What better way to say, “I Love You”, than with chocolate?

Well, how about chocolate with a twist?

This Valentine’s Day, offer your customers some unique sweets that will boost your holiday sales and have everyone talking. Be on the cutting edge of what’s hot for this lovers’ holiday by choosing unique chocolate items rather that the traditional box of chocolates. This FGmarket newsletter, highlights a few wholesale candies and confections suppliers that will inspire your Valentine gift ideas. Boost your sales by offering your customers the most unique chocolate selections — with a twist.

A New Approach to Wholesale Chocolates

Develop a brand new approach to chocolate by including photos and messages (anything you want to say) with products from Chocolate Impressions. Select a high-quality chocolate gift from their wide range of Chocolography products, then customize with your uploaded image, clip art, frames, backgrounds and greetings. Offer this to your customers for custom orders, or choose your own personalized messages that customers will love. Their Chocolate Heart Box (great for enclosing an engagement ring or other jewelry), Heart Lollipop, Portrait with Truffles or Personalized Chocolates will draw customers in for that one-of-a-kind Valentine gift.
While Chocolate Impressions’ products are great for year-round sales, they can certainly boost your sales during the Valentine’s Day holiday. By adding their chocolates to your gift baskets, balloon bouquets and that showstopper – dozen red roses, you will offer your customers the ultimate Valentine gifts.

Join the ranks of celebrities, Jennifer Lopez or Elton John, by ordering high-quality chocolates from Custom Chocolates. They specialize in custom-molded chocolates in four enticing flavors (milk, dark, dark mint and white vanilla) with over 3,000 shapes to choose from, including hearts, long stem roses and champagne bottles.
Some of their treats: include a large Chocolate Heart Box filled with Jelly Bellies; a Valentine Treat Bag filled with six Lindt truffles and six heart-shaped chocolates. They also have Cupid’s Arrows (red licorice sticks dipped in white chocolate) and for that quintessential cookie lover a Valentine Oreo Treat Bag filled with six dark chocolate mint dipped Oreo Cookies — who wouldn’t love that!

Luscious Gourmet Chocolates

If you cater to horse lovers in your locale, the equine-inspired products offered by The Artful Chocolatier Inc. are just the ticket. Each confection is made by hand, using only the freshest creams, caramels, nuts and flavorings. Then, one by one, each candy is hand-dipped in rich, creamy European chocolate for a luscious taste experience that lingers on the palette. Assorted chocolates, assorted creams, nut assortment and cherry cordials can be purchased separately or in gift baskets. These gourmet chocolates can be combined with chocolate filled tack trunks or little gold bags of pure milk chocolate covered stallions.
Add a specialized touch to a Valentine’s gift basket for equestrians with their all-natural soaps and lotions made from cocoa butter, shea butter, Vitamin E and botanicals. Let your customers eat gourmet chocolate and pamper their skin at the same time with products from The Artful Chocolatier.

If you’re looking for gourmet chocolates with a kick, Mille-Lac Gourmet Foods offers several products for the wine and chocolate connoisseur. Be “the toast of the town” with their Chocolate Martini confections or Chardonnay Wine Truffles. Give customers a twist to the traditional boxed chocolates with Margarita Chocolates and Pina Colada Chocolates. Valentine’s Day just wouldn’t be complete without Chocolate Caramel Lips. They’re lip-smacking delicious! Women adore Mille-Lac’s Chocolates in Rose Box, but men will love their Delicious Fishes (milk chocolate caramels) and Fudgie Frogs (mint chocolate truffles). With these great gourmet chocolates, you’ll be everyone’s favorite Valentine on Valentine’s Day.
They say the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach, so don’t forget to offer some heartier selections for men this Valentine’s Day. Chocolate may be a girl’s best friend, but men may want something more meaty. Mille-Lac offers gourmet cheeses, meats and other food items, like their Heart of Wisconsin gourmet meat and cheese selections that will puts a smile on any man’s face. Help your customers celebrate every day and the holidays with the many festive products from Mille-Lac Gourmet Foods.

Chocolate Alternatives

“Lollipop, lollipop, ooo lolli-lollipop!” If you want to offer your customers an alternative to chocolate, gourmet lollipops from McJak Candy Company are the way to go. Made the old-fashioned way in copper kettles, these high-quality gourmet lollipops make great additions to gift baskets, that young and old alike will rave over. Their Dear Heart heart-shaped lollipops come in five flavors and colors. McJak also offers several gift baskets that are sure to be a hit. The Lollipop Sampler basket has 50 assorted-flavored lollipops (like cherry cheesecake and strawberry daiquiri) and 10 Javapops (coffee lollipops with natural coffee flavor and caffeine).
Customers will adore the Chocolate Lovers basket. An alternative to traditional chocolate candy, this basket contains an assortment of chocolate lollipops, Javapops and gourmet fudge. Offer your customers the ultimate lovers gift, McJak’s Valentines Basket, filled with 20 Dear Heart lollipops and gourmet fudge. To carry chocolate or not to carry chocolate, that is the question. Either way, McJak Candy Company can hook you up.
These are just a few of the fine suppliers of wholesale candy and gourmet chocolate items in our FGmarket wholesale Candies and Confections category. Offering these unique chocolate and candy products to your clientele will boost your Valentines Day sales. Adding a twist on the traditional Valentines gifts will put your name on everyone’s lips and chocolate on their fingertips.
Need other Valentine gift products to go with your chocolate? Check out the suppliers in the FGmarket Holiday & Special Occasion wholesalers category.

Contributor: Jill Evans