Super Easy DIY Chocolate Bouquet Gift Tutorial - Jolly Festive (2024)

Chocolate bouquets are perfect for any occasion, from Christmas to Mother’s Day, Valentine’s Day to Just Because Day! They really pack a punch in the visuals department and would make a super, thoughtfulteacher appreciation gift (heck, this is large enough for the whole staffroom!) and the idealhost(ess) gift or presentation of party favourstoo.

We’ve seen some amazing creations with Ferrero Rocher or Lindt Truffle ‘roses’ and they look incredible. But even just a simple selection of chocolate bars can create a really striking gift when made into a sweet bouquet. And we’re all about keeping things easy. Plus, we’re Cadbury girls through and through! So read on for the details on how to make this cute gift.

(Oh, and if a full-sized chocolate bouquet seems a bit too much, check out our DIY Bouquet of ‘Roses’ for a mini chocolate gift idea.)

Materials Needed For A Chocolate Bouquet

Bouquet Box

Bouquet boxes are readily available at your local florist or online, such as these ones at Amazon. We repurposed one from a previous flower bouquet Hannah had received.

Alternatively, you could use a large mason jar or vase as a base. Add some tissue paper or cover in wrapping paper to conceal the floristry foam and skewers.

Floral Foam

Dry oasis (or floral foam) works really well as a base into which to insert the chocolate bar sticks. Look for a piece that will snugly fit in the base of the bouquet box.

Chocolate Bars

One of the best things about making a homemade chocolate bouquet is the chance to tailor the contents precisely to your lucky recipient. So enjoy spoiling them with a bespoke bouquet of their favourite chocolate bars.

For this DIY project design, traditionally-shaped rectangular chocolate bars work best so it’s super easy to attach them to the end of the skewers.

Here’s a few ideas for theming though if you really want to up the visual wow factor:

• Keep to bars of just one colour, say all Cadbury purple (obvs!) for impact.
• Use the same product in different sizes. For example a Dairy Milk bouquet with layered bars from snack size to 200g bars would look stunning.
• Theme the bars to the occasion. For example, leaning into the special Christmas chocolate bars in season.

How Many Chocolates Will I Need?

The answer to this depends of course on the size of your bouquet box, size of chocolate bars, and how opulent you want your candy bouquet to be. In our bouquet here, we’ve got 28 bars in total: four types, with between 5-12 bars of each. The mouth of our bouquet box wasn’t particularly large so this is probably a lower bound for a good-sized bouquet.

Wooden Skewers

Long wooden skewers are perfect for attaching the chocolate bars in place. Wooden BBQ skewers are the ideal length and easy to purchase in bulk. You’ll need the same number of skewers as chocolate bars.

Paper Tape

Paper tape is perfect for attachingthe chocolate bars to the skewers. Not only is it sticky enough to secure the bars in place well, it’s eco friendly and can be removed without damaging the chocolate bar.

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Tissue Paper & Ribbon

Final embellishments for the finished design: tissue paper to cover the skewers as they disappear into the bouquet box and ribbon to decorate the bouquet. You won’t need much so it’s a great way to use up any odds and ends you have at home.

Prepare The Bouquet Box

Make up the bouquet box. Cut the floral foam / dry oasis to size and put it at the bottom of your bouquet box. It should be a snug fit to ensure that it provides a sturdy base from which to build the bouquet.

Prepare the Chocolate Sticks

Attach each chocolate bar lengthways to a wooden skewer, starting from the flat end of the skewer. Fix in place with a piece of paper tape and press to stick securely. For a professional finish, ensure that the logos of each chocolate bar face the same direction.

Build The Bouquet

Starting with the smallest chocolate bars at the front, add the skewers to the bouquet, pushing the sharp end down well into the foam to secure in place.

Build up further rows of chocolate bars to create a staggered bouquet, a bit like the seats of a theatre. You can do this either by leaving each row slightly higher up in the foam and/or by using increasingly larger chocolate bars for each row.

Add The Finishing Touches

Fold a piece of tissue paper into a scarf-like shape and wrap this around the skewers at the point they disappear into the top of the bouquet box to conceal the sticks below the chocolate bars.

Add a piece of ribbon tied in a bow at the top of the bouquet box, and any other embellishments you’d like. For example, you might also like to add a gift tag.

We’ve intentionally tried to keep this homemade chocolate bouquet as eco-friendly as possible.

Whilst the bouquets wrapped in cellophane look stunning, in our opinion the extra cellophane packaging isn’t necessary. There’s easier access to the chocolate good stuff without it as well!

Many of the designs we’ve seen use a hot glue gun to secure the candy bars or chocolate truffles in place. We’ve switched this out for paper tape. It works just as well for securing chocolate bars and means that dismantling the chocolate arrangement to eat is easier too.

We should highlight that we have used floral foam (oasis) to secure the candy bar sticks in place. We know that oasis isn’t typically biodegradable and so this isn’t an ideal option. However, it is very effective at holding the bouquet in position and we haven’t found anything that works as well for these larger chocolate bouquets.

As the oasis will remain dry, hopefully it can be reused to create further bouquets and we will continue to explore other options and update if we find a good alternative. If you have any ideas, please do share them in the comments below.