Calling UK-based chocoholics!

[raincitygirl]

So, say you wanted to send someone in the UK a very special gift. VERY special, and you know they like good chocolate when they can get it. Would you go with Leonidas or Hotel Chocolat?

Amazon UK has a 500 gram box of Leonidas chocolates for 23.95 plus free delivery. It contains 30 chocolates. Alternately, Hotel Chocolat has a 350 gram box containing 27 chocolates for 22.50 plus 3.95 delivery, so 26.45 for the box. Given that the Hotel Chocolat "sleekster" box only has 3 fewer chocolates in it than the Leonidas "ballotin" box, I'm guessing that there's a lot more packaging weighing down the Leonidas box. Yes, I agree that sleekster and ballotin are pretentious words to describe boxes, but I live with it.

Yes, all the above is in pounds, not Canadian dollars. Yes, it's very fucking expensive, but it's also a very special occasion. Would you go with Leonidas or Hotel Chocolat?

Comments

[executrix]

I do like chocolate! I'm just too fat to eat it.

There's a really good chance that an excellent brand of chocolate is set up for direct deliveries. It could be tricky for a person without a computer to make the selection, though.

[raincitygirl]

Oh, I'm sorry. I'm afraid I just assumed.

I admire your willpower and restraint, though, in not eating something you like. I gave up chocolate for Lent ONCE, about 20 years ago, and it was hell.

[executrix]

I put the chocolates in the freezer so I had to let them thaw before I ate them, and I ate two or three a day instead of six or eight!