How to put together a get well soon hamper

Surprise your loved one when they’re feeling under the weather: send them a get well hamper filled with treats

Life’s no fun when you’re feeling peaky. If you have a family member or friend who is under the weather, why not raise their spirits with a rather special treat — a get well soon hamper.

Packed with all the best treats for a week snuggled up in bed, you’ll make them over the moon with this thoughtful token of your love.

Either make your own hamper, filled with extra personal goodies or send an expertly curated hamper straight to their door. Here are our tips and recommendations for each of these options…

Creating the perfect hamper

Everyone loves a bit of downtime and a few lazy days in bed. But when you’re ill, the boredom sets in pretty quickly.

How can you concentrate on a sick-day film or read your book when your nose is stuffy, tears are streaming, and your head feels like it’s packed with cotton wool?

It goes without saying, but it’s hard to feel restful and relaxed when you can only think about how groggy you feel.

But there’s a way to make it easy for your loved one to take it easy. Packed with all their favourite treats and get well soon pick-me-ups, sending a get well hamper to your poorly pal will brighten their day like nothing else.

If you’re making your own hamper, here’s what we would include…

Making a get well hamper

A get well soon hamper should include a range of goodies that can be enjoyed by your friend while they’re tucked up in bed, feeling out of sorts, or a little blue.

Avoid anything that could displease their taste buds or requires a lot of energy and focus. Now is the time for comforting treats and gentle, easy-going activities.

Here are our favourite treats to include in a get well hamper:

Chocolate

The epitome of comfort food. In our books, every get well hamper has to include a couple of delectable chocolatey nibbles.

Our handy-sized selector packs are ideal for tucking into a hamper and give you plenty of chocolate genre and flavour options — from Trillionaire Shortbread to Salted Caramel bites. We also have a great selection of vegan selector options if your giftee is dairy-free.

A thoughtful card

Wish your loved one good health with a heartfelt card. Keep in mind, if you’re sending a hamper directly from Hotel Chocolat, you can add a free personalised message at checkout.

A craft project

Crocheting, knitting, and pottery are all fun, low-stress pastimes. If your loved one is artistic, gift them the components needed for a new craft project.

Tasty treats

Add a few nibbles for the best sick-day activity — snacking. Our crumbly Chocolat Shortbreads, authentic Turkish Delight, and five-flavour Dunking Biscuits are all irresistible options.

A new film, magazine, or easy-read

Add a film they’ve been talking about watching, their favourite magazine if they’re too ill to pop to the shops, or a book you think they’d enjoy.

A game, puzzle, or adult colouring book

Crosswords, sudoku, and jigsaws are also excellent under-the-weather activities. Colouring books are low-key and relaxing, too.

Candles

Heavenly-scented candles are a recipe for relaxation. Treat them to one of our soy, coconut, canola and beeswax candles. Choose from rejuvenating natural scents such as Cacao & Vanilla, Honey & Fig, and Ginger & Lemongrass.

Hot chocolate

Ask anyone — cosy days call for hot chocolate. Treat your hamper recipient to some of our luxurious drinking chocolate sachets made from ethically sourced, high-cacao, real chocolate flakes. Pair with The Velvetiser for the ultimate drinking chocolate experience.

Little extras

For a personalised hamper, add some thoughtful extras like a pack of tissues (the fanciest you can find) or some throat-soothers — whatever will help your giftee!

Ready-made get well soon hampers

If you’re short on time to create your own get well hamper, you can send one of our pre-packed gift bundles to your loved one. Just remember to choose speedy next-day delivery so your giftee can enjoy their hamper as soon as possible.

Take a peek at our ready-made get well hampers. Each bundle has been curated to offer a complimentary yet varied mix of chocolate goodies. Simply order with a click and send it straight to your loved one’s door.

Our selection of hampers offers something for everyone — from those who prefer mellow milk chocolate, to those who can’t get enough of rich, high-cacao nibbles.

These are our favourite gell well hampers for sick-day gifting:

Milk chocolate

For milk, white, and caramel chocolate lovers.

Mellow Curated Collection

Our Mellow Curated Collection contains delectably creamy milk, white, and caramel-milk chocolate recipes. Sample the likes of our 50% milk Brownie Batons and our Neapolitan Macarons with strawberry whip sandwiched between white and milk chocolate discs.

Perfect for milk chocolate devotees, this collection contains no dark chocolate and no alcohol. A fabulously mellow treat for a mellow afternoon curled up on the sofa.

A little bit of everything

If your giftee is a chocolate all-rounder…

Everything Curated Collection

Our Everything Curated Collection is brimming with a little from all our chocolate genres — mellow, dark, high cacao, and tipsy — in the form of our famous batons, macarons, and selectors.

An ideal collection for someone who adores all types of chocolate. Why choose just one genre when all our chocolates are so irresistible?

Dark chocolate

These hampers will make an ideal gift for the dark chocolate enthusiast in your life…

High Cocoa Curated Collection

For those who prefer a richer, darker chocolate — our High Cocoa Curated Collection won’t disappoint. With our most popular high-cacao and Supermilk creations, your giftee will soon be nibbling on Dark Macarons, Supermilk Batons, and our Blackcurrant Selector.

The All Dark Vegan Hamper

If your hamper recipient is vegan, dairy-free, or just loves all-dark chocolate, this All Dark Vegan Hamper is for them. It’s rich, high-cacao slabs, buttons, and selectors galore.

Recipe for relaxation hamper

Truffles, batons, and skincare treats make the perfect “chocolate and chill” hamper…

The Rabot Collection

Our Rabot Collection gift bundle will give your loved one some of our best chocolates and Saint Lucia-inspired Rabot 1745 skincare goodies. They’ll be able to pamper and nibble their sniffles away.

Get well soon hamper gifts from Hotel Chocolat

We hope you find the perfect present for wishing your loved one a speedy recovery and a restful few days.

For more inspiration, read our article on the best get well soon gifts or browse our full range of get well soon gifts.