The Atlanta Holiday Gift Basket and Tin Guide
This time of year, it’s easy to put on a couple of pounds. With holiday parties, family dinners and other get togethers, you’ll have lots of reasons to indulge. But one of the main ways we pack on calories during the winter months is with those delightful gift baskets. Whether it’s a popcorn tin with butter, cheese and caramel (who doesn’t love those), cookies or some chocolate covered nuts, git baskets like these really make the holidays sing. We’re listing a few of our favorites below – whether you want to get the perfect gift for those friends and family, or you want to give a little gift to yourself around the holidays, here’s where to get some great snacks!
Atlanta Nut Company
2999 Amwiler Rd, Atlanta, GA 30360
(770) 242-8835
With all the pecan trees and peanut farms nearby, you’d better believe that there’s a good nut company in Atlanta. Atlanta Nut Company’s gift tins offer roasted and salted pistachios, sugar ’n spiced pecans, milk chocolate covered and Mammoth Halves pecans, and Gourmet Plump Cashews. Throw in some gummy candies or chocolate covered almonds, malt balls, pretzels, raisins and more – their tins are fully customizable.
Greene’s Fine Foods
Moving to Emory Walk, 1248 Clairmont Road
(404) 378-2001
Greene’s has been an Atlanta institution since 1985, and while their recognizable store in Downtown Decatur is no longer, you can still get their delicious pecans, nuts, candy and gift tins for the holidays! They have multiple nut tin options, or you can order Gift boxes of 1 pound bags along with larger gift baskets. They also make a great assorted chocolate truffle box for a gift recipient with fancier tastes.
Grits Bits
(404) 312-9399
Grits Bits is a local purveyor of sweet and savory biscuits made out of the classic Southern dish in its name. They’ve got flavors you’ll recognize, like pimento, cheddar, vidalia onion, butter cookie and sweet Georgia brownie. You can order a gift basket from Grit’s Bits with some of these products included, along with other Georgia centric products like Peanuts, Peach Bites, Cokes, Vidalia Onion Petals and more.
Lucy’s Market
56 E Andrews Dr NW, Atlanta, GA 30305
(404) 869-9222
Buckhead residents know that Lucy’s Market is a great place to find something eclectic and appealing all wrapped up into one. The gift baskets match this sensibility, with some of the most popular offerings in Atlanta. For the holiday season, you can look for the Holiday Hostess Basket, with cheese straws, wine, cookies and more, or the Holiday Happy Hour Basket with Bloody Mary mix and wine among other accoutrements.
Poppa Corn’s
1617 Hosea L Williams Dr SE, Atlanta, GA 30317
(404) 464-8100
We mentioned it at the top, but a classic (and yes, cheap) holiday gift over the years has been that triple flavored metal popcorn tin with caramel, cheese and butter flavors. But what if you could design your own tin with a s’mores flavored popcorn, a bacon cheddar and a lemon pepper? You can when you customize your tins at Poppa Corn’s. This Kirkwood popcorn and candy shop may not be on your radar, but it will be after your giftee raves about their tin.
River Street Sweets
455 Legends Pl Suite 854, Atlanta, GA 30339
(770) 575-1077
This famous Savannah, GA candy shop has an outpost in Atlanta at the Battery, and you can order the same pralines, fudge and more in your next gift basket. Order someone a whole drum of pecan pralines and bear claws, or send them the Classic Christmas Basket with their pralines, Divinity, Chocolate Almond Toffee, Bear Claws, crunchy glazed Georgia pecans and chocolate covered peanuts. When you want sweets that are distinctly Southern, River Street Sweets is the way to go.
