Sponsored: A Very Southern Holiday Gift Guide

Sorghum Cookies from Bourbon Barrel Foods

Each bite-sized sorghum cookie is crisp, chewy, and filled with the caramelized flavors of Kentucky’s Bourbon Country. These one-hundred-cookie packs make a great gift to share at the office or with friends and family this holiday season.

Goo Goo Clusters

Send some holiday cheer in a new seasonal keepsake tin. The winter wonderland box includes five individually wrapped Original Goo Goo Clusters.

Caroline’s Cakes 7-Layer Yuletide Cake

The flavor profile of a yule log, baked into a 9-inch round and ready to serve fourteen to twenty guests. Seven layers of yellow cake are delicately filled with caramel buttercream, then iced with chocolate ganache buttercream. Chocolate holly leaves lend a festive finishing touch this holiday favorite.

Hubs Peanuts Gift Duo

Hubs exclusively sources extra-large Virginia peanuts to ensure the highest quality in every tin. This gift duo set combines Hubs’ signature salted peanuts with the sweet cocoa-coated variety, perfect for any holiday soiree. Plus, it ships anywhere in the continental US.

Pickled Pink Foods Pickles

Pickled Pink Foods is a small batch, artisan food manufacturer using clean, fresh ingredients for Southern pickled products. This set includes garlic dill pickles, pickled peaches, sweet pickles, and honey cinnamon beets for the tastiest gift you’ll ever send.

Seventh Heaven Sampler Tin

Offering a variety of premium pecans, the Seventh Heaven assortment tin is the perfect gift for your clients, colleagues, friends, or loved ones. This best-selling pecan sampler includes double-dipped chocolate, honey crisp, and praline pecans.

Biltmore Estate Cabernet Sauvignon

The dark ruby cabernet sauvignon starts with black cherry, violet, and herbal aromas, followed by lush cherry flavors and a soft finish—pair it with your favorite holiday dishes like smoked meats, barbecue, and braised lamb. Curl up by the fire with a glass and a good book, or share with friends at your next dinner party.

The Saltwater Table Cookbook

Offering a modern perspective on iconic Southern flavors with an emphasis on fresh ingredients, The Saltwater Table contains 125 approachable recipes. From flakey buttermilk biscuits with ginger-spiked jam to sweet Atlantic shrimp poached in beer, readers can recreate a taste of the coastal South in their own kitchen.

Italian Olive Wood Collection

In the Hidden Countship’s new Italian Olive Wood Collection, you’ll find cutting boards and knives handcrafted in Tuscany from solid olive wood—known for its durability and beautiful color.

Red Clay Condiments

Along with hot honey—wildflower honey with habanero—this artisanal brand makes four hot sauces. Original combines vinegar with mild fresno peppers; fiery Carolina Reapers star in Carolina; Verde pairs serranos with cilantro and fennel; and Habanero highlights the eponymous pepper.

NuWave 14-Quart Brio Air Fryer

This newcomer to NuWave’s Brio air fryer lineup features the largest capacity yet at 14 quarts. The integrated temperature probe ensures meals are cooked to perfection. It includes two cooking racks, a nonstick basket, and rotisserie spit for versatile cooking options.

Bruce Moffett Cooks: A New England Chef in a New South Kitchen

Founding chef of four restaurants in Charlotte, North Carolina, Bruce Moffett is known for fusing his New England upbringing and Southern culinary traditions. In his first cookbook, he shows home cooks how to do the same.

Lewis Barbecue Sauce Trio

Pitmaster John Lewis’ signature barbecue sauce starts with his favorite ingredient: roasted hatch green chiles. The sweet and lightly spicy New Mexican peppers are an ode to Lewis’ Southwestern upbringing. It’s available in 12-ounce bottles along with Lewis’ sweet red Original sauce and vinegary Tangy sauce. While you’re shopping, add a frozen, whole smoked brisket to your cart for a holiday barbecue feast.

Smithey Ironworks Farmhouse Skillet

As much a work of art as a cooking tool, this 12-inch carbon steel farmhouse skillet is inspired by American blacksmith designs from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Smithey hand-forges a limited number in partnership with renowned Charleston, South Carolina, blacksmith Robert Thomas Iron Design. With performance that rivals cast iron at a lighter weight, these skillets are designed to elevate the everyday cooking experience.

Sampler Box of Salts from J.Q. Dickinson

Give the flavor of the mountains: Three 1-ounce jars of J.Q. Dickinson’s solar-evaporated salt in plain, ramp, and applewood smoked flavors. The set comes in a printed cardboard box, or you can take it to the next level with a limited-edition, laser-engraved box.

Spire Crystal Champagne Flutes
from Neat Bottle Shop

This Viski crystal glassware is perfect for serving up bubbles at your holiday party, and the faceted gold-plated bases make them a great accent on your home bar year round.

Appalachian Mercantile Assorted Gift Box

This carefully curated subscription box is brimming with foods, crafts, and home goods from Appalachia’s chefs and artisans. Each box contains six to seven items that bring the mountains to you, plus recipes and information about each of the featured makers. The company offers single boxes as well as monthly and seasonal subscriptions.

The Bright Box,
the Giftbox with Purpose

Give a gift this holiday season that will create an impact. The Bright Box, the giftbox with purpose, is a limited-edition, artisanal box that includes five items that will brighten up anyone’s day. The purchase of this box directly supports Darkness to Light’s work to protect children from child sexual abuse.