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Custom Chocolate & Confectionery Tubes
Create premium custom chocolate and confectionery tubes made to your exact size, print and finish. Ideal for chocolates, sweets, truffles, biscuits, drinking chocolate and other confectionery products.
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Why Choose Cardboard Tubes for Chocolate & Confectionery?
Looking for packaging that makes your chocolates or confectionery stand out? Custom cardboard tubes combine strong construction with completely bespoke printing, creating distinctive packaging that looks great on the shelf and makes the product inside feel extra special.
From luxury chocolate selections and truffles to sweets, biscuits and drinking chocolate, each tube can be customised around your product with your own dimensions, artwork and premium finishing options.
- Strong cardboard construction to help protect your products.
- Fully custom printed with your branding, colours and artwork.
- Available in a wide variety of diameters and heights.
Custom Sizes
Every chocolate and confectionery tube can be manufactured to your required diameter and height, giving you packaging designed specifically around your product.
Premium Tube Styles
Choose from butt jointed, telescopic or metal lid cylinder boxes depending on the presentation, opening style and functionality you require.
Custom Printing Available
Add your branding, illustrations, patterns and product information with full-colour CMYK or Pantone printing across the exterior of your tube.
Food Packaging Options
Depending on your product and requirements, options such as grease-resistant foil lining and sealable openings can be incorporated into your packaging.
Print Options Available
Choose from a wide variety of prints and finishes.
Embossing
Raise selected areas of your design to create a tactile finish that adds depth to logos, lettering and decorative details.
Debossing
Press elements of your artwork into the surface of the tube for a subtle and sophisticated finish.
Hot Foil
Add metallic foil to logos, lettering and design details for an eye-catching premium finish.
Full-Colour CMYK
Reproduce detailed artwork, illustrations, photography and colourful branding across your confectionery packaging.
Textured Paper
Choose from different paper textures and finishes to give your chocolate packaging a distinctive look and tactile feel.
UV Print
Use spot UV to highlight selected areas of your artwork with a contrasting gloss effect.
Pantone Printing
Match specific brand colours for consistent packaging across your wider product range.
Spigot Printing
Customise the exposed spigot of butt jointed tubes with colour or artwork to add another branded detail when the packaging is opened.
Premium Packaging for Chocolates, Sweets & Confectionery
Great confectionery deserves packaging that feels just as special as the product inside.
Custom printed cardboard tubes are an excellent choice for chocolates, truffles, sweets, biscuits and other confectionery, providing a distinctive alternative to traditional rectangular boxes and cartons.
The cylindrical shape provides plenty of space for branding, illustrations, product information and decorative artwork while creating an enjoyable unboxing experience.
Whether you’re creating understated luxury packaging for handmade chocolates or bright, colourful tubes for sweets and gifting ranges, the size, print and finish can all be customised around your brand.
Made to Suit Your Product
Chocolate and confectionery products come in all shapes and sizes, so your packaging shouldn’t be restricted to just a handful of standard dimensions.
Our cardboard tubes can be manufactured in a wide range of diameters and heights to suit everything from small sweets and individual treats to large chocolate selections and gift sets.
- Popular applications include:
- Luxury chocolates and truffles
- Sweets and confectionery
- Drinking chocolate and hot chocolate powder
- Biscuits and cookies
- Chocolate eggs
- Fudge and handmade confectionery
- Seasonal and Christmas gift packaging
- Confectionery gift sets
Tell us about your product and we can help determine a suitable tube size and construction.
Choose the Right Style of Confectionery Tube
Different products call for different styles of packaging, which is why we offer several cylinder constructions for chocolate and confectionery packaging.
Butt jointed tubes provide a clean, premium appearance and an attractive opening experience, with the option to customise the exposed internal spigot.
Telescopic tubes feature a separate lid and base, creating a substantial two-piece presentation box particularly suited to luxury chocolates, gift sets and premium confectionery.
Metal lid tubes combine rigid cardboard with a metal lid, creating a practical and distinctive packaging option that works particularly well for sweets, biscuits and powdered products.
Whichever style you choose, your tube can be completely customised with your artwork, colours and finishing options.
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Eco Features
Eco-friendly Custom Chocolate Tubes
Sustainable Paper
We use paper from sustainable sources for our custom printed chocolate and confectionery tubes.
Bleed Resistant
Rigid cardboard construction helps protect your confectionery while reducing the need for conventional plastic presentation packaging.
Plastic Free
Plastic-free tube constructions are available for brands looking to reduce plastic within their packaging.
Recyclable
Cardboard tube components can be recycled after use where suitable recycling facilities are available.
Quick Info
Frequently Asked Questions
What products can chocolate and confectionery tubes be used for?
Our custom cardboard tubes can be used for chocolates, truffles, sweets, fudge, biscuits, drinking chocolate, confectionery gift sets and many other products. Because the tubes are custom made, they can be produced in different diameters and heights to suit your product.
Can you make the tubes to a custom size?
Yes. We can manufacture your tubes to your required diameter and height rather than limiting you to a small selection of standard sizes.
Are the tubes suitable for food products?
We can offer packaging options suitable for confectionery applications, including foil-lined tubes and sealable openings where required. The appropriate construction will depend on the product and whether the confectionery is in direct contact with the packaging.
Can you make luxury chocolate packaging?
Yes. Cardboard tubes are particularly well suited to premium chocolate packaging. Finishes such as hot foil, embossing, debossing, textured papers and spot UV can be used to create a high-end presentation.
Can confectionery tubes be custom printed?
Yes. Your tubes can be completely customised with your branding, colours, artwork and product information. Full-colour CMYK and Pantone printing are available alongside a range of premium finishes.
What styles of cardboard tubes are available?
We offer several options including butt jointed cylinder boxes, telescopic tubes and cardboard tubes with metal lids. We can advise on the most suitable construction based on your product and the look you want to achieve.
Can the inside of the tube be foil lined?
Yes. Foil lining is available for products where a grease-resistant internal surface is required. We can advise on the most appropriate specification for your product.
What is the minimum order quantity?
Our custom printed cardboard tubes are available from low minimum order quantities, making them suitable for both smaller brands and larger production runs.
Can you help me choose the right size?
Yes. Let us know the dimensions of your chocolates, sweets or other confectionery product and how you intend to pack them, and we can advise on a suitable diameter, height and tube construction.
Luxury Chocolate Packaging Designed Around Your Brand
Packaging plays an important part in how customers perceive your chocolates and confectionery before they even open the product.
Custom printed cardboard tubes provide plenty of space for branding, illustrations and product information while creating a distinctive alternative to traditional chocolate boxes. Your packaging can be designed around your brand, from understated premium designs to bright, colourful confectionery packaging made to stand out on the shelf.
Add metallic foil for a luxury finish, emboss your logo for extra depth, highlight details with spot UV or combine premium papers with simple printing for a more understated look.
From independent chocolatiers and artisan confectionery brands to seasonal collections, gifting ranges and established manufacturers, our custom chocolate tubes can be designed around both your product and your brand.
Custom Printed Tubes for Chocolates, Sweets & Confectionery
Our cardboard confectionery tubes can be produced for a wide variety of chocolates, sweets and other food products.
Whether you’re launching a new chocolate range, creating luxury packaging for handmade truffles, producing seasonal sweet packaging or looking for distinctive tubes for biscuits, fudge or confectionery gifts, we’ll manufacture your packaging around your product and branding.
Choose the dimensions, cylinder style, print, paper and finishing options to create completely bespoke chocolate and confectionery packaging.
With sturdy cardboard construction and a wide range of custom printing options, you can create packaging that combines product protection, premium presentation and strong shelf appeal.
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