We are currently gearing up for Liv to officially finish primary school in a matter of days. Her final year in school hasn’t exactly gone to plan , so I am trying to make this immense change in her life fun and memorable. When the opportunity to work on a Morse Toad chocolate review landed in my inbox, it inspired me to create and end of year treat. It can be so hard to find fun, meaningful and unique gifts packed, but everyone loves chocolate right?
Read on to find out more about Morse Toad and enter the giveaway for your chance to win a £20 voucher to spend on chocolate gifts!
Morse Toad offer a smorgasbord of chocolate gift ideas on their site that can be personalised to suit a range of occasions. Whether you are looking for a personal gift, ideas for wedding favours or a unique way to promote your business, definitely say it with chocolate!
There are several gift formats to choose from, including: personalised chocolate with a wooden photo frame, chocolate cards, create your own hamper and more. Adding a keepsake is a wonderful idea, that will last much longer than the chocolate message!
It was a great opportunity to design a gift for Liv to commemorate the beginning of a new chapter… I know she will love it, I’m just hoping she will share with me!
It may look like just a photo in a wooden frame, but the Morse Toad Chocolate Memory Box (priced from £12.25) is so much more! Carefully open the box to reveal a personalised message printed in chocolate (22, 33 or 44 characters), with the option of adding your own message to the box lid. Choose an image to feature on the box lid (optional – £1.75) and add a wooden frame (optional £3.95) to make the box even more special.
Made from premium Belgium milk chocolate (nom nom), the chocolate is also gluten free, Halal certified, Kosher certified and vegetarian and contains no alcohol. Making the chocolate gift choices perfect for a range ages and dietary requirements.
This really is such a lovely gift idea to give… and even better to receive! Treat post has certainly cheered us up through lockdown and what better treat post than chocolate! Tell someone you are missing them and thinking of them with a yummy edible treat!
There are several delivery options available, starting from £2.95 for Royal Mail First Class – I plumped for this option and was pleasantly surprised when it arrived 2 days later. This may not always be the case, so if you do want your gift to arrive sooner, Tracked 24 and 48 hour delivery options are a consideration.
The site is very user friendly, with the ability to go back and change selections or messages, alongside checking your message is spelt correctly. When you reach the checkout point, you will be given the option of adding reasonably priced extras such as the chocolate hearts (pictured), smiley faced biscuits and cake in a mug mixes.
The photo frame is such a wonderful keepsake gift, the only problem occurs when trying to find just one image to include! You can choose from landscape or portrait forms, just make sure the picture is high quality for printing! The wooden frame itself is sturdy and can be stood up, however as you can see from the image above, the box can also be hung on a wall with or without the frame.
If you know someone who would really appreciate a personalised chocolate gift delivery, this is definitely your go-to site! I don’t know why I haven’t considered chocolate gifts before, but I shall definitely be ordering more for future occasions. Such a fun gift to give that you know will be enjoyed! Morse Toad is such a fabulous personalised gift site and the story behind the company is heartwarming, you can find out more about the Lymington (New Forest) based company and the lovely people involved here.
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204 comments
A very awful pair of rainbow coloured baggy trousers when I was 12
A pair of men’s gloves in size extra large!
A maternity blouse when I wasn’t even pregnant
twister – i was (am) an only child
My parents had friends who always gifted me as if I was a boy. My sister would get girly presents that were things she liked, but for some reason every year they refused to get me anything similar (despite mum dropping hints that I’d like that) and I’d get tomboy presents.
Some chocolates that were out of date by a year. Thanks for the chance to win these would make a lovely gift for someone.
A loo roll holder
It would have to be a back scrubber for me
Some PJs that were waay to small for me
It would have to be a man’s woolly hat!
umberella that was bent
A tie dye t-shirt!
Perfume that smelled awful!
When you hope for chocolates and perfume and I got a new set of saucepans
My Dad gave me a tyre for my car as a birthday present. Whilst it was very useful it wasn’t really what I was hoping for!!
As a child I was desperate for a tv of my own to put in my bedroom. On Christmas morning I was presented with a large square tv shaped box. I could hardly contain my excitement only to rip off the wrapping paper to find a typewriter!
I once got a car given for a birthday present it was an old banger tied up with rope . I was going to learn to drive . It out me right off
a saucepan!
Toilet roll with crossword solver on !!
a pair of rubber gloves!!!
A pack of knickers
A Bag of used VHS tapes for giving a person a lift
A shrug that looked like a large picnic blanket
An iron.
A really ugly pair of moccasins with fake native American embroidery on the top!
a cape and some green tights
a set of pans
Fake perfume – CaCa Chanel – I kid you not!
A scarf, that smelt really strongly of smoke
One of those hideous crocheted doll loo roll holders
A set of scales.
A pack of ginger biscuits (I hate them)
my worst present was chocolate with nuts in it – im allergic to nuts lmao
A clock with ” The Worlds Best Mother ” on it .
My husband got me a mug in the shape of a male appendage for Christmas, I was fuming.
some toilet roll although it does,nt go wrong
a car bin from my ex mother in law!
Skin whitening cream
a perfume I really didn’t like!
A plain black dress from an ex boyfriend which was too big
My mum gave me a wooden painted cockerel peg rail for my kitchen towels to hang from. Our tastes aren’t the same.
A petticoat and vest for a 4 year old when I was 11
Lenny Henry annual.
A bottle of Lambrini . . . can’t stand the stuff!
I received an out of date diary
A puzzle of beans on toast
Undrinkable wine!
A russian style hat that was too big for my head – I looked like a beefeater
Some kettle descaler
Soap on a rope
Hair clippers for valentines day… because he wanted me to cut his hair!
The worst gift I ever received was a pair of tights with a hole in one of the legs!
Worst present Man U socks (I’m a burnley fan)
A very bright orange hairband – I wasn’t sure what I was supposed to do with it
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The spare tyre I received for Valentines, didn’t go down too well either
A scrubbing brush!
A table cloth when we didn’t own a table
A bucket and sponge
An ornament from Egypt, it was so awful, I still have it now for the comedy factor haha.
a pink bobbly jumper!!
My worst gift has to be a glass ornament of a 3D fish with a very open mouth! It was scary!
Why do people always bring you tea towels from holidays haha
A garden gnome riding a tortoise and it wasn’t even painted
A recipe bok, nothing wrong with that, but it had been well used with good stains on some of the pages to prove it
A book which was titled ‘how to craft with cat fur’
My firend gave me a balaclava for christmas, because I told her how cold me head kept getting, I was actually hinting for a furry hat !!
A pair of knitted arm warmers when I’m allergic to wool..
a bottle of perfume from my MIL that was already half used!
My now estranged husband gave me some mud flaps for my car our first christmas together, I should have ran for the hills then!
Some pj’s for Christmas that were a size 22 I’m a ten haha
A Xmas gift was a spray for cleaning the grime off the glass door of a wood burning stove
A vacuum cleaner for christmas from my husband!
A wall plaque from my boyfriend
my mother in law bought us a toilet one year for xmas
An ugly white mug with Tesco written in blue across it. The worst thing though was the coffee stains at the bottom.
Coffee beans when I had no grinder or coffee machine
some nail polish that had clearly been used
Vests. Not what a child wants for Christmas…
A cd for a band i’d never even heard of
Has to be a plain white shirt that was the wrong size for me
Ah, theres no such thing as a bad prezzie – its the thought that counts 😀
Worst gift I ever received = make-up from crackers at my friend’s Christmas party.
A white chipboard desk when I was 13 – I was desperate for a solid wooden writing desk! I cried! But now I’m an adult & understand the cost of things I get why!
a plastic toilet brush and holder for christmas
My worst present was some plastic clothes covers that you hang clothes and garments in, like plastic dust covers. Not something I was too impressed by, but grateful for the thought that was given to it and grateful that I had been given a present at all.
Pumice stone
My husband gave me an iron for my birthday because mine had broken and he didn’t want me to get behind with his laundry!
A pair of psychedelic print, multi coloured hideous leggings!
I got a bath set which had a big yellow sticker on it which stated this contains formaldehyde
Tea towels
A really expensive huge box of Hotel Chocolat chocolates, all of them dark, and I DESPISE dark chocolate
When I was 16 my mum bought me a hideous suit for christmas. It was a 3 piece suit with a skirt, a jacket and a necktie. The skirt came to just above ankle length and it was like a sack no shape, the jacket had shoulder pads and the neck tie was a weird crimpled material. The whole thing was a bright blue. with red piping and details. It was the most foulest thing ever. Did I mention it was the 90’s so it wasn’t in fashion in the slightest and I was a goth!. She was really pleased with it and kept trying to get me to wear it – I dumped it in a charity shop ASAP
Anti-aging cream when I was 20!
Some pyjamas from my mother in law that were 4 sizes too big
A set of saucepans
SHOE INNER SOLES, AND THEY WERE 4 SIZES TOO SMALL!
A pair of £1 socks from my bro and his family when I spent over £100 on their family, felt like a bit of a smack in the face, regardless of their financial situation – I’d been saving all year! They didn’t even put any thought or imagination into it!!
I got some bed socks once. They weren’t even the right size.
an iron!
I once got a sock for Christmas from my sister. I got the other one for my birthday 3 months later.
Bright pink plastic flowers xx
Socks in a mug
Christmas toiletries (January birthday) and the gift bag had my friends name on it! She just regifted her christmas present!
My worst present was probably no present, my mother use to tell me my birthday was too near Christmas so one year I got birthday presents one year I got Christmas. So every second year it was nothing.
My Great Aunt gave me a bedjacket for my 16th birthday. As if that wasn’t bad enough, it was home made. She’d used an old brushed nylon sheet, with the brushed surface outside except for one of the sleeves that she’d inserted the wrong way, with the shiny side out. And it was lined, to make it cosy, with one of my Great Uncle’s old shirts – complete with sweat stains under the armpits!
cherry scented bath gel set, the smell was so sickly sweet
When I was eight an aunt gave me her old clothes as “dressing up” clothes for my birthday. They were so hideous they weren’t even suitable for that!
Socks
A man united shirt when I support Liverpool
Someone gave me one of those ball things that you attach to your car aerial so you can find your car in a busy carpark.
My ex-boyfriends parents bought me a high neck blouse & very long skirt as a Christmas present. I was 19 at the time & usually used to wear jeans & a t-shirt but they were very religious & obviously thought I needed to be more modest!
nothing springs to mind as particularly awful – but I do remember a blue top I was once given and the colour and style REALLY didn’t suit me.
A schrub to put in my garden, however the leaves were dead and the roots as well. I couldn’t have saved it no matter what I did. I’m not sure how the person that gift it to me though it was a good present
Love this
Loving reading some of these comment – socks aren’t that bad! My dad once got me a mini fire extinguisher for Christmas… I was about 17! That same year he got my mum a toilet seat. Not sure what was going through his head that year! He won’t be getting the chocolates if I win 😉
A nursery rhyme musical gift from my Aunt and Uncle when I was a teenager! I was gobsmacked as I am older then their children.
I got dumped on my birthday- does that count!
An ex bought me cleaning products for my birthday. He didn’t last very long.
A bin
When I was little I did receive a bag of Brussels sprouts for Christmas from my uncle
some sweets i was allergic to!
A set of kitchen sponges from my aunty!
I was wished sent a happy birthday text from a parent. It wasn’t my birthday (it was a month before).
Make up, when I dont wear it – ever!
I once received a second-hand library book as a joke 😀
I was once given a talking Barbie hairbrush by a distant family member when I was about 16 – obviously forgot how old I was!!
A bunch of tulips that were half dead
A personalised bracelet with my name spelt wrong. This was from a family friend who had known me since a baby…
A bright pink passport holder, I hate pink!
Those chocolates filled with alcohol that show up at Christmas – yuck!
A football – i hate football
A pair of commemorative glasses celebrating the wedding of Prince Charles and Diana.. gifted to me in 2018….
A weight loss aide from my ex husband when i hadnt even expressed an interest in losing weight
I genuinely can’t think of one!
I was given a little gardening gift set which was really cute, but not only do I not garden, I don’t actually have a garden.
A clown puppet doll when i was 13….. not a nice one either, more of a horror film prop!
I got a pair of second-hand slippers that had blood on the inside of them!
I got a bright pink, fully sequinned dress. Because it was a gift from my grandparents I felt I had to wear it at least once – I looked like a very bright, disco ball!
Some sweets which tasted awful
A years supply of pink marigold gloves!
some socks
Toilet rolls
A hideous battery-operated plastic model of the Sphinx that had red flashing eyes when you turned it on, then the body flashed, then the eyes and the body both flashed on and off in a pattern.
A packet of potpourri and a cracked plate to put it on that came out of their cupboard!
A selection of Japanese candy which was disgusting.
Neon orange leggings with matching hairband
A really horrible smelling candle
A pack of nappy sacks! It was a birthday present – to this day I have no idea what the giver was thinking. I had no children, no plans for children and I wasn’t even in a relationship.
Shoes that were too small. Stupidly I wore them and now have a corn. Ouch
hair curlers, they were just not very good!
A bin
A t-shirt that was literally 2 sizes too small
A whoopee cushion that didn’t work!
A plastic tea caddy and I don’t even drink tea
A caricature of myself – it was horrendous, he even got the matching mug too!
a now ex boyfriend bought me a plastic washing up bowl with all the extras inside, like a cloth, scrubbers etc – it did come wrapped in that hard plastic with a nylon ribbon and, just as a finishing touch, he had stuck a xmas bow thing on the top. his mam had suggested the gift – don’t know if she was just very practical, or if she hated me?
an electric blanket for my 21st
A mans jumper – I’m a woman – this was in the 80’s too when unisex clothes weren’t as common – definitely manly, just to make it worse it was from my husband – now ex I’m glad to say x
It sounds ungrateful, but driving lessons for my 17th birthday. I knew I needed to learn to drive, but I was not looking forward to it!
I once received a half used toiletry set from my friend. The worst thing was the fact that I actually bought this same gift for her birthday a few months before mine, so not only did she re-gift it back to me, she had half used it too!! hahaha
A wine making kit which I received early this year.. I don’t drink. But I suppose I could get it made, ready for my friend when she can visit again.
A box of chocolates… that had already been opened.
An empty box
My nan once gave me a diary/calendar set for Christmas, but it wasn’t for the next year or even the current year, it was for the year before.
A horrible woolly jumper
my nan gave me a dress that old people wear. it was old, frilly, lacey and covered in flowers
I don’t think I have every received a bad gift to be honest!
It would be a mug that I didn’t really want and wanted somthing else.
Bath Salts
When I was in primary school a friend bought me a rock. Not the sweet, just a rock
Slippers which were three sizes too small!
Anti wrinkle cream
Sunglasses – I wear glasses!
Secret santa – a bag of potato peel with the label next big thing in make up
I frequently get bottles of wine as gifts despite frequently telling my family and friends I don’t drink!
A coffee machine from my husband was my worst because I drink tea.
A celery vase ,with a very scary face
An umbrella 🙁
A Rubiks Cube. So annoying!
A pen!
A used bottle of perfume
Well my sister once bought me NOTHING for Christmas. I had to sit and watch everyone else open their presents. Apparently she thought it was funny when my Mum rang her on Boxing Day and asked why she had done it. The day after she turned up with a calendar which was half-price of a football team. Which wouldn’t have been so bad but I’ve supported the same team for over 30+ years and that wasn’t the right one and she knew it lol.
Some novelty socks, which turned out to be men’s (and I’m a woman!).
Some saucepans haha from my partner he’s lucky he didn’t get one round his head
An automatic garlic chopper!
A cheap tea towel for my birthday!
a pair of thick woolly tights which is something i’ve never ever worn.
A pair of rubber gloves with fur around the top. They were a work secret santa so I have no idea who was responsible! 🙂
A mop for my 18th birthday by my then boyfriend. He didn’t last long!
A basket with pot pouring in it and a gift label addressed to someone else
I had an empty desighner shoe box and i was verry diaaponited!
a type writer as joint present with my sister.
A packet of Fruit Pastilles, & I’m sure there was one missing from the end of the packet!
a pizza cutter haha
10 baking trays all the same size x
A potato peeler!
a trainspotting book
Hello, for me it would be a vest I got for my birthday.
A china ornament with honey in it.
My ex’s Aunty brought the weirdest gifts, one year l had an apron and another l had ironing boiard cover l think that was my worst
A block of cheese
Sexy underwear as an overweight, awkward 11 year old from my aunty In front of the whole extended family.
A turkey baster
Socks from my then wife.
Ashtray, decades ago, I don’t smoke,, never been a smoker.