Gourmet Chocolate Gift BasketsGourmet chocolate gift baskets are pretty much guaranteed to be very warmly received by just about everyone! Fantastic for a chocolate holiday gift, or make your own chocolate covered strawberries and create a romantic basket for Valentines Day. Baskets full of chocolate treats should definitely be on your gift giving list, after all do you actually know anyone who doesn’t like chocolate? Seriously?      Try one of these awesome ready made gourmet chocolate gift baskets (click on the pics for pricing and more details) or scroll down to find out how to make your own super basket. Make gourmet chocolate gift baskets as special presents for
teachers
brilliant gift ideas for that special someone on
Valentine's Day
and as a great
graduation gift
for those well deserving students! When it comes to putting your basket together there are really no hard and fast rules as long as you follow an overall theme you should end up with a great result. You can make your basket all about the chocolate for the true connoisseur or add any number of gourmet treats to your gift baskets as well. What about making your baskets with chocolate and fruit? A gift like this would be perfect to give as a get well wish, or for a gift of appreciation for a special teacher. Use a sturdy picnic type basket or a solid tray for your container and line it with a good quality cloth. Fill your basket with a selection of fresh seasonal fruit and a few gourmet treats. You could even pair a few treats together such as fresh cherries and cherry liqueur chocolate or fresh juicy oranges and dark orange chocolate. Make sure you add some chocolate coated coffee beans to this gift for the final touch. To personalize your basket even more try the following yummy mouth watering treats. With the exception of the drinking chocolate and the liqueur they can all be made at home! By you! Yummy Goodies For Your BasketsChocolate hot fudge sauce Chocolate fudge Chocolate coated coffee beans Chocolate truffles Chocolate brownie Chocolate chip cookie recipe Chocolate rum balls Chocolate liqueur Drinking chocolate Chocolate (of course!) go for the best quality you can afford. Swiss, Belgian or delicately handmade, whichever fits your budget. Why not try making your own delightful shapes? You can purchase specially designed plastic molds or use something you might already have at home. For instance advent calendars have great plastic inserts which work fantastically well as molds. The Christmas shapes are really detailed and the end result looks just like the real thing! 
Use chips or buttons, you can melt them in the microwave in an approved container (do it in short bursts and keep an eye on them) and don’t melt too much at once or it will set before you have a chance to fill in all the molds!Give the mold a gentle shake from side to side to make sure you get rid of any air bubbles and then leave to set. Use small cellophane bags tied with curly ribbon or empty gift boxes made from plastic to put the shapes in once set. Next time you're searching for easy but creative homemade boyfriend gift ideas for that someone special in your life, spoil him with a wonderful basket filled with your very own handmade chocolates, yum! You can make them in any shape you like, try lips or hearts for a romantic touch or baseballs or cars or whatever he happens to be interested in. And you simply must add gourmet chocolate to a holiday gift basket! Holidays are about relaxing and indulging ourselves with all the good things in life and chocolate has got to be right up there on most peoples list! Some more great pages you might like!
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