Chocolate Mingles and Jingles

This post is a review post.

When I was living in America, one of my frustrations was the lack of websites from which you could order gifts for family and friends living back in the UK. Most companies have worked out that the delivery address isn't always the credit card billing address, but lots of them hadn't worked out that the two addresses might be in different countries. Hello? Is that complicated?

So when I discovered that the Hotel Chocolat website could cope with this, it became my go-to place for presents. After all, who doesn't like receiving chocolate? And it's such high-class chocolate. Tasty, imaginative, a feast for the eyes as well as the taste buds. One thing I love about the website, is that there's a good range of prices. You can give someone a treat without it being ridiculously expensive. I find it the ideal present for a family.

Hotel Chocolat sent me this lovely bag of delights.

A 'Mingles and Jingles Bag' it's called. See? What did I say about "imaginative"? Would you have dreamt up that catchy title? White chocolate bells, dark chocolate penguins, and milk caramel angels, 2 inches tall, individually wrapped, in a pretty sack-ette, plain yet sparkly, that any aspiring Santa would be pleased to be ho-ho-ho-ing down the chimney with. Lovely  presentation, and well-packaged, so no worries about boxes arriving through the post bashed and mis-shapen. These people really understand the concept of a luxury gift - but I was also interested to read about their social conscience.

There's a promotion on at the moment on their website. If you spend £60 on chocolates (I know, I know, but if you were buying for several people, perhaps?), you get a free gift sent to your home address.  

Yes, Hotel Chocolat definitely gets the Iota seal of approval. This year, a bag of chocolates. Next year, I'm hoping they might want me to review their hotel on the isle of St Lucia.  

This was a review post. I received a 'Mingles and Jingles Bag' from Hotel Chocolat, valued £21. The opinions and writing in the review are my own.

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