Candy bouquets worldwide: brands, sizes and how to keep the chocolate
Candy bouquets worldwide are named by brand and size in the grid: Ferrero Chocolates comes in Small, standard and Large, and Raffaello in three sizes of its own. The choice starts with the brand the recipient actually likes, moves on to the size that suits the occasion, and only then to the wording on the card.
Ferrero, Raffaello or Belgian: what goes into a candy bouquet
The grid covers several well-known names side by side: Ferrero, Raffaello, Mercy, «Korkunov» and Rodnye Prostory. Each brand keeps its own look and its own following, so the safest way to choose is to think of a chocolate the recipient already reaches for.
Ferrero and Raffaello are the two brands sold in more than one size, listed as Small, a standard bouquet and Large. That means the same sweets can arrive as a light gift or a much bigger one, without changing the brand itself.
For a recipient who likes variety more than one label, the Handmade Belgian Chocolate Assortment and the Mercy Chocolate Assortment bring several kinds of sweets into one bouquet rather than repeating a single type throughout.
Some bouquets carry the occasion in their own name, which makes them the quickest way to shop by date. Chocolate Candies — Birthday is built for exactly that day, March 8th Chocolate Candies for the early-spring holiday, and the Belgian Chocolate Candies Set — Hearts for a partner rather than a colleague or a parent.
Chocolate Candies with Orchid pairs the sweets with an orchid; the flower is there mainly as a finishing touch to the bouquet rather than the main gift.
Whichever bouquet is chosen, a card with a written message comes free with the order, so the occasion can be spelled out there instead of relying on the bouquet's name alone.
Keeping a chocolate bouquet at its best after delivery
Cocoa butter, the fat that holds chocolate together, melts at 34–38°C, only a little above body temperature. That is a low bar in a warm room, a sunny windowsill or a car left in the heat.
If chocolate warms enough to soften and then sets again without being properly tempered, a pale, slightly dusty film can appear on the surface. That is fat bloom: the structure of the cocoa butter has changed, not the chocolate itself, and the sweet underneath is unaffected.
The only sensible precaution is to keep the bouquet away from heat sources and direct sun once it arrives, rather than to expect the chocolate to survive them unchanged.
Candy bouquet delivery worldwide: card, photo and privacy
Before the courier leaves, a photograph of the finished bouquet is sent to the sender, so anything wrong can be corrected while it is still with the florist. Once the bouquet has been handed over, a message confirms the delivery.
The courier is given only the recipient's name and address, nothing about who is sending the bouquet or why. The card itself can be signed or left anonymous, entirely at the sender's choice.
Where there is no address to give, the recipient's phone number is enough to arrange delivery. Most orders are delivered on the day they are placed, and the exact delivery time for a given bouquet is shown on its own page rather than promised in general terms.
Payment is taken by Visa or Mastercard, and the total shown in the cart is the final amount charged, with nothing added afterwards.
A sweet gift is easy to pair with something else from the same order. Sweets sit naturally alongside a flower bouquet or a punnet of strawberries, and for anyone still deciding what to add, gifts to go with bouquets lists the usual extras, from the delivery page onward for anything about getting the order there.
