If you prefer a sweeter salty dark chocolate, go for the Godiva or Lindt brands. If you like your salt chunky, choose Godiva, but if you want a very smooth chocolate with no crunchy bits in it, choose Lindt.

So for example, although all of Green & Black’s chocolate (within the UK) is certified as Fairtrade, the majority of Mondelēz’s chocolate (the company group behind Green and Black’s) is not Fairtrade.

Many chocolate experts and connoisseurs think that Lindt chocolate is very bad. This means that Lindt chocolate tastes horribly bitter and burnt to experts, and if it weren’t for the bitterness it would probably still taste horrible due to their use of low quality and contaminated cacao beans.

The Lindt Master Chocolatiers wanted to create something heavenly to lift customers’ spirits after the war. They set to work experimenting with chocolate recipes until, in 1949, they came across a chocolate so luxuriously smooth it could be compared to melted gold. It was named LINDOR.

The 8 Best Chocolate Gifts of 2021

• Mouth Chocolate-Covered Deliciousness Box at Mouth.
• Milk Bar Chocolate B’Day Cake Truffle Dozen Box at Milkbarstore.com.
• Harry & David Deluxe Signature Chocolate Truffles at Harry & David.
• Jcoco Chocolate Mango Plantain milk chocolate bars at Seattlechocolate.com.

Amedei Porcelana

• Amedei Porcelana, a dark chocolate made by the Amedei chocolatier of Tuscany, Italy, was called the world’s most expensive chocolate.
• Amedei Porcelana is made from translucent, white cocoa beans of a variety now called “Porcelana” due to its porcelain-like color.

The 14 Best Gift Baskets of 2021

• Best Overall: Williams Sonoma.
• Best Classic: Gourmet Gift Baskets.
• Best for Foodies: Mouth.
• Best Packaging: GiftTree.
• Best for Hostess: Stonewall Kitchen.
• Best Fruit Basket: The Fruit Company.
• Best Ice Cream: Jeni’s.
• Best for Local Favorites: Goldbelly.

The 7 Best Fruit Basket Delivery Services of 2021

• Best Overall: Harry & David.
• Best Variety: The Fruit Company.
• Best Sustainable: Frog Hollow Farm.
• Best for Fruit Bouquets: Edible Arrangements.
• Best for Chocolate-Dipped Strawberries: Shari’s Berries.
• Best for Tropical Fruit: Tropical Fruit Box.

31 Gourmet Food Gifts for Everyone on Your List

• Surf & Turf. mychicagosteak.com.
• All the Snacks Box. mouth.com.
• The Best Sellers, 6 Pints.
• Murray’s Greatest Hits Cheese Collection.
• Driftaway Single Origin Coffee Sampler.
• Chest of Chocolates.
• Small-Batch Quarterly Hot Sauce Subscription.
• Regiis Ova Caviar by Chef Thomas Keller.

If you enjoy creating gift baskets, you may just have the recipe for profit in your hands.

1. Create a business plan that explains your business idea.
2. Get the required business licenses.
3. Purchase supplies.
4. Create inventory that you can quickly turn around and sell.
5. Create a website.
6. Advertise your gift basket business.