4 of the Best Chocolate Gifts for Romance
Valentine’s Day, also called Saint Valentine’s Day or the Feast of Saint Valentine, is a day known internationally as one in which those in romantic relationships, or potential romantic relationships, celebrate together with gifts, meals, and other amorous activities. Sometimes you can go low key with a text or email, or a bit higher with a lovely card. But to do it right you have to make an effort, and chocolate is universally known as a significant and much appreciated one.
TasteTV and the International Chocolate Salon have selected and award 4 of the Best Chocolates for Valentine’s Day, or for anytime romance is on the menu.
#1 BELLA SOPHIA CHOCOLATES (GOLD)
This creation by Bella Sophia Chocolates has a lovely Dark Chocolate Shell layered with Burnt Caramel and a Creme Bruleé Ganache. The jewel-like shells are made with mesmerizing color patterns accented by eye-dazzling edible gold leaf. Perfect for a gift that looks like you spent a million dollars.
Here is how it scored by the ICS judges:
PACKAGING: Gold
DESIGN ARTISTRY: Gold
FLAVOR: Gold
#2 CHUAO CHOCOLATIER (GOLD)
Chuao Chocolatier has a long reputation for bringing unique and tasty flavor and ingredient combinations, and they do not fail to do so with their Aphrodisiac Bonbon Colection, composed of elements that are believed to provoke amore.
Aphrodisiac Bonbon Colection
- Salt Butter Caramel: Soft caramel with a bit of sea salt in dark chocolate*
- Sweet Passion: Exotic passion fruit* cooked into soft caramel in milk chocolate*
- Meyer Lemon Mojito: Meyer lemon caramel infused with fresh mint* cream in white chocolate
- Strawberry Seduction: Sweet strawberry* caramel with a touch of tangy balsamic in dark chocolate*
- Rosemary Salted Caramel: Salt butter caramel infused with fresh rosemary* in milk chocolate*.
*aphrodisiac ingredients
Here is how it scored by the ICS judges:
PACKAGING: Gold
DESIGN ARTISTRY: Silver
FLAVOR: Gold
https://chuaochocolatier.com/valentines/aphrodisiac-5pc-bonbon-collection.html
#3 SHOKOLATE HAVEN (SILVER)
All selections in this collection from the Upper Midwest are made with 60% dark chocolate, and come in a variety of seductive and delicious flavors, such as Caramelicious Caramel, Coconut Dream, Sweet Peach, Minnesota Wild Plum, Drunken Raisin, and Golden Sesame. Our favorites flavors were the Coconut Dream and Drunken Raisin, which were excitingly authentic.
Here is how it scored by the ICS judges:
PACKAGING: Bronze
DESIGN ARTISTRY: Gold
FLAVOR: Gold
#4 CHIP IN A BOTTLE (BRONZE)
Chip in a Bottle seems to specialize in gifting, and this collection includes a box of assorted valentine based chocolates like “The love of Jasmine” and Passion fruit”, fresh rose petals, candles, and two bottles of white wine. Everything you need to set the right mood, unambiguously.
Here is how it scored by the ICS judges:
PACKAGING: Silver
DESIGN ARTISTRY: Bronze
FLAVOR: Bronze
