No matter who you are buying (even if you want to be kind to yourself), chocolate can’t go wrong. Exquisite chocolate bars are excellent gifts because they are usually packaged in exquisite boxes without additional gift packaging and provide a sweet treat for lucky gift recipients. From single-source dark chocolate bars to creative products containing interesting sundries such as donuts and cereals, these are the most exquisite chocolate bars for gifts this holiday season.
The colorful mini chocolate bar series comes from Seattle Chocolate Company (Jacoco), which is a sister brand of hedonistic style. Don’t let the small size fool you-every 1-ounce chocolate bar is full of flavor. The 10-bar set includes unique flavors such as orange blossom espresso, crispy quinoa sesame seeds, edamame sea salt, mango plantain and black fig pistachio. For every three ounces of chocolate sold by jcoco, one portion of fresh food will be donated, so every purchase of the Prism gift box will donate more than three portions of healthy food to those in need.
This beautiful box set of three chocolate bars is inspired by Iceland’s winter and holiday traditions. Omnom Chocolate is an Icelandic bean-to-bar chocolate maker founded by two friends in Reykjavik in 2013. The winter series includes black beak + raspberry (dark chocolate bar sprinkled with dried berries and crunchy cocoa nibs), milk + cookie (milk) chocolate bar with spiced almond oatmeal cookies on top) and spice white + Caramel (orange, cinnamon, and malt-flavored white chocolate bar with crunchy salted caramel on top).
Askinosie Chocolate, headquartered in Springfield, Missouri, is the world’s OG for small-batch chocolate production and direct trade with cocoa growers, so you know you get the benefits-especially when buying a single-source chocolate bar. This set of products includes four single-source chocolate bars from four different chocolate-growing regions around the world: San Jose Tambo in Ecuador; Mababu in Tanzania; Zamora in Amazonas; and Davao in the Philippines. Gifts are given in a paper-labeled kraft paper box. You can write a special message in it, or you can select one of the pre-written message boxes.
This popular Los Angeles chocolate maker is known for its creative chocolate bars, which contain donuts, cereals, biscuits and popcorn and other sundries, and offers a selection of gifts. This gift set may include flavors such as donuts and coffee, dark chocolate and pretzels, and cereal bowls. Each chocolate bar is packed in a colorful box, and the interesting design is perfect as a gift. Give this whole set of food or take it apart to share the beauty of chocolate (maybe keep some for yourself).
This generous sampler box by Andre’s of Kansas City consists of seven full-size bars and eight mini bars; a 65-year-old family business. These days, Andre’s grandson René Bollier and his wife, Nancy, work together as pastry chefs and chocolatiers. This set of products includes a new dark chocolate whiskey caramel bar created by Andre in collaboration with Kansas City local brewery J. Rieger & Co. It also includes full-size Swissair chocolate bars, milk chocolate caramel bars, toasted almond dark chocolate bars (dairy-free and vegan) and more.
This completely vegan gift set comes from Vesta, a “bean to candy” craft chocolate company run by a husband and wife team in Montclair, New Jersey. The gift set includes a large container of Vesta Classic Vanilla Hot Chocolate Powder, a can of cocoa hazelnut spread, four vegan chocolate bars (60% single source Belize black milk, oatmeal “Energy” matcha, and oatmeal “Beauty” Goji) hibiscus rose and oatmeal “immune” turmeric ginger) and a pack of freshly roasted single-source cocoa beans.
This boxed 70% dark chocolate bar set is inspired by cultures and flavors from all over the world, and takes you around the world without leaving home. It includes a Sicilian salted lemon chocolate bar, a roasted coconut and Kaffir lime leaf chocolate bar, a pistachio chocolate bar, a rosemary chocolate bar and a South American dark chocolate bar.
This limited edition holiday grocery bag includes two simple bars and two salty dark chocolate bars. Both 70% dark chocolate bars are made from organic cocoa, unrefined coconut sugar and cocoa butter. They do not contain dairy products, gluten, sucrose, refined sugars, sugar alcohols, palm oil, sunflower lecithin and soy lecithin. Hu Chocolate is an award-winning “duty free” chocolate maker, loved by consumers looking for pure label chocolate.
This unique chocolate bar comes from a chocolate shop in San Francisco. It is run by a female chocolate shop and offers exquisite gifts (with free gift packaging). The frog sitting on the water lily pad serves as the artist’s palette, which is a tribute to the company name kokak, which is the name of the sound frog in Tagalog. This single-source dark chocolate bar is made from heirloom cocoa varieties grown in Manabí Province, Ecuador.
In this bar crafted by French pastry chef and chocolate master Jacques Torres, French cream sauce meets Belgian creamy chocolate. It has a crunchy texture and a custard taste. Other chocolate bars on the website include Java Junkie Bar (featured with ground coffee beans), Wicked Bar (featured with a secret blend of spices), and Almighty Almonds Bar (featured with whole roasted sugar almonds).
Even before serving as the associate editor of Meal of the Day in my food writing career, I had been planning trips to famous restaurants and the most lively new dishes.
Even before my food writing career started as an associate editor of “The Daily Meal” (The Daily Meal), I had been planning a trip to famous restaurants and the most lively new dishes, where I covered food and drinks. News, and wrote a longer food travel article. After TDM, I moved to a content editor position at Google, where I wrote Zagat content (including comments and blog posts) and a copy displayed in Google Maps and Google Earth. For Forbes, I covered a wide range of dining topics, from interviews with chefs and artisans to national dining trends.
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Post time: Nov-30-2020
