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15. Peanut Mabel and Dolly Christmas Collection – Kentish Christmas Gift Guide

Based in Folkestone, Peanut Mabel & Dolly make luxury chocolate slabs by hand in a range of delicious flavours. Their Christmas Collection features taster-size slabs of their top three festive flavours – Christmas Pudding, Peppermint Candy Cane and Pistachio, Cranberry…

14. Kent Dark Chocolate Advent Calendar – Kentish Christmas Gift Guide

Do you know a dark chocolate fan? If so, this luxury advent calendar could make a great pre-Christmas treat! Kent Dark Chocolate is made from carefully sourced ingredients and the selected cocoa beans are both Organic and Fairtrade. The delicious…

13. Lost Sheep Coffee Capsule Experience Box – Kentish Christmas Gift Guide

Kent-based and independently-owned, Lost Sheep Coffee produce 100% fully compostable, Nespresso®-compatible coffee capsules that are filled with their speciality grade coffee. If you are looking for a gift for a coffee-lover, their online shop is full of great ideas including…

11. Macknade Hamper – Kentish Christmas Gift Guide

Macknade’s Kentish Christmas Hamper has the edge when it comes to Christmas. This hamper is packed with Kentish foodie favourites include a festive beer from local brewery Shepherd Neame, Christmas Cookies from the Zingiberi Bakery, Whitstable pickle co chutney, Bardsley…

10. Fudge Kitchen Speculoos Nut Brittle – Kentish Christmas Gift Guide

Fudge Kitchen brittle is like no other. The secret lies in the small 7kg batches and the hand stretching on marble counters for 15 minutes, as it cools, for the perfect texture. The entire process takes a skilled artisan an…

9. Opies Pickled Walnuts – Kentish Christmas Gift Guide

With famous fans including Mary Berry, Jamie Oliver and Fergus Henderson, Pickled Walnuts are enjoying a real renaissance.  Although you can buy Opies’ Pickled Walnuts all year round, they are definitely anunsung Christmas Hero. They’re a firm family favourite that are typically…

8. Gift Vouchers for the Pearson’s Arms – Kentish Christmas Gift Guide

Day eight is a gift vouchers for The @PearsonsArms which is a beautiful restaurant located on the seafront in Whitstable. It’s the perfect spot for a festive meal, opening throughout the Christmas period (including Christmas Day) and into the New…

7. Brussel Sprout Crisps anyone? – Kentish Christmas Gift Guide

If you are looking for something a little different then Nim’s, the Kent-based air dried fruit and veg crisp producer, has launched a range of festive crisps which are the perfect addition to Christmas nibbles.  The new flavours are certified…

6. Thorntons Advent Calendars – Kentish Christmas Gift Guide

Day six is a Thornton’s Advent Calendar range for those that love to count down the days to Christmas, available in Thorntons’ stores across Kent. There are three different designs, including the Santa Advent calendar (RRP £3.23), the Elf Advent (RRP £5), which…

5. Thackeray’s Gift Vouchers – Kentish Christmas Gift Guide

As one of the longest standing restaurants in Kent, Thackeray’s is a legendary institution; the Tunbridge Wells based restaurant celebrates the best of modern European cooking. For nineteen years this restaurant has had Michelin starred chef Richard Phillips at the…