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Are you struggling to find the perfect gift for a foodie friend or family member? Worry not, for I have got you covered. Below are some of my top picks for the foodie in your life. They make wonderful gifts on their own or you could bundle some them up into a fabulous food hamper.
Cadbury's Christmas range
Cadbury recently launched their 2019 festive specials and it is sure to please the chocolate lovers. In addition to the existing range and popular offerings, 2019 sees many new festive treats like:
Cadbury Dairy Milk Angry Birds Advent (£9.99, 212g) - this new addition to the Cadbury range features a selection of delicious Cadbury Dairy Milk chunks and 5 Angry Bird toys and stickers.
Cadbury Workshop 3D Advent (£10.00, 312g) - What a fun advent calendar this one is! Designed like a workshop, this calendar is sure to provide lots of fun throughout the Christmas countdown. In addition to delicious Cadbury chocolate, there are some stickers too!
The products listed next would make great stocking fillers for the chocolate loving foodie.
First up we have the Dairy Milk Winter Gingerbread which as you may have guessed is gingerbread pieces in a Cadbury Dairy Milk bar. Then there is the Cadbury Dairy Milk Chocolate Robins with Daim pieces inside. Next is the Cadbury Mini Snow Balls which are delicious milk chocolate balls encased in crisp sugar shells dusted with icing sugar – they’re yummy and can also be using for decorating festive bakes. A favourite of mine is the Cadbury Dairy Milk Winter Wonderland Edition made up of mini white and milk chocolate tree-shaped chunks! So lovely. And for the little foodies there are two money boxes containing delicious Cadbury chocolate - one contains Cadbury Dairy Milk Freddo Faces and the other Cadbury Dairy Milk Button.
Cadbury's Christmas range can be found in most supermarkets & online at www.cadburygiftsdirect.co.uk
Cockburn’s Special Reserve Port
This year is the 50th anniversary of the Special Reserve from Cockburn’s.
Cockburn's Special Reserve Port, hailed as one of the most iconic ports of all time, is matured in oak barrels, giving it a full-bodied dry finish. This classic port is the perfect accompaniment to any meal with notes of strawberry and plums. After dinner, you can serve it with aged Stilton cheese or just enjoy a simple but elegant dessert with delicious, dark chocolate.
It's the perfect gift for any wine fan. Priced at RRP £12.00 for 75cl, the Special Reserve Port is available from Waitrose, Tesco and Amazon.
Craft Beer Box Set from Best of British Beer
Best of British Beer was launched in 2011 with the aim to find and enjoy 'hard to find' beers and to buy amazing beer gifts. They have over 90 different beer and cider gift packs making them one of the best sites to buy beer/cider gifts from.
The Craft Beer Box Set with its fun 'beery' book titles packaging makes for a great beer gift. The gift set includes 8 cool craft beers chosen from the UK's leading independent microbreweries and features 330ml craft beer bottles from producers such as Freedom, Williams Bros, Windsor & Eton Brewery, Box Steam, Stonehouse, Thornbridge, Evan Evans, Holts, Lancaster Brewery and Fire Island.
This makes for the perfect gift for the craft beer lover in your life. Priced at £28.95, you can order it online from www.bestofbritishbeer.co.uk
Opies
Opies are a part of one of the oldest privately-owned food companies in the UK. Based in Kent, they have been in business since 1880 and their product range includes quality preserves, fruit compotes and pickles. They also have an organic range and a selection of cocktail products.
Featured in my roundup are three fantastic offerings from Opies - Black Cherries with Luxardo Kirsch, Peaches with Courvoisier and Mixed Berries with Prosecco. All of these can be served with ice cream or cream and are totally delicious. For the more adventurous foodies, Opies have a number of fab recipes which you can find here.
These Opies' products make great gifts, especially for foodies. Put together a selection in a hamper basket and you have a impressive gift on hand. You can find Opies in Waitrose, Tesco, Sainsburys' and other independent stores.
Buy Opies range online here.
Popcorn Shed have a number of foodie gifts for Christmas like
- the Ultimate Popcorn Lovers Gift which is a novelty party-pack selection pouch that has 14 snack packs of tasty gourmet popcorn in 7 delicious flavours,
- gourmet popcorn gift jars featuring 4 fab flavours and
- gourmet popcorn shed boxes available in 10 delicious flavours and make perfect stocking fillers.
Flavours available include: Salted Caramel, Butterly Nuts, Pecan Pie, Say Cheese, Sweet Cheesus, Pop n Choc, Berry-licious etc.
All the products are made with natural ingredients, vegetarian and gluten free and can be ordered online from www.popcornshed.com
Know a foodie who also enjoys cooking? Then the following two products from Cook's Diary would make good gifts for them. First up is the Quick After-Work Cookbook (£8.99) which features 80 easy-to-follow, triple-tested recipes ranging from mid-week meals to children’s teas and yummy desserts. Majority of the recipes serve 2 and come with nutritional information. The cookbook is beautifully presented and helps you create great meals without spending all your time in the kitchen.
Next up are the Cook's Diaries (£9.99) - beautiful diaries with planners, calendars, lots of lists, some stickers, essential cook's information and weekly recipes. Absolutely fantastic! Featured in the guide is the marble design with gold foil. The diary is also available in two other lovely designs - flowers and ferns with gold foil.
You can order both these items from www.cooksdiary.co.uk
These mini chocolate delights from Baileys would make excellent stocking fillers. Whether you pick the Salted Caramel With Baileys or the Original Irish Cream - both have a delicious creamy centre that is utterly divine and indulgent. Available in a resealable pouch (with prices starting from £2), these make perfect gifts for someone who enjoys the Irish liqueur or has a sweet tooth. Order here.
Holland & Barrett’s have launched some new vegan products for Christmas including the Vegan Panettone (sweet naturally leavened baked vegan Panettone with candied peel of citrus fruit from Sicily, and raisins), a Selection Box of delicious free from chocolate treats and Vegan & Gluten Free Mince Pies (sweet shortcrust pastry wrapped around our fruit mince filling).
Included in this guide is the Tiffin Selection Box which is also vegan-friendly and features a selection of 3 delicious tiffin squares - the original tiffin squares, rocky road squares with Belgian chocolate, cherries, sultanas & vegan marshmallows and Cranberry & orange squares.
All of the above, would make lovely gifts for a vegan foodie. You can pick these products from H&B stores nationwide or online from www.hollandandbarrett.com
One of the most loved contents of the Celebrations tubs were the Galaxy truffles which were unfortunately discontinued in 2011. Thankfully, they have been brought back and in their own beautiful box too!
Encased in smooth and delicious Galaxy milk chocolate, each Galaxy Truffle has a rich, velvety centre, individually foil wrapped in bright & eye-catching colours, offering a premium chocolate that’s special enough to give.
For those with a sweet tooth, these would make lovely gifts. A 206g box has an RRP of £4.99, while a bigger 329g box has an RRP of £7.49 and you can pick these pup from Tesco stores nationwide.
A gift of honey is a wonderful gift to give to a foodie. It is unusual, unique and authentic; especially when the honey is MGO certified Manuka honey. Featured in the guide is Melora Multifloral MGO Manuka Honey with Lemon which is ethically and sustainably sourced. Melora's honey is a 100% product of New Zealand. One can enjoy it as is or add it to a cup of ginger tea; either way it is good for the body's well being.
Melora's Manuka Honey And Lemon is priced at £14.99 for 250g and can be ordered from www.melora.co.uk
Mummy Meagz is a family run business known for their vegan Rocky Road snacks. There are currently 4 flavours available: Original (classic chocolate rocky road), Orange (an orangey twist with added gooey mallows), Minty (a refreshingly minty chocolatey treat) and Cornish Sea Salt & Honeycomb (a crunchie bar with an added sprinkle of sea salt). All the 4 four flavours are lovely (our favourite is the Cornish Sea Salt & Honeycomb) and perfect as on-the-go snacks.
Mummy Meagz products are stocked in a number of stores - Suma, Queenswood, Tree of Life, The Health Store, Thyme Store and The Deli Shop.
Shop Mummy Meagz products online.
Green & Black's have a number of indulgent Christmas gifts available on their website. You can go for the 'Make Your Own Hamper' option and create your very own unique gift or you could choose to send one of G&B's Christmas hampers like the G&B's Milk & Dark Chocolate Basket (£26.50) which features a collection of dark and milk chocolate G&B's Organic Classic and Milk Miniature Collections alongside Velvet Edition bars. New flavours included in the hamper are Raspberry & Hazelnut, Orange & Almond, Mint and Salted Caramel chocolate.
G&B also have an amazing prize draw going on currently. They have teamed up with Everyman to offer the chance to win a years Everyman EVERYICON membership worth £300. If your basket value from Green & Black's online shop is over £30 (excl. shipping) you will automatically be entered into a daily prize draw.
There is one prize of an Everyman EVERYICON year membership worth £300 to be won each day from 2nd to 24th December 2019. For more details on the competition, visit www.greenandblacks.co.uk
Don't forget to take a look at the Stocking Fillers Gift Guide.
Popcorn Shed Christmas Gifts
Popcorn Shed have a number of foodie gifts for Christmas like
- the Ultimate Popcorn Lovers Gift which is a novelty party-pack selection pouch that has 14 snack packs of tasty gourmet popcorn in 7 delicious flavours,
- gourmet popcorn gift jars featuring 4 fab flavours and
- gourmet popcorn shed boxes available in 10 delicious flavours and make perfect stocking fillers.
Flavours available include: Salted Caramel, Butterly Nuts, Pecan Pie, Say Cheese, Sweet Cheesus, Pop n Choc, Berry-licious etc.
All the products are made with natural ingredients, vegetarian and gluten free and can be ordered online from www.popcornshed.com
Cookbooks and Cook's Diaries from Cook's Diary
Know a foodie who also enjoys cooking? Then the following two products from Cook's Diary would make good gifts for them. First up is the Quick After-Work Cookbook (£8.99) which features 80 easy-to-follow, triple-tested recipes ranging from mid-week meals to children’s teas and yummy desserts. Majority of the recipes serve 2 and come with nutritional information. The cookbook is beautifully presented and helps you create great meals without spending all your time in the kitchen.
Next up are the Cook's Diaries (£9.99) - beautiful diaries with planners, calendars, lots of lists, some stickers, essential cook's information and weekly recipes. Absolutely fantastic! Featured in the guide is the marble design with gold foil. The diary is also available in two other lovely designs - flowers and ferns with gold foil.
You can order both these items from www.cooksdiary.co.uk
Baileys Chocolate Mini Delights
These mini chocolate delights from Baileys would make excellent stocking fillers. Whether you pick the Salted Caramel With Baileys or the Original Irish Cream - both have a delicious creamy centre that is utterly divine and indulgent. Available in a resealable pouch (with prices starting from £2), these make perfect gifts for someone who enjoys the Irish liqueur or has a sweet tooth. Order here.
Holland & Barrett’s Christmas Food Range
Holland & Barrett’s have launched some new vegan products for Christmas including the Vegan Panettone (sweet naturally leavened baked vegan Panettone with candied peel of citrus fruit from Sicily, and raisins), a Selection Box of delicious free from chocolate treats and Vegan & Gluten Free Mince Pies (sweet shortcrust pastry wrapped around our fruit mince filling).
Included in this guide is the Tiffin Selection Box which is also vegan-friendly and features a selection of 3 delicious tiffin squares - the original tiffin squares, rocky road squares with Belgian chocolate, cherries, sultanas & vegan marshmallows and Cranberry & orange squares.
All of the above, would make lovely gifts for a vegan foodie. You can pick these products from H&B stores nationwide or online from www.hollandandbarrett.com
Galaxy Truffles
One of the most loved contents of the Celebrations tubs were the Galaxy truffles which were unfortunately discontinued in 2011. Thankfully, they have been brought back and in their own beautiful box too!
Encased in smooth and delicious Galaxy milk chocolate, each Galaxy Truffle has a rich, velvety centre, individually foil wrapped in bright & eye-catching colours, offering a premium chocolate that’s special enough to give.
For those with a sweet tooth, these would make lovely gifts. A 206g box has an RRP of £4.99, while a bigger 329g box has an RRP of £7.49 and you can pick these pup from Tesco stores nationwide.
Melora Multifloral Manuka Honey with Lemon
A gift of honey is a wonderful gift to give to a foodie. It is unusual, unique and authentic; especially when the honey is MGO certified Manuka honey. Featured in the guide is Melora Multifloral MGO Manuka Honey with Lemon which is ethically and sustainably sourced. Melora's honey is a 100% product of New Zealand. One can enjoy it as is or add it to a cup of ginger tea; either way it is good for the body's well being.
Melora's Manuka Honey And Lemon is priced at £14.99 for 250g and can be ordered from www.melora.co.uk
Mummy Meagz Rocky Road
Mummy Meagz is a family run business known for their vegan Rocky Road snacks. There are currently 4 flavours available: Original (classic chocolate rocky road), Orange (an orangey twist with added gooey mallows), Minty (a refreshingly minty chocolatey treat) and Cornish Sea Salt & Honeycomb (a crunchie bar with an added sprinkle of sea salt). All the 4 four flavours are lovely (our favourite is the Cornish Sea Salt & Honeycomb) and perfect as on-the-go snacks.
Mummy Meagz products are stocked in a number of stores - Suma, Queenswood, Tree of Life, The Health Store, Thyme Store and The Deli Shop.
Shop Mummy Meagz products online.
G&B's Milk & Dark Chocolate Basket
Green & Black's have a number of indulgent Christmas gifts available on their website. You can go for the 'Make Your Own Hamper' option and create your very own unique gift or you could choose to send one of G&B's Christmas hampers like the G&B's Milk & Dark Chocolate Basket (£26.50) which features a collection of dark and milk chocolate G&B's Organic Classic and Milk Miniature Collections alongside Velvet Edition bars. New flavours included in the hamper are Raspberry & Hazelnut, Orange & Almond, Mint and Salted Caramel chocolate.
Everyman Advent Prize Draw
G&B also have an amazing prize draw going on currently. They have teamed up with Everyman to offer the chance to win a years Everyman EVERYICON membership worth £300. If your basket value from Green & Black's online shop is over £30 (excl. shipping) you will automatically be entered into a daily prize draw.
There is one prize of an Everyman EVERYICON year membership worth £300 to be won each day from 2nd to 24th December 2019. For more details on the competition, visit www.greenandblacks.co.uk
Don't forget to take a look at the Stocking Fillers Gift Guide.
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