About Hamlet
Hamlet encompasses two distinct product categories in UK supermarkets. Hamlet Chocolates is a Belgian confectionery brand dating back to 1956, when a family business started a small-scale sweets wholesale operation in Belgium. In 1985, the family built the Pralinart production site and expanded into premium Belgian chocolate truffles, pralines, and their signature Chocolate Thins. These crisp, thin chocolate slices come in flavours including Milk Chocolate, Orange Dark Chocolate, and Caramel Sea Salt Milk Chocolate - all crafted from fairly produced Belgian chocolate. The UK distributor is Hamlet Chocolates UK Ltd in Folkestone. Separately, Hamlet Fine Cigars is an iconic British tobacco brand first launched in 1964 by Gallaher (now Japan Tobacco). Famous for the 'Happiness is a cigar called Hamlet' advertising campaigns, these machine-made cigars feature tobacco from Brazil, Cuba, and Java with a Connecticut shade wrapper - known as 'the mild cigar'. Compare Hamlet product prices across UK supermarkets.


