Chocolate & Sweets

There’s always one. The chocolate they recognise immediately, the lolly they haven’t had in years, or the sweet treat they mentally claim before anyone has even mentioned the word sharing. From there, things can deteriorate rather quickly. One gets opened while they’re still looking through the rest, another is put aside for later, and something particularly good may be quietly relocated before other people notice it exists.

That’s half the fun of a Chocolate & Sweets gift. There’s no sensible order and absolutely no requirement to show restraint. Start with the favourite. Try something different. Save the best one for later — or eat it first because adulthood has to come with some privileges. With plenty to discover, the hardest decision might simply be where to begin.

A generous box of chocolate and sweets does have a wonderfully sociable look about it. There’s plenty to pass around, something for different tastes and more than enough to put in the middle of the table for everyone to enjoy. In theory.

In practice, the rules tend to become a little more flexible once the wrapping comes off. Favourites may be claimed, particularly desirable chocolates can develop mysterious owners, and ‘Would anyone like one?’ occasionally means ‘Please choose carefully because I already know which ones you’re not having.’ They can share the lot, guard a few favourites or keep the whole thing to themselves. It was their gift, after all.

Choosing something sweet for someone is wonderfully forgiving. You might know they love chocolate but have absolutely no idea whether they’d choose milk, dark, caramel, nuts, something chewy or the one with the wrapper you can never remember the name of. Fortunately, you don’t need to conduct an investigation before sending the gift.

A good mix lets them do the difficult part themselves. They can head straight for the familiar favourites, discover something new or methodically work their way through the selection in the interests of thorough research. And if you know almost nothing about their sweet preferences? Start with variety. The chances are they’ll find something that makes them very glad you did.

Flowers are lovely, but a bouquet made from chocolates has one rather obvious advantage: eventually, you get to eat it. Our chocolate bouquets and arrangements turn familiar favourites into gifts that are every bit as much fun to look at as they are to dismantle, with chocolates brought together to create that wonderful ‘Oh, look at this!’ moment when they arrive.

Of course, admiring it can only last so long. Sooner or later someone removes the first chocolate and the demolition begins. One disappears, then another, the arrangement becomes considerably less photogenic and nobody seems particularly concerned. That’s exactly as it should be — a chocolate bouquet may arrive looking far too good to disturb, but it was never designed to remain intact forever.

Behind all the chocolates, lollies and extremely questionable promises about sharing, there’s still a reason the gift is on its way. Maybe someone needs cheering up, deserves a thank you, has something worth celebrating or simply popped into your mind and stayed there long enough for you to decide to send something.

That part matters to us. We prepare your gift with care, add your personal message and get everything ready for the journey to them. By the time it arrives, they may be far more interested in deciding what to eat first than contemplating the meaning of life — and that’s perfectly fine. The important thing is that, somewhere between the wrapping and the first bite, they know somebody was thinking of them.