This item can melt and caution should be used. Although heat is our worst enemy we make every effort to ensure your product arrives in good condition. Ground Shipping can be used and our method does work. We insulate boxes and add Frozen Gel Packs free of charge, something our competition charges for. If we estimate your order will not arrive to you before the weekend we may hold it to ship out on a Monday as a precautionary measure. Sitting in a HOT UPS hub station over the weekend is not good for Chocolate. If you need your order to ship out immediately please call us. Last year roughly 1 out of every 4000 orders experienced a problem. Please note with this said Nationwide Candy Will Not be responsible for heat damage to products.