Valentine for foodies
You'll see: if you agreed not to give each other anything for Valentine's and you stick to it, the other person still shows up with a gift. As the scouts say: be prepared!
Basket of treats
On the webshop of Ottolenghi you can order packages of goodies, completely in his specific style. Like this sweet basket with raspberry lollipops, biscuits, and white and dark chocolate. Fifty pounds excluding shipping costs, but yes, it's Ottolenghi.
Chocoholic
With the regularity of the clock, Tony’s Chocolonely releases special flavors, in the categories pretzel-toffee and chili-fudge-pink pepper. Especially for Valentine's Day, the chocolatiers are bringing a heart bar with raspberry, milk, and rose to the market. We're waiting for a new flavor washcloth-herb butter. Is your objet d’amour a chocoholic but do those ridiculous flavor combinations go a bit too far for you? Then it might be more fun to online create a bar yourself and design a wrapper.
Slap in your face
Nowhere does passion extinguish as quickly as a gift set of a towel and tea towel with hearts on it, right? Luckily, Hema still has other Valentine's gifts on offer: a rose, candies, marshmallows, chocolates, a cute photo on a heart-shaped photo cake… Advice from a pro: buy a bottle of cava from Copa Sabra, specially for Valentine's in bright pink packaging and everyone’s a winner.
It’s amore
True love is… having pizza quattro formaggi delivered and eating it together on the couch. If that pizza is also in a heart shape, then the relationship will never end. Toni Loco delivers it all over Amsterdam and if you live somewhere else, you'll have to get to work yourself.
To munch on
That you endlessly write his name, and your name, and his name again, and your name in your agenda. Heart heart heart, sigh… M&M’s feels for you, they print M&M’s with your names and photos and deliver them to your secret lover's home. It's not subtle, but definitely tasty.
Raspatat
For the man (or woman) who has everything: bike socks with a bag of fries. Because love is beautiful, sure, but cycling is also nice and a fries after such a second-category hill is definitely welcome.
Next level: tomato chocolates
Opposites attract, right? Heinz and chocolatiers Fortnum and Mason rename Valentine's Day to ‘Valenheinz Day’, with their super special limited edition chocolate truffles with… tomato. The makers call the flavors together an ‘exciting combination’, because ‘the irresistible tomato flavor of Heinz Tomato Ketchup’ bursts through the ganache ‘and provides a sweet aftertaste.’ You can buy them online (for almost twenty pounds) or win them via the social media of Heinz.
Sour bomb
Roses? No, cliché. We advise: a bunch of chicken nuggets, or, even more festive: a bouquet of pickles.
My dear little macaron
Madame Bovary was French. Joséphine was French. And Brigitte Bardot, also French. Maybe romance is actually French. Whisper some sweet French words in your lover's ear and serve small bites of these macarons, which you can order from Patisserie Tout in Amsterdam and have delivered at home, and finally: amour toujours.
Love for the dentist
Twelve types of fudge in all surprising flavors: red velvet, unicorn, butterscotch or oreo, is a tasty gift to have delivered to your date. If it doesn't work out well in love? Then you’ll finish that box of Jack Fudge by yourself – book the dentist for next week right away.
Can it rot for you
Not everyone is equally romantic, with pink bows, glitter, and holding pinkies. Some people are more practical, doers, go-getters, even when it comes to relationships. And such types might prefer a gift from the category: do it yourself. A kit to make your own kombucha for example, with a starter culture. The gift that keeps on giving, because if you take good care of the starter culture, you can use it for a lifetime. True love.
Caries in heart shape
Also Dunkin’ Donuts does not lag behind this Valentine's: they have a wide assortment of heart-shaped donuts that you can pick up in a box of six or twelve at one of their stores. Not sure yet if they love you (or donuts)? You can also have one wrapped, for just €2.25.
Because chocolate is for wimps
If your sweetheart doesn't swoon from your sweet gaze and soft words, then this might be a great gift: a heart-shaped box with mini bottles of Fireball. With 33 percent alcohol and a spicy cinnamon kick, you could even take down a hippo with it. You just have to go to Vlamis Liquors, a liquor store in Maryland, USA.
Text: FavorFlav
