The 1791 Pantry: A Highland-Inspired Cocoa Bothy Release

Every Cocoa Bothy drop starts with a feeling...

Sometimes it begins with a flavour. Sometimes it starts with a memory. Sometimes it is a full kitchen spiral involving caramel, biscuit crumbs, melted chocolate and a very specific idea that refuses to leave us alone.

This one started with a year.

1791.

A date from Inverness history. A little clue. A quiet nod to the past. And the starting point for a box inspired by the flavours that might have filled an old Highland pantry.

Think oats, honey, fruit, apples, creaminess, caramel and comfort. The kind of ingredients that feel simple on their own, but properly magical when brought together.

This is not a history lesson with a chocolate shell.

It is Cocoa Bothy doing what Cocoa Bothy does best: taking a little story, adding a lot of indulgence, and turning it into filled Belgian chocolate bars.

Introducing The 1791 Pantry

The 1791 Pantry is a limited-edition Bothy Bar box inspired by old Highland pantry flavours.

We wanted this release to feel warm, nostalgic and rooted in place. Something that looked back, but still tasted completely modern. A box that could bring together wild fruit, honeyed oats, apple crumble comfort and one very special bar chosen by our followers.

Inside the box are four filled Belgian chocolate bars.

Highland Whisky Honey Cranachan

This bar is our nod to one of Scotland’s best-loved desserts.

A creamy raspberry white chocolate ganache is layered with raspberry pieces and a whisky honey oatie crumble made with Loch Ness Honey Co whisky honey. It is fruity, creamy, lightly crunchy and wrapped in Belgian white chocolate.

It has that Cranachan feeling without being too traditional. Soft raspberry. Creamy white chocolate. Honeyed oat crumble. A proper Highland dessert moment.

Bramble & Heather Honey Caramel

This one leans into the darker, hedgerow side of the old pantry.

A bramble-inspired fruit caramel is lifted with a touch of golden honey, then wrapped in Belgian chocolate. It is rich, sticky, fruity and just a little bit moody.

The kind of bar that tastes like late summer, stone walls, wild berries and the very sensible decision to have “just one more square.”

Apple Butter Oatie Crumble

This is comfort in bar form.

Apple spread, soft caramel and white chocolate oatie biscuit crumble come together for a warm, pudding-like filled chocolate bar. It has all the cosy apple crumble energy, but with a Cocoa Bothy twist.

Sweet apple. Soft caramel. Buttery biscuit. Creamy chocolate.

The People’s Bar: Cornflakes & Milk

Every good pantry needs a modern classic.

Our Hall of Fame competition invited followers to dream up their own Cocoa Bothy bar, and this one made it into the box.

Chosen by Melody Rose Watson, Cornflakes & Milk is a nostalgic, crunchy, creamy bar inspired by one of life’s simplest little joys.

Creamy milk ganache. Golden cornflake crunch. Belgian milk chocolate.

It is playful, comforting and exactly the kind of flavour Cocoa Bothy followers would choose.

Which is the whole point.

A box inspired by the past, shaped by you

The 1791 Pantry brings together three bars inspired by old Highland pantry flavours and one bar chosen by the Cocoa Bothy community.

That feels right.

Because Cocoa Bothy has always been part flavour, part story and part you lot getting wildly invested in chocolate bars.

This release looks back to the past, but it also nods to what comes next.

And yes.

1791 matters.

The 1791 Pantry drops Sunday 24th May at 10am, available in limited numbers from the Cocoa Bothy online shop.