The world grew up on chocolates

This is also a very good combination for a gift, especially if the recipient is a young lady with whom you wish to establish a romantic liaison. There can be no sweeter way to say “I love you.” Never mind the fattening effect of chocolates, it’s always a sweet gesture and a gentlemanly, affordable way of saying the young person is precious to you.

The combination makes the perfect gift for wedding showers, baby showers, birthdays, anniversaries, bar mitzvahs, baptisms/first communions, seating cards, customized business promotions, product launch, thank you gifts, corporate parties and functions, special events & trade shows.

If you’re so concerned that the love of your life might put on unwanted pounds, then you can choose from a variety that offers nut-free, sugar-free, dairy-free, etc. If it’s for bar mitzvahs, you can also send the choicest assortment of ‘kosher chocolates’ which are made strictly according to rules prescribed by Jewish customs.

Choosing the right type of chocolates for the occasion:
For birthdays, showers – chocolate pops and boxes
Wedding showers, baby showers – chocolate filled cookie cutters.

A connoisseur of chocolate would know that there is quite a variety to make the recipient appreciate your fine tastes and gesture.

Unsweetened or Baking Chocolate: This is actually chocolate liquor (non-alcoholic) that has been cooled and hardened. It is obtained by a process of pressing the cocoa bean. This is chocolate in its most basic form.

German Chocolate: a special variety that is distinctive for its taste.

Dark or Bittersweet Chocolate: a very popular choice, this variety must contain a minimum of 34 percent cacao/cocoa solids, which gives it that quaint bitterness. The more cocoa solids the chocolate has the more you will enjoy them.

Semi-sweet Chocolate: This variety is made by adding more cocoa butter to the mixture and less sugar than usual.

Milk chocolate: the most popular variety, a blend of cocoa butter, sugar, milk, and vanilla.

Cocoa: Chocolates are traditionally made using cocoa liquor from which cocoa butter is removed. If the cocoa butter is removed and replaced with vegetable oil, the result cannot be defined as an authentic chocolate.

Dutch Process Cocoa: Cocoa powder cannot be used unless the natural acids present in it are neutralized.

White chocolate: Normally chocolates are made with cocoa and cocoa butter. White chocolates are an exception as they are made using cocoa butter and no cocoa. It would contain sugar, milk and flavorings like chocolate but still it cannot be called chocolate. They are known as vanilla chips.

Decorator's or confectioner's chocolate: This isn’t really chocolate. It is a chocolate flavored candy often used in liquid form to dip fruit in or pour over a bowl of fruit-based dessert dish.