Although the Christmas season is synonymous with big dinners and sumptuous meals together with family and close friends, it is, at the same time, synonymous with sweets.
Christmas, in fact, brings with it ancient traditions involving the preparation or purchase of sweets to take as gifts to loved ones.
Whether it is chocolate or handmade sweets, the Christmas season offers a wide choice of mouth-watering gifts that can turn into perfect presents.
Below is a short guide to buying Christmas gifts for the sweet tooth.
Christmas chocolate: a timeless classic
Chocolate has always been a symbol of love and affection and, over time, has become one of the most popular choices for gifts, both for very special occasions and for moments when you want to show some affection to a loved one.
Venchi Christmas chocolate, for example, thanks to its excellent quality and combination of tradition and innovation, is a perfect gift if you want to surprise someone.
This brand is synonymous with worldwide Italian excellence and its Christmas creations, from pralines to filled chocolates, are a treat for the heart and the palate.
Christmas Cookies
When talking about the great classics, it is worth mentioning the traditional Christmas cookies, with their unmistakable scent of butter and spices such as cinnamon, and sugar icing decorations.
If you love to bake, you can make these biscuits at home and package them to your liking with boxes and ribbons, but if you are not a baker or don’t have time to bake, many shops offer boxes of handcrafted biscuits, packaged in an elegant and precious way.
Gourmet gift boxes
Among the Christmas gifts for those who love sweets, we also recommend the gourmet Christmas gift sets, boxes full of selected and in some cases customisable products, such as fine jams and honey, preserves, high-quality spreadable creams and perhaps dried fruit or liqueurs to give a complete tasting experience.
Many of these sets also include selected teas or coffees: by choosing one of these boxes, you will not only be giving sweets, but small moments to share together.
Christmas gifts: sweets from around the world
A gift idea that combines a passion for sweets with the culture of different countries is a gift basket with sweets from different parts of the world.
This is a gift that one can personally compose, including an Italian panettone, a German Weihnachtsstollen, an English Christmas Pudding, Middle Eastern baklava, fine chocolates, coffee and typical Northern European cinnamon biscuits, thus giving a ticket to a world tour of Christmas sweets.
After reading the article, it is clear that the tradition of gifting sweets is one of the oldest traditions of the festive season, and for the sweet tooth, receiving such gifts is undoubtedly a source of joy. Whether one respects local traditions or casts a glance across borders, to win the heart of a sweet-lover one just has to turn to reliable brands and choose products of great quality and flavour.
