Chocolates for Your Sweetie on Valentine's Day

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2 years ago

It wouldn't be Valentine's Day without chocolate, especially in the form of a heart-shaped box! Chocolate is one of the most popular Valentine's Day candies in the country, after all. So it's no surprise that indulging in them is one of the best things to do on Valentine's Day. Whether you're looking for a last-minute Valentine's Day gift or a Valentine's Day dessert to finish off the night, we've rounded up the best Valentine's Day chocolates for whatever your holiday has in store.

Vosges Haut Chocolat

If you're looking for a set of chocolates that are both gorgeously luxurious and artistic with an ethereal flair, Vosges Haut Chocolat might just be the box for you. While these high-end chocolates typically come in a royal purple box embellished with silver foil, the company has created a small collection of heart-shaped chocolate boxes for Valentine's Day that are even more elaborate than the collections Vosges typically offers. Many of the chocolate flavors are based on a theme, and placed in highly decorative boxed sets, like the most recent "Prima Materia" collection which is based on the alchemy of sacred soils around the world that produce the powerful flavors you'll find in these special truffles.

Sea Salt Caramels Gift Box

This chocolate box consists entirely of sea salt-sprinkled caramels, in both milk and dark chocolate. Who could possibly argue with that?

Jacques' Signature Chocolates

Jacques Torres didn't earn the nickname Mr. Chocolate for nothing, and his collection of favorites including classic essentials like hazelnut and raspberry as well as playful finds like the key lime ganache-filled "Love Bug" and red wine filled "Grand Cru" are sure to set a romantic mood.

House of Knipchildt

You may not have heard of Connecticut-based House of Knipchildt, which encompasses both Knipchildt Chocolatier and Chocopologie brands, but if you're a cookbook lover, you may have seen the Chocopologie cookbook in the baking section at the bookstore. Founder and chocolatier Fritz Knipschildt is inspired by incorporating savory elements into his sweets for curious flavor combinations like Rosemary infused caramel with mushroom salt, Madagascar pickled green peppercorn topped with black Cyprus lava salt, and gooseberry jam filling. And there's one special confection here that you won't find anywhere else in the world — La Madeline au Truffle. Inside of a large dark chocolate ganache truffle that has been infused with (mushroom) truffle oil, you'll find an actual truffle. More specifically, a rare French Perigord truffle mushroom. The whole thing has been rolled in cocoa powder and set inside a golden box. All of that truffle, both chocolate and mushroom, is made to order, highly perishable, and can be yours for $250. But for a diehard truffle lover, we can't imagine anything more fitting.

Max Brenner

We're suckers for exciting packaging (if you couldn't tell), and when paired with high-quality chocolates that are equally exciting to look at as they are to eat, we're sold. Max Brenner's esthetic positively screams "Party Time!!!" which is one of the things we find so appealing. These aren't moldy old chocolates in a little antique cross-stitched box. Instead, Max Brenner brings chocolate to you in playful ways that have you interacting with it other than mindlessly eating it.

Neuhaus Belgian Chocolates

Neuhaus Belgian Chocolates are truly definitive Belgian chocolates, which have been in production since 1857, although Jean Neuhaus got his start in chocolate-making a little differently than many of the other chocolate-makers on this list. After studying medicine and moving to Brussels, he opened a pharmacy where he covered many of the medicines in chocolate to make them more approachable to his patients (via Neuhaus). Now that's a medical regimen we can get behind. Taking the concept a step further, Neuhaus' grandson tinkered with the idea of replacing the medicine with a more pleasing filling, thus creating the very first praline-filled chocolate in 1912.

Godiva

Even with the impressive emergence of small-batch handmade chocolates on the market, there's still something luxurious about the classic gold Godiva box. The company celebrated its 95th birthday in 2021, and like many other artisanal food businesses, started out as a small business selling handmade Belgian chocolates in Brussels in 1926 (via Godiva). The large collection of chocolates Godiva makes includes traditional bonbons, truffles, chocolate bars, chocolate-dipped strawberries, chocolate-dipped snacks, and chocolate-covered biscuits (or cookies).

Chocolove


With a name like "Chocolove," this brand was practically made for Valentine's Day. But this chocolate company actually specializes in chocolate bars, not traditional boxes of chocolate bonbons. As a matter of fact, Chocolove has created around 40 chocolate bars in a huge variety of flavors, that also include gluten-free and no-sugar added options (ideal for your Valentine that might be juggling dietary restrictions). But what chocolate company can resist the pull of Valentine's Day to create something special? Chocolove has created special Valentine's Day wrapped chocolate bars in three limited edition flavors: Raspberry Rose in Ruby chocolate, Cherry Cordial in Dark Chocolate, and Cinnamon Ganache in Milk Chocolate.

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