Chocolate Gift Basket
Chocolate Gift Basket
What could better than a chocolate gift basket? If I had a choice between chocolate and cheese and sausage baskets, I’d pick chocolate every time. It can be as small as mugs with hot cocoa and chocolate spoons for two or as large as a chocolate hamper filled with all kinds of goodies. It may look like a picnic basket but there’s no fried chicken and potato salad here. I’m sure Yogi Bear would approve.
Swiss Colony made gift baskets famous, but other companies like Harry & David and Godiva have taken gourmet gift baskets to the next level. Almost every company that sells chocolates has a gift basket for any occasion. They may have chocolate bars, cookies, hot chocolate mix, chocolate spoons, chocolate covered roses, or chocolate covered fruit. I have even seen chocolate and strawberry salsa in a gift basket along with drinking chocolate pouches.
Gift baskets can be made for nearly any occasion and I’m sure that it has made corporate gift giving a lot easier. You can send towers of chocolate to all your best clients, your wife, your girlfriend, and distant relatives without ever leaving the house. Shopping online is the simplest thing in the world. You can find gift baskets in nearly any price range with something to suit every taste.
Valentine’s Day gift baskets are a no brainer. My husband and I also give each other Easter baskets of the grown up variety. We save the baskets from year to year and refill them with favorite chocolate treats from a local store that makes candy on site. I usually get truffles and chocolate animals. He was a horse trainer for many years and I have filled his basket with chocolate horse, horseshoes, and various sporting equipment. I usually include hot fudge sauce to boot.
I have a good friend who was going through a rough time when her children moved away from home. She was very depressed for a while. She is diabetic, but I filled her basket with books, magazines, and sugar free chocolates. I added chocolate scented shower gel and a chocolate candle. She said it was the best gift she ever got. You can make your own chocolate gift basket for the chocolate lover in your life or check out one of the many online sources for the perfect thing. Check your local candy stores too. They often have premade baskets or will custom design one just for you.