Eleven Gifts You Can (Really) Only Get In Boulder County

BOULDER, CO -- Boulder County is a one-of-a-kind place, so we thought it only fair to search the valley for a list of gifts that are just as unique. If you've been wracking your brain to find that special thing for that special someone, you can take the rest of the holiday season off – we've got you covered. Read on for a collection of gifts your loved ones can experience, cherish, taste, touch – and yes, drink.

1. Let's start with a gift that comes traditionally nestled in a beautiful package: the Cured Colorado Gift Box offer the best bites that the state has to offer, hand-picked by the local owners of the acclaimed Pearl Street wine and charcuterie shop.

2. For the farmers market fanatic, try a winter CSA that will provide local meat or eggs throughout the snowy season. Jodar Farms offers an eggs-and-pork share that allows members to customize an order once a month from January through May and has pick-up locations in both Boulder and Longmont. McCauley Family Farms allows you to pay per-month for holistically pasture-raised chicken. They offer pick-up locations in Boulder and Longmont, and at-home delivery is available for an extra fee.

3. How could anything measure up to the gift of experiencing the state we all love? Get the outdoor adventurer in your life a Colorado Parks Pass and provide him or her with a year's worth of adventures like climbing in Eldorado Canyon, boating in Navajo State Park, or even horseback riding in Lory State Park.

4. Anyone can buy their honey some honey, but Highland Honey's artisanal varieties come directly from Boulder County bees. According to Highland, the variety of temperatures and microclimates throughout the Boulder valley help create their distinctive, complex flavors. Highland even offers a line of herb-infused medicinal varieties including ginger tummy soother, nervous relief, and feminine vitality.

5. Every year Boulder gets more accolades for its microbrewery scene – why not jump on the bandwagon and get your favorite connoisseur a home brew kit? Longmont's Brewmented offers pre-packed kits for your favorite ales and lagers – if you're lucky, you might even get a gift back from this one.

6. Give a gift that will last all year while supporting local artists with a membership to the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art. A quick stroll from Pearl Street, the museum offers a serene refuge in a historic building across from the Civic Center park. A BMoCA membership means more than free admission for a year – it also comes with exclusive invitations to art-focused events, artist talks, and exhibit previews.

7. The olive oil from Healthy Harvest is pure, organic, and directly imported from family farms in the Mediterranean – owner Karl Burgart travels to Europe over the winter himself to meet potential suppliers. Try Healthy Harvest's infused gift box for an extra-local punch – it offers varieties infused with roasted garlic or spicy chiles from Kersey's Monroe Organic Farms.

8. Everyone knows a few sports fanatics and everyone knows a few chocolate-lovers. For the sports fan-chocoholic in your life, it would be tough to top a gift box of exquisitely crafted CU Buff truffaloes from Pearl Street's Piece, Love and Chocolate. The all-things-chocolate boutique offers a variety of gifts, cooking classes, and sweet treats, with truffle flavors like white chocolate liquid caramel, pineapple habanero, and marble gingercello.

9. What better gift than mindfulness, presence, and a few extra bendy-stretchy tricks to show off at parties? Earth Yoga is locally owned and operated by Shannon Paige, a masterful teacher, poet, and mythology scholar. Earth offers yoga punch passes starting at $10 per class – the best price you can find for a studio class in town. Trust me, I've checked.

10. Spice things up this season with hot sauce from Seed Ranch Flavor Co. With a claim that it can "make food exciting again", Seed Ranch offers flavors like thai green, umami, and smoked jalapeno. Even more exciting? Their hot sauce is sold at McGuckin Hardware, so you can grab a bottle when you need to pick up and extra string of holiday lights.

11. Last, but not least – we've all felt the pull of the superfoods craze. Put down your coconut oil and toss out those goji berries – for the health nut in your life, you'd be hard-pressed to come up with a more unique gift than a few pints of locally raised camel's milk. Located in Longmont, Colorado Camel Milk LLC is a family-run farm where the camels enjoy a grain-free, GMO-free diet. Some say camel milk can help with everything from autoimmune disease to heart health. We can't guarantee that, but we promise that this one will be a gift that is remembered.

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