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 raspberry, blonde espresso and caramel, this is the perfect collection to gift a family, ensuring everyone gets a favourite flavour. 

Sorry kids, this box of nibbles is strictly for adults. Bite-sized and coated in blonde, milk or dark chocolate, each dragée hides a liquid festive liqueur centre that quite literally bursts with the flavours of eggnog, mulled wine or whisky cream.  

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.

Lovers of fruity chocolate will fall head over heels for these raspberry truffles. Coated in milk chocolate, they’re filled with a sweet-tart white chocolate ganache with raspberry conserve, and finished with a delicate dusting of freeze-dried raspberries.  

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.