11 Diwali Gift Hampers That Won't Be Regifted

This luxury lifestyle brand has designed beautifully packaged hampers, encased in cane baskets. You can customise your perfect gift hampers with their endless options of premium products. From gourmet treats to pampering essentials, they have got something for everyone. You can also speak to them about adding your own touch with respect to packaging, but they've made hampers that let the traditional fabric, patola, truly shine. The company aces packaging, of course, but their home decor offerings make for lovely gifts — marble platters, serving sets, leather trays, boxes, and more.

Pricing: On request 

Dadar's iconic sweet store, Panshikar, has designed Diwali hampers with the brand's most loved sweets and farsans, packaged conveniently for you to buy... Or send abroad.They're completely personalised, and can feature a number of Panshikar's offerings, from Dink Laddus to Narlipaak to Poha Chivda. Please send this to the homesick Mumbaikar who can't make it here for Diwali!

Pricing: INR 2,500 onwards for their massive 3 kg hamper.

While we're on the topic of mithais, it's impossible not to mention the much-loved Bombay Sweet Shop. They come up with cool (and sought-after) hampers each Diwali, including all the favourites we love all year... sometimes with wonderful tweaks. This year, the hamper includes classics like the Chilli Cheese Bhujiya and Choco Butterscotch Bark, but also a box of assorted limited-edition Diwali mithais.

Pricing: INR 1,590 onwards

This is more like a true-blue bakery that satisfies your most simple cravings, albeit to perfection including Brownsalt aces cookies, granolas, biscottis and tea cakes. We love their Hazelnut & Sea Salt Chocolate Barks, their Almond Biscotti and their Orange and Pistachio Madeleines. They have quite a few hampers you can shop for and, of course, you can contact them for customisations, too. 

Pricing: INR 1,500 onwards

Oh, this one's going to make the receiver feel so, so spoilt. This state-of-the-art micro-creamery in the city has been making European-style cheese for a few years now. The best restaurants in the city source their cheese from Elephtheria, and it's a brand that has aced creating Indian-made chèvre, halloumi, and more. They have many options for hampers and are among the best gift hamper baskets one can receive.

Pricing: INR 2,000 onwards

Want to go eco-friendly? We're sure your giftee will appreciate receiving this hamper by Amala Earth, which features, one handcrafted coconut candle, one tea light holder, one dhoop stand, and a message card, which looks absolutely elegant and beautiful. Their other hampers also feature terracotta diyas, incense sticks, and essential oils.

Pricing: INR 1,300 onwards

This bougie chocolaterie truly brings it, year after year, with their Diwali hampers! There's a wide variety to choose from, featuring tea cakes, nougatine barks, granolas, their cremino rochers, their gianduja specials, and their signature bonbons. This is for the connoisseur who wants her chocolates to be traceable from bean-to-bar and made from single-origin cacao of the highest quality.

Pricing: INR 825 onwards

Okay, we're back to the eco-friendly hampers, but these feature plantables of all kinds! Bombay Greens's hampers feature the newly popular 'Beej Patakhas', but also have beautiful diyas, planters, grow kits, incense, camphor cones and even Beej Mithais. This is a wonderful gift for plant parents, and those who have young children.

Pricing: INR 499 onwards

For your tea connoisseurs, Newyby London teas would be a present to cherish. All of their teas are picked from the first and second flush leaves in the prime season, and have a vast list of flavours and concoctions available for every occasion. This Enchanted Garden hamper has a glass teacup, a teapot, their popular Earl Grey Black Tea, Jasmine Rose Garden Tea, and Maharaja's Breakfast Black Tea. The rest of the range is also great, perfect for a thoughtful present that delivers taste and health with each cuppa. 

Pricing: INR 4,000 onwards

Another one of our favourites and the OG patisserie of Mumbai, Toujours treats are worth all the hype. Their curated gift boxes offer a variety of handcrafted delights, including saffron pistachio cookies, chocolate shortbread sticks, spiced nuts in the gourmet trio box, financier bars, chocolate florentines, gruyere cheese biscuits, and so much more. They also offer vegan-gluten-free hamper options as well, and their Marzipan hamper is a must-check out.

Pricing: INR 375

Studio By Paveela offers an array of great options if you want to skip the f&b category and gift something pretty, eco-friendly, and sustainable. Crafted from sustainable, ethically sourced materials, these beautifully designed candles are the perfect gift for loved ones who appreciate both style and sustainability. 

Price: INR 1,000 onwards