Ideas For Christmas: Biscuits

A bit more than a month and Christmas will be upon us. It is not too early given that most shops started displaying Christmas food and decors since August. It is better to split the food shopping  bit by bit, especially things that can be stored with a long shelf life or if we are planning to visit some friends and we want to bring something festive and delicious as well. Let's start with biscuits.

Biscuiteers is a company that as well as having its own catalogue of biscuits and cupcakes, can decorate its products with  client's ideas and customise them for example putting names for  table sets or decorations fro the Christmas tree. For this festive period you can send a Three Kings Biscuits card where three delicious biscuits , hand decorated, are inside a box. They cannot be personalised but you can add a message at the checkout of the website. Hampers are available as well. Visit www.biscuiteers.com 

Carluccio's among all its Italian specialities has brought this year  Dark Chocolate Coated Grissini, delicious breadsticks covered in indulgent dark chocolate. Great matching between sweet and savoury. www.carluccios.com

Don't resist the impulse of buying these scrumptious All Butter Biscuits by Crabtree & Evelyn .The Lemon & Earl Grey Biscuits is a Limited Edition  flavour that can be matched with an Earl Grey Tea tin. Extremely yummy the  All Butter Christmas Pudding Biscuits, The all Butter Spiced Ginger Biscuits and the All Butter Dark Chocolate Chunk and Hazelnuts Biscuits.
www.crabtree-evelyn.co.uk

Amaretti are  traditional Italian macaroons made with almonds in the town of Saronno in the north of Italy. They are not related to the famous liqueur which is produced in the same town by two other companies. Amaretti are now produced in other many places in Italy and this taste has conquered all the foodies all over the world. At Dobbies Garden Centres, you can find a Christmas Tin of the Arden & Amici Soft Amaretti, a perfect present if you go visiting relatives or friends during the festive holidays. www.dobbies.com

Sainsbury's has brought to the shelves this great Scottie Snow Globe Tin, filled with delicious shortbread biscuits and the top works as a carillon. This is a lovely present for a collector or for starting a new tradition of filling the once empty tin with Christmas letters to Santa or other small mementos from your children.  www.sainsburys.co.uk 

 This is for the kids, the Tesco Decorate Your Own Gingerbread House. Engage your children in something creative during the school holidays and make them feel proud of having decorated such a festive cake. The kit comprises of 8 gingerbread pieces, icing, candies and sweets. There is the gingerbread man and the Christmas tree as well.  www.tesco.com

QVC is the place where we can find everything under one roof, or in this case under one click. This  set of two tins of petticoat tails shortbread biscuits by Churchill's scream Christmas in a very joyful way. At the moment there is a nice offer on the website, so it is advisable to stock up on them and start thinking of all the visits you are planning to do during the festive holidays and what to bring for your host.  www.qvcuk.com