Eton Mess Wins Thorntons Great Chocolate Britain Competition

Eton Mess Wins Thorntons Great Chocolate Britain Competition PR Newswire ALFRETON, England, October 8, 2012 ALFRETON, England, October 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Britain's best-loved chocolate maker, Thorntons, asked the nation to help them find the next great chocolate flavour, inspired by their region of Britain. This Chocolate Week (8-14 October) Thorntons is proud to announce that Eton Mess, a sumptuous white chocolate crammed with strawberries and pieces of meringue, has been crowned the winner, following a public vote. http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121008/567451-a Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lby_t3OubQU&feature=youtu.be Throughout the summer, chocolate-lovers entered Thorntons Great Chocolate Britain competition with the hope that the chocolate maker would turn their suggested flavour into Thorntons' newest chocolate creation. With hundreds of entries, Thorntons chocolatiers chose the best three inventions from each region and put the ideas to the public vote to find the most popular. The eleven lucky regional finalists, who suggested a flavour that represented their specific region, were invited to Thorntons chocolate factory to turn their ideas into reality, with the help of Thorntons' chocolatiers.