Manitoba culinary makers have been busy creating delicious treats that make the perfect home-grown addition to those holiday stockings. These locally crafted items bring a burst of flavour and a whole lot of Manitoba pride to your seasonal gifting. Plus, no one will fault you for buying a few treats for yourself!

Smak Dab Mustard

Full of flavour and packing a punch, Smak Dab Mustard prides themselves on using the best quality Canadian ingredients to make the most flavourful mustards right here in Manitoba. Their trendy packaging and a range of flavours makes them the perfect add-on to any foodie in your life this holiday season!

GET IT: Sobeys, Safeway, The Forks Market and more! Check out their retail list here.

Utoffeea

Cate Dyck started making small batches of her ooey-gooey good cashew-packed toffee for farmers’ markets. Since then, Utoffeea has expanded its line-up to include pecan spice, almond espresso and peanut butter varieties. Plus, they’ve added flavoured popcorns including seasonal faves like candy cane hot chocolate, gingerbread toffee and reindeer chow.

GET IT: Made Here For You, Love Local MB, The Forks Market and more! Check out their retail list here.

Gourmet Inspirations

For over ten years, Gourmet Inspirations has been crafting gourmet sauces, spices and syrups. Their goal is to help you feel like a chef and barista right at home. Explore a vast category of sweet, savoury or spicy options. Perfect for the coffee lover or the sweet tooth enthusiast in your life. These are the kind of treats where you shop and say “one for them, one for me”!

GET IT: Made Here For You, The Forks Market and more! Check out their retail list here.

Tomahawk Chips

Nature's Farm Pasta

For the savoury fan in your life, we recommend Nature’s Farm. While all of their products are delicious, we are loving their pasta selection. Nature’s Farm is a family-owned egg farm, artisanal pasta shop and fine-food retailer based in Steinbach, Manitoba. Their mission emphasizes sustainable farming practices and healthy, high-quality food products. For anyone who loves good food made right, these stocking stuffer options feel both thoughtful and delicious.

Purple Blossom Gin

Patent 5 Distillery is tucked inside a former stable that houses the distillery and a snug cocktail bar. The line-up of spirits includes gins, whiskeys, liqueurs and vodkas—many made from local ingredients. The purple blossom gin is a colourful concoction that includes Manitoba violet and rose petals and changes colour in cocktails thanks to Thai butterfly pea flower. The 200 ml size makes the perfect stocking stuffer.

GET IT: The distillery in Winnipeg is open from Monday to Saturday, 10 am to 5 pm. Most varieties are stocked at Manitoba Liquor Marts province-wide. You can shop online here.

Elman’s Pickles

For eight decades, Elman’s Kosher Deli Foods has been packing pickles from its North End Winnipeg shop, much to the delight of those in search of a great pickle. The star of the line-up is Baba’s Cured Pickles, based on a traditional Polish recipe that contains no vinegar. They also make pickled eggs, horseradish, sauerkraut and herring—as well as a rather bold hot mustard.

GET IT: Elman’s products are stocked at select grocery and butcher shops throughout Manitoba.

Lady Di’s Snackers - Flavoured Pretzels

Formerly known as "Angry Pretzels to Di For", Lady Di's Snackers are crunchy pretzels, with a punch of flavour! These tasty pretzels are the perfect snack for any occasion (especially at sports games). Every pretzel is lovingly coated with big flavour by hand, and small batches made weekly to keep the freshness and quality. These pretzels are the perfect shareable gift.


GET IT: Pineridge Hollow, Love Local and more! Check out their retail list here.

Bothwell Cheese

There is no such thing as too much cheese, and Bothwell Cheese understands that perfectly. This award-winning product comes in more than two dozen flavours, including lactose-free options like Cheddar and Jalapeno Monterey Jack. Their premium line includes the decadent Black Truffle Monterey Jack and Maple Smoked Extra Old Cheddar. For those who like a little kick, Red Hot Chili Pepper Jack certainly delivers.

GET IT: Safeway, Sobeys and more! Check out their retail list here.

Morden’s Russian Mints

These local favourites have been melting in our mouths for decades. Be warned that when you pop into the Sargent Avenue store in Winnipeg’s West End to pick up a box, you’ll likely leave with much more, including dark-chocolate-covered ginger, freshly roasted cashews or those addictive toasted coconut-covered marshmallows. But the Russian Mints are truly a classic, making minty chocolate lovers smile.

GET IT: Stock into Morden’s of Winnipeg on Sargent Avenue in Winnipeg. Order online here.

Last, but not least…

Honey Dill Hot Sauce