Real Projects
Every chocolate tin case in the library — 19 production runs in total, 24 to a page, each one carrying the mould it was made from. Square and round bodies carry most of the assortment work, so the mould number is the fastest way to tell what is already tooled.
Damped Against Bloom
As chocolate tin manufacturers, a chocolate build is specified against temperature and odour rather than against the artwork. Four things get settled before one goes back on the line.
Fat bloom is what ruins a chocolate tin, and it is driven by temperature swing and moisture. The wall gauge damps the swing and the internal lacquer keeps odour out, so both are set before the print — that is what makes a chocolate tin a spec rather than a container.
Chocolate takes on off-flavours from contact with metal and from whatever is packed next to it. The liner on these chocolate tin moulds is a food-contact coating rated for fat, and it is confirmed on the sample rather than on a spec sheet.
A chocolate tin box is usually an insert job — a compartment tray for an assortment, a divider between mixed fillings, or a PET insert cut to the piece count. Whichever it is, the insert is drawn against the finished footprint and quoted with the tin rather than sourced afterwards.
A chocolate tin with lid going through a Christmas supply chain is stacked, moved and sometimes chilled. The lid seats under compression so it still fits after that, which is the difference between a tin that arrives sellable and one that arrives loose.
Fat-Bloom Resistant by Construction
Chocolate does not spoil, it blooms — warmth moves cocoa butter to the surface and leaves a grey film. Three things decide whether a chocolate packaging tin protects the product, and on every case above all three were fixed before printing started.
Applications
A chocolate packaging tin is bought in four recognisable patterns, and they divide on one question: whether the chocolate is the present or the tin is. A round chocolate tin, a square chocolate tin and a long slim chocolate tin all appear above, and each one holds a different assortment.
Christmas, Easter and Valentine chocolate gift tin runs — usually round or square with a full-wrap seasonal print and an insert tray cut to the piece.
Loose cocoa powder and drinking chocolate in a cocoa tin where an airtight seal matters because the powder clumps the moment it takes on moisture.
Supermarket and chocolatier own-brand chocolate packaging tin programmes where print accuracy and barcode placement matter more than novelty shape.
Short-run promotional chocolate tin builds for events and client gifts, where a stock mould keeps the unit price inside a campaign budget.
Mould Register
Every size below comes from a live mould record rather than a typical figure. Any of them can be sampled before you commit to a bespoke die.
| Mould Ref. | Shape | Capacity | Cases | View case |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TIN-DGXYTH-00007 | Tin | 60ml | 2 | View case |
| TIN-DGGM-00025 | Square Tin | — | 1 | View case |
| TIN_SZYCT_00003 | Tin | 19.82ml | 3 | View case |
| TIN_DWCC_00099 | Square Tin | 1054.08ml | 3 | View case |
| TIN_HZLQ_00092 | Square Tin | 296.45ml | 1 | View case |
| TIN_HZLQ_00091 | Square Tin | 179.56ml | 1 | View case |
| TIN_HZLQ_00049 | Round Tin | 82.96ml | 1 | View case |
| TIN_HZLQ_00198 | Square Tin | 141.4ml | 2 | View case |
Material: food-grade tinplate, internal lacquer where the fill needs one. chocolate tin MOQ 1,000 pcs per design, pre-production sample 7 days, new mould tooling adds 20–25 days. FOB Ningbo / Shanghai / Shenzhen.
Design Reference
Chocolate is an impulse buy with a premium ceiling, so the artwork has to do two jobs at once.
Deep browns, golds and reds are the hardest colours to hold on tinplate, and a chocolate packaging tin carries an internal lacquer that must not disturb the print outside. We proof both surfaces from the same run.
Embossing, debossing and a metallic base give a chocolate gift tin the weight of a luxury box at tinplate cost. The finish is chosen against the unit price you are targeting rather than added afterwards.
A chocolate tin packaging designs job for a festive run is proofed for a colder, longer route than a year-round line. The registration on a full-wrap seasonal print is set against that route, so it still holds after the tin has been stacked and chilled.
Compartment trays, dividers and inserts are what turn a chocolate tin into an assortment rather than a box of loose pieces. We cut them in food-grade PET or board, and in EVA or PU foam where the pieces are irregular — each one sized to the piece count so nothing shifts in transit.
Buying Guide
Six decisions turn one of the cases on this page into your order. On chocolate, two of them are about temperature.
A chocolate gift tin invests in the finish and the closure; a tin that merely holds a selection invests in the tray and the barrier. Which it is changes the whole spec, and it is the first thing we ask.
Assortments are sold by count, so a chocolate tin sized in litres ends up with a rattle or a crushed layer. Send the count and the moulded dimensions and the tray is drawn from those.
Christmas and Valentine builds move through a colder, longer chain than a year-round line. christmas tins of chocolates are gauged for that, and saying so up front is what stops bloom appearing after the goods have landed.
A chocolate tin box with a seasonal print has a fixed window. The schedule runs backwards from that date, so the shape is chosen from what is already tooled rather than from a drawing.
On a seasonal chocolate tin the order of decisions is reversed. The shelf date fixes the artwork freeze, the artwork freeze fixes production, and production decides whether a new die is even possible — which is why a bulk chocolate tins programme is quoted from the date rather than from the drawing.
A holiday chocolate tin programme is usually several occasions on one body. A christmas tin box freezes in August, a heart shaped tin box for Valentine's freezes in November, and an easter egg tin freezes in January — so a single order covering all three needs three artwork dates, not one. custom christmas tins, a halloween tin box and an advent calendar tin follow the same rule, just on a shorter, lower-minimum run.
Related Ranges
Chocolate Tins share a production line with the rest of the tinplate range. The categories below all have live case galleries, so the same construction and the same mould register carry across.
FAQs
The questions that come up most often when buyers spec a chocolate tin.
Send your artwork or just a rough sketch and we will come back with shape options, an indicative price and a lead time — usually within one working day. WhatsApp and email both work.
