Valentine’s Day Gifts
Treat the one you love this Valentine’s Day. Here’s our pick of the best ideas…
Prosecco & Chocolates, £37, DCT Shop
A classic choice, this gift includes Holdsworth Handmade Milk Chocolate Crunchy Hazelnut Pralines (100g) and Prosecco R&R Robert & Reeves Italy 75cl 11% vol. Both come in an elegant Rose Gold Gift Bag.
Pink Smash Flower Pot, £29.99, DCT Shop
Made from Belgian milk chocolate and filled with a mixture of Maltesers®, Cadbury’s Buttons® and Minstrels® before being sealed with a secret recipe Belgian chocolate crispy crunch. Each pot is decorated with Pink Jazzie Hearts and an assortment of hand-decorated Lindor® flavours and edible leaves. Smash the flower pot like a piñata and watch all the sweets tumble out! Can be personalised with any name or message.
Malteser® Heart Tree with Red Rose, £29.99, DCT Shop
Who doesn’t love Maltesers®? You’ll be sure to bring happiness to your Valentine this year with this beautiful heart-shaped Malteser® Sweet Tree with edible red roses. It’s potted in a glass vase which can be personalised with a message of your choice, handwritten in gold script (max. 25 characters). The vase is then filled with yummy chocolate-coated raisins as edible soil! (The tree trunk is made from wood, so please do not attempt to eat this!) The trees can be made with a variety of treats, not just Maltesers.
Letterbox Love Hug, £15.99, DCT Shop
Don’t let distance get in the way of love! Send a hug to someone you love through their letterbox… in the form of chocolate! This Letterbox Love Hug is made from a slab of deliciously creamy Belgian milk chocolate, packed to the brim with chocolatey treats: Maltesers®, KitKat®, Cadbury Dairy Milk®, Celebrations®, Rolos®, and truffle-filled hearts wrapped in red foil. Each Chocolate Hug can be personalised with a name or message, handwritten in Belgian white chocolate.
Love Potion tea, from £6.70, birdandblendtea.com
A magical blend of chocolate, rose & strawberry loose tea with added candy love hearts, the perfect cup of tea on Valentine’s Day and beyond.
Gourmet Liquorice Gift Sets, from £20, Selfridges, Harrods, Fenwick, Harvey Nichols and online at lakridsbybulow.co.uk
This gourmet Danish confectionery brand is spreading the love in the most tasteful way this Valentine’s Day with their gourmet liquorice. These LAKRIDS BY BÜLOW’s decadent chocolate coated liquorice treats come in a variety of gorgeous flavours and are perfect for gifting!
Gorgeous Baking Inspiration from Tala, from £5, www.talacooking.com
A lovely gift for a baker, or why not treat yourself and make your loved-one something sweet, or savoury, this Valentine’s Day?
Tracklements Fresh Chilli Jam, RRP £6.80 for 350g, is available from fine food delis and farm shops nationwide and online at www.tracklements.co.uk
Add a little bit of heat to your Valentine’s Day meal, with some sticky-sweet Fresh Chilli Jam from Tracklements. Use it as a dip for Thai Prawn Spring Rolls, add it to fish and meat, dollop it into any tomato-based sauce or try it alongside any creamy cheeses. The pretty heart-shaped jar can be recycled and used as a cute little vase once the contents have been enjoyed!
Chococo Valentine Hamper Bags, £50, www.chococo.co.uk
Milk Chocolate Hamper Bag features a faceted heart shaped box with five smooth hazelnut praline hearts inside; an ‘All You Need is Love’ chocolate bar studded with dried strawberries & raspberries; a mini milk chocolate honeycombe-studded heart; a milk chocolate lobster; and a tin of Chococo’s 45% Venezuela origin milk chocolate flakes to make the perfect hot chocolate. Bags also available using Oat M!lk Chocolate or Dark Chocolate.
Tesco Finest Valentine’s Dinner for Two, £12, Tesco stores
A Valentine’s Day meal always goes down well, and it doesn’t have to cost the earth. Tesco is offering one main, one side, one dessert and one drink for just £12, available from Feb 9 in store. Not only that, included in the deal is an award-winning bottle of Finest prosecco which costs £10 alone, meaning savvy Tesco Clubcard members can choose it and get a full meal alongside it, for only an extra £2. Bargain!
Assorted Belgian Chocolate Ganache and Praline Hearts Selection, £35, www.farhi.co.uk
This luxury box contains a variety of chocolates to delight every chocolate lover’s taste buds. The selection includes white chocolate with grapefruit ganache, milk chocolate with passion fruit ganache, milk chocolate with rhubarb ganache, dark chocolate with pear ganache and dark chocolate with lime ganache. Beautifully presented in a gift box.
Send a Cake in the Post from Sponge, from £10.50, sponge.co.uk
Sponge is an online cake company that handmakes cakes using quality ingredients, and posts them directly to your door, anywhere in the UK! Their Valentine’s range looks delicious, everything from cake slices to photo cakes, cake cards and gluten-free options.
Marc Jacobs Daisy Eau de Toilette Spray 50ml Gift Set, now £57.80 (RRP: £68), www.escentual.com
This bestseller has a lovely fruity white floral fragrance, and the set includes an Eau de Toilette Spray (50ml), a Marc Jacobs Daisy Luminous Body Lotion (75ml) and a Marc Jacobs Daisy Bubbly Shower Gel (75ml). It comes in a deluxe box that’s perfect for gifting.
Heart Marshmallow Hot Chocolate Spoon Gift Set (3 spoons), £9.95, Cocoba, www.cocobachocolate.com
A set of three milk hot chocolate spoons topped with fluffy heart marshmallows – simply heat up a mug of milk until steaming, slowly add a hot chocolate spoon and stir into the milk until the chocolate melts away, leaving you with a delicious mug of cocoa bliss! Cocoba also have The Love Collection Gift Set, £32.95 and a whole range of chocolate bombes.
Emma Barclay Recycled Cotton Throw, £22.99, Robert Dyas
A romantic throw for some cosy nights in on the sofa. And big enough to share as it measures 70″ x 100″.
Moonpig Made With Love Hamper, £25, www.moonpig.com
A gorgeous selection including Grandma Wild’s Strawberry & Cream with White Choc Chips Biscuits, English Tea Shop Super Berries Tea, Montezuma’s Hot Pickle Chilli & Lime Milk Chocolate, Thornton & France White Chocolate with Raspberries, Bon Bons Strawberry Bonbons, Mallow & Marsh Raspberry Marshmallow Bar and Joe & Sephs Strawberry Cheesecake Popcorn. All comes in a gift box.
Allison Hay
I joined the "My Weekly" team thirteen years ago and, more recently, "The People's Friend". I love the variety of topics we cover both online and in the magazines. I manage the digital content for the brands, sharing features and information on the website, social media and in our digital newsletters.
