North Carolina geographically has it all, with the mountains, the coast and the piedmont. Just as diverse as the landscape is the same for your shopping choices. If you are looking for gifts for loved ones who are locally or not in the State of North Carolina then the Triangle has it all. Let’s start with sweets. Anna’s Gourmet Goodies located in Raleigh on Falls of Neuse Road, creates all natural hand crafted desserts and Red Light Chocolates provides you with a choice of homemade artisan chocolates. For that truly southern are, Carolina Cupboard in Hillsborough has foods such as chocolate-covered pecans, preserves, cookies, lemon drops and grits, just to name a few. There are also healthy choices available from Five Points Baking Company, LLC whose artisanal cheese straws are gluten free.
North Carolina is also known for its barbecue such as Lexington style and Eastern style. But you cannot have barbecue without sauces. You can indulge in sauces not only for pulled pork barbecue but different types of meats as well. Cackalacky offers sauces made with sweet potatoes and for a different twist try their cheerwine sauce for pulled pork. Bone Suckin offers a Western North Carolina tomato based sauce sweetened with honey and molasses.
Miss Debbie’s Specialty Apples o ers tasty decorated apples such as Bittersweet Pecan Super Gi’Norma Gantic, Cashew Turtle Super Monster, and Peanut Butter Bomb, just to name a few. Moon Dance Soaps and More offers handcrafted all-vegetable based soaps along with moisturizers and other products, including those for your dog.
North Carolina’s wine industry is a rapidly growing industry providing consumers with a wide variety of choices; however, the native grape to North Carolina is the muscadine. For those in the Triangle, Enoch Winery and Vineyards in Benson offers fruit wines made from muscadine grapes, bramble, apple and peach, and seasonal blackberries and blueberries.
With so much variety right here in the Triangle, it is always an easy choice to buy local and Send NC.
