A Time For Food, Fun, and Memories
Thanksgiving is all about good food, family, friends, and making memories around the table. Whether you’re hosting the entire family, going to visit, or putting together a Friendsgiving celebration, there are plenty of ways to make the occasion special while supporting Black owned businesses.
From flavorful seasonings and fresh biscuits to delicious desserts, colorful glassware, and games that keep everyone entertained, we’ve gathered 20 Black-owned brands that can help bring your Thanksgiving celebration together. Whether you’re doing all the cooking or bringing something to share, these businesses have plenty of ways to make the holiday memorable. Take this inspiration and put together your Black Owned Holiday dinner menu and make new memories with the culture included.
Dinner Essentials: Bring the Flavor
Mama’s Biscuits is a longtime favorite for us at Buy Black Main Street. This Black Woman Owned company makes a variety of fluffy biscuits that are a perfect accompaniment for dinner. Biscuits can be super difficult to perfect and Mama’s Biscuit is relieving you of all of the stress associated with it. They have frozen ready to heat flavors like Buttermilk, Cheddar and chive, Blueberry Lemon, and Cinnamon Vanilla. There are also two vegan varieties as well. If you don’t want the frozen options, they also have biscuit mix in four varieties too.
Barlow’s Food is a pancake mix that is for more than just breakfast. Their original pancake mix can also be used for waffles, so leave that box of Bisquick at the store. Get fancy and add some fruit, or use it as a topping for a classic peach cobbler for an amazing dessert. You can also use this mix to make a fresh home made biscuit too.
Maybe you want to be a little fancy for Thanksgiving, or Friendsgiving if you so choose, bring some class to your table with Infusion Blends. These infused butters are a good addition to your charcuterie board or just add them to your table. They also now have flavored olive oils too. Get some to dip your bread or make your own salad dressings.
Maybe this is your first or second Thanksgiving and you need some assistance, or you may just want to switch up your routine. Tiger Life Gourmet is a seasoning blend brand that can help make sure the meal tastes great. Try their Southern Collard seasoning to get your greens right and their sweet potato pie seasoning for your dessert.
If you’re a baker, or just getting into the hobby, Porsha Kimble, a cake artist and flavor expert has flavoring elixirs for your cakes, pies and more. These flavors are made to taste delicious and balanced without artificiality. Get your cream cheese flavoring and have the perfect frosting for your red velvet cake, or try something sweet with Butter pecan, or Key Lime flavors.
Thanksgiving Desserts Worth Saving Space For
This Chicago bakery is known for it’s delicious pies and its founder Maya-Camille Broussard. Broussard has been featured on Netflix’s Bake Squad and several television shows. The bakery is also known for its social missions which include its signature “I Knead Love” workshop whose primary goal is to contribute to efforts in ending food insecurities. As for the desserts, there is the traditional Sweet Potato Pie, Caramel Apple Pie, and Bourbon Pecan Pie which all make great options for Thanksgiving or Friendsgiving tables. Unfortunately, you have to be in the area to get these pies but if you are, place your pre-order today.
Brownies make an easy treat for your Thanksgiving Dessert Spread. Sure you can try to get the box mix, but the flavors can be muted, and getting them just right still is going to take some effort. Save yourself some time and get some of the best Brownies coming out of New York with the Little Fat Girl. Moist, and cakey, these brownies are easy to love. They also have a vegan option, and perfect for the season, their yammies which bring something different to the table.
This Pie Bakery is a great way to support the performing arts and get something delicious for your table as well. Well known for their sour cream apple pie, they also have pecan pie, apple pie and more sweet pies. If you want something savory, you can chicken or veggie pot pies for something new that might stand out. There is also great news, you can get pies shipped to you via Goldbelly if you’re not in New York City.
If you’re having cakes, cobbler and more, the perfect finishing touch has to be ice cream. Taharka Bros, is a Baltimore based worker owned co-op that has some of the best and freshest ice cream to share with your family.They 20 flavors that you can get delivered to your door, nationwide including Vanilla Bean, Roasted Strawberry, their famous Honey Graham, and right for the time of year, Pumpkin Cheesecake.
Freindsgiving Games and Entertainment
You have got to have the games out when the food is on the plates at your Friendsgiving festivities, or when the cousins have their plates in order. Auxgod is the music game where you battle to see who should be in charge of the aux. Play in teams and see who has the best music tastes for each of the challenge cards in the deck. Start with your favorite genre, and you can add more to your set to challenge yourself and your friends no matter their music tastes.
Spades is almost mandatory for the proper Friendsgiving celebration. Make sure you have a new fresh deck just for this Holiday season with the Game of Spades. Cards, or kits with cards and scoring sheets and beginner’s instructions for those who are rookies.
Another fun game for Thanksgiving or Friendsgiving, is Songnario. The game is a fun way for you to find the right song for a scenario based on what the cards say. The company also has Say This Playlist, a game where you use a word or key phrase to create the best playlist to fit the terms. Add these games to your collection and test your music knowledge.
Everyone isn’t always the most musically inclined, maybe regular trivia is your jam. Po’ Up Cards has card games that will test your knowledge and if you can’t answer…you know what to do, the name is the title. Po’ Up and take a sip.
IYKYK Games is one of the premier Black Owned Businesses that is creating fun experiences for the culture. Their first game was Culture Tags that tests just how down you are and to see what our shared experiences are. But that was just the beginning because they have multiple expansions and Shoots, an all original game that is perfect for those who need something different than Spades to play at the table.
Thanksgiving Drinks, Tableware and Hosting Essentials
This Black Woman Owned wine company are perfect for your Thanksgiving tables. You can get these at over 1,000 stores across the country, and even online on their website or a black owned platform like UrFriendCharles . They have reds, rose, white and more varietals so you can get your favorite and try something that’s new too.
Everyone isn’t always in the mood for spirits and alcoholic beverages. Mocktail Club has crafted a set of mocktails that feature pre-biotics and sophisticated flavors. Their Bali Breeze is a light and exotic flavor, while the Bombay Fire gives you the feel of an old fashioned. Those two are just the beginning so you can try all five and have a little something for everyone.
Cane Collective makes syrups that are great to transform your drinks whether you are making them alcoholic or non-alcoholic. They are especially good when you are making your cocktails with rum, and you can find a bevy of Black Owned Options here. Outside of that, they make great flavors for mocktails with seltzer water, ice and a muddled fruit or two.
Of course, if you are serving wine, cocktails, and even fancy juice and non-alcoholic beverages, you and your guests can drink in style. Estelle Colored Glass offers glass stemware, serving dishes, and display pieces in a wide variety of colors. They also offer glasses that are not stemware, but have the same classy look no matter what you put in them. For your cakes, pies and cookies, the cake stands are a nice way to set your table and present your dishes to your guests.
Polished Home aims to be the premier black owned retailer for you to get your kitchen and home needs. Think skipping wayfair and coming here to get the plates and bowls that you need. It doesn’t stop there, if you need some new prep space, they have kitchen islands, storage, hutches, cabinets, baking dishes and even cookware. Keep up and checking back as their inventory continues to grow and get even better.
