My Chocolate Box

What's in the box: A hand-picked assortment of local South African and international chocolates, changing each month.

My Chocolate Box is a South African monthly chocolate subscription built around a simple idea: each month the team hand picks an assortment of local and global chocolates, packs them, and delivers them to your door. The pitch is discovery, with the promise that you will find a new favourite every month. Sign-up is described as a three step process, and the site also offers a sneak peek section, a video archive about chocolate, and a blog-style 'Inside Story' with chocolate articles. What the site does not make clear is just as important. Its main pages do not spell out prices, box sizes, how many items you get, delivery areas or costs, or how to pause or cancel, so you will need to read the terms and returns policy before committing. The footer still carries a 2016 copyright, which may simply mean the site has not been refreshed in a while, but it is worth confirming the service is actively shipping before you pay. Heat is another practical concern for chocolate deliveries in South African summers, and the site does not explain how it handles that. If you enjoy trying a mix of familiar and imported brands without hunting for them yourself, the concept is appealing. Just get your questions answered first.