Gift Ideas for a Friend: Chocolate & sweets

The blue tin of Danish butter cookies, five classic shapes baked in Denmark with real butter.

Individually wrapped milk, dark and white LINDOR truffles in a festive box with a white bow.

Certified organic Grade A maple syrup from a single Quebec grove, from the first sap run, in a glass bottle.

Twelve Lindt Excellence 70% bars: robust cocoa, a silky snap, squares made for slow tasting.

24 Neuhaus pralines in milk, dark and white chocolate, from the house that invented the Belgian praline.

Roasted espresso beans in milk, dark and white chocolate, about 280 pieces in a resealable pouch.

Six hot chocolate mixes in mini paper cups, from double chocolate to peppermint, in a gift box.

The great classic dark chocolate of French pastry chefs, in easy-melt baking discs.

Fifteen Belgian chocolates, ganache, caramel, fruit and praliné, in Godiva's gold gift box.

A ready charcuterie board: summer sausage, Thuringer, four cheeses and crackers.

About 28 Belgian pieces, all coated in dark chocolate, in Leonidas' signature wrap.

Individually wrapped squares of layered chocolate and peppermint, Ghirardelli's holiday classic.

Layered Venchi cremino with milk chocolate and a creamy white layer of lightly salted pistachio.

A jar of Stonewall Kitchen's mango peach jam from Maine, for breakfast toast, scones or a glaze.

The three-layer Piedmontese cremino, Venchi's 1878 recipe, in a 24-piece gift box.

Moose Munch popcorn, mixed nuts, party mix, galettes and cookie bars in one box.