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For anyone watching ingredients or allergens across a full household, check the detail printed on each product rather than assuming what is and is not suitable. The cocoa is sourced through Cocoa Horizons and the company is a member of Origin Green, with production held to BRC Grade A+ standard, for those who like to know where a gift has come from.
A word on provenance for anyone who cares where a gift comes from: the cocoa is sourced through Cocoa Horizons, and the company is a member of Origin Green, with production held to BRC Grade A+ standard. For allergens or ingredient questions, check the detail on each product rather than guessing.
The first argument is simply that chocolate lasts. Flowers are beautiful for a few days and then gone. A boxed selection stays, gets shared, and gives the pleasure of choosing across an evening rather than being admired once and then wilting on the windowsill. For a gift meant to say something, lasting a little longer is no bad thing.
Roses have carried Valentine's Day for so long that they have become almost automatic, which is exactly the problem. A dozen red roses is a safe gift, but a safe gift is rarely a memorable one. They also have a short life, look identical to what half the street received, and are often marked up sharply for the one day. A Easter chocolate hamper collection sidesteps all of that.
The third thing is the address and the message. A gift sent to a workplace needs to arrive on a day the recipient is in. A gift to a home is safer if someone is likely to be there, though a boxed selection left in a porch will come to no harm in cold weather. Adding a written message at the point of ordering means the gift arrives ready to give rather than needing a separate card.
Valentine's does not have to mean roses. A collection chosen for the person often says more.