What are the best fancy chocolates?

[Appleseesaw]

I’m looking to buy some chocolates as a gift. I think Lindt chocolates are very nice, but I’m looking to buy something extra special. Does anyone have any recommendations? Thank you.

Paul A Young salted caramels - or any of his chocolates really!

Chococo are really nice!

Lauden chocolates are the best of all the ones I've tasted.

Thank you very much for your recommendations. I will look into them all. I remember I had a fresh cream chocolate maybe about 25-30 years ago that was the best chocolate I’ve ever tasted. Shame I can’t remember who they were made by!

I love Godiva!

Boojabooja are lush.
But my special treat once a year from Father Christmas are Charbonnel et Walker Marc de Champagne Truffles. My favourite is the dark chocolate but there are several varieties available - but it's less easy to get hold of a "selection box" type thing from that brand if you want a variety rather than getting a box of a single flavour. So I would go for Godiva or Holddworth.

I don't rate Lindt that highly tbh - the texture doesn't live up to the standards I have got used to (apologies for food-snobbishness but I go for small quantities of expensive chocolates as a rare treat rather than cheaper stuff which could be afforded more often)

Fortnum and Mason are lush

The Chocolate Tree

www.choctree.co.uk/

Art Chocolat look and taste incredible!

Paul A Young are the very very best but the chocolate society and the Mallow Tailors are v good and a hell of a lot cheaper

themallowtailor.co.uk

@Appleseesaw

Thank you very much for your recommendations. I will look into them all. I remember I had a fresh cream chocolate maybe about 25-30 years ago that was the best chocolate I’ve ever tasted. Shame I can’t remember who they were made by!

Might have been Leonidas

Someone gave me some Prestat once and they were delicious!

Audreys chocolates. Suppliers to Fortnum and Mason and by far the best chocolates I've ever had

Fortnum and Mason. Super expensive though.

Chococo are divine 💜

Melt

https://www.meltchocolates.com

Neuhaus are my favourite.

I second the booja booja recommendation

Thank you all very much. I’ll draw up a list and start narrowing it down. It’s given me a lot to work with. Thank you.

Leonidas if you like fresh cream fillings

Lauden all the way!!!

There was a thread on this recently. Aubel are good. aubelchocolate.com/

Chococo are great.

Highland chocolatier chocolates are beautiful

Montezuma chocolates are also amazing, I love their mint crunch chocolate.