February is National Chocolate Lover’s Month!

Chocolate

Are you a chocolate lover?  If you are, February is your month.  To celebrate National Chocolate Lover’s Month (and just a reminder that Valentine’s Day is quickly approaching!) I have rounded up a collection of gift ideas for you or the chocolate lovers in your life!

How about joining a chocolate of the month club? Godiva, The Gourmet Chocolate of the Month Club, Lake Champlain Chocolates and many other companies offer monthly subscriptions.

If you want something on a smaller scale, gourmet candy bars are always a hit.  Chocolate bars are being made with all types of ingredients including  chilies, ginger, quinoa, wasabi, espresso beans, bacon, berries, and much more!  We recently reviewed the Prestat Pink Equatorial Dark Chocolate with Pink Himalayan Sea Salt bar here.

Many people love chocolate covered strawberries.  They can be ordered online from companies like Edible Arrangements and Shari’s Berries.  Or they can be easily made at home.  Check out Martha Stewart’s recipe for Chocolate Covered Strawberries here.

For those who like to cook how about silicone chocolate molds to make your own chocolates?  And maybe a chocolate dessert cookbook to go along with it?

Do you like wine?  How about the best of both worlds with a chocolate-infused wine?  Blog Chocolate Wine gives a comprehensive review of the chocolate wine market, explaining the different types of chocolate wines and descriptions of the different wines available.

For edible, non-candy chocolate food items, maybe try some chocolate pasta, dark chocolate infused balsamic vinegar or chocolate and fruit jelly?

For those who want to be pampered, there are chocolate face masks, chocolate body scrubs, chocolate hair conditioner, chocolate lip balm and even chocolate perfumes!

And finally, there are tons of kitschy, as well as classy, chocolate lover themed aprons, shirts, mugs, wine glasses, etc. with quotes like “Just hand over the chocolate and no one gets hurt” and “Chocolate:  it’s cheaper than THERAPY and you don’t need an appointment.”  Are you looking for a chocolate bar key chain calculator or messenger bag?  They make it!

Amazon.com sells all of the items mentioned above and more!  Specialty and gourmet stores may sell many of these products as well.

Please share some of your favorite chocolate gift recommendations! 

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