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Morrisons Drinking Chocolate - 500g

Original price $14.99 - Original price $14.99
Original price
$14.99
$14.99 - $14.99
Current price $14.99
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In stock — ships from Canada

About our best-before dates

We work hard to bring proper British groceries to Canada, but importing food across an ocean is not as tidy as stocking a supermarket shelf down the road.

Some products arrive with long dates. Some arrive with shorter ones. Different products come through the import process with different shelf lives, so the dates are not always as neat or predictable as they would be in a regular Canadian supermarket.

Most online grocery shops do not show best-before dates unless something is getting close. We do it differently.

If you were shopping in our Halifax store, you could pick up the product, turn it over, and check the date before buying. We think our online customers should get that same level of transparency.

That is why we show best-before dates clearly on our products.

What "best before" actually means

A best-before date is about quality — flavour, texture, freshness, and how the product is expected to be at its best.

It is not the same as a "use by" or expiry date, which only appears on certain regulated foods.

For everyday groceries like chocolate, biscuits, crisps, sweets, tea, sauces, jams, and pantry items, the best-before date is a quality marker, not a safety marker.

Why our dates vary so much

British imports are unpredictable. We do not get to choose every date that arrives in Canada, and different products naturally come with different shelf lives.

A jar of sauce may have months or years on it. A bag of crisps might arrive with a much shorter window and still be completely normal for that type of product.

We check dates, show them clearly, and give you the information before you buy — because that is how it should be.

What the colours mean

  • More than 30 days remaining
  • Within 30 days
  • Within 5 days, or past the best-before date

The product page will still show the actual date, so you can decide what works for you.

Why some customers like shorter dates

Many of our regular customers deliberately shop shorter-dated items when the price makes sense.

A chocolate bar with two weeks left is often every bit as good as one with six months left — and if we can pass on a saving instead of letting perfectly good food go to waste, everyone wins.

It is not about cutting corners. It is about being clear, fair, and sensible with stock that has travelled a long way to get here.

Questions about a specific product? Email help@thegreatbritishshop.ca — we read every message.

About our best-before dates

We work hard to bring proper British groceries to Canada, but importing food across an ocean is not as tidy as stocking a supermarket shelf down the road.

Some products arrive with long dates. Some arrive with shorter ones. Different products come through the import process with different shelf lives, so the dates are not always as neat or predictable as they would be in a regular Canadian supermarket.

Most online grocery shops do not show best-before dates unless something is getting close. We do it differently.

If you were shopping in our Halifax store, you could pick up the product, turn it over, and check the date before buying. We think our online customers should get that same level of transparency.

That is why we show best-before dates clearly on our products.

What "best before" actually means

A best-before date is about quality — flavour, texture, freshness, and how the product is expected to be at its best.

It is not the same as a "use by" or expiry date, which only appears on certain regulated foods.

For everyday groceries like chocolate, biscuits, crisps, sweets, tea, sauces, jams, and pantry items, the best-before date is a quality marker, not a safety marker.

Why our dates vary so much

British imports are unpredictable. We do not get to choose every date that arrives in Canada, and different products naturally come with different shelf lives.

A jar of sauce may have months or years on it. A bag of crisps might arrive with a much shorter window and still be completely normal for that type of product.

We check dates, show them clearly, and give you the information before you buy — because that is how it should be.

What the colours mean

  • More than 30 days remaining
  • Within 30 days
  • Within 5 days, or past the best-before date

The product page will still show the actual date, so you can decide what works for you.

Why some customers like shorter dates

Many of our regular customers deliberately shop shorter-dated items when the price makes sense.

A chocolate bar with two weeks left is often every bit as good as one with six months left — and if we can pass on a saving instead of letting perfectly good food go to waste, everyone wins.

It is not about cutting corners. It is about being clear, fair, and sensible with stock that has travelled a long way to get here.

Questions about a specific product? Email help@thegreatbritishshop.ca — we read every message.

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About Morrisons Drinking Chocolate

About Morrisons Drinking Chocolate

British drinking chocolate in Canada is one of those things that sounds simple until you realise the version you grew up with is not particularly easy to find. Morrisons Drinking Chocolate is the straightforward, no-fuss hot chocolate from one of the UK's most recognisable supermarket own-brands, and it is the kind of thing that used to live in the cupboard at your grandparents' house without anyone making a fuss about it.

This is a 500g tin of drinking chocolate, made in the United Kingdom and imported for customers in Canada who know exactly what they want from a mug of hot chocolate. It mixes into warm milk in the way British drinking chocolate does, giving you something comforting and familiar rather than anything overly complicated.

The Great British Shop stocks it precisely because it is the sort of product British expats stop noticing until they cannot find it, and then miss quite specifically. No hunting through an international aisle hoping for the right brand, and no waiting on a parcel from someone back home. It is here, ships from Canada, and it is the UK version people mean when they ask for it.

Morrisons Drinking Chocolate is suitable for vegetarians, comes in a 500g format, and is made in the United Kingdom. It is a practical, honest product that does exactly what it says on the tin, which in this case is more or less literally true.

Shop more Morrisons in Canada or browse the full range of British tea and coffee if you are stocking up on hot drinks from the UK.

Ingredients, Nutrition & Storage

Ingredients

Sugar, Cocoa Powder (25%), Maltodextrin, Dextrose, Cocoa Solids 24% minimum. *Rainforest Alliance

Storage

Store in a cool, dry place away from direct sunlight.

Frequently asked questions about Morrisons Drinking Chocolate

Q: Is Morrisons Drinking Chocolate suitable for vegetarians?

A: Yes, Morrisons Drinking Chocolate is suitable for vegetarians. The ingredients are straightforward: sugar, cocoa powder, maltodextrin, and dextrose, with no animal-derived additives. It is the sort of tin that fits quietly into a vegetarian household without any fuss, which is exactly what you want from a hot chocolate at the end of a long day.

Q: What is in Morrisons Drinking Chocolate and how does it compare to typical British hot chocolate?

A: Morrisons Drinking Chocolate contains sugar, cocoa powder at 25%, maltodextrin, and dextrose, with a minimum of 24% cocoa solids. That cocoa content puts it in the classic British drinking chocolate style, which tends to be lighter and sweeter than a continental-style dark cocoa. It is the kind of hot chocolate that British households have been stirring into warm milk for decades, and the 500g tin makes a reasonable dent in that habit.

Q: Is Morrisons Drinking Chocolate a genuine UK product?

A: Morrisons Drinking Chocolate is a United Kingdom product, made by the well-known British supermarket brand Morrisons. For people in Canada who grew up with Morrisons on the high street, finding the actual supermarket-own brand rather than a loose substitute is rather the point. It is the sort of thing that ends up in a British shop order alongside the tea bags and the biscuits, because some habits are worth keeping.

More about Morrisons Drinking Chocolate

Morrisons Drinking Chocolate sits in a specific corner of the British grocery world: the supermarket own-brand hot chocolate that nobody really thought about because it was always just there. It belongs to the same category as own-brand custard powder and instant gravy granules, things that filled British cupboards not because of any particular fanfare but because they worked and cost sensible money.

For British expats in Canada, this kind of product tends to surface as a gap rather than a craving. You reach for something that used to be automatic, find nothing quite equivalent, and start looking for Morrisons Drinking Chocolate in Canada specifically, rather than a generic substitute.

The 500g tin is a reasonable size for a household that drinks hot chocolate regularly through a Canadian winter. It stores well in a cool, dry cupboard, takes up little space, and keeps without any particular fuss. Being suitable for vegetarians, it fits into most households without a second thought.

Morrisons produces a broad range of own-brand pantry staples, and this drinking chocolate sits naturally alongside the rest of their everyday grocery range. You can browse the wider Morrisons in Canada range here, or explore the broader British tea and coffee category if you are rebuilding a full British drinks cupboard.

The tin ships from within Canada, so customers in Toronto, Halifax, London and Whitby are not waiting on an overseas parcel or paying international freight rates for something that used to cost next to nothing at the local supermarket.

Additional Information

Packaging Accuracy. We keep product information as accurate and up to date as possible. Manufacturers sometimes change packaging, ingredients, nutritional information, allergen advice, pack sizes or branding without notice, so the product you receive may look slightly different from the images shown. If you have a question about ingredients or allergens before ordering, please get in touch and we will gladly check for you.

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