Christmas taste test: chocolate boxes

Cloud Cocoland selection box 250g, £15 "Great texture and a nice surprise in the centre. Intricately decorated with a nice bit of give as you bite in. Not too sweet. A lovely chocolate." ★★★★ Fortnum's Favourites 875g, £65 (or 435g £44) "Beautifully presented, soft, luxurious and ever so slightly perfumed, pricey but you get a lot of box of chocolates for your buck - great selection; top chocolateering!" ★★★★ Rococo round Box No.1 with mixed chocolates and truffles £200g, £25 "Beautiful dark chocolate, rich but not overpowering. Good to look at, expensive, but worth it." ★★★★ Demarquette festive ganache collection Box of 12, £22.50 "Good hint of booze, nice dark chocolate and lovely texture. Beautifully decorated but expensive." ★★★ Baruzzo Box of 12, 95g, £12.95 "Nice presentation, very creamy and light chocolates, could eat these for hours." ★★★ Tesco finest dessert chocolate collection 300g, £10 "A traditional box of chocolates with a sweet focus - less complex than others, but not the worse for it. Lovely shells, good value." ★★★ Fiona Sciolti Botanical collection 6 chocolates, 50g, £7.50 "Beautifully soft fillings and clean shells, interesting flavours. Not quite enough of them and a little expensive." ★★★ Davenport's floral collection 300g, £15.95 A good looking box with some funky looking chocolates - very fragrant and not for those of a non-floral disposition, reminiscent of a scented cream egg." ★★ Artisan du Chocolat Christmas pudding chocolates 230g, £18 "A nice tang of fruit that cuts through the chocolate, though the texture was a little jelly-like." ★★ Sainsbury's Taste the Difference Belgian chocolate assortment 200g £5.49 "Too sweet and unexceptional but not bad value for money." ★★