While we like to highlight chocolate that is organic and fair trade certified, artisan chocolates that are not all organic have a way of sneaking in.

With Valentine’s Day Around the corner, luxury gift boxes of gourmet chocolates tantalize lovers and their paramours. We thought to highlight some amazing heart shaped chocolate gift boxes that caught our eye.

30 Of Our Hand Painted Heart Chocolates In A Heart Box

20 pieces of our hand-painted heart shaped truffles in a heart box.

30 pieces of our handmade and hand-painted heart truffles in a heart shaped box.

Our chocolates have won numerous awards around the country. Including most recently at the prestigious New York Chocolate Show, where chocolatiers come from around the world to showcase their chocolates, including celebrity chefs from the USA. We were awarded the Best in Show Award for “Best Overall Bonbon, Non-Ganache, Any Flavor” and we were a finalists for “Best Overall Bonbon, Multi-Flavor Ganache”. We were the only chocolatier to have two finalist showings for our truffles.

Our chocolates were also chosen to be included in the official gift bags and dressing rooms for the presenters and performers of The 51st GRAMMY Awards.

As Seen On:
Extra!
The Today Show on NBC
The Early Show on CBS
Fox & Friends on The Fox News Channel

Awards We Have Won at the San Francisco and Los Angeles Chocolate Salons Include:
Most Gifted Chocolatier
Top Artisan Chocolatier
Best Truffle
Most Delicious Flavor Combinations
Best Flavored Chocolate
Best Gift Set
Best Comfort Chocolate Product
Best Packaging
Best Flavored Chocolate Bar
Most Artistic Design

Unique Valentine Heart

Our new valentine collection of indescribably delicious chocolates topped with four unique holiday designs will delight your love. This all-dark chocolate selection includes, Omega (olive oil & Fleur de Sel), Meyer Lemon infused olive oil, Crème Fraiche ganache, Calvados (apple brandy) and Strawberry vodka ganache.

Valentine’s Day Suede Heart 24 Piece

Nothing says “I Love You” like a hand selected box of our finest chocolates from Chocolate Chocolate Chocolate Company. Hand selected chocolates are carefully packaged in our elegant suede heart box and tied with a satin bow. Limited Edition

The Love Indulgence

The chocolate that launched a thousand romances! This ultimate assortment of beautiful hand-decorated, heart-shaped chocolates will help you fulfill your dreams – and fantasies – with that very special someone. Flavors include Passion Fruit Caramel, Strawberries ‘n Cream, Grand Marnier Truffle, Amaretto Latte, Minty Julep, Irish Cream Coffee and Gold Peppermint.

All of our luscious Love chocolates are hand-decorated, heart-shaped and enrobed in our rich, bitter-sweet, yet fruity dark, creamery milk or snowy white chocolate couvertures. Each red-ribboned leatherette box comes with an illustrated Sweet Words tag (Desire, Passion, Seduction, Joy or Delight), plus our Q-card with your own sweet words of love. Flavors include Passion Fruit Caramel, Strawberries ‘n Cream and Grand Marnier Truffle, Gold Peppermint, Chocolate Caramel in Dark Chocolate, Minty Julep, Mandarin Orange Caramel, Minty Julep, Irish Cream Coffee and Black Cherry Caramel.

Madeline Mavrakos Heart 12 Pc

Madeline Mavrakos favorites including: bon bon creams, golden butter caramels, milk and dark chocolate chocolate M’s, cherry cordials, and a marshmallow heart to symbol their love. It is the perfect, timeless gift for Valentine’s Day.

In the early 1900’s, he created what was to become a signature symbol of love; the heart-shaped box of chocolates and named it for his beloved wife, Madeline. Today, that heart assortment has been recreated and packed with all of Madeline’s favorites including bon bon creams, golden butter caramels, milk and dark chocolate chocolate M’s, cherry cordials, and a marshmallow heart to symbol their love. It is the perfect, timeless gift for Valentine’s Day.

Chocolate Heart With Valentine’s Assortment

Show that special someone that you care by giving them Chocolatines’ dark chocolate heart filled with our Valentine’s assortment. Our handmade selection includes passion fruit in a blushing white chocolate heart, raspberry decorated with red hearts, hazelnut speckled with pink hearts, and lemon honey caramel in a dark chocolate shell. These assortments are packaged in a edible dark chocolate heart and finished with a red satin ribbon.

Chocolate is a timeless gift exchanged by lovers on Valentine’s Day. Elegantly wrapped gourmet chocolate gift boxes make wonderfully romantic Valentine’s Day presents. Chocolates are not only mouthwatering treats, their powerful aphrodisiac qualities can help set the mood for an even more romantic experience.

Chocolate has been considered an aphrodisiac since the days of the ancient Aztecs, who called cacao “god food.” Montezuma, the last Aztec emperor, was known to drink up to 50 golden goblets of cacao every day to increase his sexual prowess in order to properly service his harem!

Chock full of mood-boosting, titillating ingredients such as feel good endorphins and aphrodisiac phenylethylamine, chocolate is the perfect way to get your sweetheart in the mood for romance and passion. Organic chocolate that’s created without the health-harming agricultural chemicals found in your average chocolate bar makes for an even happier Valentine’s Day for you and your loved one, especially if it’s Fair Trade Certified, too. Get a whiff of these delectable certified organic fair trade chocolates and you’ll be flyin’ high, too.

The Best Heart Shaped Organic Chocolate Gift Boxes

Below are some stunning heart shaped gift boxes filled with tantalizing organic chocolates – enough to melt your sweetheart’s heart.

Large Velvet Heart

38 pieces of our finest acclaimed chocolates. Show your love just how much you appreciate them with this special edition heart box adorned with a hand tied bow in platinum ribbon. To view the flavor profiles of the chocolates, please scroll down.

Rosemary Pecan Rosemary steeped in fresh cream, organic dark chocolate, toasted pecan Trebbiano 12 year Balsamic, organic dark chocolate with red currants Lavender Flower Locally grown lavender steeped in fresh cream, organic milk chocolate, enrobed in 63% cacao Lemon Tisane Lemon Verbena steeped in fresh cream with milk chocolate Cacao “3″ ways Intense bittersweet ganache, enrobed in 63% cacao, crushed nibs Local Blueberry Port Local blueberry port, Peruvian dark chocolate, whole blueberry Grapefruit Confit Fresh brewed Kenya coffee, candied grapefruit rind, organic dark chocolate Vanilla Flake Salt Caramel Vanilla bean caviar infused in fleur de sel caramel, 63% cacao, Australian flake salt Chipolte Ginger Chipolte Chile infused 68% cacao, candied ginger, bourbon vanilla bean Noisette Organic dark chocolate, Frangelico liquor, toasted hazelnut Molokai Kaffir lime leaf infusion, toasted coconut, crushed macadamia nut Champagne Truffle Veuve Cliquot Champagne…and more

Guy’s Valentine’s Dream

Organic Truffles in a Burgundy Heart with black accent wraparound ribbon and a gold stretch bow. Simple, yet elegant – great for the chocolate-loving MAN in the family. We picked this heart so the GAL has something to give the CHOCOLATE-LOVING GUY! Wives can give it to husbands (and that’s happened), girlfriends or fiances can give it to their boyfriends. Daughters can give it to fathers. Even a son could give this to his dad! Or a brother to a brother! Great for Valentine’s Day or any special occasion for anyone! Included in our Nuts About You Assortment are: Organic Peanut Butter Balls, Organic Almond Butter Balls, Organic Almond Bark, and Organic Cashew Clusters. If sent to a guy, we use the black ribbon, if a gal, we use the white ribbon. Box substitutions may be necessary due to limited quantities, but a black ribbon/bow will always be used with a red box to add a masculine touch.

Organic Edible Rose Heart Box

Totally edible, this beautiful and colorful two-piece heart-shaped box with roses on the lid also contains three mini-truffles inside. Mini truffles could be an assortment of balls, vanilla bean cremes, dark chocolate or raspberry truffles.

This beautiful box is totally edible, yet says “I love you” with roses. For Valentine’s Day, we’ll do the roses in red and/or pink. For Mother’s Day, we’ll do the roses in a variety of pastels, including, pink, yellow, blue, lavender or red. Comes wrapped in cello with a bow, color-coordinated with the color(s) of the roses. Everything is organic white chocolate. Also makes a great gift for any occasion – birthday, anniversary, or wedding shower!

Cameo Heart Box

This beautiful and nostalgic two-piece heart box is totally edible. For Valentine’s Day, we make the lid’s cameo with either pink or red non-FD&C colored cocoa butter and white chocolate. Say “I love you” with style, with class and good taste! Everything is organic!

This beautiful and nostalgic cameo heart box says “I love you” with history. It’s appropriate for girlfriends, mothers, wives, and fiances. It’s good for sisters and chocolate lovers of all kinds. At Valentine’s Day, we make the cameo with either red or pink non-FD&C colored cocoa butter. For other occasions, such as Mother’s Day, we make the cameo blue, yellow, pink, green, or lavender. It’s totally edible, made with organic white chocolate. It’s a gift that keeps on giving after the holiday is over. Most people don’t the whole thing in one sitting. It’s very rich, both in taste and texture.

Other Fair Trade, Organic Chocolate Gift Ideas

1. Dip your way to a blissful Valentine’s Day with Robin’s Chocolate Tropical Dark Chocolate Sauce. Use this decadent sauce to dress up your morning waffles, or dip some fruit in it, fondue-style. Whatever your preference, this chocolate is sure to impress everyone’s palates.

2. If your lover likes a good boost of energy, then try out these powerful Pacari Organic Dark Chocolate Covered Espresso Beans. Made with the finest of organic ingredients sourced from Ecuador, Pacari chocolates are rich and hard to resist. They also implement several fair trade practices to protect local farmers and their ecosystems.

3. Looking for a bit of variety in your Valentine’s Day gift? Then look no further than the Givens & Company Natural Organic Snacker filled with a wide selection of delicious treats. From dried apples to organic almonds to a shortbread cookies and chocolate bar, these heart-healthy delights will have your sweetheart smiling in no time.

4. For something unique and interesting, try out Swoonbeams Cranberry Cacao Nib Bark. This healthful, dark bark is handmade by drenching dried cranberries and cacao nibs in Certified Organic, Fair Trade chocolate. It’s also vegan and gluten free.

5. Add a little Zen to your Valentine’s Day with the Oliver Kita Organic Vegan Woodstock Chocolate Buddha. This solid statue is made with organic dark chocolate 72% USDA Certified that’s also Fair Trade Certified. The company follows the Tao of Cacao which embraces the daily appreciation of chocolate through mindful tasting for self awareness and joy without regret.

6. Bring a swirly, crunchy touch to your sweetheart celebration with Chocolate Chocolate Chocolate Company’s Milk Chocolate Covered Mini Pretzels. The combination of sweet and salty will bring a delicious twist to Valentine’s Day, and the Fair Trade Chocolate that envelopes the mini pretzels will add a sustainable angle, too.

7. If you’re a gal buying chocolate for your guy, this Guy’s Valentine’s Dream by Smith Organic Chocolates is the way to go. It’s been specifically designed for women looking for something for their chocolate-loving boyfriends, fathers, fiancés, or husbands. Filled with Organic Fair Trade Chocolate with abundance.

8. Too many choices? If you’re having a hard time choosing from the many selections, try out an assorted package of organic chocolates such as this Organic Vegan Collection Valrhona Grand Cao box. It contains a treat suitable for every palate, including double-dipped crystallized ginger, almond Grand Marnier, organic peanut butter chew, almond praline, pistachio almond marzipan, and more. Each bite will have you experiencing a unique, luscious taste sensation and will be a pleaser regardless of your sweetheart’s tastes. Made with Organic Fair Trade chocolate ingredients.

Valentine’s Day is a time when we can express love for our loved ones. Giving organic, fair trade chocolate gifts are a way to extend this goodness to the Planet.

What is artisan chocolate?

Artisan chocolate is that style of making chocolate that often considered an art form. Chocolatiers who specialize in artisan chocolate making pride themselves on using only the best ingredients, taking their time making small batches, and choosing flavors and presentations that are unique, interesting, and innovative. Time and care are the two most important aspects of making artisan chocolate.

Artisan chocolate vs industrial chocolate

But how does artisan chocolate compare to industrially-made chocolate? Generally speaking, the time taken to prepare commercial chocolates and the tools and ingredients used to make these chocolates are vastly different.

In commercial chocolate preparation, huge machines are used to produce enormous batches of chocolates in a very short period of time. The name of the game is to produce the most chocolate possible to an exacting recipe. And the finished product must appeal to the masses, so it is often overly sweet and lacking the interesting flavors that are inherent in true artisan chocolates.

Artisan chocolates, on the other hand, are usually hand-made or with very small machines in relatively tiny batches over longer periods of time. Flavor and presentation are of the utmost importance, and these chocolatiers do their upmost to bring out the best of each region’s beans in each of their creations.

4 Innovative artisan chocolate companies

Making the jump from commercially-prepared chocolates to something a little more refined and interesting will mean a bit of a higher price tag, but if you take your time to truly enjoy each morsel in all its complexity, you’ll get your money’s worth, without a doubt. Here are a few interesting artisan chocolate makers you’ll definitely want to try:

Rechiutti

Working to painstakingly select each ingredient and combine them in unique ways, Rechiutti prides itself on sourcing their chocolate building blocks in the local San Francisco farmer’s market. Flavors include lavender, tarragon, lemon vergena, and more.

Tcho

The story behind this company: hunting down flavor itself. Sourcing beans for around the world, these chocolatiers worked to test their product for the perfect flavor before releasing the final result. They use the purest expression of flavors inherent in cacao, including chocolatey, fruity, nutty, and citrus.

Vosges Haut Chocolate

If you want a truly unique chocolate experience, try out Vosges’ Bacon + Chocolate Bar. This chocolate will engage your five senses, so close your eyes and inhale the applewood bacon scents and the milk chocolate tastes. Also comes in dark chocolate varieties.

Chocolate Gecko

This artisan chocolate company creates chocolate with integrity, creativity, quality, and fun. Making artisan chocolates is a family affair for this company. They blend together distinctive flavors, using ethically-traded ingredients and organic chocolate that’s at least 78 percent cocoa solids. Try the Komodo Crunch, the Helderbergs, chocolate dipped fruit, and hand rolled truffles like their Poodles and French Kisses.