28 Best Chocolate Gifts For Valentine’s Day (Or Any Romantic Occasion)

If your partner is a true chocolate connoisseur, they’ve probably tasted the best of the best. But have they tried a collection curated by a Michelin-starred chef and a chocolatier virtuoso, made in French techniques with classic American notes like cheesecake and banana foster?

You can’t go wrong with the most classic, go-to option from the noted Belgian chocolatier when it comes to chocolate gifting, especially when you’re gifting signature flavors with fillings in a timeless gold box.

These sweets are decorated, both on the outside with whimsical images and on the inside with mouth-watering ganache.

One of Britain’s oldest chocolatiers and one of very few chocolatiers of His Majesty The King. (Such a strange country.) But this little box will make them feel like royalty, and at such a nominal price.

Fair warning, this is a MINI box. It’s in a cute little heart shape, but you’re gonna want to supplement it with something else. To keep it in-house, just get another box from Charbonnel et Walker.

Okay, okay. Not technically chocolate, but these are an assortment of chocolate drizzled treats. You can do Valentine’s Day cookies, macaroons, biscotti’s and espresso, we promise it’ll be just as romantic.

You get chocolates for Valentine’s Day every year… It’s getting a bit lazy. This time, get some chocolate-forward macarons, and bring them to your beloved at work. Then, in French fashion, the two of you go out for a two-hour lunch. And you only eat macarons, two glasses of champagne (each), and a pack of cigarettes.

Some people think a heart-shaped box of chocolates can be a bit corny. But when the flavors are this good, there’s really no argument to be made.

Make your dark chocolate selection the best (and darkest) from luxury chocolatier Vosges Haut-Chocolat, which also offers Exotic, Italian, and Milk Chocolate collections.

The smoke of single malt scotch whisky and the luster of chocolate truffles come together to put a spontaneous smile on their face on the very first bite.

Here are 20 bits of edible art, a.k.a. handmade, hand-painted chocolate truffles in salted caramel, birthday cake, vanilla latte, rose, strawberry, honey peanut butter, matcha green tea, and more flavors, not to mention the doozy of a box they come in.

Is there anything in the culinary world as dreamy as sinking your teeth into the core of a chocolate truffle and letting the silky blend melt on your tongue? No. So 48 truffles for a chocolate lover to relish day by day make a big-time statement of love.

It’s the day to celebrate love, with an emphasis on celebration. Hence, a fine champagne is needed, not in unimaginative bottle form, but alongside cognac in a creamy mousse ganache form that is definitely in the upper echelon.

Unroasted dark chocolate bars of aged bourbon cask, oat milk, pink sea salt, maple & nibs, and green tea crunch flavors will make any curious chocolate lover gleeful. And if they like it that much, consider a subscription.

For the partner who loves it when a crunchy bite of chocolate has an intriguing inside that’s not too hard to bite into, like tender oranges.

If nine chocolates in fruity, nutty notes like raspberry rose, hazelnut and orange weren’t beguiling enough, these bonbons are also naturally vegan.

These beautiful gourmet chocolate bars are niche but up-and-coming. There’s even a dark chocolate miso potato chip flavor, to balance a partner who is more sweet than bitter.

For the partner who’s secure enough to dig your cheeky humor. Instead of fighting, why not channel anger into breaking a milk chocolate heart with a hammer? You don’t even have to clean up the mess of pretzels, cookies, and chips—just eat it straight off the table.

Spend a night with chocolate and wine—an undeniably romantic duo. After you’ve made your pick of vino, this pack of dark chocolate bars will complete the setting.

Salted caramel chocolate is a cult favorite due to the unexpected mingling of sodium and sucrose.

These are not just chocolate, they’re exquisite, edible art painted by artisan chocolatiers using colorful cocoa butter. Each piece is polished till it sparkles, and each abstract design expresses the piece’s flavor.