Thorntons

If you’re ever stuck for something to give around Christmas, Easter, birthdays, halloween, Ramadan (no wait… scratch that last), then this is the place to go. They always have some brilliant chocolatey gifts, from tiny lollipop kinda confectionary to massive eggs and boxed collections, and although I’m a great fan of Galaxy, Lindtt and Cadbury’s (now Craft, unfortunately), I’ve always rather rated Thornton’s chocolate. I guess it’s the fact that you’ll only ever go here once in a while and it comes in lots of neat shapes and sizes depending on the season, whereas the other companies chuck out the same old crap year in, year out. Ooh, and they do personalised stuff, too, which is a great touch.