There’s something magical about receiving a Christmas hamper. Shrouded in mystery and full to the brim with decadent treats, they’re the extra-special gift that shows you really care.
While you could create your own hamper, M&S have done the hard work for you with a selection of nearly 150 gifts and hampers to choose from. Each one contains a carefully curated collection of delights designed to complement one another.
We’ve picked the best hampers for all the different people you’ll be buying for this Christmas, and there really is a hamper for everyone. These ready-made gifts are the perfect way to get ahead on your Christmas gift list.
Choosing the perfect M&S Christmas hamper for every person on your gift list.
The best hampers
Cheesemonger hamper
Gift the cheese lover in your life an indulgent night in with this cheesemonger hamper. Included in this gift are all the ingredients for a perfect cheeseboard. Starting with the cheese, there’s handmade Cropwell Bishop Blue Stilton, Spanish manchego, two-year-old Cornish Cruncher cheddar, brie and a Swiss gruyère. There are two sets of biscuits to enjoy: Collection rosemary and olive crackers and date, plum and hazelnut biscuits. To top the perfect bite, membrillo quince paste completes the selection.
Ultimate Christmas breakfast
Set up for the big day with this hamper brimming with festive staples. It comes fully stocked with everything needed to keep you fuelled up until the main event. Top sesame sourdough bagels with a generous spread of whipped soft cheese, then drape over slices of Scottish mild and delicate smoked salmon to finish. Or, choose festive Christmas tree crumpets with luxurious strawberry & champagne jam or clementine & gin marmalade. There’s also luxury fruit & nut granola, plus pots of strawberry and lemon curd Devonshire luxury yogurts. Whether you’re a coffee or tea drinker, there’s the choice of luxury gold tea or single-origin Sumatran Arinagata ground coffee. Finally, the Christmas Day essential: buck’s fizz! You’ll find a bottle of 100% freshly squeezed smooth orange juice and Delacourt Champagne Brut to toast to the day with.
Belvedere hamper
Housed in a deep rattan basket, this is a treasure trove of sweet and savoury Christmas delights. All the makings of a perfect cheeseboard are provided, including four cheeses, Collection biscuits, Collection chilli jam, spiced plum and ginger chutney, and Nocellara olives. There are three festive showstoppers for the big day: Collection smoked salmon royal fillet with 16 cocktail blinis, a pork, chicken and stuffing layered pie, and – the icing on the cake – a whole roast ham joint. As for classic Christmas sweets, there’s fruit cake, Christmas pudding and mince pies. Festive treats and snacks complete the hamper; enjoy blond chocolate and caramelised pecans, as well as Collection Christmas pudding truffles. Drinks include prosecco, Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc and Côtes du Rhône.
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Ultimate Percy hamper
If someone in your life can’t walk into a branch of M&S without buying a bag of Percy Pigs, this is the hamper for them. It’s a showcase of all the delights Percy and his friends have to offer, featuring chocolate coins, snoses and a melting hot chocolate bomb. There’s a musical Percy Pig tin filled with sweets, as well as Percy popcorn, biscuits and Phizzy pop. Of course, there’s a bag of classic Percy Pigs and festive helpers, too. To top the Percy fest off, there’s a Percy plush toy, and the entire collection is presented in a Percy Pig fabric-lined wicker hamper.
Classic Christmas Gift Box
Neatly presented in this delicately cut-out Christmas box is a selection of festive treats for the whole family. Sip on Christmas spiced tea throughout the Yuletide season and enjoy it alongside all-butter mini shortbread trees, or the cranberry and orange cookies. The iced fruit cake bar is the perfect thing to share with guests visiting with armfuls of gifts, and the mini Christmas pudding is a treat to savour – as is the bar of dark chocolate with clementine. For an extra festive breakfast, top toast with the Merry Berry soft set jam, and let no cheeseboard go without apple and fig chutney. This generously filled gift box is ideal if you’re looking for a non-alcoholic, family-friendly gift.
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Berrington hamper
For some people over the Christmas period, their home seems like an ever-revolving door with visitors coming in and out, but they wouldn’t have it any other way. For the perpetual host, a Christmas hamper containing a range of indulgent delights that can be stored in the pantry makes a welcome gift. Inside the hand-woven wicker hamper, there are sweet and savoury foods in abundance, from intensely fruity Christmas pudding, perfectly matured rich fruit cake and nocciolato panettone, to all-butter Cornish cruncher biscuits, Collection rye sourdough crackers and salt & pepper spiced nuts. They’ll also find Marc de Champagne truffles, an Italian chocolate assortment and Belgian milk chocolate mini florentines for an indulgent moment. There’s also chilli jam with piquillo pepper, chocolate hazelnut crème and an all-butter Scottish shortbread assortment. Essential prosecco and La Vita Sangiovese complete the hamper.
Negroni and nibbles gift box
This is the gift box for the person who makes a real event out of cocktail hour. A negroni is all about balance, and getting it right can take some mastery. Thankfully, M&S have done all the hard work. All that needs doing is stirring the golden negroni with ice and adding a twist of orange. While a negroni on its own is a thing of beauty, nibbles only make the experience better. Included in this gift box are sweet and salty delights, such as Christmas pudding truffles, Collection truffle nut selection, honey roast parsnip crisps and Italian Collection salted peanut brittle. There are also three types of biscuits: all-butter Cornish cruncher biscuits, Belgian chocolate café cream biscuits and Belgian dark chocolate-covered peppermint ganache biscuits. It’s always time for a cocktail!
Winemakers premium edit old world wine mixed case of 6
The inquisitive wine drinker is guaranteed to be delighted with this selection of six old world wines. Showcasing three whites – Chablis, Gavi del Commune di Gavi and Stepp S Saumagen Riesling – and three reds – Crozes Hermitage, Moueix Saint Emilion and Rioja Perez Burton – the recipient will explore the continent with this considered collection.
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Golden blond gift box
Golden blond chocolate has really come into vogue in the last year and it’s quickly become the new must-try trend. It has notes of caramelised sugar, buttery shortbread, creamy white chocolate and a hint of salt – the ultimate treat for someone with a sweet tooth. M&S has been leading the charge with the variety of golden blond products on offer. In this gift box, there are a whole host of golden blond delights, including a golden blond star Christmas pudding and the jewel in the crown: golden blond chocolate flavour cream liqueur – step aside, Irish cream liqueur!
Collection Christmas afternoon tea
For the person who takes afternoon tea seriously, this abundant hamper filled with festive treats is sure to impress. A curated selection from M&S’s Collection range, there’s tea and coffee, plus winter spiced apple fizz to drink. A woodland yule log, Dundee cake and stollen are the showstoppers, and mince pies, Belgian milk chocolate florentines and sultana scones with strawberry & champagne conserve serve as the smaller treats. This is a beautiful and generous hamper showcasing the very best of M&S.
Christmas pork pie & cheese grazing gift
Not everyone has a sweet tooth, so this pork pie and cheese gift is sure to satisfy those with a preference for savoury snacks. An extra-large cured pork pie and Coastal mature cheddar are the main event. There’s also pork crackling, pigs in blankets crisps, rosemary & olive crackers and chilli jam with piquillo pepper to try, too. Enjoy these alongside Southwold Christmas ale – there are two bottles to indulge in.