The Best Fruitcakes to Buy Online Right Now
Consider it the easiest Christmas gift! 🎁
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Shopping for Christmas gifts during the busy holiday season is no doubt stressful—especially when you have a long list of recipients! Luckily, there's one gift that almost everyone can appreciate, whether it's a teacher gift or a gift for your aunt who lives far away. Giving a food gift—like fruitcake—to your friends or family will make anyone feel loved. Sure, you can make one of your own fruitcake recipes for a holiday tradition, but when you're short on time, you'll be glad to know that there are plenty of fruitcakes for sale that you can buy online in 2023. Whether you add it to a Christmas food basket or simply ship a loaf as a last-minute gift, ordering a fruitcake online is a quick and easy way to send your family a taste of the holidays.
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In case you didn't already know, fruitcake is a traditional Christmas dessert that's been around for ages dating all the way back to ancient Rome. It's often filled with candied fruit, nuts, and warm spices before being soaked in alcohol, like brandy. A good fruitcake is moist and flavorful, and all of the options on the list ahead will fit the bill. Some come in cute Christmas tins or packaging and others turn fruitcake into surprising new treats—like fruitcake cookies—but no matter which one you choose, you'll be glad you added fruitcake to your online shopping cart this season.
This fruitcake comes from an old-fashioned Texas bakery that's been making treats since 1898! It's heavy on the fruit with loads of glaced cherries, pineapple, and golden raisins, plus some pecans for a nice crunch.
Claxton Bakery is world-famous for making fruitcakes for over 110 years! This sample pack allows you to try both their regular fruitcake (made with golden raisins) and dark fruitcake (made with sun-dried raisins, spices, and molasses) for under $20!
This traditional fruitcake is loaded with nuts, fruits, and spices, like cinnamon, cloves, and ginger, that taste even better when served warm. Plus, it comes in a wintry tin featuring woodland animals that can even be reused after the cake is eaten!
Everything you love about fruitcake—in cookie form! This package includes up three pounds of fruitcake cookies arranged in a beautiful gift box. (Glass of milk, not included.)
This extra-moist fruitcake is made by hand in a small monastery in upstate New York. The nuns make each brandied fruitcake filled with pineapple, dates, raisins, cherries, currants, and orange peel. Plus, it's big enough to serve a crowd!
If you think the best part about fruitcake is the mix-ins, then you'll love this fun twist on the original. It's not so much a cake, but a candy confection loaded with all the chewy fruit and crunchy nuts.
Collin Street Bakery is a family-run Texas institution that's been making fruitcake for generations. It's not only loaded with pineapple and raisins, but it also has chunks of papaya, cherries, and pecans. The collectable tin is perfect for a Western-inspired Christmas.
Kara Zauberman is the Senior Editor of Content Strategy at The Pioneer Woman, covering stories ranging from food, lifestyle, news, and more. When she’s not writing and editing, you can find her seeking out new restaurants or cooking for friends and family.
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