Chocolate Hamper

A wicker basket loaded with branded chocolate. The gold satin bow sits at the front of the basket and the items stand upright so the recipient can see the full spread the moment they lift the cellophane. Twentieth most popular product across all of Bali over the past twelve months.

$80.00 USD. Same day delivery, seven days a week, across all Bali locations including Seminyak, Ubud, Canggu, Jimbaran, Sanur and Nusa Dua. Wicker basket, gold bow, branded chocolate selection.

What Arrives

A natural-coloured wicker basket, wider at the top and narrowing at the base, packed tight with individually wrapped chocolate products. Every item is sealed in its original branded packaging.

The basket itself is about the size of a bread basket you would see at a restaurant table. Not enormous. Not small. The right size for a bedside table at a villa, a coffee table in an Airbnb, or a desk at a co-working space. I have delivered these to hotel rooms at Six Senses Uluwatu, to private pool villas in Pererenan, and to a retreat centre near Ubud where the staff carried it through the lobby like it was a wedding gift. 

The "No Flowers" Order

Every product in the shop has a buyer profile. The chocolate hamper buyer says one of three things. "He does not like flowers." "She already has flowers in the room." Or "I want to send something and I do not want to overthink it." Flowers require decisions. Colour, type, vase or no vase, how many stems, what will the room look like, will she like pink, is red too much. Chocolate requires none of those decisions. The person likes chocolate or they do not. Almost everybody does.

I started selling this hamper in 2015. I had been open on Jl. Camplung Tanduk in Seminyak for two years and every third or fourth phone call ended the same way. "Do you sell anything that is not flowers?" I kept saying no. Then I lost enough orders to local gift shops that I built this basket myself, photographed it on my kitchen counter, and listed it before the end of the week. It sold four times in the first nine days. Most of those orders came from men. Most were sent to women. Almost all included a note that said something along the lines of "she told me she doesn't need more flowers." Thirteen years later the pattern is identical.

Resort and Villa Deliveries

Chocolate hampers travel better than flowers. They sit in the delivery bag without needing water, they tolerate a bump, and they look exactly the same when they arrive as they did when they left the shop. That makes them reliable for resort deliveries where timing can be uncertain because concierge staff are busy and the gift might sit at reception for an hour before it reaches the room.

Last month I delivered one to Capella Ubud for a guest checking in from Hong Kong. Her husband had ordered it from his office in Central. He timed the delivery for 3pm, which was when she was scheduled to finish her spa treatment and return to the tent. The concierge placed it on the desk beside a welcome fruit plate that the hotel had already provided. When she walked in, she called her husband before she called reception. He told me afterward on WhatsApp that she said: "How did you organise something from Hong Kong and it was sitting in the room before I got back?" All he did was send me a message at 11am. Kadek drove up to Ubud and handed it to reception at 2:40.

I have delivered this same hamper to Rimba Jimbaran, to three different pool villas in Kerobokan, to a birthday dinner at Sarong in Seminyak, and to a group of friends sharing a house in Batu Bolong who had been on a surf trip for a week and did not need flowers cluttering the kitchen counter. The surf group sender was from Enoshima, Japan. He called and said in careful English: "I want to say thank you to my friends but nothing that needs water." That sentence describes about sixty percent of the people who buy this product.

Storage

Keep the basket in air conditioning or at least indoors and out of direct sunlight. If the room is warm, move the individual chocolate items into the fridge and let each one sit at room temperature for five minutes before eating. Chocolate tastes flat straight from the fridge because the cocoa butter needs a few minutes above 20 degrees to release the volatile flavour compounds that create the actual chocolate taste. Cold chocolate has texture but muted flavour. Room temperature chocolate has both. The macadamia clusters hold best at room temperature. The truffles are the most sensitive to heat and should be refrigerated if the air conditioning is off during the day.

Delivery

Same day delivery across all areas of Bali. Kadek treats chocolate deliveries as a morning priority or schedules them for the cooler late afternoon window. For hotel and resort deliveries, include the guest name, room number if known, and the resort name. For restaurant or bar deliveries heading to Legian, Denpasar, or Tuban, include the venue name and reservation details. Delivery to Tanah Lot, Tabanan, Pecatu, and Gianyar. Seven days a week including public holidays. Questions? Call +62 813 3862 5637 or visit the contact page.

The person who does not want flowers. The person who does not need flowers. The person who just got off a twelve-hour flight and wants something sweet waiting on the desk. Delivered to Capella Ubud, Rimba Jimbaran, Sarong Seminyak, pool villas in Kerobokan, surf houses in Batu Bolong, and retreat centres in Gianyar. International senders from Hong Kong, Japan, the UK, and across Southeast Asia. Same day. Order now.