The Best Gifts for Cheese Lovers

Do you have a cheese-loving foodie in your life? Gift them a flavorful experience with different varieties and treats they can pair and share with others, all wrapped up in one special present. At S. Clyde Weaver, we have the perfect gift baskets for someone who loves cheese. Explore our range of curated baskets and discover the perfect cheese lover gifts for the holiday season.

Why Cheese Lovers Adore Gift Baskets

The magic of great gift baskets is that they provide cheese lovers with a selection of different items to create a perfect tasting experience. Like the Pennsylvania Dutch saying, “seven sweets and seven sours,” the best cheese basket includes different cheeses, crackers, spreads and other tasty items for a deliciously balanced selection. Plus, you can even add a cutting board, serving utensils and other essentials to create a standout charcuterie board.

At S. Clyde Weaver, we certainly get the appeal. From award-winning Cheddars to our very own honey mustard and home-smoked meats, our cheese gift baskets are jam-packed with high-quality goodies just waiting to be enjoyed.

The Best Cheese Gift Baskets

The best cheese gift baskets offer your cheese-loving recipient a range of textures, flavors and combination options.

All great cheese baskets should have:

Multiple cheeses that vary in texture and flavor
Tasty condiments or spreads to complement the cheese
Crunchy snacks to add carbs and extra texture to the assortment
Something sweet to balance the flavors

S. Clyde Weaver has a gift basket for every kind of cheese lover. Whether you’re gifting a basket to a loved one, a family, a group of colleagues or your holiday host, you can find the perfect present.

Family Pleaser

This gift basket is filled with fun and flavor for the whole family. Perfect for those who love to graze all weekend long or share snacks on cozy nights in, the Family Pleaser is one of the best meat and cheese gift baskets we offer for groups.

Cheese highlights:

Lancaster Conestoga Sharp Cheddar: Aged at 37° F, this cheese has a smooth, meltable texture and a sharp, quintessential Lancaster flavor.
Super Sharp Cheddar: This take on traditional Cheddar has the perfect balance of acidity and caramel sweetness.
Amish Butter Cheese: Soft and smooth, this Amish cheese is mild and creamy and perfect for snacking.

Included pairings:

Meats: Weaver’s Baby Ham, Mini Sweet Bologna, Mini Lebanon Bologna and Lancaster Beef Jerky
Cheese spreads: Port Wine Cheese Spread and Cheddar Bacon Horseradish Spread
Other items include: SCW Pickles, SCW Honey Mustard, Clyde’s Traditional Snack Sticks, Deluxe Mixed Nuts, Milk Chocolate Nonpareils, Pretzels, Razz m Tazz, Wheat Pretzels, Wilbur Chocolate Nuggets, and Gummy Peach Rings

Tips for serving:

Cut the Cheddar into rustic shards.
Cube the butter cheese.
Slice the pickles for bite-sized mouthfuls.
Pair the sharp cheeses with honey mustard for the perfectly balanced bite.

Family Gathering

The Family Gathering is one of our most comprehensive meat and cheese gift baskets for groups. Full of a variety of centerpiece-worthy cheeses and a wide range of pairings, this basket is perfect for big holiday celebrations and hosting.

Cheese highlights:

5-Year Aged Cheddar: The anchor of this magnificent basket is a delicious Cheddar. After beginning its journey in Québec, this tangy cheese is aged right here in PA.
Marbled Longhorn: This is a delicious blend of white and orange Cheddars with a mild flavor, providing the perfect contrast against the sharp Cheddar.

Other cheeses include:

Lancaster Conestoga Sharp Cheddar
Amish Butter Cheese
Smoked Gouda

The Family Gathering basket contains a fuller array of snack and condiment pairings.

Included pairings:

Meats: Weaver’s Baby Ham, Mini Sweet Bologna, Mini Lebanon Bologna and Lancaster Beef Jerky
Cheese spreads: Port Wine Cheese Spread and Cheddar Bacon Horseradish Spread

The Family Gathering basket boasts a rich assortment of sweet and savory snacks and condiments, including:

Honey BBQ Snack Sticks
Clyde’s Traditional Snack Sticks
SCW Pickles
SCW Honey Mustard
Wheat Crackers
Pretzels
Deluxe Mixed Nuts
Honey Mustard Pretzels
Hershey’s Milk Chocolate Bar
Milk Chocolate Nonpareils
Sweet and Savory Snack Mix
Chocolate Covered Pretzels
Mustard
Razz m Tazz
Gummy Peach Rings

Tips for serving:

Appetizer board: The flavors and variety in the Family Gathering box make it ideal for serving as an appetizer before a group holiday meal.
Balance flavors: Create the perfect mini mouthfuls by combining chunks of salty cheese with sweet honey mustard, or place dollops of fiery horseradish spread on slices of baby ham.

This gift basket is best suited to larger families, holiday event hosts and big groups of friends or colleagues.

Family Favorites

If you want to give a gift that has something for everyone, the Family Favorites gift basket is filled with an assortment of Lancaster fan favorites in smaller amounts, making it perfect for sharing!

Cheese highlights:

5-Year Aged Cheddar
Marbled Longhorn
Amish Butter Cheese
Lancaster Conestoga Sharp Cheddar

For meat lovers, the Family Favorites bundle contains a taste of two popular products — Weaver’s Ham Nugget and Mini Lebanon Bologna.

Although smaller in size, this basket’s assortment of snacks and condiments contains everything your recipient needs for a rounded flavor experience.

Other S. Clyde Weaver Crowd Pleasers

If you’re searching for a slightly smaller gift basket, it’s important to maintain variation of taste and texture as a priority. When comparing smaller cheese gift baskets for your loved ones, try to make sure they still offer plenty of options.

Although our sharer-friendly Family baskets are hard to beat for group gifts, many of our best cheese gift boxes are slightly smaller and just as full of variety.

Check out some of our favorite bundles for cheese Xmas gifts and holiday favors for individuals, couples and small groups.

Best of Lancaster County

As its name suggests, this impressive gift basket delivers a taste of the very best of Lancaster. Centered around the delicious 5-Year Aged Cheddar, this bundle contains the perfect combination of flavors and textures for a rounded experience. Our favorite features include our own brand Honey Mustard and our crunchy Petit Toasts.

Lancaster County Sampler

With no frills and simple ingredients, this basket cuts to the chase, delivering a taste of our best hits and core items. Featuring just four elements — 5-Year Aged Cheese, Weaver’s Ham Nugget, Mini Sweet Bologna and Honey Mustard — this bundle is perfect for gifting to an individual or couple who wants to experience the quintessential Lancaster balance of sweet and salty.

S. Clyde Weaver Favorites

We may be biased, but we think this gifting basket is the crème de la crème of our assortments. Featuring three of our signature cheeses, two types of Bologna and a mix of sweet and savory delights, the S. Clyde Weaver Favorites basket meets every requirement of a balanced holiday gift.

PA Dutch To-Go

If you’re looking for a gift that’s simple but effective, this gift basket is a great choice. With our special 5-Year Aged Cheddar, the PA Dutch To-Go also features our creamy Amish Butter Cheese, a Mini Sweet Bologna and our Honey Mustard Pretzels.

S. Clyde Weaver Sampler

If you’re struggling to narrow down your options or know your gift recipient is a fan of variety, this generous basket showcases top products and is one of our best cheese gifts for the holiday season.

Focused around three delicious cheeses, this sampler basket also boasts two different cheese spreads, three meats, three chocolatey items and more.

S. Clyde Weaver Bundles

Alongside our vast selection of Lancaster County gift baskets, we also offer a choice range of bundles, with something made for every kind of cheese lover.

Award-Winning Cheddar Box

This cheese-tastic bundle would be at the top of any cheese lover’s wish list this Christmas.

After entering our 7-Year and 10-Year Aged Canadian Cheddar into the World Cheese Awards in Norway, our cheeses were chosen out of 4,502 varieties to receive a silver medal.

If you want your giftee to feel like a true champion this holiday season, gift them this unbeatable bundle, which features:

5-Year Aged Cheddar
7-Year Aged Cheddar
10-Year Aged Cheddar
Lebanon Bologna Chub
Hammond’s Sour-Dough Hard Pretzels
SCW German Mustard
SCW Red Pepper Jelly

Bologna by the Bundle

If you’re shopping for someone who’s as much of a meat-eater as they are a cheese fanatic, you can’t go wrong with this Bologna-centric bundle.

Our meats are smoked using old-fashioned methods that we’ve developed over 100 years, and this bundle showcases the very best of our skills.

This bundle contains:

SCW Ring Bologna
Lebanon Bologna Chub
Sliced Lebanon Bologna Pack
Sliced Old Fashioned Sweet Bologna
Sliced Farm Style Sweet Bologna
5-Year Aged Cheddar
Large Eyed Swiss

How to Create the Best Cheese Board: Tips and Tricks

Beyond their variety of flavors, one of the best things about a high-quality cheese gift basket is its potential to be transformed into an aesthetically pleasing sharing board. With just a bit of effort, your loved one can create a delicious charcuterie selection with their gift basket items — perfect for enjoying before dinner or as a snack with friends.

If you’re thinking of gifting a cheese basket this holiday, consider including these instructions and ideas for creating the ultimate cheese board.

Set out the cheeses: After storing in the fridge, let the cheese rest at room temperature for a minimum of 30 minutes before serving. This will enhance its flavors and textures. If using soft cheeses like Brie or Camembert, warm them up in the oven beforehand so they’re easy to spread and enjoy.
Slice the cheeses: When slicing the cheese, create textural contrast on the board by opting for different shapes for each cheese. For example, cut Cheddar into shards and butter cheese into cubes.
Slice the meats: When slicing the meats, cut them into bite-sized pieces that are easy to grab and enjoy. For presentation’s sake, try placing and layering them in different areas of the board.
Organize the board: When organizing the condiments, spreads and sauces, make sure they’re easy to enjoy by placing small spoons or knives in or next to them. It can also be a good idea to add these condiments in bowls or on risers to create visual interest and different levels on the board.
Incorporate color: Add contrast and color by adding seasonal fruit or pickles to the board and separating any items of a similar color. Even edible flowers or herbs can help create a beautiful themed contrast.
Don’t forget the plates: Try setting out small plates so guests can taste different items on the board. Provide serving utensils to make grabbing meats and cheeses easier. For a little extra flair, use themed napkins.

Make Holiday Gift-Giving Effortless With S. Clyde Weaver

At S. Clyde Weaver, we know what cheese lovers want. Having spent over 100 years perfecting the art of cheese ageing and meat smoking, our products fulfil the holiday cravings of all kinds of cheese eaters.

Our artisan cheese gift baskets tick every box — they’re generous, balanced, ready to enjoy and, most importantly, packed with delicious, high-quality cheeses. If you want to give the gift of cheese this Christmas, you’ll be hard-pressed to find a tastier selection of goodies.

Order your artisan cheese basket or visit us in-store today at one of our farmers market stands in Pennsylvania.

Comments are closed.

back to the Foodie Corner Blog

The Best Gifts for Cheese Lovers: A Holiday Gift Guide

Why Cheese Lovers Adore Gift Baskets