15 Nov Hot Chocolate Trail Holiday Gift Guide
As home to many expert artisans, artists, and craftmakers, PEI is the perfect place to shop for quality, locally-made holiday gifts! PEI is filled with local businesses selling gifts you won’t find anywhere else! We have uncovered some of PEI’s best unique holiday gift ideas here!
Stocking Stuffers
Kool Breeze Farms is selling Salted Caramel To Go Hot Chocolate Packages! These individually wrapped ready-made hot chocolate packages make a great Yankee swap or stocking stuffer gift.
PEI Preserve Company’s artisan jams and fine teas are a thoughtful stocking stuffer! Their teas and jams are made locally in New Glasgow, PEI!
From PEI Christmas ornaments to jewelry, candles, cards, and prints, Oh Hey PEI offers many small stocking-stuffer-sized gifts for the creative person in your life.
Stop by Island Style in Cavendish and discover their exclusive pottery mugs by Hupe Pottery! Adorable holiday mugs are perfect for enjoying festive hot chocolate at home!
Embrace the cozy this season with Fox PEI’s hot cocoa-scented soy wax candle! Fox PEI is a cozy shop in Brackley Beach featuring the work of dozens of local artisans, offering a unique mix of gifts and winter essentials. Discover locally made jewelry, pottery, handmade soaps, preserves, MacAusland wool blankets, stunning artwork, stained glass, and charming wooden decor.
Gifts for the Home Decor Lover
Indriya offers curated furniture, lighting, kitchenware, and more! Their high-quality home decor items bring a unique touch to any home and are built to last for generations to come.
Carr’s Oyster Bar in Stanley Bridge has festive decor and specialized Gnome Christmas Ornaments that will add a playful look to your holiday decor!
Gifts for Chocolate Lovers
A box of Island-made chocolates is a safe gift for anyone, whether you know them well or not! Island Chocolates in Victoria-by-the-Sea and Jane and Sue Chocolates in Stanley Bridge offer hand-dipped, delicious, high-quality chocolates! These chocolatey treats are also great stocking stuffers, and Jane & Sue’s Advent Calendar is a lovely early Christmas gift!
Anne’s Chocolates chocolate-covered potato chips are a PEI Christmas staple! They also sell fantastic hot chocolate mix that just needs to be mixed with ADL milk!
Cozy Gifts
Are you looking for a gift for the knitter in your life? Knit Pickers PEI has charming, handcrafted wooden buttons shaped like cozy mugs of hot cocoa! These add a special touch to any handmade project, whether it’s a sweater, scarf, or mittens.
For those who prefer to enjoy the comfort of knitwear without making it, Rustico Bay Wool Sweater Company has premium, Atlantic-made wool blankets, sweaters, and accessories. Their high-quality items are built to last for years! You can even buy matching sweaters or mitts for the whole family!
Rustico Surf Club is a lifestyle brand for men, women, and kids who love adventure and surf culture! They sell sweaters, tees, accessories, and surfboards!
Island-Made Soap Gift Sets
Handmade in New Glasgow, the Great Canadian Soap Company soaps are hand-poured in small batches and smell as good as they look! During the Hot Chocolate Trail, they are carrying a specialty Chocolate Lovers Shea Butter Cream Soap and Winter Chocolate Goat Milk Soap!
Island Hill Farm makes soaps right on their goat farm with essential oil scents! Their goat milk soap can be used for hands and is gentle enough for the face as well.
South Shore Soaps in Crapaud carries homemade goat milk soap, lip balms, and body butter. Their Vanilla Bean Marshmallow candle is a delicious scent during the Christmas season!
Don’t forget your gift for Santa! We are told he loves milk and cookies left out on Christmas Eve!
