Eight Contemporary Christmas Chocolate Moulds for a Very Modern Festive Season
If you’re one of the many small business owners planning to embrace the minimalist trend and keep Christmas simple this year, you might be looking for ideas for your chocolate range that require as little effort as possible. Well, look no further! Here are eight of our favourite festive chocolate moulds from Chocolate World, available at Keylink, and a few ideas for creating a stylish Christmas product range with ease.
by Lyndsey Hall
30 August 2024
Have a Jolly, Hollow-y Christmas
Hollow chocolate figures make a great gift, whether you’re buying coloured and flavoured chocolate for a young niece or nephew, or single origin for a slightly more mature chocolate lover. The classic Santa Claus may be the most popular design each December, but we’ve got a couple of fun, contemporary ideas that will capture your imagination this year.
Our new magnetic Christmas Tree mould allows you to create a 3D fir tree, complete with baubles and the requisite star on top. Go traditional and spray your moulds green, paint your decorations gold or red, and add a little shimmer with sparkly creative powder. Or combine the monochrome and metallic trends with a stylish black tree and shiny baubles in your chosen shade from the Roxy & Rich Gemstone collection.
Nesting eggs were all the rage for Easter 2024, and we’re expecting nesting reindeer to be just as popular! Simply mould your bonbons using our Reindeer praline mould, decorate and mould your hollow reindeer figure, and pop the mini versions inside before sealing! It’s a quick and easy way to take your festive figures to the next level.
Still in need of a Father Christmas figure to finish off your festive range? We’ve got two versions to choose from, depending on whether you prefer a traditional style for your Saint Nick, or a sleeker, more contemporary Santa. Decorate your mould in the classic red and white colour scheme, or go bold and quirky with a variety of block colours for your customers to choose from.
Deck the Halls with Bars of Chocolate
If you send your chocolate products through the post, you’ll love our new Christmas Tree tablet mould. In a stylish, abstract design with garlands carved into the boughs, it makes the ideal gift for far-flung family and friends. Simply mould your chocolate Christmas trees in your choice of couverture, decorate however you prefer (we like using Crispearls as baubles!) and package in one of our postal packaging boxes for a delicious way to say ‘Merry Christmas!’.
Tablets and slabs are an incredibly versatile product, allowing you to showcase your craft through your choice of chocolate, flavours, fillings and inclusions. Whether you go full festive mode and create a selection of Yuletide flavoured bars, or you keep it simple and let the couverture speak for itself, or even stick to your tried-and-true range of flavours, this fir tree tablet mould is sure to stand out on your shelf this winter.
Bonbon Merrily on High
Updating your bestselling chocolate boxes for the season of giving can be as simple as swapping out a few standard flavours for more festive ones, or even just changing the look of one or two of your bonbons. That’s where our new range of chocolate praliné moulds comes in!
Can’t decide between the Reindeer and Snowman designs? Do both! Or take a leaf out of Keylink’s book and opt for the Bear mould, using white chocolate and coloured cocoa butter to create a deliciously dazzling polar bear. And, of course, there’s always the good, old-fashioned Star.
With a little imagination and a festive ribbon, giving your product range a seasonal makeover needn’t be too time-consuming or expensive.
Sustainable Chocolate: Very Mindful, Very Demure
There’s nothing better than finest quality chocolate, especially when it comes to gifting. For us, that means ethically and sustainably produced couvertures, single origin chocolate, and premium flavourings and ingredients. For your luxury gift range this year, why not keep it understated with a collection of chocolate bars, bonbons and figures that celebrates the true character of the chocolate?
A row of dark chocolate Santas from a variety of terroirs would create an eye-catching display in your chocolate shop. From a fruity Madagascan chocolate to a smoky Mexican chocolate, there’s something to suit every taste and preference. And for the vegan chocolate lover, our range features dark, vegan milk and vegan white chocolate, so everyone can enjoy a delicious treat at Christmas.
And with a large selection of sustainable, environmentally friendly packaging to protect and present your creations, 2024 could be your most stress-free festive period yet!
Find everything you need to make Christmas 2024 your most successful holiday season here at Keylink, saving you time and effort, and helping you to hit those key consumer trends. Whether you embrace the minimalist or modern nostalgia trends, or go all out with the luxe metallics or quirky trends, we’ve got everything to make your chocolate creations stand out from the crowd.
We’d love to see what you make this Christmas, tag us on social media @keylinkltd!
Lyndsey is a marketing executive, writer and lover of books and chocolate from Sheffield.
Her favourite chocolate is Cacao Barry Lactee Superieure.