Fall means caramel, maple, rich cheeses and Halloween treats. Here are three suggested ways to enjoy October.
Pumpkin spice and fall flavors
The flavors of the fall season can be delivered to your doorstep by Ekubox. “Eku” stands for “eat, keep and use.” This Franklin, Michigan-based gift box company was founded in 2019 by Paula Slof, who calls herself the “chief gift guru.” Treat yourself or a friend and receive a beautifully presented box, packed with recyclable materials, grasses and fabric maple leaves. Inside, you’ll find a 5-ounce box of crisp, buttery maple sugar cookies in the shapes of acorns and maple leaves from California-based Rustic Bakery; a 5-ounce bag of creamy sea-salt caramels from Maryland-based Mouth Party Caramels; and an incredibly fragrant pumpkin spice latte-scented candle from California-based Voluspa. It’s the perfect indulgent treat for a cool fall afternoon or evening.
$78. Available at ekubox.com.
Credit: Heidi Harris
Credit: Heidi Harris
Halloween-themed calzones and cakes
The creative minds at Atlanta-based Garnish & Gather are always dreaming up delicious meal kits, but, when it comes to holidays, their creativity shines. Last Halloween, they offered a graveyard coffin cake kit. This year, there are two options: witch’s hat calzones filled with Pine Street Market sausage, ricotta, mozzarella and Parmesan, and served with “spooky sorceresses” sauce; and coven’s cauldron cakes, which are matcha mini-cupcakes dipped in dark chocolate to form what looks like cauldrons. You can top the cupcakes with mascarpone ice cream tinted green, as well as a sprinkling of sparkly sugar. Then, you also can decorate the cauldrons with chocolate handles, white chocolate bones and eerie eyes. The kits contain everything you need to make two calzones, or four cupcakes.
$20 for calzones, $24 for cakes. Available at garnishandgather.com. Order by Oct. 27 for delivery by Oct. 31.
Credit: Handout
Credit: Handout
Fall harvest charcuterie tower
We could have selected a Halloween treat basket full of candy, popcorn or cake pops from Gourmet Gift Baskets, but we decided we’d go savory this fall, and enjoy a pretty stacked tower of boxes filled with crackers, cheeses and condiments for that charcuterie board we’ll be nibbling on while we give out candy on Halloween. The three stacked boxes in graduated sizes hold everything you need for a gourmet cheese board: Florida-based Terrapin Ridge Farms’ raspberry honey mustard, New England Cranberry’s hot pepper jelly, bite-sized stone wheat crackers from Maine-based Mariner Biscuit Co., sourdough flatbread from California-based Rustic Bakery, and vegetable cheddar and ultra sharp cheddar from Virginia creamery Mountain View Farms.
$59.99. Available at gourmetgiftbaskets.com.
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