Buy Christmas Candy Online
Gift Boxes, Chocolates and Candy Make Great Holiday Presents
Dec 15, 2007
Making homemade Christmas cookies may be a holiday tradition in many homes. Creating homemade Christmas candy, however, requires an expertise in the kitchen not many casual cooks possess. Take advantage of the wonderful array of online candy shops to send a sweet gift to a far-off relative or to satisfy your own cravings for sugary holiday candies.
The Swiss Colony
The Swiss Colony started selling Wisconsin cheese by mail in 1926 and has since expanded to offer meats, fruit, and sweets, including classic Christmas candy. The Old-Fashioned Christmas Candy tin contains a mix of peppermints, fruit gems, and colorful “pillows.” Perfect for a coffee-table candy dish, the collection of Christmas candy sells for $11.95 per 1-pound tin, $19.95 for 2 pounds. Shipping starts at $4.95.
See’s Candies
West Coast candy giant See’s Candies ships its signature candies around the world through the company’s website, which offers Christmas delights like the Santa Candy Tote. Each gift bag (designed to look like Santa’s red suit) is filled with See’s gourmet lollipops, candy canes, and a milk chocolate foil Santa. Get two 4.9-ounce Santa Candy Totes for $11.50. Shipping options begin at $6.99.
Lake Champlain Chocolates
In Burlington, Vermont, Lake Champlain Chocolates has produced preservative-free gourmet chocolates for more than 20 years. The company’s mouth-watering website lists a variety of holiday chocolates, including a hand decorated Chocolate Santa Claus that is (nearly) too cute to eat. A blend of milk and dark chocolate create this hollow Santa; white chocolate accents create his beard and suit trim. Lake Champlain Chocolates delivers Santa in a clear gift bag topped with a red ribbon. Price: $80 for the giant, 14-inch Santa, $17.50 for the 8-inch Jolly Old Elf. Shipping starts at $6.95.
L.A. Burdick Handmade Chocolates
L.A. Burdick Chocolate makes its chocolate goodies by hand, without molds, in Walpole, New Hampshire, and mails the bonbons around the world through its bustling mail-order and web business. The company’s unique creations include a wood basket of delectable chocolate mice, each with almond ears and a tail of silk. The dark chocolate mice have an orange filling, the milk chocolate a mocha filling, and the white chocolate a cinnamon filling. Price: 9-mouse box, $30; 16-mouse box, $46. Shipping starts at $7.50.
Jelly Belly Christmas Jelly Beans
Not just for Easter baskets, jelly beans can fill Christmas stockings as well, especially the Christmas Mellocreme Mix at the Jelly Belly website. The Rolls Royce of jelly bean companies, Jelly Belly Candy Co. makes a collection of Christmas jelly beans shaped like Santa, his sleigh, reindeer, and more. The white, green, and red jelly beans come in vanilla, lime, and cherry flavors. Price: $4.99 for a 9-ounce bag. Shipping varies with UPS. Free shipping for orders over $50.
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