Elevate Your Holiday Hamper with Gourmet Spanish Products

With a list of Certified Colmados From Spain at your fingertips, shopping for treats from Spain has never been so simple, no matter where you are in the world. So, for further inspiration, read on for these Spanish festive favorites – they might be closer to home than you think!

• Marcona almonds or mixed Spanish cocktail nuts

As Spain is famous for high-quality nuts such as the iconic marcona almond or the morella hazelnut, these are an important nibbling inclusion in any Spanish foodie hamper. You can purchase marcona almonds online at Mercado Central.

• Embutidos – cured meats such as chorizo or jamón ibérico

For fans of Spanish cured meats, at least two types of these are necessary in a basket to get that variety of meaty flavor. While the chorizo or jamón ibérico acorn-fed ham are easy choices to cover your bases, there are many other embutidos that can be added. In Williamsburg, Virginia, USA, La Tienda stocks a wide range of tasty morsels, such as their Jamón Tasting Trio of Sliced Ham.

• Mermeladas – conserves and jams for cheeses

Spanish jams are pushing the taste boundaries with what you can pair with cheese – think spicy chili jam, wine jam, and sweet onion jam! With their tantalizing selection of interesting jams – plus cheeses – the Canadian SolFarmers site is a go-to.

• DOP Manchego cheese and Spanish favorites

As it’s the sheep milk cheese from Spain that everyone loves, at least one DOP Manchego cheese should appear in a holiday basket. But why stop there? If you want to choose from the others too, La Despensa in Dubai, UAE, has a highly curated selection of classic Spanish cheeses, including the unctuously creamy DOP Torta del Casar.

• Spanish olives that are stuffed! 

About as umami as it gets, olives stuffed with anchovy are always a savory hit for the senses. This is an easy addition for your holiday basket, with vegetarian alternatives such as olives stuffed with piquillo pepper or cheese. You can find a full range of canned olives and other Spanish goods in Toronto, Canada’s own Barcelona Gourmet.

• Crackers such as sweet olive oil crackers by Inés Rosales

Be they sweet or savory, the gourmet crackers from Spain are a great accompaniment for snacking. Coming in all shapes and sizes, the best Spanish crackers are usually artisanally crafted with quality ingredients such as EVOO. The Colmado store of Mercat Little Spain, in NYC, New York, will not let you down for your basket shop!

• Pickled piparra or guindilla peppers

As tangy as they are spicy – and perfect with Spanish cheeses – piparra or guindilla peppers hailing from the north of Spain will put the zing into any basket. Sometimes you’ll find them skewered with anchovies and olives as gildas. Pickled preserves such as these are seemingly a speciality of Ultracomida in Aberystwyth, UK.

If you don’t have time to online-shop around for your Spanish holiday hamper must-haves, worry not, as there are many gourmet specialists offering ready-made baskets to suit all budgets. Brindisa of Tapas Brindisa Restaurants in London, UK, is a good example of this, with a page dedicated to Christmas packs and hampers – including themed gift sets like a paella making kit!

To add an extra-special gastronomic surprise in your basket, certified Restaurants From Spain around the world also have gift vouchers for wining and dining experiences. For example, the Barcelona Wine Bar or Boqueria Restaurant chains with multiple locations in the US, offer a customizable gift voucher where you can select your amount. So, you can find the closest Spanish-certified restaurant to your loved one and find a culinary gift experience that they’ll remember forever!