Shop for Alaska-made holiday gifts, including delicious foods, handmade soaps, art, musk ox qiviut, and more, with options for everyone on your list
This holiday season, share the wonders of Alaska with your loved ones by giving them Alaska-made items from local producers.
Across the state, talented artists and producers make a wide assortment of items, including plenty of food gifts like kelp hot sauce, salmon, chocolates, Alaska-roasted coffees, and even kitchenware items like bowls made from local birch. Shop for soap, artwork, and items made from soft musk ox underwool called qiviut to find the perfect present for everyone on your list.
When selecting pieces, look for the Made in Alaska logo or the Silver Hands symbol, which designates products made in Alaska by Alaska Native artists.
Gifts for the foodie in your life
Treat your favorite people to tasty foods from Alaska, from kelp-made products to salmon, chocolates, coffee, and more.
Barnacle Foods
Barnacle Foods uses earth-friendly harvesting practices to transform kelp into a wide array of items, including kelp chili crisp, hot sauces made with bullwhip kelp, salsas, and even kelp chocolates, including caramel kelp crunch milk chocolate.
The Juneau-based family business also sells other Alaskan items such as smoked fish, salmon caviar, spruce tip jelly, and more.
Salmon Sisters
Sisters Emma and Claire grew up fishing in Homer, Alaska, and founded Salmon Sisters in 2012. Their business sells boxes of wild fish from Alaska, with options including sockeye salmon, halibut, and a combination box. They also offer smoked tinned salmon; cookbooks and kids’ books; apparel; and gift boxes.
Alaska Wild Berry Products
Alaska Wild Berry Products began in 1946, and over the years, the business has only had three owners. The main store and factory is located in Anchorage, but products are also available online. Options include jams and jellies, chocolates—such as moose nugget milk chocolate and bear berry clusters—and a variety of other Alaska-made gift items.
Check out the popular gift baskets, including the Taste of Alaska basket, which includes a wide assortment of items such as smoked salmon, coffee, cheese, popcorn, teas, syrup, pancake mix, cocoa, and more.
Kahiltna Birchworks
Taste delicious wild-harvested birch syrup from Kahiltna Birchworks. This Talkeetna business began in 1990 and sells wild-harvested birch syrup and products like birch caramels, brittle, breakfast syrup, and even a Birch Brew fermented birch sap beverage.
Choose from a variety of gift baskets, wild fruit products like blueberry and lingonberry jams, blueberry syrup, and other options featuring locally harvested foods.
Alaska Artisan Coffee
Family-owned and operated since 1996, Alaska Artisan Coffee operates out of its Palmer roasting facility. The coffee company offers fun, Alaska-themed coffees like the Outhouse Blend, Tundra Mud, Arctic Wolf Roast, and Son of a Birch.
It also has “The Coffee Shepherd Project,” where organizations can purchase coffee at a special rate, add labels, and market it for their causes.
North Pole Coffee
North Pole Coffee is based in Fairbanks and offers a wide assortment of holiday-themed coffees, including a medium roast Frosty’s Delight, North Pole Blend, and more.
The family-owned business began in 1992 and roasts small batches of beans from around the world. You can’t go wrong with Northern Lights Espresso, Creme Brulee, or Peppermint Creme.
Chugach Chocolates
Named for the Chugach Mountain Range, Chugach Chocolates began in 2011 in Girdwood. Today, its chocolate factory is right in Anchorage, along with a tasting room.
The company focuses on producing chocolates using local ingredients, including the Prince William Sound Sea Salt Bar, which uses sea salt harvested nearby. The AK Birch Toffee Bar uses Alaskan-made birch syrup, and the Kelp and Cayenne Bar features kelp from Barnacle Foods.
Stock a loved one’s kitchen with these Alaskan essentials
Gift the chef in your family these classic Alaskan kitchenware items for a touch of Alaska every time they cook a meal.
The Great Alaskan Bowl Company
Select from an array of hand-turned bowls made from local Fairbanks birch at The Great Alaskan Bowl Company. Opt for salad bowls, serving bowls, or even bowls specially designed to hold yarn while knitting.
The shop also sells an assortment of other birch products, including bowl sets, bird feeders, and a wide variety of items made from other materials from around the state, including gift boxes.
The ULU Factory
Ulus are traditional, crescent-shaped knives used by Inuit and other Alaska Natives, and they make for popular gifts and souvenirs. The ULU Factory in Anchorage lets visitors watch ulu knives being produced, and they sell ulus in the shop and online.
The shop offers multi-packs, custom-engraved options, and even ulu-shaped tree ornaments. It also sells ulu with special designs, such as one with a handle made from a fossil walrus jawbone with a bear-shaped head.
Pamper someone special with these soaps and fiber items
Create a cozy, Alaska-inspired experience for loved ones with these soaps, salves, and soft fiber gifts.
Denali Dreams Soap Company
Anchorage-based Denali Dreams Soap Company sells a variety of soaps, salves, balms, and other products made with local Alaska ingredients. Wildflower soaps are popular, such as fireweed Alaska wildflower soap, forget-me-not soap, wild iris Alaskan wildflower soap, and tundra rose soap. Or opt for an Alaska winter salve, shaving products, beard oil, or a “skeeter away” bug soap and repellent.
The Great Alaska Soap Company
The Great Alaska Soap Company is a small home business in Haines. It offers a variety of small-batch products, including soaps, lip balms, and salves.
Select from soaps made with goat milk, shea butter, or a spruce tip body bar. The company also offers a number of salves, including Devil’s club, as well as an insect repellent.
Oomingmak Musk Ox Producers Co-operative
Treat a loved one to soft, gorgeous qiviut, which is the underwool of a musk ox. Oomingmak Musk Ox Producers Co-operative has around 250 members—Alaska Native women who co-own the co-operative and transform qiviut into beautiful, handcrafted items like hats and scarves. Established in 1969, it offers both an online store and a location in Anchorage.
Celebrate Alaskan art with these locally made pieces
Celebrate Alaska by purchasing a piece of art for the culturally minded art lover in your life. The Silver Hands symbol indicates art that was created in Alaska by Alaska Native artists.
Shops attached to museums and cultural centers are a good place to start your shopping adventure, with options like the Alaska Native Heritage Center’s Ch’k’iqadi Gallery, the Anchorage Museum Store, Sealaska Heritage Store, and the University of Alaska’s Museum of the North Store, among others.
Ketchikan’s Crazy Wolf Studio sells pieces online and has a retail shop. If you would like to purchase certain items like handcrafted drums, artist Ken Decker takes special orders through the studio.
