Whether it’s a birthday, festive celebrations (notwithstanding religions), anniversaries, corporate parties or just special dinners, chocolate gifts are always the easiest to pick and come in handy. The only way to differentiate an occasion chocolate for the other is the type you buy based on personal choices and budgets; of course chocolates come in various qualities too and like anything, fancier the packaging, the more dearer it is.

Since they have and never will go out of trend as the best gifting choice, cake shops in Mumbai are preying huge on the city’s chocolate appetite. You’ll find such chocolates in fancy packages displayed by the windows in most cake shops in Andheri West. Not that the quality varies greatly or even the packaging but yes chocolates are available in different assortment of white, dark and milk chocolates with a great variety of toppings and fillings that probably is cost determining factor. While many cake shops in Mumbai continue to sell your average chocolate, some have taken the onus to put chocolate to its original glory, making good chocolate is an art. How do you tell between bad and good chocolate? Simply put: great chocolate is shiny and has a luster that comes from apparent freshness, something that your everyday chocolate just doesn't.

While chocolatestill continue to be the easiest and you-can-never-go-wrong-with-it option, lots of stores and cake shops and chocolate makers continue to make things easier between you and your chocolate. With an average users time spend on the internet is increasing daily and most of the transactions going online, chocolate gift packs are now available online. One can create their own box designs, chocolate shapes, fillings etc. to something as simple as buying a readymade box. Chocolate bouquets are one new trending affair; another form of creative chocolate packaging and is also available online. It’s as simple, everyone is vying for that coveted “favorite chocolatier cum cake shop” spot and have to come up with creative ways to make things easier for their customers and with the buying power and technology affinity increasing amongst the middle class Mumbai, giving them even tangible items as chocolate online is just another step towards being a successful business.