The food Christmas gift guide
Senior Food Editor
Heather TaylorIrresistible stocking fillers
Our Foodhalls are stocked with magical sweet treats made for popping in a stocking (or just treating yourself in the run up to Christmas). Look out for our Popping Disco Balls – cute foil-covered milk chocolate balls studded with popping candy – and Black Forest Bites, our newest treat bags filled with Black Forest gateau-inspired chocolate-cherry bites. Our Collection Party Lights, intricately hand-finished and filled with pistachio and white chocolate, taste as good as they look, while our Swiss Truffles Cable Car Bauble will look pretty hung on the tree and is filled with decadent Swiss truffles. There’s plenty of ideas for dairy and gluten-free stocking fillers, too, like our Made Without Dairy Loaded Chocolate Bars.
Secret Santa gift ideas
We’ve got great gifts for under £10 covered – ideal for a thoughtful Secret Santa pressie. Whether they fancy a bottle of smooth Irish Cream Liqueur, a tin of our iconic Very Merry Munch or Very Jelly Munch; a box of lustred Collection Sparkling Caramels chocs, our Foodhall is stocked with almost-too-good-to-gift goodies. Don’t miss our Collection Winter Sky Chocolate Box, which is packed with luxurious chocs in a design inspired by a colourful starry night sky. Not sure what they’ll fancy? Our gift cards are always a safe bet!
Reusable keepsakes
Create new traditions with this Gingerbread Ceramic House they’ll want to use year after year. The delicate decorations look as though they’ve been piped with real icing. Inside you’ll find our all-butter gingerbread biscuits, lightly spiced with festive flavours. For smaller surprises, discover our Traditional Sleigh with Solid Milk Chocolate Presents or this Push Along Estate Car with Jelly Presents. Or treat them to a warming winter drink with our Hot Chocolate Train Tin and Luxury Gold Tea Light-Up Tin.
The best gifts for gourmets
Treat them to a stateside-inspired treat with our new Peppermint Bark. With layers of white and milk chocolate, flecked with candy canes, it’s the first of its kind available in the UK. No one can resist our Caramel and Almond Muddles – almonds and salted caramel covered in a thick layer of dark chocolate. Or how about the world’s first snowing chocolate box? Our Magical Snowing Forest has a magical built-in snowglobe and is filled with milk and blond truffles. You can’t go wrong with a jar of Blood Orange and Orange Liqueur Marmalade, which is as good used to glaze Christmas ham as it is spread on mince pies before baking. Or try our Sugar and Spice Munch Mix – a moreish mix of spiced nuts, Bombay mix and choc-covered raisins.
Dazzling drinks gifts
In search of something for the budding mixologist in your life? Bar-worthy presents await, like our Clementine Gin Liqueur Snow Globe, complete with shimmering 23-carat gold leaf and presented in its own gift box. Fans of our iconic tinnies will love our Cocktail Party Pack: eight of our favourite cocktail cans in a fun, disco ball-adorned gift box. Our bar-quality Marksologist cocktail range has two must-try new additions: a zesty Blood Orange Negroni, or a rich, tangy Sloe Gin Sour. Finally, get the party started with pre-mixed Christmas Cosmo or Christmas on the Beach.
Gifts with extra magic
There’s no better way to get into the Christmas spirit than with our Santa's Workshop Musical Light-Up Tin. The magical mirror effect inside the beautifully illustrated tin showcases Santa’s helpers prepping for the big day. Simply wind it up and enjoy the festive tune while digging into our pure butter cookie stars enriched with melt-in-the-mouth dark chocolate. Plus, create your own Christmas village our vegan Speculoos and Choc Chip Cookies Light-Up Tin and gluten-free Dark Chocolate and Orange Cookies.
Perfect panettone
All our panettone are made at a family-run bakery in Italy who have been perfecting their recipes for four generations. For something truly special, look out for our Collection Nocciolato Panettone. This fluffy, traditionally-made panettone is enriched with AOP Piemonte Butter, Calabrian orange peel and honey, flecked with sultanas and topped with crunchy hazelnuts. It comes in a beautifully illustrated tin.
Light up their Christmas
Make their Christmas extra magical with this stunning display. Our Christmas is Coming Shortbread Tin is topped with an LED projector, illuminating a starry festive scene. It’s filled with a mixture of traditional and rich chocolate chip shortbread biscuits. We only use butter in our shortbread for the most luxurious taste and texture. Or treat them to our All Butter Shortbread Projection Tree shines a celebration message out of the bottom and is filled with crumbly Christmas tree-shaped shortbread biscuits.
Last minute gifts
If you’ve waited until the last moment or need to pick up an unexpected gift, we’ve got you covered with quick wins just about anyone would love. What’s a better treat than our top-quality chocolate? Our crowd-pleasing Happy Christmas Selection contains truffles and caramels made from Belgian and Italian milk, dark, and white chocolate. For something more creative, try our Winter Sky Chocolate Box, painted with the colours of the sky on a crisp winter's night. Foodies will love our hand-decorated Christmas Petite Patisserie, with chocolates in the form of miniature classic desserts.
That’s a wrap
How to make your presents pop? Don’t forget to stock up on some gorgeous gift wrap. We’ve got some beautiful designs this season – think cute puppies, sophisticated Scandi-style, bright illustrations and gold and glam. Whatever design you go for, all our cards and wrap are 100% recyclable and plastic-free.
Published 11.13.2024
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