A printed paper envelope for one chocolate bar, folded from paperboard or cardstock with a flap closure. It goes flat into a gift bag, a wedding favor basket or onto a hotel pillow. No box needed, really.
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Does a single bar really need a box? We’d say no, a lot of the time. A flat bar or a handful of thin squares sits happily in something closer to a greeting card than a carton, and that’s what our chocolate envelopes are, a printed paper sleeve with a flap that makes a plain bar feel like you’re handing someone a little letter (wedding planners love that bit, so do hotels and small chocolatiers).
There’s a practical side. They’re thin. They drop into a card or mailer, and the flat front is begging for a message.
Most of what we make is for the regular bar, which in our experience runs about 6 by 3 inches and somewhere between a quarter and half an inch thick, so that’s our go-to pocket size. Napolitains and thin squares get a smaller envelope. Sometimes we cut a little window so the foil shows through.
Wrap first. Pretty much everyone foils the bar or seals it in an inner wrap before it goes into the printed envelope, and we’d tell you to do the same.
Then there’s fit, and it’s fussier than people think, because if the pocket’s loose the bar just slides out the open end in your customer’s bag, and if it’s tight you end up snapping the chocolate while pushing it in. So we measure your wrapped bar and add a few millimeters. Closures? A tuck flap is the easy one, a seal tab works, or a string and button if you want it to look a bit old fashioned.
We usually print these on SBS paperboard or a thicker cardstock. Both take ink nicely and the folds come out sharp. Bean-to-bar people tend to ask for kraft, they like that brown, made-by-hand look. Uncoated textured stock feels gorgeous in the hand, to be fair, but it picks up every fingerprint, and on a gift that’s a bit annoying.
Gold foil on the name. That’s the classic chocolate move and we’re not going to argue with it. We’ve also embossed cacao pods across the front, and once a monogram, and soft-touch lamination makes it feel velvety. A window’s handy when the inner wrap is worth showing off.
Events and holidays, mostly. Picture a wedding favor with the couple’s names on the flap, or a Valentine’s bar with a short note tucked inside, or the chocolate a hotel leaves on your pillow at turndown. Office gifts in December, posted along with a card. And because the thing’s flat it goes in a normal mailer, which costs a lot less to send than a boxed assortment does.
Doing a mix? Some customers put truffles in our small chocolate boxes and keep the bars in envelopes, then stand a row of envelopes up at the till in a chocolate display box. Not sure on size? Our envelope sizes guide runs through the usual formats.
You send us the size of your wrapped bar plus your artwork. Or a rough idea scribbled on a napkin, honestly that’s fine too. Our design team builds the dieline and lays out the art for free and then you get a digital proof to look over, and if you’d like to test the fit with actual chocolate before the big run, ask for a physical sample.
On quantity, our minimums are often around 50 depending on the style, and the price per piece goes down as you order more. Production’s normally 10 to 12 business days once you approve the proof. Ground shipping in the USA is free. Valentine’s deadline? Tell us early, we’ll talk rush. There’s more in our chocolate packaging range, or just ask for a quote.
We’d say yes. Foil or a sealed wrap keeps the bar fresh and clean, the printed envelope is just the pretty outer layer.
We wouldn’t. Chocolate melts in a hot sorting van or cracks under a pile of parcels, so pop the envelope in a padded or boxed mailer, July especially.
Sure is. We keep the cutout clear of the folds so the envelope doesn’t go floppy, and your foil wrap peeks through.
Not sure which size you need? Our guide to chocolate box sizes lists the common ones and how to measure.
Brands ordering these often look at custom small chocolate boxes, custom snap lock boxes and custom auto lock bottom boxes as well. You can see the full range in chocolate packaging.
