Christmas tins
Biscuits, chocolate and hampers
Ready-made Christmas designs for biscuits, chocolate and gift hampers. Printed on moulds we already own — no tooling cost, no tooling wait.
A Christmas tin is bought once and kept for years, which is why European retailers still put biscuits, chocolate and stollen in metal rather than card. These designs are ours, printed on moulds we already hold — so the eight weeks a new shape needs never enter the calendar.
What you are looking at
The designs on this page are ours — drawn in-house and shown here so you can see what the range looks like before committing to anything. Each one is ready to print on moulds we already own, and goes into production once there is an order behind it. That means no tooling cost and no wait for a new shape — only printing and forming.
Tins in this range
Our own designs, printed on our own moulds.
Ordering from this range
- Minimum order
- From 5,000 pieces per design
- Lead time
- 4–6 weeks from artwork approval
- Tooling
- None — these use moulds we already own
Because the mould already exists, a ready-made range skips the eight weeks and the tooling cost a new shape needs. What is left is printing and forming.
Year-end gifting in corporate volumes
The end-of-year gift a company sends its clients and staff is usually larger than a retail tin and often carries the company’s own mark. The three biggest formats here are built for that: one deep hamper-style box for a filled assortment, and two flatter bodies for a single or double layer. Your logo goes on the lid beside the pattern, or replaces the central motif entirely.
The minimum is the same as for any printed design: 5,000 pieces per design. Below that, ask us about plain unprinted tins — we sell those in smaller quantities, and a sleeve or a printed band is a common way to brand them. Year-end corporate orders are placed before the summer.
Ask about this range →What this range is not
A ready-made design is not exclusive. Anyone can order the same tin, and some of them will be your competitors. If you need artwork nobody else can buy, that is a custom project — same moulds, your own design, and the exclusivity applies to the artwork, not to the shape.
How custom projects work →Frequently asked questions
When are Christmas tins ordered?
European retail buyers place their Christmas tin orders between January and April for the same year. February is comfortable, June is tight, and after July the season has usually closed. Printing and forming take four to six weeks from artwork approval; the rest of the calendar is filling, freight and shelf date.
Can the same design go to more than one country?
Yes, and most of these are drawn so it can. None of the artwork carries a word, so the same tin ships to Germany, the Netherlands, Poland and Romania without a change. Where a greeting is wanted, it is printed per market and only that plate changes.
Is there a tall format?
120 × 79 × 180 mm is the upright one — a narrow rectangular body for a jar, a tall packet, or a selection stacked on end. It is 180 mm high, so it takes a small bottle but not a wine bottle. 345 × 225 × 130 mm is the large hamper-style box for a full assortment.
Are these the same tins used for New Year gifting?
They are. In Turkey, Russia and much of the secular market the December gift is a New Year gift rather than a Christmas one, and the designs that work are the same: winter, gold, evergreen and light. Only the greeting, if there is one, changes.
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