not by itself remove the requirement. The Food Standards Agency advises checking the nature of the activity with the local authority. Food Standards Scotland states that food businesses in Scotland must register with their local authority at least 28 days before opening.
You can consider a bowl for bars that remain in their own wrappers, but keep the manufacturer's outer packaging available so you can identify the product and its ingredients. If you remove wrappers or repack the chocolates for sale, check the applicable food-information and allergen requirements for that presentation.