Two weeks out is the window to order. Ordering now leaves room for the delivery to travel and for you to change course if the first choice is out of stock. The chocolates are handcrafted in Newbridge, Co. Kildare, where Mary Ann O'Brien started the company in 1992, and a boxed assortment carries that finish well through the post.

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The making is what carries it. These share bag chocolates are handcrafted in Newbridge, Co. Kildare, where Mary Ann O'Brien founded the company in 1992, and an adult selection shows that finish more than a foil-wrapped egg ever can. A single-origin dark, hand-finished, is a different proposition to a novelty shape, and an adult recipient will notice.

The making sits behind all of this. These chocolates are handcrafted in Newbridge, Co. Kildare, where Mary Ann O'Brien started the company in 1992, and a boxed selection is put together to survive the journey and arrive looking as it should.

None of this rules roses out entirely. If your partner loves flowers, buy the flowers. But if you want a gift that lasts past the week, suits their taste and does not look like everyone else's, a chocolate collection is the stronger choice, on its own or alongside a smaller bunch.

Valentine's does not have to mean roses. A collection chosen for the person often says more.