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Chocolate Boxes
Custom chocolate Boxes produced to your size and substrate, with printing and finishing handled in one run.
- Minimum order
- 100 units
- Production
- 3–5 business days
- Construction
- folding carton
- Delivery
- US, UK, Canada, Australia
No obligation
Price this format
Name, email, phone and what you are packing and the volumes you run. Attach artwork if you have it. We reply with a specification and a written price, usually within one business day.
What chocolate boxes have to cope with
Chocolate Boxes hold individual chocolates seated in a fitted tray, where presentation on opening is the product. That is the starting point for the specification, because the cavity insert is the real product. Chocolate is soft enough that a loose cavity scuffs the surface before it breaks anything.
In service they are used for gifting and counter sales where the box is opened in front of the recipient.
Where chocolate boxes are actually used
Chocolate Boxes are specified for gifting and counter sales where the box is opened in front of the recipient. The cavity insert is the real product. Chocolate is soft enough that a loose cavity scuffs the surface before it breaks anything.
- Gifting and counter sales where the box is opened in front of the recipient
- Shelf display in specialty retail
- Subscription and gift sets
- E-commerce inner packaging
The substrate for chocolate boxes
A rigid or heavy folding carton outer with a separate cavity insert. The insert can be a lighter board since it carries no load.
The options we would consider for this format are below; the cavity insert is the real product. Chocolate is soft enough that a loose cavity scuffs the surface before it breaks anything.
- 12pt SBS paperboard
- 14pt SBS paperboard
- 16pt SBS paperboard
- 18pt kraft board
- recycled CCNB board
Printing chocolate boxes
Soft-touch lamination is the finish that changes how a chocolate box reads in the hand, and it survives handling better than foil at this size.
Offset lithography, Digital press, Flexography are all available for this format. Run length usually decides which is cheapest: digital removes the plate cost on short quantities, offset and flexo overtake it at volume.
Finishing chocolate boxes
Soft-touch lamination is the finish that changes how a chocolate box reads in the hand, and it survives handling better than foil at this size.
Finishes are costed one at a time because each is a separate operation — that way you can see which one is carrying the price.
- Gloss lamination
- Matte lamination
- Soft-touch lamination
- Spot UV
- Foil stamping
- Embossing
- Debossing
- Aqueous coating
Sizing chocolate boxes
Driven by piece count and grid: a 12-piece run is typically 7 × 5 × 1¼ in, a 24-piece 9 × 7 × 1¼ in.
Send the contents rather than a box size. Buyers design the outer first and the insert last, when the insert grid is what actually sets the outer dimensions.
Holding chocolate boxes before service
Pieces migrate between cavities in transit and arrive against each other, scuffed and out of their grid.
Paperboard also absorbs moisture from the air until it equalises with its surroundings. If stock sits more than about six weeks in unconditioned space, a moisture-resistant coating is worth its small premium.
Getting artwork press-ready
Supply artwork on the dieline we send you, with 3 mm bleed past every trim edge and all text held 4 mm inside the fold lines.
Supply a print-ready PDF or vector file with fonts outlined and images at 300 dpi. Our prepress team checks every file before a proof is issued. The check that catches most files is type sitting too close to a crease, which is easier to move at layout than at proof.
How an order runs
Start with dimensions and quantity. If you already run something similar, a physical sample tells us more in a minute than a specification does in a page.
You approve the quote, we send the dieline, prepress proofs it, and production follows. The proof stage is where changes are still free.
What buyers get wrong with chocolate boxes
Buyers design the outer first and the insert last, when the insert grid is what actually sets the outer dimensions.
The rest of these come up often enough across the format to be worth stating plainly.
- Specifying board weight without saying how hot or greasy the contents are.
- Forgetting that a pack carried at an angle in a courier bag behaves differently to one on a counter.
- Choosing a vented lid for a dish that needs to stay hot, or a sealed one for a dish that needs to stay crisp.
- Ordering a year of stock that then sits through a humid summer.
Sampling before you order
A plain structural sample is the cheapest way to find a fit problem — far cheaper than finding it across a full run.
Sample costs are normally credited against the production order.
Reference
Chocolate Boxes at a specification level
| Product | Chocolate Boxes |
|---|---|
| Category | Custom Food Packaging |
| Construction | Die-cut, creased and seam-glued |
| Board thickness | 12pt – 18pt depending on product weight |
| Ships as | Flat-packed, glued one seam |
| Materials | 12pt SBS paperboard, 14pt SBS paperboard, 16pt SBS paperboard, 18pt kraft board |
| Printing | Offset lithography, Digital press, Flexography |
| Finishes | Gloss lamination, Matte lamination, Soft-touch lamination, Spot UV, Foil stamping |
| Minimum order | Minimum order is 100 units on any format, and unit cost falls sharply as the quantity rises. |
| Lead time | 3 to 5 business days after artwork approval |
| Shipping | Across the US, UK, Canada and Australia |
Specification builder
Specify Chocolate Boxes in under a minute
Set what you know, leave the rest. Everything here travels with your request, so nothing gets retyped.
- 100-unit minimum
- 3–5 day production
- Free dieline
- No obligation
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In practice
Where this holds up on a line
Sized to the contents
Driven by piece count and grid: a 12-piece run is typically 7 × 5 × 1¼ in, a 24-piece 9 × 7 × 1¼ in.
The failure we design out
Pieces migrate between cavities in transit and arrive against each other, scuffed and out of their grid.
Where it is used
Specified for gifting and counter sales where the box is opened in front of the recipient.
What decides the job
The cavity insert is the real product. Chocolate is soft enough that a loose cavity scuffs the surface before it breaks anything.
This format sits in our custom food packaging range, alongside 33 other made-to-order formats.
Answers
Chocolate Boxes: questions buyers ask
Specification, minimums and lead times for chocolate boxes.
Do I design the box or the insert first?
The insert. The cavity grid sets the internal dimensions and the outer follows from it. Doing it the other way round usually leaves cavities slightly loose, and loose chocolate scuffs.
Are these food-contact compliant?
We specify food-contact compliant boards and inks where the pack touches food directly. Tell us whether contact is direct or through a liner for chocolate boxes, because it changes which stocks are available to you.
How do you stop grease showing through?
A grease-resistant coating or a greaseproof liner. Untreated board will always strike through eventually with hot, oily food — that is a property of the material rather than a quality fault, and it is inexpensive to design out.
Do chocolate boxes arrive flat or assembled?
Flat and glued along one seam, so they pop open on your packing line. That keeps freight cost down considerably compared with a pre-assembled structure.
What file format should I send artwork in?
A print-ready PDF or a vector file, with fonts outlined and any raster images at 300 dpi at final size. We supply the dieline to design onto, and prepress checks bleed, safe area and crease clearance before issuing a proof. The dieline we supply carries the crease positions, so keeping type clear of a crease is easier to solve at layout than at proof.
What is the minimum order for chocolate boxes?
A flat 100 units on any format. Most folding cartons in this range are quoted from 100 units upward because unit cost falls sharply above that, but the minimum exists so you can validate a structure first.
How long do chocolate boxes take to produce?
3 to 5 business days after artwork approval, plus freight. Folding carton runs with applied finishes can take longer because each finish is a separate pass, and we confirm a firm date in writing with the quote.
What do chocolate boxes cost?
Prices start from $0.30 per piece for large-volume orders. For this format the biggest levers are quantity, print route, board grade and how many finishing passes are involved. We quote each element separately so you can see where the money is going. Finishing passes are the lever buyers most often underestimate: each one is a separate run through the line.
Can I see a sample first?
Yes. We can send a plain unprinted sample so you can check the fit and structure, or a printed prototype for colour and finish. Sample costs are normally credited against the production order. Worth running a few through your actual line rather than checking them by hand: fill speed and hot contents find fit problems that a desk check does not.
Can you match packaging we already use?
Send the current specification or a physical sample and we will quote to match it rather than proposing an alternative you would then have to re-approve internally. Tell us the coating on the pack you are matching too. Grease and moisture resistance are not visible in a sample and they change which stocks we can quote.
Where do you deliver?
All 50 US states, the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia, on the same timeline everywhere: 3 to 5 business days of production after artwork approval, then 5 to 7 business days in transit. Every run is made to order and shipped directly to your address rather than pulled from stock, so you receive current production rather than whatever has been sitting in a warehouse. Freight is costed separately by weight, volume and destination. If stock is going into a kitchen or a service counter rather than a warehouse, tell us — case sizes that a single person can lift and store matter more there than pallet efficiency.
Can I order chocolate boxes in a custom size?
Every run is cut to your dimensions — there are no stock sizes here. Send the product measurements rather than a box size and we will build the folding carton around them, then send a dieline template you can design onto.
Next step
Quote Chocolate Boxes
Send the fill size and the volumes you run. We reply with a full specification and a written price, usually within one business day.