Sometimes dark chocolate gift certificates (or "gift vouchers") can be exactly the right gift. It's difficult to know exactly what the recipient of your gift will enjoy. Or maybe there's not enough time, and you're worried that any gift you get now will arrive too late. Here is some information on six excellent gift certificates.
Advice For Your Recipient
To make the best use of the gift certificate, the first thing your recipient should do is read the terms and conditions for the certificate. Some certificates eventually expire. Some certificates can only be used once (anything left over is lost). The terms and conditions will spell out exactly what these limitations might be.
With no other or better guidance, your recipient should spend the dark chocolate gift certificate soon, and should make a one-time purchase worth more than the value of the certificate.
Chocolate.com concentrates exclusively on chocolate, and a lot of that is dark chocolate. They have bars, and all kinds of other products, from all the producers you've heard about, and many that you haven't! Chocolate.com is a great place for a dark chocolate gift certificate.
Chocolate.com has gift certificates in $1, $10, $25, $50, $75, $100, $150, and $200 amounts. They can deliver your gift certificate by e-mail or by U.S. Mail, or you can print the certificate and deliver it yourself.
Product Shipping: Ships to many locations in North and South America, and Europe, plus Australia, New Zealand, and Japan. Special arrangements for other destinations may be possible.
Get a Chocolate.com gift certificate here.
Superior Nut Store sells a very large and wonderful selection of nuts and dried fruits. And many of these are covered in delicious dark chocolate (174 dark chocolate items at my last count).
Superior Nut Store sells $25, $50, and $75 Gift Certificates. These can be mailed to you, or to the recipient with a personalized note.
Product Shipping: Ships to US addresses. Hot Weather: Requires expedited shipping and hot weather packaging. Ships only Monday through Wednesday.
Go to SuperiorNutStore.com and select Gift Certificates (last item on left menu), or search for "gift certificate" in the search box on the upper right of the page.
Candy.com sells Gift Certificates in $5, $10, $15, $25, $50, and $100 denominations. These are meant to be emailed to the recipient with a personalized note from you, but you can also have them emailed to you.
Product Shipping: Ships to US addresses.
Warm Weather: Recommends Ice Pack shipping, expedited
shipping, Monday through Wednesday shipping.
Get a Candy.com Gift Certificate here.
La Tienda sells $25, $50, $75, $100, $200, and $500 Gift Certificates. The certificate can be mailed as a beautiful gift card mounted in a black linen holder, or can be emailed to you or to the recipient.
Product Shipping: Ships to US, Canada, and Europe, including UK.
Get a La Tienda gift certificate here.
Chocolate Trading Company bills themselves as "the largest online chocolate shop in the UK", and says that they offer "the widest selection of fine chocolates from around the world." With a great selection of bars, gourmet chocolates, chocolate boxes, and chocolate decorations, you can find all kinds of great stuff here, and a whole lot of it is dark chocolate! Your recipient will have plenty to choose from when spending their dark chocolate gift certificate.
Chocolate Trading Company lists all of their prices in Pounds (£), but you can choose to see them listed in Euros (€) or US Dollars ($) (which may fluctuate, depending on exchange rates).
Chocolate Trading Company "Gift Vouchers" are sold in £20, £30, and £45 denominations, which can be mailed to you or to the recipient.
Product Shipping: Ships to US, Canada, UK, and many European and other International addresses. Hot Weather: Advise against chocolate deliveries to warmer countries, or when temperatures will be above 20 degrees centigrade (68 degrees Fahrenheit).
Get a Chocolate Trading Company gift voucher here.
Ethical Superstore has many "departments", such as Home and Garden, Electronics, etc. Their Groceries department has a very nice selection of dark chocolates which meet different ethical criteria such as Fair Trade, Organic, etc.
Based in the UK, the Ethical Superstore sells its products in Pounds (£).
Ethical Superstore sells "Gift Vouchers" of £10, £20, £50, and £100. These can be mailed to you or to the recipient.
Product Shipping: Ships to UK, and many other worldwide addresses.
Get an Ethical Superstore gift certificate here.
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