Where to Buy Truffles, Bonbons, and Fancy Chocolate for Valentine’s Day

17 chocolate shops where you can find the best Valentine’s Day gift there is

I am an avowed supporter of Valentine’s Day — not because I have a particularly rosy-eyed view of love and friendships, although I’m also pro those things. But I’m really here for the chocolate, which on Valentine’s Day, deservedly takes pride of place, conversation hearts and luxury vegetable bouquets notwithstanding. This is the time to request and give really fancy chocolate, the kind of chocolate that immediately telegraphs luxury and decadence. There’s nothing that fits that bill quite like a beautiful box of bonbons or truffles.

Traditionally, bonbons are made with molds and contain a wide variety of fillings, from fruits and nuts to caramel and marzipans, unlike truffles which generally contain ganache. Both can be a canvas for a chocolatier’s creativity, often painted to resemble glistening gemstones. And unlike the bar you pick up at grocery store checkout, these boxes of chocolates are always a celebration. Here, a list of confectioners from across the country with appropriately festive offerings (they all ship nationwide).

Stick With Me Sweets

This is the place that convinced me there’s absolutely nothing more delightful than sitting around and eating bonbons all day. At the New York City shop, Susanna Yoon manages to pack all the flavors of other elaborate desserts — like calamansi meringue pie or black forest cake — into a beautiful package. You can’t select individual flavors when you order to ship online, but trust, they won’t disappoint.

Vesta Chocolate

New Jersey-based Vesta Chocolate is a bean-to-bonbon chocolate factory, meaning chocolatiers Roger Rodriguez and Julia Choi Rodriguez start the chocolate-making process with whole cacao beans which they then process to form the basis of confections ranging from hot chocolate to bars to bonbons. Those bonbons are available to ship in boxes of six or 12 surprise flavors.

Exquisito Chocolates

In Miami, bean-to-bonbon Exquisito Chocolates prides itself on ethical sourcing (you can see exactly how chocolate maker Carolina Quijano turns cacao into chocolate on this episode of Eater’s “Handmade.”) For Valentine’s Day, you can order both a gift and a date-night activity with its bonbon painting kid, which lets you decorate your own bonbons with edible paint.

Piety and Desire Chocolate

New Orleans bean-to-bar shop Piety and Desire sells boxes of its pretty bonbons in sets of four to 24, and while the flavors are a mystery (they’re a mix of Piety and Desire’s seasonal and signature bonbons), there is the option to choose nut-free sets. A vegan box is also available.

Topogato

Eater SF once called Topotgato San Francisco’s “most audacious online chocolate shop.” These hand-painted confections contain flavor combinations like brandied eggnog, blood orange amaretto, and spiced hot chocolate.

Sugoi Sweets

Sugoi’s Elle Lei makes bonbons in small batches out of Chicago. You can choose from the newer collections (with flavors like beer pretzel, Chicago corn, and milk tea) or the original collection (flavors here include blueberry lavender, coconut almond, and cotton candy pop rock). Or opt for a sweet stack of six flavors (take your pick of peanut butter and jelly, Mexican hot chocolate, and others).

Cacao and Cardamom

Houston-based Cacao and Cardamom recognizes the jewel-like appeal of the bonbon, which here come in a variety of shapes, packaged in festive boxes. As the shop’s name implies, spices take a starring role in chocolatier Annie Rupani’s flavors: there’s strawberry Szechuan peppercorn, garam masala pistachio, five spice praline, and cardamom rose, just to name a few.

Kate Weiser

The Valentine’s Day offerings at Dallas-based chocolatier Kate Weiser combine my desire for quality, fancy chocolate with the gaudy Valentine’s Day imagery I unironically love. Just look at those pink hearts!

Monsoon Chocolate

In Tucson, Monsoon Chocolate puts together boxes of bonbons that showcase a variety of aesthetic styles with flavors that reflect the southwestern setting, such as chiltepín pepper, prickly pear caramel, and Sonoran sea salt dark chocolate. This collection of chiltepín- infused chocolates also benefits the Northern Jaguar Project (NJP), which works to protect the jaguars of the Sierra Madre Occidental.

Jardí Chocolates

Atlanta-based Jardí Chocolates is particularly well suited to the fruit lover with flavors such as salted blueberry vanilla and mango with mezcal. But it’s the big, dark chocolate and brown sugar marshmallow hearts by chef Jocelyn Gragg that are the real Valentine’s Day stand-out.

andSons

At andSons in Los Angeles, second-generation chocolate makers carry on the family tradition with elegant bonbons and other chocolate confections. The 2025 Valentine’s Day collection drops soon according to the site, but the brand’s signature collection is always a hit with flavors such as Pecan Crispy, Hazelnut Gianduja, Double Yuzu, and more. A portion of sales will be donated to World Central Kitchen to support LA wildfire relief.

Bon Bon Bon

Bon Bon Bon’s bonbons might not have the typical domed shape, but the flavors take full advantage of the anything-goes spirit of the bonbon. The Detroit shop’s Valentine’s Day collection is available for pre-order and extremely on-theme, featuring flavors like Puppy Love (puppy chow and milk chocolate) and Can’t Get Un Oeuf (sprinkles and meringue in custard). Alternatively, its classic bon bon box is a delightful assortment of crème brûlée- and high tea-inspired chocolates.

Vosges Haut-Chocolat

Vosges is a luxury chocolatier from Chicago, Illinois, and it really delivers on not only taste but presentation with its offerings and collaborations; one day, I’ll bring home its elaborate wreathe of bonbons for the holidays. The confectioner’s Lunar New Year collections are rightfully taking center stage right now, but it’s Valentine’s Day drops are soon to follow. In the meantime, take a gander at its gift box of Canard-Duchêne Brut Rosé Champagne and Exotic Truffle Collection, which includes flavors such as absinthe (Kübler absinthe, Chinese star anise, fennel, dark chocolate, matcha, and white poppy seeds), Woolloomooloo ( macadamia nuts, Sri Lankan coconut, and milk chocolate), Olio d’oliva (Tuscan olive oil, white chocolate, and green olives), and more.

Compartés

Compartés has been making luxury chocolates from its Los Angeles, California hub for nearly 75 years, and its take on the traditional heart-shaped Valentine’s Day chocolate box is delightful; instead of the classic faux satin-lined box, Compartés offers a green crocodile-print heart containing chocolate-dipped fruits, chocolate covered nuts, cookies, and more.

Twenty-Four Blackbirds

This Santa Barbara, California-based confectionary sources its cocoa beans from single origin estates and co-ops, and you may recognize it from collaborations with the likes of Flamingo Estate. Founder Mike Orlando started Twenty-Four Blackbirds with a DIY mindset — even making some of the equipment himself — and the ethos that selecting high quality, bean-to-bar chocolates should feel fun and accessible. This gift box will round up a dozen truffles selected by staff such as lavender blossom caramel and a seasonal pâté de fruits bonbon.

Fine & Raw

For those who want to forgo the frills of traditional Valentine’s Day chocolate boxes, reach for Fine & Raw. The Brooklyn, New York-based chocolatier specializes in raw, organic bean-to-bar chocolate that is all dairy-free and packaged in low-key graphic boxes.

Etsy

Etsy is home to many small-scale chocolate slingers, but it is also a purveyor of edible bouquets that lean into the kitsch joys of the holiday with arrangements of Ferrero Rocher, Butterfinger bars, and more Big Candy classics.