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Best Chocolate-Covered StrawberriesShari's Berries Gourmet Drizzled Strawberries

$47 Shari's Berries (Full Dozen)

Best Box of ChocolatesRichart Initiation Chocolate Box

$54 Richart

Best CookiesLast Crumb Core Collection

$120 Last Crumb

Best Ice CreamGraeter's Ice Cream Bundle

$85 Graeter's

Hunting down the best food gifts is serious business, and I treat it with the care it deserves. I'm a foodie in an area of the country best known for its tavern-style pizza and not so much its fresh seafood or world-renowned bakeries. That's all fine and dandy, but what if I'm craving cookies so sinful only a populous city could conjure them? Thanks to the magic of the internet, it's all at my fingertips. Whether you're treating yourself or someone else, our top picks—like the aforementioned cookies, from Last Crumb—arrive safe and sound at your doorstep in ready-to-eat condition. The world is your oyster (and I mean that quite literally, if future testing has anything to say about it).

Be sure to check out our other tasty buying guides, including the Best Chocolate Boxes, the Best Meat Subscription Boxes, the Best Meal Kits, and the Best Coffee Subscriptions.

Updated May 2026: We've added new gifts from Nuts.com and Jacobsen Salt Co., rotated a couple of seasonal selections, and ensured accuracy of links and prices.

- Best Chocolate-Covered Strawberries

Photograph: Louryn Strampe

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Shari's Berries

Gourmet Drizzled Strawberries

$47 Shari's Berries (Full Dozen)

Shari's Berries is a popular choice for chocolate-dipped fruit, and while the decorations can vary slightly, the year-round offerings of strawberries are all delicious. Choose from six, 12, or 24 berries, all of which arrive safely packed for immediate consumption. (This is an important note, because if you don't plan on eating them immediately, you'll need to refrigerate them, which can make them sweat and make the coating less pretty.) The berries taste great, dipped in their “chocolatey” confectioner's coating, and they look impressive and appetizing right out of the box. They're shipped in a gift box, and you can attach a gift message or a personalized card. I think these are an excellent gift for basically anyone—just make sure the recipient is ready to house a bunch of sweet berries right away, because they don't keep well for days on end.

Shipping Speeds and CostsShipping costs vary by delivery date and location.Additional Shipping DetailsOrders include ice packs. Orders arrive in a gift box.Gift OptionsGift notes and cards are available.

- Best Box of Chocolates

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Richart

Initiation Chocolate Box

$54 Richart

In his in-depth guide to the best chocolate delivery boxes, my colleague Matthew Korfhage says this is the best gift-box option. The box includes a selection of 16 filled chocolates and 16 squares of dark and milk chocolate. The filled flavors vary often, but each bite is a delight, offering a taste of something unique and curious without forcing your giftee to consume an entire bar's worth of the stuff. They'll also get a little booklet with more information about each inclusion, and the treats themselves are carefully nestled into a gift box. If you're shopping for a chocoholic, look no further.

Shipping Speeds and CostsShipping costs $25. Shipping is free on orders over $100.Additional Shipping DetailsIce packs are used for warm-weather deliveries.Gift OptionsArrives in a gift box. Gift messaging is available.

- Best Cookies

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Last Crumb

Core Collection

$120 Last Crumb

Last Crumb's cookies are expensive. But they're so damn delicious. I love the luxe gift-box packaging and cheeky branding (for example, a 24-pack is called a DiCaprio), but I love the cookies even more. There are 12 flavors in the Core Collection, with additional flavors coming around as limited-edition offerings. They can be microwaved or heated in the oven before eating, and the individually wrapped, sealed cookies can be kept on the counter for two weeks or in the freezer for two months.

I tried Last Crumb cookies in Everything but the Candles (a birthday cake flavor bursting with rich vanilla icing and tons of sprinkles); The Floor is Lava (a chocolate lava cake that's sweet but cocoa-forward, slightly bitter, and best enjoyed over the course of a few hours, one bite at a time); and What the Velvet, which was my favorite of the bunch. The red velvet confection was sticky, gooey, chewy, chocolatey goodness, complete with a cream cheese center that elicited noises I won't describe here. The cookies are thick and

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