Sinterklaas tins
For 5 December in the Netherlands
Ready-made Sinterklaas designs for pepernoten, chocolate letters and speculaas. Printed on moulds we already own — no tooling cost, no wait.
Sinterklaas on 5 December is a Dutch evening of its own, and the confectionery that goes with it — pepernoten, speculaas, chocolate letters — has always travelled in tins. These designs are drawn for that evening specifically, not adapted from a Christmas range.
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.
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 do Sinterklaas tins have to be ordered?
Dutch orders for a 5 December Sinterklaas are placed in September at the latest. Printing and forming take four to six weeks from artwork approval, and the tins then have to be filled and delivered into retail before the last week of November. September is the deadline, not the target.
Why are there no figures on these designs?
Deliberately. The imagery around Sinterklaas has been contested in the Netherlands for years, and a tin that takes a position in that argument is a tin a buyer has to explain. These designs use the objects instead — the mitre, the sack, the boot, the steamboat, pepernoten — which carry the evening without carrying the debate.
Can the same tin be used for Christmas?
Not really, and that is the point. Sinterklaas is a separate occasion in the Dutch calendar with its own products and its own three weeks of shelf space. A retailer stocking both wants two visibly different tins, not one that hedges.
What sizes are in the range?
Ø99 × 60 and 205 × 75 × 25 mm are the small ones — a handful of pepernoten, or a chocolate letter lying flat in the long narrow body. Ø145 × 40 and 190 × 115 × 35 mm are shallow gift boxes, 265 × 175 × 45 mm is the large filled one, and 100 × 75 × 160 mm stands upright. All are moulds we already own.
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