Baxter Murray Creative Chocolate

Baxter Murray Creative Chocolate makes corporate chocolate gifts in Belfast. Founded in 1995 by Karen Baxter and Michael Murray, it produces handmade Belgian chocolate for business customers in the UK and Ireland. Its website says chocolate production, graphic design, mould creation, printing and box making are handled in-house.

Its promotional chocolates include bars, coins, lollipops, medals and chocolate vehicles. Branding can take the form of a logo moulded into the chocolate, printed packaging, or both. The business also offers packing and individual shipping for seasonal gifts to clients and staff.

Products and packaging

For corporate gifts, its chocolate boxes hold between two and 48 chocolates and carry full colour artwork. Alcohol-free options are listed. Golden ticket bars combine personalised wrappers with branded tickets for competitions, while chocolate medals have an optional branded ribbon.

The seasonal catalogue includes Christmas corporate gifts and Easter products. Listed Christmas formats include bars, coins, lollipops, chocolate cards and tree decorations. Its homepage also presents seasonal chocolate as staff gifts.

Production and artwork

Its UK-made chocolate bars can be produced in bespoke shapes and sizes using moulds created in-house. Published standard dimensions are 95 x 55mm, 155 x 75mm and 195 x 150mm. The team prints packaging from customer artwork, finishes each bar by hand and packs it for dispatch.

The design and artwork service includes artwork templates on request and free positioning of customer artwork. One packaging option is a sliding box with a full colour branded sleeve and a logo moulded into the chocolate. The product page says dedicated moulds allow repeat orders without additional mould costs.

Ordering and delivery

The sliding-box bar page lists a minimum order of 10 bars and a nine-month shelf life. Both this product and the any-size bespoke bar page list lead times of two, four or six weeks. Faster requirements can be discussed with the business.

Those pages list free delivery to one UK or Ireland address, with dispatch via a next-day tracked service. Batch deliveries, international shipping and direct mail fulfilment are quoted separately. Outer mailing cartons are available for the sliding-box bar. Packaging carries ingredients and allergen information; recommended storage is a cool, dry place at 12 to 20°C.

Source: baxtermurray.co.uk, baxtermurray.co.uk/about-baxter-murray, baxtermurray.co.uk/contacts