We love shopping, we love Colorado, and we love shopping with Colorado companies! If you do too, this 2025 edition of our annual list of Colorado Gifts in Good Taste will give you some great ideas. In addition to getting some really unique things, you’ll be supporting local, small businesses. As a local small business ourselves, we can certainly get behind that. Happy shopping and happy holidays!

Colorado Gifts We Find to Be In Good Taste for 2025

The 2025 guide to Colorado Gifts In Good Taste is graciously made possible by Rebel Bread, who has a lot of exciting things going on! In addition to continuing to bake for local businesses across the Front Range, in their very own corner of Colorado on South Broadway, they have expanded their space to include a full-service café and teaching kitchen. In the café, grab a bite from their Gino Panino line of Italian-inspired focaccia sandwiches; order coffee drinks featuring Huckleberry Roasters beans, teas, beer and wine, and batched cocktails; and stop by for sourdough pizza service every Friday night. At the baking school, learn from the pros how baking really works, focusing on techniques that you can use at home on your own creations. Rebel Bread can help you with gift giving this season with loaves of bread or delicate pastries, something from their pantry area, a great meal at the café, or baking classes! Visit their website to get all the details.

FOOD AND DRINK-RELATED GIFTS

Art RiNo Passport is discounted to $20 through Dec. 31. The limited-edition booklet gets you exclusive perks at more than 50 RiNo shops, galleries, bars, restaurants and creative spaces that offers more than $1000 in value. 

Casa Bonita’s “El Mercado” has limited edition finds such as a 3D Diver Ornament, a Snowy Tower Ugly Christmas Sweater, beanies, socks and more.

Denver Macaron makes vegan, gluten-free macarons, made with potato protein instead of egg whites. Their Holiday Box features a festive countdown of rotating flavors. As a bonus, 10% of proceeds on sales made in December benefit the Denver Animal Shelter. They also have custom Macaron Towers and Platters plus three-, six- and 12-pack boxes in holiday flavors such as gingerbread, apple pie and chocolate hazelnut.

Lavender Coffee Boutique is having a Black Friday Sale (Nov. 20–30) with 25% off sitewide and an extra 5% off next subscription purchase. There’s also a Holiday “Last-Minute Shopping” Sale (Dec. 11–14) with 20% off site wide.

Leven Brownie or Fresh-Baked Bread Candles offer a calorie-free way to enjoy two of Leven Supply or Leven Deli’s favorites. Both 100% soy candles are made in partnership with local artisan candlemaker Wooly Wax. Rachel Woolcott, Wooly Wax owner, was a chef for 20 years and her culinary knowledge of how scent and taste intertwine helps her bring complex flavors to life. Candles are available to purchase at Leven Deli or Leven Supply or online at eatleven.com. 

Moksha Chocolate Tasting Experiences, done in-home, are great for a minimum of eight people. They can be customized. We’ve done one and they are fun, educational and tasty.

Olive & Finch Christmas and Hanukkah Cookie Kits are $45 and include 12 baked sugar cookies in various Christmas or Hanukkah shapes. Six colored icing bags, decorations/sprinkles and a decorating guide and care instructions are included. The kits are available Dec. 1-22 and can be ordered in advance online to pickup from Olive & Finch Uptown.

Park City Spring Wine Festival Grand Tasting tickets, available now, are for the April 9-11, 2026 event in beautiful Park City Utah. Use promo code “ingoodtaste” at checkout for $10 off all Grand Tasting tickets.

Postino Wine Café has a gift card deal where you buy $100 in gift cards and get a $30 bonus gift card. The deal is available in-store and online through Dec. 1.

Santa’s Little Man Ice Cream Factory has grab-and-go pints of holiday flavors including Egg Nog, Gingersnap, Peppermint Pass, and Vegan Frosty Cocoa.

Savory Spice Shop, where we get all of our spices, has gift-ready packages: The Taste of Colorado Collection ($75) features eight curated spices gathered in a curated set and named after beloved Colorado landmarks and neighborhoods; The Spice & Easy Starter Bundle ($62.90) includes 10 meal starter packs; and The Gourmet Hot Cocoa Bundle featuring Dutch Cocoa Powder, Vanilla Bean Sugar and Salted Caramel Spice.

Snooze has a new digital e-commerce platform that’s stocked with brand-new, limited-edition merch like graphic T’s, hats, French artery crewnecks, pancake-themed sweatsuits and more. 

Tamayo has a “give a gift card, get a gift card” deal. Purchase a $100 gift card and receive a $20 one in return. The deal is available for a limited time at this link. Also, shop Chef Richard Sandoval’s Amazon Shop for his culinary recommendations.

Telluride Truffle Co. at Denver Union Station creates decadent chocolate gift boxes, like the Premium Gift Box ($210), featuring more than a dozen locally made chocolate treats – a perfectly festive gift for the holidays. Purchase in store or order online.

Temper Chocolates and Confections has created a holiday box that can be purchased in quantities of 4, 6, 12 or 24 for $13-$78. Flavors include Santa’s Helper (Bailey’s and hot chocolate ganache in a dark chocolate shell); Whoville (caramelized milk chocolate cookie butter ganache in a milk chocolate shell); and Cranberries (cranberry compote and a cranberry dark chocolate ganache in a dark chocolate shell. Temper also has an all-Colorado-themed box.

Toro by Chef Richard Sandoval has memberships to the exclusive tequila locker program. Members store their personal selection of spirits (any kind), in beautifully designed lockers located next to Toro’s main bar. Members have access to their private stash anytime they dine at Toro, allowing them to enjoy their own premium spirits in cocktails or neat, served by Toro’s skilled bartenders or at their table. Prices start at $150.

MUSIC-LOVING GIFTS

Dazzle Jazz offers live music from local, national and international musicians in an intimate listening-room setting. As a bonus, the food and drinks are good too, especially the green chili and flourless chocolate cake.

PLAYFUL GIFTS

Peak-a-Boo Toys at McGregor Square offers playful and locally-inspired games and toys, like Colorado-Opoly ($29.99), a Colorado-themed twist on the beloved board game.

PAMPERING GIFTS

Strata medspa at the Garden of the Gods Resort has holiday gift bundles including The Bliss Bundle with an essential oil rollerball, chakra candle, 3 Farmhouse Fresh Bath Bombs and $200 gift card to put towards a treatment of choosing or the Holiday Glow with an 80-minute Strata Glow & Massage and 80-minute Luxury Spa Facial with LightStim.

EXPERIENTIAL GIFTS

A Masterpiece Moment: Denver Art Museum Stay & Play Package partners The Ritz-Carlton, Denver and the Denver Art Museum for a staycation. Enjoy overnight accommodations in a guest room or suite, get VIP untimed tickets to the “Pissaro’s Impressionism” exhibit, receive a welcome amenity and “sketching kit” plus $150 Elways dining credit. The package is available for booking between now and Feb. 7. 

Adults & Crafts is a woman-owned small business that sells elevated craft kits for grownups. Each kit, which can be gifted individually or as a monthly subscription, includes quality materials and detailed instructions that make crafting accessible to anyone. The final product is something you’d actually want to display in your home.

Christmas Beer and Cookies Tour takes attendees on a guided tour to four RiNo breweries, sampling more than 10 beers along the way, paired with four big cookies from The Flour Shop. Get a free Santa hat and Souvenir Sample Glass. Learn unique Denver Christmas stories too. The tour happens various Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays. The cost is $55/person.

Little Man Ice Cream – Ice Cream Making Classes are available on various dates. The class is under the guidance of expert production chefs to help you create a custom flavor, prepare it, label it, spin it and package up 5 quarts. What you make is a great gift but so is the class itself.

Puttshack Denver is offering a Black Friday Gift Card Bonus (Nov. 24-Dec. 1). Purchase $50 in gift cards online and get an extra $10 value in gift cards. Or, purchase a Puttshack Game Pack (Nov. 28-Dec. 31) in-venue only. Buy a 10-game pack for $89. Or two 10-game packs for $149. Each pack comes with two food & beverage coupons for dine-in redemption (excluding alcohol).

Swing 365 is giving a one-week free trail at their indoor golf destination that features high-tech simulators that let players practice their swing, compete with friends and tee off on world-famous courses. Memberships start at $75.

GIFTS FOR PET PARENTS

SHINE eco-conscious gifts as good for animals as they are for the planet: “pet food” made with human-grade, pasture-raised, and sustainably sourced ingredients from regenerative farms, all in recyclable packaging. Items include Organic Freeze-Dried Pet Food Toppers (a middle ground between kibble and fresh food); freshly Baked “Munchies” Treats in flavors like Carrot Banana and Sweet Potato; ethically-sourced leashes, toys and accessories. Purchase from the Boulder store or they ship nationwide and have gift cards.

Whimsy Paint & Sip at The Orchard Town Center makes it possible to create a painting of your fur baby. Submit a photo of the pet and a professional artist will create a hand-drawn outline on canvas. Each kit comes with the canvas and all the supplies needed to paint a one-of-a-kind portrait at home.

PICTURE-PERFECT GIFTS

Frameflow, a Denver-based, female-owned company that launched locally in October, offers a thoughtful way to celebrate the season with the gift of captured memories. The platform connects clients with experienced photographers across Denver who specialize in family portraits, engagement sessions, weddings and other milestone moments. Customizable packages are available online.

-Curated by Courtney Drake-McDonough, Publisher and Managing Editor, InGoodTasteDenver.com