Made to your size- 100 boxes
- Custom sizes & styles
- Free dieline support
- Quality print options
- Proof before production
- 8–12 business day production
Sweet boxes are the gift boxes used for mithai, barfi, ladoo, baklava, maamoul and other South Asian and Middle Eastern sweets. They are bought in large numbers for Eid, Diwali, weddings and family celebrations, so they combine a festive, often ornate look with practical needs: grease-resistant interiors, compartments or paper cups, and sizes sold by weight. Builds range from simple folding sweet boxes to rigid and window gift boxes.
Mithai and festive gifting
Custom Sweet Boxes
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Product features
Built around the jobGrease-resistant interiors
Compartment trays and cups
Festive foil and colour
Window for counter displays
Folding or rigid gift builds
Storage advice panel
Printed sleeve or seal sticker
Specifications made for your product.
Technical snapshotEvery final specification is confirmed against product weight, packing method, print coverage, route, and order volume.
View artwork preparation guide- SKU
- bm-1097
- Dimensions
- Custom-made around the product and packing workflow
- Materials
- Grease-resistant SBS board, Wrapped greyboard for rigid gift boxes, Metallic and specialty papers
- Printing
- CMYK, Pantone, white ink, or unprinted
- Finishes
- Matte, gloss, soft-touch, foil, embossing, spot UV
- Quantities
- Starting at 100 on selected configurations
- Proofing
- Dieline and digital proof
Festive colour, foil and pattern.
Artwork and materialsArtwork covers the lid and sides, or a sleeve over a plainer box, with greetings in English, Urdu, Hindi or Arabic. Rich colour and foil matter most for festival and wedding gifting. Our packaging guides cover sizing, materials, print, and cost in more depth.
Lid, sides and greeting
We set your pattern and greeting across the lid and sides, personalise wedding boxes with names and dates, and keep a side or base panel for storage advice in your own wording.
Explore print and finishesCoated, rigid and metallic
Grease-resistant SBS suits folding sweet boxes, wrapped greyboard makes a rigid keepsake, and metallic or specialty papers add shine. Gold and silver foil and embossing give the rich festive finish customers expect.
Explore material decisionsChoose your box
Choose folding or rigid builds, in a ladder of sizes by weight, with or without a window.
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Send us your sweets, weight sizes and occasions, and we recommend builds and trays.
Finalize the order
Approve the board, foil, trays or cups, sleeves and quantities for each size before we start.
Build the dieline
We draw each box to hold its weight of sweets, with compartment trays or cups in place.
Approve the proof
Check the pattern, foil areas, greeting text and any names on your digital proof before we print.
Roll on production
We print, foil and assemble your sweet boxes, then check and pack them.
Best for
Mithai and sweet shopsBaklava and Middle Eastern bakeriesEid, Diwali and festival giftingWedding and celebration favoursWhat changes the price.
Cost factorsEvery project is quoted individually. These are the choices that move the price on almost every order.
- Build
- Folding sweet boxes are the most economical; rigid lid-and-base and drawer boxes cost more.
- Foil and finishes
- Gold and silver foil, embossing and metallic papers are common and each add a step.
- Inner trays
- Compartment trays or cups keep sweets apart and are a second part to make.
- Seasonal volume
- Festival runs are large and time-sensitive, so ordering well ahead avoids rushed production.
Buyer guidance
Choosing this format
Ghee, syrup and the inside of the box
Mithai and baklava are rich in ghee and syrup, so the inside surface needs a grease-resistant coating or a liner.
Ghee-based sweets and syrup-soaked pastries mark plain board within hours and can weaken the base. Sweet boxes usually use coated board, a greaseproof liner sheet, or paper cups that keep each piece off the board.
Wet sweets such as gulab jamun are usually packed in a sealed tub inside the box rather than loose. For sweets placed straight on the board, we confirm the coating suits direct food contact before production.
- Coated board or greaseproof liner
- Paper cups for individual pieces
- Sealed tubs for syrupy sweets
Selling sweets by the kilo
Sweet shops sell by weight, so boxes usually come in a ladder of sizes such as quarter, half and one kilo.
Because a box is filled by weight, the same box has to work for dense barfi and lighter ladoo. Shops often stock a small range of standard sizes with one shared design, so the box can be picked to the order on the spot.
Baklava boxes and assorted gift boxes are more often packed by piece in rows, which suits a fitted tray.
Designing for Eid, Diwali and weddings
Festive sweet boxes lean on rich colour, foil and pattern, and are often ordered in one big seasonal run.
Gold foil, jewel colours and geometric or floral patterns are typical, with a greeting in English, Urdu, Hindi or Arabic. Wedding boxes are often personalised with names and dates and given as favours.
Festival dates are known well ahead, so plan artwork and proofs before the season rush. Send us each greeting exactly as it should read in its script, and you check it on the digital proof before anything is printed. A neutral design that works for several occasions can be reordered year-round.
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Cartons with a clear panel, so the product sells itself on the shelf.
Explore box styleQuestions about sweet boxes.
Box style FAQsWe’ll confirm the exact details that apply to your structure and volume.
Read all frequently asked questionsShould a sweet box have a window?+
A window suits sweets sold from a shop counter, and we can add one. It shows the colours and arrangement of assorted mithai or baklava, which helps them sell, while a closed rigid gift box suits families who prefer a surprise. We leave a small gap between the sweets and the film, so ghee does not mark it.
Can the box carry storage advice for the sweets?+
Yes. Tell us what your customers need to know, such as keeping milk-based mithai in the fridge or eating it within a set number of days, and we lay it out on a side or base panel on your digital proof. How long sweets keep depends on the sweets themselves, so the wording comes from you and we make sure it reads clearly.
Is a folding box or a rigid box better for wedding sweets?+
We make both, and many weddings use both. A folding box is lighter and more economical, which suits large numbers of guests. A rigid box feels more like a keepsake, holds its shape when stacked and is often reused, so it suits close family and special gifts. Rigid boxes for the closest guests and folding boxes for everyone else is a common mix.
Will a sweet box stay closed when stacked or carried?+
Yes. Lid-and-base boxes stay shut under their own weight, and folding boxes close with a tuck lid that holds when the box is carried level. For gifting, we can add a printed sleeve that keeps the lid on and adds to the look, or a small sticker seal that also shows the box has not been opened.
Can sweet boxes be sent by post or courier?+
Yes. A rigid box with a snug tray or paper cups stops the sweets shifting, and it should travel inside a padded shipping box. Syrup sweets such as gulab jamun go in a sealed tub inside the box. Check how long your sweets keep unchilled before sending, and allow for the journey taking a little longer than planned.
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