Sweet Sensations

Get your gift-giving game on: An array of new sweet treats make for clever and easy gifts, from ornaments with cookies inside to pumpkin-flavored truffles. We’ve gathered ideas for Thanksgiving hosting gifts, Christmas food gifts or just a delectable treat for you to ease the stress of the hectic shopping season.

Bissinger's Fig Truffles

Rally some traditional Christmas cheer with Fig Truffles, inspired by the dense, richly textured dish of nutty fig and aromatic spices that was popular in 16^th century England. Drizzled with white chocolate, these soft, rich truffles make a bold statement. Other seasonal flavors include Chocolate Mice and Sugar Plums, or get the gift set with all three.

MSRP: $16.99/9-piece box, $36/3-box set
WEBSITE: bissingers.com
 
 

Byrd Cookie Company Holiday Ornaments with Cookies

Choose from an assortment of adorable ornaments (3.5 inches in diameter) filled with holiday cookies: the snowman design contains Triple Chocolate cookies, the gingerbread has Ginger Snaps, and the penguin has Apple Crunch cookies (made with bits of real apple). The Santa ornament contains long-time Byrd favorite Key Lime Coolers.

MSRP: $4.95/ornament,
$49.95/9-ornament gift box
WEBSITE: byrdcookiecompany.com

Knipschildt Pumpkin Truffle Box

These pumpkin-flavored truffles are dipped in 71% Ecuadorian dark chocolate and topped with a pumpkin seed. A hint of nutmeg rounds out the wintry flavor, and the elegant brown box and matching ribbon make this a ready-to-gift treat for any holiday occasion. Also check out Knipschildt’s Holiday Chocolate Collection, featuring truffles in pumpkin, eggnog, pear and cinnamon flavors.

MSRP: $20/16-piece box
WEBSITE: knipschildt.com

Fairytale Brownies Holiday Half Dozen

This icicle- and snowflake-adorned box includes six of Fairytale’s best-selling brownies, in Original, Caramel, Chocolate Chip, Peanut Butter, Toffee Crunch and Walnut. Not into walnuts or just really love peanut butter? Fairytale Brownies lets you mix and match to create your own combo of 12 available varieties (others include Cream Cheese, Espresso Nib and Raspberry Swirl). These certified kosher brownies are made in small batches with imported Callebaut Belgian dark chocolate. They're free from trans fats, preservatives and artificial colors.

MSRP: $25.90/1.5 pounds
WEBSITE: brownies.com

Gourmet du Village Hot Chocolate Stockings

It's hard to top the sweet appeal of cocoa during the winter holidays—especially when it come with its own stocking. Gourmet du Village’s Hot Chocolate Stockings are available in Chris Moose, decorated with a stuffed red-nosed reindeer (and giving a nod to the company’s Canadian roots), and Beary Christmas, a teddy bear-adorned stocking. Each comes with a single serving of Gourmet du Village's best-selling Double Truffle Hot Chocolate.

MSRP: $10/stocking and cocoa mix
WEBSITE: gourmetduvillage.com

Indie Candy Christmas Lights Lollipops

Light up the holidays with this line of lollipops designed to look like decorative Christmas lights. Flavors include Key Lime (green), Strawberry (red) and Mango (yellow). These candies are hand-poured the old-fashioned way, and contain no artificial colors, flavors or preservatives. Plus they’re made in a Big 8 allergen-free facility.

MSRP: $2.39/lollipop
WEBSITE: indiecandy.com

Koppers Chocolate Chanukah Chocolates

These sweet treats rock a blue-and-white motif, perfect for Chanukah or to get a little variety amid all the red and green. Chanukah Mint Lentils are small discs of pure dark chocolate blended with peppermint oil and finished in sugar shells. The Chanukah Chocolate Cordials are small round balls of dark chocolate with flavorful liquid centers. The Silver and Blue Almond Jewels feature whole dry-roasted almonds wrapped in semi-sweet chocolate and topped off with a glittering, jeweled finish.

Chanukah Chocolate Cordials
MSRP: $9.20/pound
Chanukah Mint Lentils
MSRP: $7.52/pound
Almond Jewels
MSRP: $13.12/pound
WEBSITE: kopperschocolate.com

Lake Champlain Chocolates Spruce Tree Truffles

With conifer-designed holiday packaging showcasing wintry blue, silver and green hues, this charming gift box fits 11 elegant truffles made with cream from a family-owned, third-generation Vermont farm and award-winning butter from the Vermont Butter and Cheese Creamery. Truffle flavors are a mix of Cappuccino, Raspberry, Champagne, Hazelnut, Dark Rum, Spiced Pumpkin and Legendary Dark.

MSRP: $34/11-piece box
WEBSITE: lakechamplainchocolates.com

Marich Confectionery Company Natural Chocolate Cranberries

Natural Chocolate Cranberries are dried cranberries in dark and white chocolate, colored and enhanced with real cranberries—no artificial colors, flavors, preservatives or hydrogenated fats. The gorgeous red coloring makes this product as festive as it is delicious.

MSRP: $4.95/4.5-oz. gift box
WEBSITE: marich.com

Nancy’s Candy Co. Red Velvet Truffle

Red velvet fans won’t be able to resist this decadent goodie: The Red Velvet Truffle begins with a hand-molded shell of Belgian white chocolate, painted with shimmering red cocoa butter. Its creamy ganache center is infused with Nancy’s own natural Cake Batter flavor, so you get the look—and taste—of red-velvet cake.

MSRP: $7.97/1/2-pound box
WEBSITE: nancyshomemadefudge.com

Natural Vines Licorice Twists

Created by the American Licorice Co., one of the country’s oldest candymakers, these bite-size twists come in Strawberry and Black. They’re just 17 calories each, making them a sweet and sensible stocking stuffer. Made with only natural flavors and colors from natural sources, they’re sweetened with molasses and pure cane syrup, and contain no high-fructose corn syrup or preservatives, no cholesterol and no trans fat.

MSRP: $3.49/8-oz. bag
WEBSITE: naturalvineslicorice.com

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