If you want to specialize in chocolate

Here are some suggestions for those on your Christmas list who like chocolate so much they never seem to get enough of it. The first book is a guide to making chocolates; the second is a guide to decorating chocolates as well as using chocolate as a decorating medium; and the other three are collections of chocolate desserts. Colorful photographs and detailed directions accompany these books.

Chocolate and Candy Cookbook, by Jan Morgan (New York: Arco Publishing. $12. 95).

Chocolate Artistry, by Elaine Gonzalez (Chicago: Contemporary Books. $16.95).

Chocolate Chocolate Chocolate, by Barbara Myers (New York: Rawson Associates.

The Joy of Chocolate, by Judith Olney with Ruth Klingel (Woodbury, N.Y.: Barron's. $12.95).

Maida Heatter's Book of Great Chocolate Desserts, by Maida Heatter (New York: Alfred A. Knopf. $15).