Not every chocolate on a pick and mix counter comes from a multinational with a marketing budget to match. Beech's Fine Chocolates is proof: a Nottinghamshire manufacturer that's been quietly making the classic jar sweets for close to a century, mostly without putting its own name on the bag.
A Nottinghamshire family business
Beech's has operated out of Nottinghamshire for close to a century, making it one of the older independent chocolate manufacturers still trading in Britain, in an industry where most household names were absorbed into a handful of global groups decades ago.
Built on the traditional lines
Beech's has built its reputation on the classic boiled-sweet-adjacent chocolate lines: chocolate limes, chocolate ginger, mint crisps and chocolate brazils among them. These are exactly the kind of jar sweets that define a traditional pick and mix counter, sold by weight rather than wrapped as individual countline bars.
Supplying rather than branding
A large part of why Beech's isn't a household name despite its output is that so much of it has historically gone into other retailers' pick and mix counters and own-label ranges rather than being sold under its own consumer marketing. You've very likely eaten Beech's chocolate without ever seeing the name on the packet.
Still independent
In an industry dominated by a small number of large groups, Beech's remains a genuinely independent, family-connected manufacturer, still making the same style of traditional chocolate that's been on British sweet counters for generations. You'll find the same style of classics in our pick and mix and chocolate collections.
Frequently asked questions
What is Beech's Fine Chocolates known for?
Traditional jar sweets such as chocolate limes, chocolate ginger and mint crisps.
Where is Beech's based?
Nottinghamshire, as one of Britain's smaller independent chocolate manufacturers.
Why isn't Beech's a household name?
Most of its output has historically supplied other retailers' pick and mix counters and own-label ranges rather than its own branded marketing.