Box of Chocolates

[Simon Bags]

Evening. I'm looking to gift someone a really nice box of chocolates. Largest Thorntons box looks ok but looking for something a bit more. Hotel Chocolat do some nice "hampers" but a google search throws up Amelie. £65 for a nice looking range of chocolates.

Anyone heard of them? Anyone got any alternatives?

Simon.

[Ezra]

Having spent a lot of time in Switzerland, I'm a sucker for Lindt. They have some nice stuff that can be ordered online.

[sherman]

Handmade and delivered fresh macarons.
They are made in Edinburgh.
I used to send them to my Grandma for birthday etc.
She really liked them

https://mademoisellemacaron.co.uk/

[Simon Bags]

Ezra said:

Having spent a lot of time in Switzerland, I'm a sucker for Lindt. They have some nice stuff that can be ordered online.

Love Lindt. Do they do boxes? I'm looking around the £60-£80 mark?

[W99KSY]

Läderach (if you can get it in the UK) or Pierre Marcolini

https://laderach.com/uk-en/#

https://www.marcolini.co.uk/

Edited by W99KSY on Thursday 12th June 20:38

[Simon Bags]

Simon Bags said:

Love Lindt. Do they do boxes? I'm looking around the £60-£80 mark?

Oh they do!!! £95 for a 2kg box that you can chose what you want to go in there. Sounds good to me. Thanks for that

[snuffy]

I won a box of Hotel Chocolat chocolates a couple of weeks ago.

They were rubbish, so much so that I chucked half of them in the bin. And I almost spat one of them out.

[Simon Bags]

snuffy said:

I won a box of Hotel Chocolat chocolates a couple of weeks ago.

They were rubbish, so much so that I chucked half of them in the bin. And I almost spat one of them out.

I thought about them but someone said they'd been bought out and the quality has been sacrificed for profit.

Think I'm going for the Lindt box.

[SlimJim16v]

Hotel Chocolat have gone massively downhill from the excellent chocolates they used to make. I have used Amelie, but only for the cherry selection, very nice.

We discovered Be Chocolate in Brighton which are very nice - https://bechocolatbrighton.com/

[Simon Bags]

SlimJim16v said:

Hotel Chocolat have gone massively downhill from the excellent chocolates they used to make. I have used Amelie, but only for the cherry selection, very nice.

We discovered Be Chocolate in Brighton which are very nice - https://bechocolatbrighton.com/

Thank you, a nice interesting alternative. I'm giving Hotel Chocolat a miss.

[nikaiyo2]

I think you have to go a long way to beat Charbonnel et Walker

https://charbonnel.co.uk/product/heritage-collecti...

Or F&M usually hit the spot
https://www.fortnumandmason.com/fortnums-favourite...

[theplayingmantis]

Hotel Chocolat are horrible. Never great even worse now.

[theplayingmantis]

Hill St and ishouldcoco are very good. My go to for a lazy presents. Hill St more fancy

[Venisonpie]

It depends where you are, for mainstream stuff chabonnelies as mentioned a few posts up are excellent and were a favourite of Princess Margaret.

Ideally seek out an indie artisinal, we have a spectacular one in Chiswick (Philip Neal) who trained and worked in Paris. His google ratings reflect the total indifference to customer service but his chocolates are stunning.

[AndyAudi]

I’ll stand by “Patchi” as my go to for a box of something good that the recipient recognises as being good & “different”

Big in the Middle East (I first had in Dubai) their boxes are in my view exceptional, I like the fact they are individually wrapped

https://patchi.com/uk/en

[AndyAudi]

SlimJim16v said:

Hotel Chocolat have gone massively downhill from the excellent chocolates they used to make. I have used Amelie, but only for the cherry selection, very nice.

We discovered Be Chocolate in Brighton which are very nice - https://bechocolatbrighton.com/

Being a cherry lover I just looked that up, not delivering because of warm weather! But that’s going on my shopping list!

[dontlookdown]

Rococo chocolates (online, plus they have shops in Marylebone and the King's Road) are v delicious and also beautifully made and presented. My go to posh chocs.

Eyewateringly expensive since the founder sold out a year or two ago and the new owner jacked up the prices, but the quality is still there. Worth it for a special occasion.

[M5-911]

Check this guys, flavours are beautiful. small compagny punching well above their weight:

https://woodrowchocolates.com/

[The Gauge]

This thread (due to me seeing the very occasional bar of Cadburys Dairy Milk as a special treat) makes me feel inadequate

[Mobile Chicane]

dontlookdown said:

Rococo chocolates (online, plus they have shops in Marylebone and the King's Road) are v delicious and also beautifully made and presented. My go to posh chocs.

Eyewateringly expensive since the founder sold out a year or two ago and the new owner jacked up the prices, but the quality is still there. Worth it for a special occasion.

This would be my go-to.

However chocolate everywhere has rocketed in price this past year or so.

Raw cocoa has increased in price by 95%