29 Chocolate Gifts for the Perfect Sweet Surprise

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Whether you’re shopping for the holidays, a birthday, or a thank-you gift, chocolate is always a reliable gifting option. From the mom who never skips dessert to the friend with a raging sweet tooth, it comes in tons of different forms and unique flavors that’ll impress almost anyone in your life. While we know it’s easy to grab a box of the beloved treat from your local drugstore and call it a day, consider having some delicious chocolate gifts from around the world delivered right to their door.

To guide you on this tasty gifting journey, we gathered the best chocolate gifts that even the pickiest recipient will enjoy. From dairy-free options to small-batch assortments to seasonal bars for holiday cheer, our list features a variety of chocolate that’ll satisfy even the most intense chocoholic. No matter what you choose, you’re guaranteed to leave them with a chocolate-filled smile.

The Ghirardelli Chocolate Gift Tower

Gift your favorite coworker (or your entire office) with this chocolate gift. This tower of treats is jam-packed with an assortment of milk and dark chocolate squares, dark chocolate drops, milk, and dark chocolate with caramel mini squares, chocolate chip cookies, dark chocolate caramel corn, and much more.

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Belgian Chocolate 2023 Classic Advent Calendar

Neuhaus is a Belgian chocolatier known for creating the first Belgian praline. Consider gifting their advent calendar to help recipients of all ages countdown to the big day. It’s filled with 25 days of chocolate and festive figurines, all made of natural ingredients and filled with delicious praline.

Bombombs Hot Chocolate Bombs

If they turn to hot cocoa on colder days, this chocolate gift is a must. This set of 10 hot chocolate bombs has two flavors — caramel candy and fudge brownie — for your recipient to enjoy. Each hot chocolate bomb contains hot cocoa mix and mini marshmallows wrapped in a tasty chocolate shell.

Chocolate Chip Cookies (6pk)

Jacques Torres (a.k.a. Mr. Chocolate) knows his way around the sweet treat, and these cookies are no exception. This pack includes six of his signature giant chocolate chip cookies. Each cookie is made with his House Blend 60% Dark Chocolate baking discs so they’ll have chocolatey goodness in every bite.

Milk & Dark Chocolate Bars — 8 Pack

Each K'UL chocolate bar starts with organic fair-trade cacao beans, organic fair-trade cocoa butter, and organic fair-trade sugar. This chocolate bar pack includes hand-crafted, bean-to-bar chocolate in flavors such as Sea Salt Almond, Wild Ginger & Cayenne, and Toasted Coconut.

Plus, K'UL is working towards supporting 24 women’s cooperatives by the year 2025.

Chocolate Covered Pretzels

If your recipient is a serious snacker, this chocolate gift will be their next favorite. Each pretzel in this set of twelve is generously dipped in chocolate and covered with mouth-watering toppings like rainbow sprinkles, chopped nuts, and more.

Plus, it comes shrink-wrapped to preserve freshness and impress your recipient.

Chocolate Babka - 3 Pack

Broaden your chocolate lover’s list of favorite treats with this pack of chocolate babka from Breads Bakery. Each loaf is made with cultured butter from France, Nutella, and Belgian dark chocolate chips.

I find myself craving this chocolate babka as the temperatures start to dip and the holiday season comes around. I’ve given it as gifts in the past and received nothing but praise and requests for more. Consider yourself warned!

Chocolate Mexicano Sampler

Taza Chocolate makes Mexican-style stone ground, organic chocolate. The best part: All of their chocolate is vegan, Certified Gluten Free, dairy-free, and soy-free. This sampler includes eight delicious flavors — Cacao Puro, Chipotle Chili, Cinnamon, Coffee, Guajillo Chili, 85% Super Dark, Salted Almond, and Vanilla.

Your recipient can enjoy each one as either a hot or cold chocolate beverage.

Moodibar Squares Gift Set

From happy to grumpy to silly, no matter your recipient's mood, this chocolate gift will put a smile on their face. This tile pack from Astor Chocolate includes 18 pieces of Belgian chocolate in different flavors, each with an emoji-covered wrapper to match their feelings on a whim.

Assorted Chocolates

If your girlfriend doesn’t mind the traditional gift of a box of chocolates, consider skipping the drugstore one and opting for this box from See’s Candies instead. This box contains a pound of assorted milk and dark chocolates with a variety of fillings, flavors, and textures. Plus, it comes already gift-wrapped for stress-free gifting.

The Classic Collection

Forrest Mars — the man behind M&M’S® and the MILKY WAY® Bar — founded Ethel M Chocolates to celebrate his mother, Ethel Mars, and focus on small-batch chocolate-making. This round copper box contains 16 hand-crafted and hand-packed pieces of assorted chocolates in fan-favorite flavors like Pecan Caramel Rapture, Lemon Satin Crèmes, and Almond Butter Krisp.

Ferrero Rocher 24 Count

Whether you eat the chocolate shell first or pop the whole thing in your mouth, no matter how they’re eaten, these gold foil-wrapped treats are a guaranteed crowd-pleaser. From your roommate to a white elephant recipient, a box of Ferrero Rocher will be a hit chocolate gift. This set contains 24 of the popular hazelnut chocolate candy.

Chocolate Covered Cookies

If your brother can devour a sleeve of Oreos in just minutes, slow him down with this chocolate gift. These chocolate-covered cookies come in five crave-worthy flavors — Cranberry, Nut Crunch, Coconut Crunch, Crushed Peppermint, and Rainbow Chips.

Plus, it's wrapped in ribbon, making it a quick and easy last-minute gift that's ready to gift.

Swiss Chocolate Gift Set

If your recipient is a fan of the iconic peak-shaped candy bar, this variety pack will be a hit. It contains tiny versions of the popular Swiss chocolate candy bar, each filled with Toblerone's signature honey and almond nougat.

It comes in dark and milk chocolate. You can also gift a large variety pack.

Chocolate Library Gift Box

Send any foodie's tastebuds on a journey with this chocolate library gift box. It contains a sixteen-page photo book and eight of Raaka's uniquely flavored bars — Bourbon Cask Aged, Maple & Nibs, Pink Sea Salt, Oat Milk, Bananas Foster, Green Tea Crunch, Coconut Milk, and Ginger Snap.

20-Piece Signature Truffles Gift Box

The Insta-obsessed foodie in your life will want to snap all the photos they possibly can before trying this chocolate gift. This box includes 20 pieces of Compartés signature truffles. Each one is handmade using seasonal ingredients with a chocolate ganache filling and features a beautiful artistic design.

Haut-Chocolat Calendar of Advent

This Chicago-based luxury chocolate maker offers a splurge–worthy advent calendar any chocolate lover would swoon over. In addition to each of the 25 alcoves being filled with a handcrafted chocolate gem, it features a mesmerizing light display and plays an orchestral version of "Dance of the Reed Flutes” for a unique chocolate experience.

Unlike traditional chocolate advent calendars, the 25th on this calendar overflows with multiple handpicked treats just for Christmas Day.

Chocolate Lovers Cookie Gift Box

Fans of Levain Bakery’s famous cookies will instantly fall in love with this Chocolate Lovers gift box. It contains two chocolate-packed flavors — the classic Two Chip Chocolate Chip and the decadent, brownie-like Dark Chocolate Chocolate Chip. It’s available as a 4-, 8-, or 12-pack.

National Park Chocolate Bar Collection

Swap your recipient’s trail mix with this chocolate bar collection that makes for a sweet hiking gift. In collaboration with the US National Parks, each chocolate bar features a unique flavor, such as Almond Toffee and Horchata Hazelnut, and comes beautifully wrapped in outdoors-inspired artwork.

It’s available in milk and dark chocolate, making it a perfect chocolate gift for anyone on your list.

Peppermint Bark Sampler

If your recipient considers mint and chocolate the superior flavor combo, this peppermint bark sampler will win them over. It comes in stackable tins and contains three flavors of Williams Sonoma’s popular peppermint bark — Original, Salted, and Dark Chocolate.

Williams Sonoma’s peppermint bark is usually the first thing I buy for the holiday season, even before my Christmas tree. I get a tin for myself and a backup tin for family or last-minute gifting.

Why Choose? 8 Flavor Chocolate Bar

This eight-flavor chocolate bar makes the best gift for the indecisive sister. Each square of this chocolate bar is inscribed with the flavor name so she’ll know exactly what she’s eating. Featured flavors include Japanese tart cherry, French Champagne, and more. It’s available in two types — Classic and Winter.

Best Sellers Gift Boxes

If you can’t decide on what to get your chocolate-obsessed bestie from this Kansas City, Missouri, chocolate shop, this gift box will save you time. It includes their signature milk chocolate bar, dark chocolate-covered orange peels, chocolate-covered caramels, two mini foiled wrapped chocolates, and a box of chocolate-covered roasted almonds in four flavors — milk, dark, extra dark, and Swiss salt.

Frrrozen Hot Chocolate Sampler - 4 Pack

If your recipient is a raging chocoholic, this sampler from the New York City dessert spot Serendipity 3 will have them sipping on cocoa all day long. This pack includes four mixes of their famous Frrrozen Hot Chocolate Mix — Original, Mocha, and No-Sugar-Added — to blend and enjoy at home.

Chocolate B'Day Truffle Dozen Box

Skip the cake slicing and celebrate your recipient’s birthday (or yours!) with this box of 12 chocolate cake truffles from Milk Bar. Each of these one-bite treats is made of chocolate birthday cake and rainbow sprinkles, has a chocolate shell, and is coated in chocolate birthday sand.

Holiday x Bannecker Hatbox with Assorted Chocolates

Transport your jet-setting recipient to Italy with this chocolate gift from the Italian gourmet chocolate manufacturer Venchi. This colorful hatbox is beautifully designed by artist Andrew Bannecker and filled with an assortment of premium chocolates in flavors such as Gianduia, Cremino, Dark Almond, and 75% Dark Chocolate.

Say It With Chocolate Candy Bento Box® - 3 Piece

Whether they need an afternoon pick-me-up or a quick sweet treat, they'll be glad to have this chocolate gift on hand. Treat your recipient to not one but three boxes of chocolate. This set from Surgarfina includes bite-sized chocolates in three delicious flavors — Cappuccino Cordials, Oatmeal Cookie, and Cookies and Cream.

Red Wine & Dark Chocolate Gift Basket - Smith & Hook

Surprise your wife with this wine gift basket for a sweet date night at home. It's filled with a bottle of Smith & Hook Cabernet Sauvignon, chocolate chip cookies, chocolate cacao nib shortbread cookies, assorted truffles from Lindt, dark chocolate sea salt cashews, and more.

"A bottle of Smith and Hook Cabernet paired with cookies and chocolates is now, in my opinion, the best way to spend an evening. Add a romance novel and a cozy blanket, and I'm in heaven," says our senior editor for commerce, Cat Bowen.

Brownie & Blondie Combo

If your recipient is Team Brownie all the way, this combo variety pack from New York City's Magnolia Bakery makes the perfect chocolate gift for them. It includes four buttery blondies with dark chocolate morsels and four chewy chocolate brownies, ideal for sharing or keeping all to themselves.

Seasons Greetings Truffle Bar Trio

This charitable gift will fill them with holiday cheer. This seasonal chocolate bar trio contains Candy Cane, Hot Buttered Rum, and Holy Cannoli truffle bars. Each wrapper is designed by Dutch illustrator Bodil Jane, who promotes diversity and positivity through her work.

Plus, Seattle Chocolate donates 10% of net profits to Girls Inc., which inspires all girls to be strong, smart, and bold.

Coffee + Chocolate Tasting Box™

This chocolate gift will also impress coffee lovers. This tasting box includes four freshly roasted coffees, four culinary-inspired chocolates, and tasting notes for each pairing to guide your recipient through this experience. You can choose from whole bean or freshly ground coffee and add a personal note for a custom touch.

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