Here's the best chocolate gifts for London lovers

I know Mum said "don't play with your food!" but also, you’re an adult so you CAN. For a great combination of chocolate romance and a quirky dating activity why not build your own London-themed chocolates? This pack comes with everything you need, from instructions and a chefs hat to the chocolate and the molds. It says 6+ on the packet, so you should manage to at least eat the chocolate, even if you can't quite fashion it into a Big Ben or a (brown) Cab. The chocolate is of good Belgium quality, and the treat is brought together in London.  

Price: £12.99

Dark Sugars could probably have their own list. There's so much choice, from hot chocolate to vegan truffles, but we figured we'd use the Brick Lane-based Dark Sugars to offer up something a little different. Its Liquor cabinet contains six flavoured liquours which you can squeeze atop seriously rich and velvety chocolate ganache. The flavours include Tequilla Rose, Strawberry, Coconut Rum, Irish Whiskey, and Pistachio. The little pipettes are very chic and sexy too. 

Price: from £12 for six

If you love chocolate but don't love the fact that you feel a little bad for eating it, this refined sugar-free option should help strike a balance. Combining luxurious ingredients and a lack of sugar, this hand-made by Melt in London option is a winner all around. The packagine is especially chic too. They do individual bars across a variety of flavours, but for an extra special gift, you could look into Melt's gift box. It contains two dark, two milk and three milk and nut chocolate bars. A gift with thought! 

Price: £57.00

A flutter of butterflies, a charm of Hummingbirds, and now: An extravagance of chocolate truffles! Chantal Coady is revered as a pioneer of fine chocolate in the UK, and has been ahead of the game since opening her store on King's Road in 1983. For what is frankly the ultimate chocolate gift – Rococo Chocolates has a 100-piece collection of velvety truffles, silky caramels, ganaches and pralines, "beautifully presented in a Rococo gift box with pull-out drawers." We needn't really say more. If you love someone enough (and can afford) to get them a hundred beautiful, luxurious choclates, then you best do so! They're all hand-crafted in the captial, made from sustainable, ethical ingredients. For a less elaborate but lovely option, there's a heart shaped box full of chocolate truffles you can get too. 

Price: From £164.95

A chocolate that you can drink (and keep a little longer than the nice half of watching 'Titanic'). Hot chocolate is an ingenious invention. Whittard of Chelsea has been serving the stuff for ever, and it's about as London as a hot chocolate gets. They've been selling the hot drinks since 1886, which is actually ages ago. This gift set gives you three of their most indulgent-yet-classic flavours. Dark, milk, and white chocolate flavours. The true trio of the chocolate game. 

Price: £16