To give Hotel Chocolate as a present

Chocolate is always a welcomed gift.

Blimey, I'd love those as a gift! You must work with some very Hyacinth Bucket types. Though to be fair the first time my older sister got them as an end of year gift at work, many years ago now, the chain had just arrived in the UK she was mortally offended that she'd been given hotel castoffs until I explained that really wasn't the case.

She's not the family chocoholic though...

Because of the spelling, I thought the OP was referring to those chocolates left on your pillow in hotels. Now that would be a crappy gift!

Hotel Chocolat is fine to give as a generic gift ofc.

MN is weirdly snobby sometimes. To the vast majority of the population hotel chocolat is in the category of expensive/posh chocs.

It used to be lovely but as with all brands after they are bought up by some mega company they then become shit as the mega company cuts costs and tries to make a load of money off the back of the established brand. The chocolate does not taste as nice as it used to.

I like it, i like they're hot chocolate too (I have a velvetiser).

There's an awful lot of crap chocolate that isn't cheap but Hotel Chocolat isn't one of them.

Hotel Chocolat doesn't use palm oil in their chocolate either. That's a big tick for me, anyone that doesn't use palm oil gets my custom.

I'd very happily accept anyone's unwanted Hotel Chocolat especially if it is dark or involves nuts.

I think many choc boxes are full of prauline mush.
Some good threads on here have recommended handmade chocolate that doesn't use palm oil

We have ordered some from Kennedy's handmade where you can choose your flavours.

Well my rellies have specifically asked for HC chocolate. Having said that, they want the 70% dark solid stuff, the batons and such like. The wreaths are good.

I like it, but only the plain stuff. The filled chocolates are a bit challenging.

I greatly dislike anything milk, anything Cadburys, anything that comes in a tub. Tony's is vile.

Premium brands are not that different in recipe terms. Most of the difference is marketing.

Gosh, I can’t stand those seashells. I thought everybody regifted that and that there was one box going round and round people’s homes in perpetual circulation!

There's so much snobbery about Hotel Chocolat on MN. I've just looked at their chocolate slabs and there's no oil in them. I'm sure the gift would be gratefully received OP.

I love it. And wouldn’t buy myself as expensive so a good gift choice!

What do the people who dont like HC eat?

Personally, don’t like them. Some very odd flavours.

I got a big hotel chocolat box as a wedding present from some one who couldn’t make the wedding and I loved it. I thought it was a lovely gift and I was very appreciative. The chocolate was very nice

I find MN really weird about chocolate. Every few months there will be threads about how Dairy Milk , Galaxy etc is VILE now, how it tastes gloopy like oil, and how they can't stand anything less than 70% cocoa. I fucking love it all! And I can't taste any difference between how it used to taste and how it used to.

Hotel Chocolate… hmmmm…

They have some really nice chocolate in there. But the things people tend to gift are the mixed boxes of chocolates. Those mix boxes are very noticeably cheaper (in quality) and crapper chocolate, and it’s reflected in the price too

If I was to gift hotel chocolate, I would gift one of their chocolate wreaths. They are delicious and last time I had one still good quality.

but yes, IMO, this brand is going down the path of Thorntons. not there yet, but not far.

It’s rank 🤢 The packaging and way they display it looks good though.

Dark Dizzy Praline in my stocking every year and if not I’ll be having stern words with the big man in red.

Totally agree.
The original poster sounds a bit snobby..
I wonder what brand of chocolate she would consider acceptable..Godiva maybe ??

I like HC chocolate and would be happy to receive it. I tend to buy M&S chocolate as gifts. HC isn’t suitable for coeliacs which rules it out for quite a few of my family.

think it was this box I gave to someone last year and she said they were delicious https://www.marksandspencer.com/food/the-chocolate-truffle-collection/p/fdp60562644#intid=pid_pg1pip96g6r5c6

I’ve bought it before for teachers but I actually don’t think I’ve ever tried it myself! It’s expensive to me hence me only buying it for others as a gift. I only eat Tony’s every so often as a treat nowadays.

OK, so be a judgmental and inverted snob then. Your choice.

I happen to love the Gianduja and the dizzy pralines, especiallt the dar chocolate ones. You can tell me I have crap taste [which you are] and, effectively, insult me but its my choice to waste my money on chocolate i love and consider it a treat.

OP, most people would be appreciative of HC for a and accept it as the generous gesture it was. Ignore the judgmental troglodytes with no manners.

I love it!🥰

I used to like it until they changed the recipe. Nowadays it's like eating slightly sweetened candle wax.