Corporate Chocolate Gifting: What to Send Clients and Staff This Quart…

Keep the gift aimed at the adults, personalise it for the day, and check the detail before you order. A named box of chocolates handcrafted with a bit of provenance behind it marks a christening or an announcement in a way that feels chosen, and it gives the parents something that is unmistakably for them.

Some couples prefer to share a small box between two settings for couples seated together, which trims the count but complicates the table plan. It works, but it asks more of your stationery and place cards, so only choose it if the saving genuinely matters.

For more detail, see Lily O'Brien's.

Get the count right with a sensible buffer, place each favour consistently, and order well ahead of the day. The etiquette looks after itself once the logistics do.

One honest note. If anyone at the gathering asks about ingredients or dietary suitability, point them to the published product information rather than answering yourself.

Corporate gifting has a low ceiling for effort and a high one for judgement. Send nothing and you look indifferent. Send the wrong thing and you look like you did not think about it. Chocolate sits in the safe middle, provided you match the format to the recipient.