Things got festive on the Apprentice – but who was naughty and who was nice? (Picture: BBC)

The Apprentice presented another tackling tasks for its candidates on Wednesday night – as they had to create and market a range of Christmas chocolates.

And the two teams – Typhoon and Collaborative – came up with some very contrasting ideas for their festive treats.

While Collaborative played it relatively safe with their mince pie and chestnut-fuelled range Remoir Chocolat, Typhoon threw caution to the wind with a saucy box of chocs called Santa’s Choco Seduction.

Both teams managed to pitch some of their wares, with Collaborative proving more successful as they secured an order of 7,000 boxes from Co-Op – while Typhoon managed sales of just 750 with online retailers Moonpig.


No you can’t buy them guys. Sorry (Picture: BBC)

All of which left us asking the question – were those orders real? Could you actually order a box of Santa’s Choco Seduction for your loved ones this Christmas, or pop to your local Co-op for a box of Remoir Chocolat?



Well sorry to break it to you guys, but no you won’t be able to buy those products in the shops – as the Radio Times reported, the pitches are merely speculative.

‘Although The Apprentice didn’t respond to our question, we can gather that large-scale orders (such as the ones seen in this series’ comic-book task) aren’t real and are merely representative of how that company act,’ they pointed out.

Not that this stopped Moonpig from producing their own naughty Christmas chocs in homage to the episode – and selling them while it was airing.

Introducing… MoonNips

“Traditional and safe ingredients” – Sabrina Stocker. Want your very own box of MoonNips? Just RT for your chance to win one of 30 boxes of our bespoke nipple-shaped chocolates! #MoonNips #TheApprentice pic.twitter.com/n9Uqqlcsfp — Moonpig (@MoonpigUK) December 5, 2018

As for the money made during tasks – such as the doughnut task earlier in the series, for example – well the publication also revealed that that goes to charity.

While the products generally don’t make it on to the streets though, there have been some exceptions.

Back in 2015 the two children’s books created by the teams, Snottydink and Bizzie’s First Adventure, were indeed made available to buy, fetching tidy sums on eBay.

Snottydink in fact proved so successful that two of the candidates behind it, Sam Curry and Elle Stevenson, went on to self-publish a follow-up, Gobble Gruff. We kid you not.

The Apprentice continues next Wendesday on BBC One at 9pm.

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