13 Best Boxed Chocolates of 2025

We were mixed over New York City–based Chocolat Moderne’s Mixe Moderne Box, a selection of dark and milk chocolates packed in a luxurious brown quilted box. The main critiques were of the chocolate shells (too thick) and the centers (too sweet). But we do enthusiastically recommend its vegan selection and its vegan gift basket.

The 16 chocolates in the Videri Bonbon Box varied from unremarkable to enjoyable. A gingerbread caramel captured the warm, spiced flavor, whereas an earthy sorghum filling, a nod to Videri’s North Carolina roots, was overpowering. One taster who is a Raleigh native thought this could be a nice gift for a North Carolinian.

The eye-catching Feve Assorted Chocolates possessed similarly flashy colors and vibrant-sounding flavors (such as yuzu and strawberry-lemon) to our Melissa Coppel and Stick With Me Sweets picks, but the fillings were muted, and the coatings were too thick.

Multiple Good Food Awards and traditional-style fillings drew us to Arrowhead Chocolates’ Deluxe Arrowhead Assortment. The first candy we tried—chocolate-coated honeycomb that tasted like the best toasted marshmallows—showed such promise. The one that followed was stale and took this box out of the running.

Some of the chocolate coatings in Exquisito Chocolates’ Artisan Collection looked dusty and battered. The flavors sounded exciting in theory, but the fillings were bland, and the coatings had a waxy texture.

The Michel Cluizel Chocolate Truffle Milk & Dark box was previously an alternate pick in this guide. But in our 2022 tasting, these chocolates didn’t impress us as much. They were overly sweet, and some tasted stale.

The Christopher Elbow Chocolates were our top pick for 2014. But in subsequent tastings, the chocolates came across as too sweet, and the flavors seemed heavy-handed. Though these chocolates are absolutely beautiful, resembling baubles and jewels, they were pushed out of the top spots by more-compelling picks.

Fran’s Gray & Smoked Salt Caramels are rumored to be some of Barack Obama’s favorites. Although they were nice, we didn’t like them enough to rank them among our favorites. The candies were on the sweet side and tasted slightly burnt.

The Woodhouse Chocolate Traditional Assortment didn’t make a big impression. This Napa Valley, California–based chocolatier’s bonbons come in natural chocolate shades of brown and white, and they’re nestled in a robin’s-egg-blue box.

John & Kira’s Every Flavor Chocolates were big on flavor but ultimately pretty boring. All of them were the same shape, size, and texture, with the only difference being the flavors of the ganache filling.

We found the Neuhaus Classic Ballotin’s packaging to be more exciting than the actual chocolates. The shells were too thick, and the fillings were sugary and average.

Jacques Torres Chocolate’s Assorted Bonbons offering consists of pralines, ganaches, and caramels. The box is pretty, and we thought the truffles and filled chocolates were attractive. But the chocolate itself had no complexity, and the flavor died on the tongue.

The Vosges Exotic Truffle Collection includes a bacon bar beloved by many, but the quirky chocolates—with fillings such as wasabi with black sesame and Taleggio cheese with walnuts—weren’t as well received.

The Kate Weiser Chocolate Artist Collection is aptly named: Each shiny bonbon is a canvas for multicolored, Jackson Pollock–esque splatters. Although the look and the flavors are ambitious, the chocolate casings were too thick, and overpowered the fillings.

We had high hopes for the Compartès Vegan Dark Chocolate Assortment Gift Box, which was a cornucopia of chocolate-covered dried fruits and nut clusters. But many were overwhelmingly large, and the fruit lacked succulence. The Compartès Vegan Chocolate Truffles 20-Piece Gift had muted flavors and a strange aftertaste.

The No Whey Everything Good Collection is a nut-free option made in an allergen-free facility. But ultimately all of the flavors were too perfume-y, and the chocolate came off as waxy.

The Godiva Dark Chocolate Gift Box came up in our comments section. These chocolates were Lesley’s favorite in high school, but since then, the quality has gone downhill. We truly believe they wouldn’t hold a candle to our picks.

The John Kelly Chocolates 12 Piece Signature Handcrafted Chocolate Collection candies were intimidatingly huge—each piece is about the size of half a Snickers bar. Most of the fillings were cloying, thick, and pasty, like old-timey fudge (in fairness, the company describes its chocolates as “truffle fudge,” which feels accurate).

The See’s Assorted Chocolates box was one of the value picks in our first tasting lineup. The chocolates tend to be bigger, enough for two bites instead of one. The assortment may be a nostalgic standby for devotees, but it can’t compete with the more boutique chocolates out there. Still, these pieces were far and away better than Russell Stover.

Russell Stover, along with Whitman’s, received poor scores from our panelists for tasting artificial, and they generally disliked them as a whole.

This article was edited by Marguerite Preston.