Give the Gift of Welsh Cheese: Giant Christmas Cracker Filled With a Dozen Artisanal Welsh Cheeses

The Welsh Cheese Company

Launches its brand new Giant Welsh Cheese Christmas Cracker, containing a festive dozen of Wales’ finest artisan cheeses. This exclusive cracker is the perfect way to add a delicious touch to your holiday celebrations. Beautifully packaged in a festive, cracker-shaped box that’s over half a metre long, this unique gift, priced at £79 is a true celebration of Welsh cheesemaking, including favourites from some of the best cheesemakers from across Wales like Caws Cenarth and The Snowdonia Cheese Company.

Inside each cracker, twelve distinct artisan cheeses showcase the country’s rich tradition of dairy craftsmanship and offer something for every palate:

Bouncing Berry– Mature Cheddar Cheese with Dried Cranberries (200g)

Caws Cryf– Extra Mature Cheddar (200g)

Angiddy– Soft Brie-Style Cheese (150g)

Beechwood– Naturally Smoked Mature Cheddar (200g)

Perl Wen– Creamy White-Rinded Cheese (200g)

Black Sheep– Creamy Sheep’s Cheese (150g)

Brandy & Apricot – Organic cheddar with brandy and apricots (200g)

Amber Mist– Mature Cheddar with

Black Bomber– Extra Mature Cheddar (200g)

Perl Las– Creamy Blue-Veined Cheese (200g)

Blue Wenallt – A Meltingly Soft Creamy Blue (200g)

Cheddar with Leeks – Creamy Mature Cheddar Blended With Real Leeks (200g)

THE Mini Welsh Cheese Cracker

Three smaller versions of the Welsh Cheese Christmas Cracker, containing just four of Wales’ finest artisan cheeses, will also be available for the first time this year. With three different versions to choose from – the ‘Artisan’, the ‘Famous Four’ and the ‘Festive Cheddars’ – each of the ‘mini’ crackers are priced at £32 each, or all three for £79.

All of The Welsh Cheese Company’s crackers also contain festive party hats and cheesy jokes! To find out more, visit

The Welsh Cheese Company’s Giant Welsh Cheese Advent Calendar is also making a comeback for Christmas 2024. The enormous advent calendar, which costs £189, is packed with 24 individual portions of artisan Welsh cheese

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