Valentine’s Day Gift Guide: The Most Artistic Chocolate Gift Boxes

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Chocolate is synonymous with Valentine's Day. That said, not all chocolate is created equal, and when it comes to impressing your loved one why wouldn't you want to get them the best? Presentation is a big one for this day of romance, so surprise your significant other with a box of chocolates that's not only delicious and indulgent, but also handcrafted and artfully designed.

Below is a selection of high quality chocolates that are as tasty as they are visually appealing — guaranteed show stoppers.

Heart Gift Box

Norman Love Confections

"Date Night 2021" is an exclusively made limited-edition chocolate box is made just for this special day of romance. The special collection features 10 heart-shaped dark, white and milk chocolates, including bananas foster, chocolate, strawberry, devil's food cake, pink champagne, pinot noir, carajillo, honey lavender, spicy dark, passion cheesecake and tropical hazelnut.

Available now through Feb. 14, the 2021 Valentine's Day Collection is available with an assortment of chocolates from the 25-piece Signature Collection in 5- and 50-piece Signature gift boxes and the 24-piece Heart-Shaped gift box.

Buy: Heart Gift Box, $58.00

Knipschildt Chocolatier Valentine Heart 14pc

If you’re searching for the prettiest chocolate box for the love of your life, look no further than this Knipschildt Chocolatier Valentine Heart filled with 14 artisan hand painted chocolates. This lovely pink textured heart box comes from renowned chocolatier Fritz Knipschildt who combines old European craftsmanship, innovative flavor combinations and natural ingredients to create artistic customized chocolates. These preeminent quality chocolates come packed in handcrafted, all natural and sustainable paperboard boxes from Nepal.

Buy: Knipschildt Chocolatier Valentine Heart from Simply Chocolate, $49.99

Hearts & Hill Chocolate Box

&sons Chocolatiers

This year, &sons Chocolatiers worked with painter and illustrator Abel Macias to create a limited edition, collectible Valentine's Day box that features a romantic landscape of hilltop views and sunset skies. Macias draws upon the romantic beauty of Los Angeles’ to create a visual love letter to his hometown. The box includes an assortment of seasonal heart-shaped bonbons, plus their signature ganaches and pralines — and a portion of proceeds will benefit Colin Kaepernick's Know Your Rights Camp. Flavors include hazelnut praline & cassis; pistachio praline & raspberry; and coconut, passion fruit & guava caramel and more.

Buy: Hearts & Hill Chocolate Box, $69

Faceted Heart

Give your loved one or loved ones this large hand-painted faceted chocolate heart this Valentine's Day. This big heart is individually-filled with cinnamon spiced hazelnut gianduja, salted vanilla caramel and hazelnut praline. The delicate treat comes beautifully packaged in a ribboned gift box.

Buy: Faceted Heart, $24.50

Rare Facets Chocolates

Kohler

These stunning chocolate gems were featured on Oprah's "O List" in 2016 and are filled with creamy, flavor-filled ganache centers: Pineapple, Sour Cherry, Cranberry-Raspberry, Blueberry, Mandarin Ginger and Pomegranate. Vibrant in color and decadent in taste, they’re guaranteed to impress anyone with a sweet tooth and eye for design.

Buy: Rare Facets Chocolates from Simply Chocolate, $32.99

Valentine Chocolate Bouquet

Kokak Chocolates

Indulge with your loved one on one of San Francisco-based Kokak Chocolates’ Valentine Chocolate Bouquet truffle box. This premium seasonal chocolate collection is handcrafted with the rare "Nacional" cacao variety from Ecuador and features delicious house-made tropical fruit and nut ganache fillings, including luscious Strawberry, Hazelnut, Passion Fruit, Coffee, and Milk Chocolate. This premium chocolate bouquet consists of a dozen large single origin heart truffles with beautiful flower designs on each.

Buy: Valentine Chocolate Bouquet, $42.95

Brushed Gold Dark Chocolate Heart with Truffles

For the queen or king in your life, gift them these indulgent, royally gold brushed truffles. This limited edition heart box is also made of rich dark chocolate and is filled with more delectable chocolates that are decorated in gold to add a sophisticated element to showcase the delicious flavors including Milk Chocolate, Caramel, Key Lime Pecan, Coconut, Raspberry and tons of other favors.

Buy: Brushed Gold Dark Chocolate Heart with Truffles from Simply Chocolate, $199.99

Eternal Love Tower

Jacques Torres Chocolate

The Eternal Love Tower is a beautiful tower of four heart shaped boxes filled with decadent chocolate are elegantly stacked with a hand tied ribbon. This epic gift tower includes: 34 pieces of our Assorted Signature Bonbons; 21 pieces of our exclusive LOVE Bonbons with Valentine's limited edition flavors; 24 pieces of our Valentine's Foiled Hearts; and 7 pieces of our Heart Truffle Box.

Buy: Eternal Love Tower, $135

I Love You Edible Message

Creamy Belgian milk chocolate or 60% Belgian dark chocolate is used to create these cute bonbon messages that say everything you need to say, plus the fun of emoji. The bonbons are filled with a smooth soft center of either all milk or dark chocolate. The letters and emojis are made from our silky Belgian white chocolate.

Buy: I Love You Edible Message, $59.00

Heart-shaped chocolates

ONE65

These beautiful heart-shaped chocolates come from San Francisco's multi-story bastion for French food in Union Square. They come in three flavors: chai, rose lychee, and grapefruit hibiscus. Or if you want to go all out, take a gander at ONE65's Luxe Valentine's Package which includes a cox of 24 chocolate bonbons; one bottle of ONE65 Guillemont Champagne; and 1 dozen longstem red roses.

Buy: heart-shaped chocolates, 6 for $18; ONE65's Luxe Valentine's Package, $195

The Centennial Heart Tin

See's Candies

The iconic candy company is celebrating its 100-year anniversary and Valentine's Day with a modern take on a classic design. Each tin of the collectible series has a unique story printed inside the lid sharing how the artwork was inspired, in addition to See's Candies history. The Centennial Heart Tin is inspired by 1950's wrapping paper used in See's shops, the pattern on the Centennial Heart Tin is a nostalgic nod to a memorable era. Inside the tin, customers will find an assortment of decadent chocolates, including the new Milk Raspberry Heart Truffle.

Buy: The Centennial Heart Tin, $18

Love Notes

Truffolie

Local artisanal chocolate line Truffolie and chocolatier Wendy-Dawn has debuted a limited-edition collection, entitled ‘Love Notes,’ featuring all new flavor Bing, an elegant combination of white and dark chocolate bonded with a strawberry surprise and feuilletine flakes. Handcrafted with all-natural ingredients and flavors, Truffolie's Valentine's Day small-batch collection features premium ingredients in their soy-free and non-GMO confections. Love Notes includes heart-shaped confections in shades of scarlet, crimson, and white blended with dark chocolate. Each box can also be personalized with a secret love note.

Buy: Love Notes, $75.00

Chemistry Of Love Truffles

Recchiuti

Celebrate romance with these handmade confections from Recchiuti. This classic box of nine chocolates comes a twist from renowned local chocolatier, Recchiuti Confections. Special for the holiday, their Chemistry Of Love Truffles is a collection of Burnt Caramel Truffles made with 70% dark chocolate ganache enrobed in semisweet chocolate. Each piece is decorated with hand-illustrated love potions.

Buy: Chemistry Of Love Truffles, $28.00