Best chocolate hampers for Christmas 2022: Hotel Chocolat, Lindt and more

From Hotel Chocolat to Lindt, from Love Cocoa to Pierre Marcolini, here are the best chocolate hampers for Christmas 2022.

Hampers certainly make one of the best Christmas food gifts, especially when they are bursting full of chocolate truffles, dipped biscuits, hot chocolate, and chocolate slabs.

This year's collection of chocolate hampers includes brands such as Thorntons, Hotel Chocolat, and Lindor - all of which have been tried and tested by the Goodto team of experts. We've chosen a range of different budgets too from cheap and cheerful to indulgent must-haves.

“Hotel Chocolat is my ‘go-to’ when it comes to choosing the best Christmas food hampers to gift,” says Consumer Editor, Heidi Scrimgeour. “A friend sent me a chocolate hamper for Christmas a few years ago and I still remember the absolute joy of opening a hamper of the most extraordinary chocolate that I’d never buy for myself.”

Best chocolate hampers 2022

Includes: A reusable gift box bursting with Hotel Chocolat caramel cheesecake macarons, Jolly Penguin selector, the Winter Puddings H-Box, orange wafer batons, and 70% dark chocolate shortbread. Put the kettle on...

Consumer editor Heidi Scrimgeour says: "The finest chocolates from Hotel Chocolat including must-try Jolly Penguin chocolate shapes and caramel cheesecake macarons. We really enjoyed sharing the Winter Puddings H-Box - what a treat. The Eton mess chocolate, brownie, and carrot cake were among favourites. The ideal gift box for sharing with loved ones."

Includes: For the chocoholic in your life we give you the Thorntons Ultimate Christmas Wicker hamper piled high with various Thorntons treats including Continental Famous Desserts, Vanilla Fabulous Fudge Bag,  Mint Crunch Dark Chocolate Block, Bottega Gold Prosecco, Snowy Bear White Chocolate Model and more.

Food Editor Jessica Dady says: "The perfect selection of Thortons finest Christmas chocolates. The kids loved the hollow chocolate reindeer and elf and I and my husband enjoyed the bubbly and various selection boxes. With a whole range of treats, it will certainly see the lucky recipient into the new year."

Includes: This chocolate-packed gift box is loaded with festive chocolate from gingerbread truffles to Champagne snowballs, from salted caramel almonds to peppermint bark. A real treat for the taste buds. The chocolate is delicious, high-quality that melts in the mouth. Perfect for sharing. Plastic-free packaging too which is a bonus.

Food editor Jessica Dady says: "Our favourite chocolates in this collection included the peppermint bark, Christmas pudding chocolate (which was gone in one sitting!), and the salted caramel chocolate almonds, which were unbelievably moreish. A lovely selection from Love Cocoa. This gift box is a great choice for those who truly love chocolate, especially when it's given a Christmas twist."

Includes: Perfect for sharing and for big families, this wooden box is piled high with festive chocolates from chocolatier Chococo. Handcrafted in Dorset, this gift box includes an array of goodies like fizzy pudding chocolate, dark chocolate-covered orange segments, chunky gold snowmen, and hot chocolate flakes.

Food editor Jessica Dady says: "A rustic wooden box, packed with Chococo chocolates. Our favourite chocolates included the dark chocolate orange segments - so rich, with a tangy bite to them. But my highly recommended was the Venezuela Milk Chocolate Christmas Pudding Slabs - I couldn't put it down. Sweet milk chocolate, lightly spiced with cinnamon, ginger, and bejeweled with nibbed almonds and raisins - delicious."

Includes: This gift box is predominately a sweet gift box filled with popular food retailer treats such as Joe & Sephs popcorn, Gnaw milk chocolate bar, and Lottie Shaw's triple chocolate biscuits. Perfect for single or couples - that are happy to share.

Consumer editor Heidi Scrimgeour says: "The chocolate flavoured popcorn was a big favourite among testers - which was surprisingly moreish and the triple chocolate biscuits which were certainly hard to share. A great 'letterbox' choice to order and get delivered to a friend or family member you might not see at Christmas."

Includes: From truffles to chocolate spread, from Christmas biscuits to Gianduja stars, this sophisticated hat box from expert chocolatier Pierre Marcolini is on point. Presented in an elegant hat box, perfectly shaped and sturdy enough to reuse - great for storing away this year's Christmas decorations.

Food Editor Jessica Dady says: "If you know someone who will truly appreciate high quality, luxurious chocolate, send them this. Everything in this collection was spot on. Highly recommended."

Includes: Everything a chocolate lover could need; from hot chocolate ‘The Everything Hot Chocolate Sachet Selection’ to Velvetised Chocolate Cream liqueur. This selection also includes the Classic Christmas H-Box along with caramel batons, chocolate penguins, and chocolate vanilla macarons. 

Food editor Jessica Dady says: "Highlights for us include the hazelnut praline penguins, salted espresso martini chocolates as well as the melt-in-the-mouth, chocolate vanilla macarons. All presented in a festive keepsake gift box."

Includes: Dark, milk, and salted caramel Lindor truffles, two selection boxes of indulgent Lindt chocolates, Lindt Nuxor milk chocolate, various bars of Lindt Excellence chocolate, Lindt chocolate spread, and so much more. Perfect for sharing with friends and family over the festive holidays. 

Food editor Jessica Dady says: "For the serious Lindt fan in your life, why not choose this jaw-dropping Lindt and Lindor bundle - perfect for sharing with loved ones and silky smooth Lindt hazelnut chocolate spread. The best thing about this hamper is that you can choose your own Lindor chocolate truffles too - up to 52 in fact - alongside all the other chocolate goodies. A real showstopper when it comes to chocolate hampers." 

Heidi Scrimgeour

As a parenting specialist, Heidi has written for Prima Baby, Gurgle and Practical Parenting and was baby gear editor of Mother & Baby magazine for six years, looking after regular consumer features for the shopping pages as well as specialist consumer content such as buying guides and gift guides. 

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