Has there ever been a better excuse to indulge in chocolate—and lots of it—than Valentine’s Day? This February 14, whether you’re spoiling a very special someone or—better yet—yourself, there’s plenty of swoon-worthy cacao cadeaux to indulge in. Take your pick: there are 112-piece ganache and praline sets flown in from France; patterned truffle tins created in collaboration with interior design genius John Derian; and even surrealist, sugar-free breast-shaped bites.
Here, the best chocolate gifts to set hearts (and stomachs) aflutter.
Originally designed in 1919 as a gift for steamship passengers, Louis Sherry’s keepsake tins come filled with two types of truffles: sea salt caramel and creamy Sicilian orange.
Should you be looking to go the extra mile this Valentine’s Day, why not turn to a La Maison du Chocolat boîte? In it, you’ll find a heart-stopping assortment of 112 demurely decorated ganaches and pralines, filled with fruit, subtly infused, or left “au naturel.”
Once beloved by the likes of Victor Hugo, Emily Zola, and Alexandre Dumas, the 7th arrondissement chocolate house Boissier has made a name for itself with its pearl-like candies, which were a favorite sweet treat among the 19th-century theater crowd.
Leave it to Claire Olshan’s surrealist-inspired snack line, Dada Daily, to create the most scintillating vegan, sugar-free confection yet: elderberry-laced dark chocolate truffles in the shape of—what else?—breasts.
Don’t mistake this Toblerone bar for one picked up in the airport’s duty-free section: now, the classic packaging can be personalized with 15 characters of your very own message. Here’s to wearing your heart on your (chocolate) sleeve.
Charbonnel et Walker has been crafting decadent bonbons since 1875 (and has even picked up an endorsement from Queen Elizabeth along the way); with treats so sweet—powdered-sugar-dusted truffles complete with a champagne center, say—let’s hope they never stop.
Cue the romance with this heart-shaped box of Italian cioccolate from the 144-year-old world-renowned Venchi.
Gift-worthy for the packaging alone, La Despensa de Palacio’s crispy chocolate wafer rolls—whipped up with hazelnuts, praline, or amaretto creams—arrive in an old-fashioned carton box that is handmade in Spain.
Made in England, Fortnum & Mason’s gin-flavored chocolate ganache truffles are individually hand-decorated with an elegant, edible rose petal. It’s a novel take on the classic chocolates and flowers V-day gift.
Manhattan’s oldest chocolate shop, Li-Lac Chocolates, excels in making hand-crafted (Kosher-certified) confections that are almost too pretty to eat. Case in point? These delicately-molded milk and dark chocolate roses.
Mexico City-based Casa Bosques may be the most creative—and delicious at that—chocolatier around, thanks to its single-origin, bar-to-bean innovations, such as this castile flower and pistachio edition.
Surprise the sartorialist on your list with this limited-edition collector’s box of Baci x Dolce & Gabbana hazelnut chocolate lemon-flavored nibs. As an extra sweet treat, each wrapper contains a message from Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana themselves.
Pastry chef Harvey teamed up with a Beverly Hills-based chocolatier andSons to produce a very sweet box of chocolates. There are truffles, caramels, Pecan Coffee-flavored pralines. Plus, an assortment of heart-shaped treats is sure to delight any recipient.
Not a box of chocolates, per se, but you can’t ever really go wrong when you go to Milk Bar. Those with a sweet tooth will swoon for a dozen of the chocolate birthday-cake flavored truffle cake balls.
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