Christmas Candy Boxes.

Glassine liners and paper cups sit inside the board so each piece keeps its own space. Sticky caramels and brittle toffee lose their shape when they rub together, and a loose tray lets pieces rattle against the lid.

For assortments we die-cut a paperboard insert with compartments sized to the cups you already use, so the layout stays intact from the packing table to the gift exchange.

Inner trays and inserts are cut from a food-contact paperboard, while the printed outer can be SBS or a wrapped rigid board. The contact stock is picked to resist grease and moisture, so butter-rich fudge doesn't leave a dark mark showing through the panel.

When every piece sits in a cup or on glassine, the outer carton never meets the candy at all, which leaves you free to choose any coating or foil you like.

Yes, we build 24-door calendars as a custom die-cut project with a numbered door print. Each door is cut into the front panel with small nicks holding it shut, and a cavity tray behind it gives every number its own pocket for one piece.

These need more proofing than a plain box, because door position, number order and cavity depth all have to line up. Send us your piece sizes early and we'll draft the dieline free of charge.

Choose one finish to carry the design and let the board colour do the rest of the work. Gold foil is on nearly every December sweet box, so a soft-touch laminate, a blind emboss or a holographic foil separates you more than extra gold would.

Candy-cane stripes and vintage tin styling both print well in CMYK. Adding a PMS red keeps the density even from the first sheet to the last.

Most treat and gift formats fall between 4 × 4 × 2 in and 8 × 6 × 2 in. We measure inside length, then width, then depth, because the sweets and their cups have to fit the inner space and board thickness is added on the outside.

The small square holds a handful of truffles for a teacher or neighbour. The larger size takes a two-row compartment insert for a proper assortment.

The minimum here is 500 boxes for one design. Seasonal confectioners usually go well beyond that, and we run candy box orders as large as 100,000 units.

If you want several versions, such as boxes printed with different classroom or colleague names, mention it when you request a quote. We'll tell you how the run can be divided between them and what that does to setup.

Standard production on these runs 7 to 10 business days after you approve the proof, and a rush order takes 5 to 7. A physical sample comes back in 5 to 7 business days, and you get its fee back as a credit on the bulk order.

Christmas candy is packed months before it sells, so the sample stage is the right moment to test the insert against your real pieces.

An SBS paperboard carton with a small foil logo is accepted in most US curbside paper programs. Full-coverage lamination and holographic film make recycling harder, and so do plastic trays left inside.

If recyclability matters to your buyers, we would go with an aqueous-coated board, keep the foil to the logo and use glassine liners over plastic trays. Local rules vary, so check the stream your customers use.