Walker’s 2024 Holiday Gift Guide

The holiday season is just a couple weeks away so now is a great time to start planning your gifting - the season is nearly here!

Kickstart your creativity with a few ideas from Walker’s Shortbread that make great holiday (and special occasion) gifts. Hopefully the highlights selected here will help you land on the perfect gifts for the special people in your life!

Great for Chocolate Lovers

Do you have someone special in your life that just loves chocolate? Fortunately, we have gift boxes and baskets that are perfect for those who are crazy for chocolate. Consider our Chocolate Lover’s Basket a great one!

Beautifully pairing the rich indulgence of chocolate with classic, all-butter Walker’s Shortbread, this gift basket is packed with a box of chocolate covered shortbread fingers, a box of chocolate orange shortbread, a box of chocolate chip shortbread, three chocolate chip shortbread snack packs, a bag of mini chocolate chip shortbread and a box of assorted chocolate covered shortbread.

This gift, great for chocolate lovers, is presented in a beautiful wicker basket that is reusable and exhibits high quality.

Other great gifts for chocolate lovers:

• Walker’s Milk Chocolate Coated Shortbread Fingers
• Chocolate Orange Shortbread
• Assorted Chocolate Covered Shortbread - Walker's Shortbread
• Walker's Salted Caramel Milk Chocolate Chunk Shortbread

Great for Traditionalists

We love this time of year to make the most of tradition and if you know someone that feels the same about the Christmas season, a great option is Walker’s Rich Fruit Puddings, available in both 8oz and 16oz boxes.

Christmas pudding is an age-old tradition, particularly in the UK , where Christmas puddings are traditionally prepared on “Stir-up Sunday” about which you can learn more at the previous link.

Our rich Christmas Pudding is packed with mixed spices, raisins, sultana, candied fruit peel, and syrup, and is thoroughly steamed to deliver the perfect, moist texture that’s beloved by those who love traditional Christmas fare. It’s often served doused with brandy or brandy butter <link to recipe Brandy Caramel Sauce.

Of course, there are many great traditional Christmas gifts available from Walker’s. Other great gifts for traditionalists:

• Walker’s Mince Pies and our new Gingerbread Mince Pies Walker’s Christmas Spice Shortbread, our all-butter classic, infused with notes of cinnamon and nutmeg.
• Walker’s Gingerbread Man Tin
• Festive Shapes Tin
• Festive Reindeer Tin
• Cranberry and Clementine Shortbread
• Strathspey | Walker's Scottish Fruit Cake

Great for Those with Scottish Ancestry

Know someone in your life who can trace their ancestry back to a clan in Scotland? We have some great gifts for them!

Try our Glenfinnan Viaduct Tin as a great gift for those who are Scottish or appreciate Scottish history. It’s beautifully presented in a reusable tin and contains a variety of our famous all-butter shortbread.

Featuring striking imagery of Glenfinnan Viaduct, this tin will make a thoughtful gift for anyone proud of their Caledonian ancestry. And even when the all-butter treats are gone, the reusable tin has a ton of uses - or it can just make a nice, simple display somewhere in the home.

The Walker’s catalog of holiday cookie gift sets has other great gifts for those with Scottish ancestry:

• Scottish Icon Thistle Tin
• Edinburgh Castle Shortbread Assortment
• Scottish Piper and Highland Dancer Tin
• Thistle Flower Assortment

For more gift ideas and inspiration, please see our previous blog on the topic via the previous link. traditional Scottish gifts.

Great for Whisky Lovers 

We have some great gift choices for anyone on your gift list that is a connoisseur of the world-class blends and single malts that Scotland produces. 

Our Glenfiddich Highland Whisky Cake is meticulously crafted from fine fruits and spices, including sultanas, cherries and almonds, they are then infused with Glenfiddich’s 12-year single malt.

Rich, indulgent, and perfect for those who appreciate the subtle delicacy of scotch whisky, these whisky cakes make wonderful gifts around the holidays - or at any time of year!

Another great gift for those who appreciate Scotch whisky is Walker’s: Glenfiddich Mincemeat Tarts - Walker's Shortbread

Great for Tea Lovers

Tea may not be as popular as coffee, but it is still the fourth-most popular beverage in the United States. That raises the odds that there’s a tea lover in your life.

And, if there is, we have just the perfect gift: our Walker’s Holiday Tea Party Gift Set. Lovingly packaged in a reusable basket, this gift contains all-butter festive Shortbread Fingers, Festive Shapes and Gingerbread Men Shortbread, along with three varieties of Twining’s Teas.

The delight of all-butter shortbread is the perfect complement for a warm cup of tea, especially in the winter, so who knows - this just might make a great gift basket even for someone that hasn’t avowed a love of the tea!

Other great gifts for tea lovers:

• Walker’s Tea Towels (perfect for keeping a pot of tea warm, as well as for tidying up)
• Walker’s Holiday Tea Party Gift Set
• Cozy Comforts Gift Basket
• Walker's Shortbread Cookie Gift Box, Assorted Shortbread Cookie Box

Explore Holiday Cookie Gift Sets and More Here

Nestled among our special occasion gifts are a variety of other holiday cookie gift sets and other unique gifts such as the ones we’ve covered here - but there are many others on our website. Take some time to look through our full collection. The perfect gift for that special someone is just waiting for you to discover it here!