MELODY LAN is a member of THE NIBBLE editorial staff.

The Cocoa Room:
Green Chocolate-Covered Sunflower Seeds

Addictive is an understatement when describing these sweet and crunchy chocolate-covered sunflower seeds from The Cocoa Room. Festive in a candy dish, these intensely chocolaty sunflower seeds are a casual snack as well as a garnish for elegant desserts. Green is perfect for Saint Patrick’s Day, but you can choose from a rainbow of colors in stylish, clear box that also makes a great party favor or leprechaun’s stocking-stuffer.

• Chocolate-Covered Sunflower Seeds
  4-Ounce Box
  $6.00
  8-Ounce Box
  $10.00
  12-Ounce Box
  $16.00

TheCocoaRoom.com

Recchiuti Confections:
Green Box

The Green Box by top chocolatier Michael Recchiuti offers delectable chocolates infused with herbs, tea and spices. The signature Burnt Caramel chocolate, one of our favorite sweets from this chocolatier, with its seductive, smokey undertones, is also included. A sophisticated gift for St. Patrick’s day, but a year-round delight. Read our review of Recchiuti Confections, a NIBBLE Top Pick Of The Week.

• Green Box
  8 Pieces
  $22.00

RecchiutiConfections.com

South Bend Chocolate: Irish Crunch

Whether or not you’re Irish, we think you’ll want to celebrate St. Paddy’s Day when you taste the crispy, sweet mix of South Bend’s Irish Crunch. This irresistible blend of caramel corn, chocolate morsels and candied almonds comes lightly tossed in aromatic mint oil. A wonderful snack, a festive gift and an innovative dessert topping (on ice cream, cake and cupcake icing, pudding), Irish Crunch will satisfy your sweet-tooth, and make you wish Saint Patrick’s Day wasn’t only once a year.

• Gift Bag
  16-Ounce Bag
  $9.99

SBChocolate.com

Divine Delights:
Shamrock Petit Fours

These adorable shamrock-decorated petit fours are great with Irish coffee or a good cup of Irish tea. The bite-sized Guittard chocolate-enrobed cakes have a bit of tasty almond paste mixed into the cake batter. Our favorite is the chocolate cake layered with mint buttercream and bittersweet truffle cream; the cream-colored piece with its vanilla and chocolate cake, mint buttercream and bittersweet truffle cream is a close second.

• Petit Fours
  1 Dozen
  $33.95
  2 Dozen
  $47.95
  35-Piece Assortment
  $57.95

DivineDelights.com

Eleni’s Cookies:
Shamrock Cookies

Tasting as good as they look, recipients will feel like they’ve found the pot of gold. Send them as a gift, serve them at tea parties or pack them in lunches for a special St. Paddy’s Day treat. Read our review of Eleni’s Cookies, a NIBBLE Top Pick Of The Week.

• 18 Hand-Iced Sugar Cookies
  $45.00

Debrito Chocolate:
Mint Chip Caramel Apple

Every holiday, we look forward to placing a large order for Debrito’s special caramel apples. We love these gorgeous, jumbo apples with their complex layers of flavors and textures. Made with enormous Granny Smith apples from Washington state, the St. Patrick’s Day apple is enrobed in a smooth, rich caramel, then coated with Guittard’s green mint and semi-sweet chocolate chips. It’s a great gift with its beautiful fabric bow and festive packaging, but these apples are so delicious we always save some for ourselves. Read our full review of Debrito’s Caramel Apples.

• Mint Chip Caramel Apple
  $10.00

DebritoChocolate.com