History of Valentines Greetings

Hotel Chocolat – Luxury Valentines Chocolate Gifts!

Luxury chocolates make perfect valentines gifts and are a classic, time-honoured choice. We all love chocolate in our everyday lives, but luxury chocolate – with it’s superior taste and beautiful presentation – makes a valentine’s gift extra special! Choosing luxury chocolate for your valentine is sure to impress as a rare and indulgent treat.

Hotel Chocolat is a luxury British chocolatier and cocoa grower that specialises in luxury valentines chocolate gifts. Hotel Chocolat is the only British chocolatier with their own exclusive cocoa-growing estate. At the Rabot Estate on the island of St Lucia, the company uses only the finest ingredients – including specially-selected rare cocoa trees – to make chocolate with a fantastic rich flavour. The 2011 range of Hotel Chocolat valentines gifts uses this high quality milk chocolate and dark chocolate in a range of romantic creations and presentations ...

To make a lavish romantic gesture, The Smooch Collection is a spectacular chocolate hamper. Perfect for a loved-up night in, the box contains a bottle of Prosecco, exclusive Valentine’s chocolates, soft milk chocolate, spreadable Smudge, and a black satin blindfold.

Equally delicious, but less grandiose is the Be Mine! Concierge Bag: a tasteful gift bag of goodies sure to melt your Valentine’s heart with gorgeous milk, dark and white chocolate specialities including dark and white love heart truffles, and milk chocolate Hot Lips.

For those who like it hot, Chilli & Nibs Sweethearts use an award-winning recipe of deep, dark chocolate, with tongue-tingling chilli and the crunch of prized Madagascan cocoa nibs. Fourteen loveheart-shaped chocolates sit in the box. 

Or for a more traditional valentine’s gift, the White Engraved Chocolate Heart is made from pure, unadulterated chocolate set in solid heart with a lovebird design. The recipe is total indulgence Hotel Chocolat-style: mellow white chocolate full of classic creaminess, a hint of vanilla and lots of cocoa butter for pure melt-in-the mouth pleasure! Similarly classic and tasteful is the selection of eight Classic Champagne Truffles flavoured with marc de champagne and dusted with powdered sugar.

See the Hotel Chocolat website for a wealth of information that will interest the devoted chocoholic, including recipes and a detailed glossary of chocolate terms. You can also read the story of the ‘Engaged Ethics’ programme, through which Hotel Chocolat works with cocoa farmers in Ghana and St Lucia to improve their production and livelihoods. Choose luxury, ethical Hotel Chocolat valentines gifts – with easy home delivery – for a sure fire way to please and spoil your partner!