MyChocolate 'The Chocoholic' Chocolate-Making Workshop

This is the pick when the gift should be a shared memory rather than something to eat. 'The Chocoholic' is a roughly two-hour hands-on class in which you make fresh-cream truffles and chocolate shapes, decorate them and take your creations home. Indicative per-person pricing starts from £54.95 (with Tipsy Chocoholic and Choc-tails Friday variants priced higher), and it is sold as a giftable 'for two' experience voucher with a roughly 12-month validity and an RRP around £120. Venues are in London (Hoxton) and Manchester (Malmaison), with other UK locations bookable on request. The trade-off is straightforward: it is the priciest per head here and only convenient for recipients who can reach a venue - so if they just want chocolate to eat, or live far from London or Manchester, one of the boxed or subscription picks is a better use of the budget.