Made-in-Mississippi Holiday Gift Guide
Whether you want to support local businesses this holiday season or give the gift of the Magnolia State to someone special, you’ve come to the right place. Our Mississippi gift guide includes locally made products ranging from coffee and bacon to vodka and salsa. No matter who you’re shopping for, you can find the perfect Mississippi-made gift on this list of unique products.
Delta Blues Rice
How much do you know about rice production in Mississippi? With more than 200 rice-growing farms, this industry is vital to rural communities in the state. You can simultaneously support Mississippi agriculture and provide one of the most unique and tasty gifts to the loved ones on your shopping list this season when you purchase one of the combo packs from Delta Blues Rice. Each gift box includes brown rice, long-grain white rice, jasmine rice, and brown and white rice grits. Rice grits are a particularly intriguing present if you know someone who is fond of Southeast Asian and Middle Eastern recipes.
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Coffee and Espresso from Bean Fruit Coffee Co.
Bean Fruit Coffee Co. is home to a number of enticing coffee and espresso roasts that are a sure-fire way to please the caffeine connoisseurs you’re buying gifts for this season. Crimson Stamp is their signature blend with flavor notes of chocolate, mild fruit and sweet nuts. Their Old Route 4 Dark Roast leaves a pleasantly lingering cedar and dried fruit taste on the tongue. And their Confection Seasonal Espresso rings with sweet cocoa, berries, nuts and a cola finish. You can’t go wrong with these or any other products available in their shop.
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Local Meats from Home Place Pastures
Just when you thought bacon couldn’t get any better, Home Place Pastures went and smoked it with pecan chips. Their fifth-generation farm knows a thing or two about agriculture, so you can rest easy knowing their products are going to taste great, satisfy the recipient and go a long way in supporting rural communities in Mississippi. If bacon isn’t quite a big enough present for the person you have in mind, consider their monthly box or adding on any one of their delicious charcuterie choices.
See more: Mississippi’s Home Place Pastures Sells Fresh Meat Direct to Consumers
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Cathead Distillery Spirits
Cathead Distillery is notorious for being the first legal distillery in Mississippi. Two devoted fans of blues music launched this business in 2010 and have been going full steam ahead producing everything from their classic vodka to honeysuckle and bitter orange varieties. They even have a rare and limited release called Old Soul on the docket. Whether you go with a bottle of their fine bourbon whiskey or their sparkling variety pack, these would make an excellent choice for the amateur bartenders in your circle.
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Goat Milk Soap from Covenant Creek
We can’t get enough of goat’s milk soap these days, especially when the purchase supports a small business in a rural community. Covenant Creek Farm uses the milk from their own goat herd to handcraft these rich and creamy soaps that are completely free from synthetic fragrances and artificial colors. Choose from essential oil scents like eucalyptus and garden mint or decadent varieties like honey almond oatmeal or juniper berry. If all else fails, consider the shampoo bars or the cedar, ale and clove bar from their men’s line.
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Pennington Farms Honey
Flavorful, rich and straight from the source, a little bit of Pennington Farms honey goes a long way when loved ones start tearing into the presents under the tree. The busy bees at Pennington have been harvesting and selling honey to the public since the early 1960s. And considering bees need to visit approximately 2 million flowers and fly 55,000 miles to produce a single pound of honey, we can all agree their Mississippi hives are logging some serious mileage.
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Dad’s Disappearing Salsa
There’s a reason they call it Dad’s Disappearing Salsa – and it has nothing to do with misplacing the goods. But rather than selling salsa in traditional jars, they decided to go a different route altogether. You can instead choose your favorite from their collection of dry mixes, made with all-natural ingredients, of course. Each package will make six pints of salsa or three pints of dip, and you can select anything from mild and hot to bacon and smoky chipotle. How’s that for an outside-the-box present?