Best Food and Drink Subscriptions to Gift Your Love for Valentine's Day 2025

The Japanese have snacking down to an art form. Bokksu knows this better than anyone, which is why it took the top spot in a ranking of best snack boxes I wrote earlier in the year. Bokksu collects some of the best snacks from Japan and compiles them in a one-time or recurring monthly curated tasting box.

I've both given and received a Bokksu and it is always a hit. The best part about these high-end snack packs is that if you're not familiar with them, almost none of the Japanese treats remind you much of the snacks more common in the US.

Inside the unmistakable bright orange boxes, you'll find eats like seaweed tempura, green tea and lemon cakes along with Japanese candy such as yuzu gummies and matcha-strawberry Kit-Kats. What's more, Bokksu includes some slick literature explaining a bit about each treat, including historical and cultural significance, and where it applies. Bokksu boxes start at $30 per month for subscriptions for a year of deliveries. It's $40 for a single send.

If it's too late to plan a cross-country road trip to try the best eats in the land, Goldbelly has a backup plan and you'll spend way less on gas. The Best of Goldbelly three-month subscription includes curated monthly boxes featuring truly legendary food like southern barbecue, pies and baked goods from iconic purveyors around the country including Magnolia Bakery and Russ & Daughters. 

Each delivery is different and can't be modified, but that's the fun of it. Goldbelly does a great job of making sure everything is packaged safely and securely and provides precise heating or thawing instructions. Three months of the Best of Goldbelly is $240.

If your Valentine is a regular over the grill grates or cast-iron skillet, a box of high-end meats is never a bad call and your gifting options abound in 2025. We've tried ButcherBox on several occasions and it stands out as excellent service for gifting a meat box or subscription for the grilling fanatic in your life. 

Other online butchers specialize in niche beef such as KC Cattle Co's stock of 100% American wagyu. Another newcomer, Porter Road, has some interesting cuts and holiday bundles, while old standby Rastelli's will let you curate a box of meat and seafood to send. See our favorite online butchers to find a little something meaty to gift to your favorite carnivore.

Chocolate gets knocked around for being cliche this time of year. If you're going the cocoa route, you'd better make it special and few subscriptions are better suited for a dark chocolate lover than Bar & Cocoa's monthly club. Each shipment will contain four bars of unique craft chocolate from some of the top producers in the chocolate-making world (see a full list of producers here). Three months of fine chocolate subscription packages will run you $135 and six months is $259.

Note, that four full bars is a lot of chocolate. If you're not sure there's an appetite for that much, you can order one-time gift boxes or even single bars.

As a person who cooks a lot but doesn't have a market nearby with particularly good spice sections, I can say I would love this gift. If your valentine has an affinity for cooking with bold and interesting spices, this is a no-brainer. 

Raw Spice Bar will send 2 ounces of a spice or spice blend such as Indian garam masala or Japanese furikake. Plus, she'll get chef-tested recipes to make with each one all for $12 a month if you sign up for a year. The best part is your spices come freshly ground -- unlike most everything you get at the supermarket -- and believe me, they'll be able to tell the difference. 

There are a handful of subscription services that send Japanese snacks. If your sweet prefers savory, Bokksu is a great option. But for cakes, sweets, candy and other sugary eats, Sakuraco is the better pick. While you'll still find salty snacks in the mix, this subscription leans more heavily on desserts and tea snacks including moist Japanese cakes, chocolates, wagashi confections, hard candies and gummies. 

A one-time send is about $37 (or $50 via Amazon). Subscribe for a full year and the monthly price drops to $33.

This is an excellent cheese subscription service with a name that probably could have used some workshopping. Membership to the Curdbox club nets you a monthly package of three different cheeses and three specially curated goodies to pair with them. The cheeses they choose are in the crowd-pleasing zone and not overly intense, so this makes an excellent gift for even a novice cheese taster.

My first Curdbox delivery included 4 ounces each of an incredible Prairie Breeze cheddar, a creamy cow's milk Toma by Point Reyes and a slightly crumbled cow and goat milk cheese from Central Coast Creamery. Plus, a jar of cherry spread, positively addicting sweet potato chips and a bag of crunchy craft popcorn. All this for $85 a delivery (or $82 if you prepay for three months), which is pricey but not too bad considering everything you get.

Fuego Box isn't new but it is a great idea and makes a perfect gift for a hothead (when it comes to food, that is). Fuego Box's hot sauce subscriptions start at $13 per month -- although $30 per month for three bottles is a much better deal. 

There are also plenty of one-off gift boxes like one with hot honey, peach habanero hot sauce and spicy garlic seasoning. Plus, Fuego Box is a small business that supports other small businesses, so you can feel good about that.

Wine may seem like the fallback gift with a, perhaps rightful, reputation as impersonal. Firstleaf is hoping to change that by delving deep inside your palate with a quiz and ratings system that make ordering wine by mail an engaging experience. If there's someone on your list who's a wine enthusiast and has specific preferences, a Firstleaf subscription is a good choice. 

Firstleaf gets to know you by asking about certain tasting notes and qualities you might prefer in your perfect wine -- such as minerality. You can purchase by the bottle or send a Valentine's Day-themed bundle (like the 6-pack of rosé for $100). Or you can buy monthly plans, starting at $45 for your first box.

Read more: Best Wine Subscriptions

Good coffee is a love language, which is why a subscription to Atlas Coffee Club makes a perfect Valentine's Day gift. While there are dozens of excellent coffee clubs to choose from, Atlas is our favorite coffee subscription for gifting thanks to its quality selections and free shipping. It also includes postcards with information on the beans' country of origin, along with tasting notes and brewing tips.

For fans of high-end brown booze, Flaviar is the way to go. This fine liquor membership club entitles your giftee to one premium bottle of whisky along with a themed tasting box every quarter. Plus you'll get access to rare, exclusive bottlings, tailored recommendations and invitations to unique members-only events. 

Flaviar's membership starts at $186 for three shipments. The 6-shipment membership is $372. This top tier includes a custom bottle engraving and 12 deliveries in total for $745.

For a tequila drinker, you might spring for the Tequila Taster's Club. For $55 a month, the giftee will get a full bottle of craft tequila to sip (or shoot) to their heart's delight.