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February Selections - A Love Affair
A Love Affair by BASIK Chocolates — February Selections 2026
Aside from our own personal anecdotes, we’ve collated a few stories from friends, families and strangers about their first dates. We wanted to pick the oddest moment of the bunch - the classic debate of all date nights -- “Should we order dessert?”
History tends to repeat itself. We noticed an increase in the return of an old gastronomy classic - circa 2010 — Lemon Ash. It takes other forms like Citrus Ash (Limes, Yuzu and even Mandarins), it’s a way of intensifying the citrus as a spice by drying it out an extremely low temperature (often in the back of the oven) over an entire day, to the point it looks brown and dried out. This is then blitzed into a powder and is often re-hydrated into Curds, Cheesecakes and all sorts of other plated desserts.
Now thanks to one of our favourite suppliers that specialises in curating speciality Japanese produce, The Good Grub Hub — we recently received a small and carefully curated range of Citrus based ingredients - one being a Sudachi Lime Ash all the way from Japan. A hybrid of Lemon Curd, Cheesecake and Lemon Crisp all into one!
Our second combination is inspired by the classics - Dark Chocolate coated Strawberries…Obviously with a BASIK Chocolates twist. First we’re using a rich balsamic for our Strawberry ‘jam’ paired up with a light and herbaceous milk chocolate ganache with Freeze-Dried Basil.
Our final combination is something simple but oh so beautiful…it does indeed leave you gliding on your sole: Olive Oil & Sea Salt. A delicate White Chocolate Couverture Shell filled with a water-based ganache with a beautiful first-pressed Extra Virgin Olive Oil made with Aberquena Olives & a lightly smoked White Chocolate finished with a beautiful touch of Fleur De Sel from Brittany, France.
Do you remember that dessert? - Sudachi Lime Ash Curd & Dehydrated GF Vanilla Sponge
I ran out of the Ideas - Balsamic Strawberry Pate de Fruit & Freeze-Dried Basil
The Sole Glider - Olive Oil, Smoked White Chocolate & Sea Salt
Allergens: This product contains Eggs, Milk, Soy, Nuts (Almonds) & Tree Nuts. May contain traces of Gluten, other Nuts & Tree Nuts.
A Love Affair — February Selections 2026 includes:
Nine (9) pieces of the above bonbons, pralines and truffles, Three (3) of each.
Tasting Card/Ingredients List
BASIK Narrative Experience
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Ingredients List: Dark Chocolate Couverture ((Cocoa Mass (Minimum 60%), Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Soy Lecithin, Natural Vanilla), Milk Chocolate Couverture ((Minimum Cocoa 38%), Sugar, Cocoa Mass, Cocoa Butter, Whole Milk Powder, Skimmed Milk Powder, Emulsifier: Soy Lecithin, Natural Vanilla), White Chocolate Couverture ((Min. Cocoa 36%) Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Skimmed Milk Powder, Anhydrous Milk Fat, Soy Lecithin, Natural Vanilla), Gold Chocolate Couverture ((White Chocolate with Caramel (Min. Cocoa 35%) Cocoa Butter, Sugar, Whole Milk Powder, Milk Sugar, Whey Powder (Milk), Skimmed Milk Powder, Caramelised Sugar (2%), Soy Lecithin, Natural Vanilla, Salt.), Caster Sugar, Strawberry Puree, Cocoa Butter, Thickened Cream (35%), Unsalted Butter, Almonds (origin: Australia), Sorbitol (E420), Dextrose, Glucose (E965), Fresh Strawberries, Aberquena Olive Oil (origin: Spain), Dehydrated GF Vanilla Sponge (Gluten-Free Self Raising Flour, Unsalted Butter, Caster Sugar, Eggs, Baking Powder, Bourbon Vanilla Bean (origin: Tonga)), Balsamic Vinegar (origin: Italy), Sudachi Lime Ash Powder (origin: Japan), Inverted Sugar (E414), Freeze-Dried Basil Powder, Fleur De Sel (sea salt, origin: France), Bourbon Vanilla Bean (origin: Tonga), Tahitian Vanilla Bean (origin: Tahiti), Yellow Pectin, Citric Acid.
Colours: Colours E((122), (102) (133), (124), (171), (132), (129*), (120), (173), (132).
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Storage: Please store in a cool and dry area at ambient temperature recommended: 15°C to 19°C. It isn’t recommended to store it in a fridge, however if you need to, please keep the wrapped up or stored in an airtight container. If stored in a fridge, consume within 7-10 days of receiving your chocolate.
Freezing: Alternatively, you can vacuum seal them into an airtight container and freeze it. This stops the flavours from degrading over time and to avoid spoilage. When ready to consume remove from freezer and place into fridge to come up to temperature slowly then remove from fridge 30 minutes earlier prior to eating.
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BASIK Chocolates will not be able to provide a guarantee on the quality or safety of your products if sent to a PO Box or Parcel Locker. As such, we will not be accepting any orders with a PO Box or Parcel Locker. Apologies for any inconvenience but we just want your chocolates to arrive safely and for you to enjoy them in the best possible way!