Best Chocolate Gifts for the Holidays

These rich and chewy chocolate-dipped figs are an F&W Test Kitchen favorite. The dried figs have an almost caramel-like bite beneath the brandy and dark chocolate ganache.

Rabitos Chocolate Dipped Figs, $24 at La Tienda

Sugarfina’s Pear Brandy Cordials are just the right treat for nippy winter days, and the perfect sweet and boozy stocking stuffer.

Sugarfina Pear Brandy Cordial, $2 at Sugarfina

A fun and crafty way to stir up some hot chocolate, these batons are the sweetest gift for the young chocolate lover on your list.

Hot Chocolate Batons, $36 at Dean and Deluca

Decorated with tiny Christmas wreaths, these peppermint and white chocolate truffles are as festive as they are delicious. 

See’s Candies White Mint Truffles, $8 at See’s Candies

A sophisticated version of classic chocolate peanut butter cups, these oversized cups are infused with mildly spicy Saigon cinnamon and topped with crunchy sea salt.

Large Dark & Milk Chocolate Saigon Cinnamon Peanut Butter Cups, $14 at Food52

Classic Ghirardelli Peppermint Bark is a wintertime treat worth waiting for. Give someone you love a bag of Bark Squares to savor all season long.

Ghirardelli Peppermint Bark Squares Gift Bag, $20 at Ghirardelli

Wildflower honey caramel enrobed in pure dark chocolate and topped with fleur de sel make this chocolate confection one they’ll ask for again next year.

Droga Money on Honey, $17 at Dean and Deluca

This gift basket is filled with chocolate bars all made with cocoa beans sourced from a single country, region or planation. Tasting your way through the box is a delicious education in chocolate.  

Single-Origin Chocolate Taster, $47 at MOUTH

Complete with semi-tempered chocolate bars (for easy melting) and an old-fashioned recipe card, this kit makes deliciously decadent homemade chocolate syrup or rich and creamy hot chocolate.

Twenty-Four Blackbirds Drinking Chocolate Kit, $12 at MOUTH

For those who appreciate a touch of chocolate in all things, Kusmi’s tea is a well-balanced blend of black tea, cocoa, and mint. It’s refreshing yet warming with just the right amount of chocolaty flavor.  

Kusmi Chocolate Mint Loose Leaf Tea, $10 at Kusmi Tea

Including chocolate bars from Italy, Spain, Germany, France, Switzerland and Belgium, this gift box offers a tasting tour of European chocolate making traditions.   

Chocolate Bars of the World Gift Box, $40 at igourmet

With flavors like Pinot Noir-Fleur de Sel and Sesame Tahini, this box of chocolates pairs savory, often Mediterranean, flavors with perfectly made chocolate for inventively delicious and beautiful treats.  

Chocolate Lover’s Gift Box, $19 at Food52

For the one on your list who is serious about chocolate: a Raaka chocolate subscription box. Coming every 3-, 6-, or 12-months, boxes of small-batch, organic chocolates will appear at the door of the lucky recipient. Maybe order one for yourself, too?

Small-Batch Organic Chocolate Subscription, $75-$280 at Food52

This Advent Calendar includes goodies from several San Francisco-based confectioners, including some F&W favorites: Dandelion Chocolate bars, Kika’s Treats’ chocolate-covered caramelized graham crackers, and Feve Artisan Chocolate’s single-origin truffles.

2017 Advent Calendar, $99 at Dandelion Chocolate

This chocolate bar combines toasted white chocolate and a hint of salt to cut the sweetness. With notes of dulce de leche and brown butter, it’s the perfect unexpected chocolate treat.

Fruition Chocolate Toasted White Chocolate Bar, $15 at MOUTH