The Best Christmas Gifts for Serious Chocolate Lovers

Almond Embrace, Vanilla Lines, Pistachio Wonder, Speculoos Twist, Velvet Pecan Night… there’ll be no abandoned flavour in this box. Combining all the hallmarks of Godiva – rich and smooth Belgian chocolate, silky ganache and perfect praline – in a modern interpretation of the classic Yule log shape, this limited-edition collection hits every note.

Despite their best efforts, they may not finish all their festive chocolate before the new year. So, this delightfully eccentric selection of pharaohs, mushrooms and peanut butter cups will serve them well come January. Crafted by Belgian chocolatiers, each piece delivers flavours from speculoos biscuit truffle to caramelised hazelnuts.

Forrest Gump, please forgive us the correction. In this box of chocolates, you do know what you’re getting: pure joy. Mixing white, milk and dark chocolate, with fillings ranging from freeze-dried raspberry, coffee and caramel, this is the perfect collection to gift a family, ensuring everyone gets a favourite flavour.

This fruity selection invites friends and family to dip into bite-sized fruity chocolate in between the umpteenth viewing of Home Alone and competitive games of charades. There’s classic candied orange enrobed in rich dark chocolate, milk-chocolate-covered blackberries and milk-chocolate figs that leave a light dusting of cocoa powder to be joyously licked from your fingertips.

Don’t expect them to share this one. Beneath its creamy white-chocolate shell lies richly flavoured pistachio praline, while the exterior is jewelled with whole and crushed pistachios. Together, it delivers that irresistibly salty-sweet, smooth-crunchy contrast even the most generous souls prefer to keep for themselves.

Everyone knows someone who favours dark chocolate. This 84% bar from Madagascar’s Sambirano Valley surprises the palate with bright notes of red fruits, raspberry and lemon, reflecting the region’s humid micro-climate and rich volcanic soil.

Just when you think truffles couldn’t get more indulgent, along comes this assortment featuring flavours such as maple and pecan caramel, salted brownie and white-chocolate coconut snowball. Hand-crafted by English chocolatiers, these are the kinds of truffles that make your eyes close as the shells give way to the silky ganache within.

It’s the Halen Mon oak-smoked sea-salt flakes decorating the outside that make these truffles extra special. Bringing depth as well as the signature salinity that makes salted caramel so moreish, they add a je ne sais quoi that begs a second taste – or so they’ll say as they reach for another, then another, then another.