These Are a Few of My Favorite Things: 2025 Mother's Day Gift Guide
Yes, this is the greatest Mother's Day gift guide in the history of ever. You're welcome.
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With Mother’s Day exactly *counts on fingers* 13 days away, now is the opportune time to think long and hard about all the amazing moms in your life and all the wonderful ways you can’t wait to show what they mean to you and the rest of your family.
Like, oh, I don’t know. Taking out the trash?
But if that’s a bridge too far, I got you on some other options. (And I’ll even continuously update them. Because Mommy deserves.)
Shall we begin?
Topsail’s Shark Bite Steamer
LORDHAVEMERCY.
There are two types of people in this world: People who love seafood and people who voted for Donald Trump. Clearly, your mom isn’t the latter, so that means there’s a 392% chance (yes, I did the math) that she’ll foam at the mouth and her eyes will bulge out her skull once you adorn her belly with this magnificent lemon-peppered blessing.
And to make her life easier, not only does it come with its own steam pot, but the shrimp come headless. As in, much easier to peel. As in, much quicker to eat. As in, you get even more shrimp because the heads aren’t being counted as weight.
As in, HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY, MOM!
Add in the fact that the seasonings (Classic, Cajun, Jimmy’s Way, and Herbal Blend) are magically delicious and that the pot itself comes in two sizes—depending upon your mom’s penchant for generosity (or greed)—and Topsail’s Shark Bite Steamer is an absolute must.
No, seriously. Her life is incomplete without this. Trust me.
Simone I. Smith Jewelry
For those out the loop, Simone I. Smith is no joke in the jewelry design game. Working with everyone from Queen Latifah, to Keke Palmer, to Mary J. Blige, to Megan Thee Stallion—and plenty of others—she’s left an indelible mark on the fashion industry. And with the launch of her signature jewelry collection in 2011, she’s continued to deliver the exact type of style and quality that belongs in your mom’s jewelry case.
Whether it’s the Infinite Love Round Hoops, the Sister Love Baby Misty Loves, or the Sister Love Rope-A-Dopes, trust and believe your momma ain’t leaving the house without looking like one of those “around-the-way girls” LL Cool J rapped about.
Your daddy will just have to deal.
Tina Knowles’ Matriarch: A Memoir
Stop me if you’ve heard this before, but apparently Tina and Matthew Knowles are really good at this whole “raising daughters who become international superstars” thing.
As such, Ms. Tina has been kind enough to bless the rest of us lowly commoners with a memoir, in which she “reflects on her legacy as a mother, artist, and entrepreneur” as an “empowering gift for any woman who's nurtured greatness in others.”
So considering how great YOU clearly are (look at you looking all great and shit), I think it’s safe to say Matriarch: A Memoir is right up your mom’s alley.
RENEW by Trinity’s Gather + Graze Serving Board
I have never in life heard of a multi-purpose prep and serving board made out of 100% reclaimed chopsticks, but WON’T HE DO IT!
Did I mention that it has a dual-grain design? Or that it has a food-grade natural mineral oil finish? Orrrrrr that it’s scientifically proven to make Gorgonzola taste 78% more delicious? (Okay, I lied about that part. But dammit, I wouldn’t be surprised!)
If your mom is anything like the countless others who host dinner parties, tame hangry husbands with slabs of medium-rare flesh, or feed annoying-ass kids after soccer practice, RENEW by Trinity’s Gather + Graze Serving Board—as well as one of their myriad of other bambooed offerings—is the Mother’s Day gift that will keep on giving and giving.
M. Cacao’s Expressio Chocolate Video Box
I’ve never met your mom a day in my life, and I already know she’s gonna cry tears of joy when you buy her this.
I’ve already been banging the Aura Frames drum for years, and this takes that brilliant idea—a digital picture frame that’s fully customizable—and builds on it with what Forrest Gump swore life was like a box of: chocolates.
After picking from nine different collections of chocolatey goodness, you can then upload hundreds of pictures, up to 30 minutes of personalized video, or even music to make the mom in your life gawk and weep uncontrollably at how sweet and thoughtful you are as she shovels fistfuls of truffled heaven into her face.
M. Cacao calls their Expressio Chocolate Video Box an “unforgettable fusion of flavor and feeling,” but I call it DON’T BE A DUMB ASS! GET THIS FOR YOUR MOM IMMEDIATELY!
Because it helps get my point across.
Hell’s Kitchen’s PFAS-Free Hybrid 5 Piece Cookware Set
Oh my.
As someone who takes great pride in my mutant ability to obliterate home-cooked meals in approximately 2.6 seconds, the ingredients we use are important—cracked pepper me, please!—but don’t sleep on the pots and pans doing the Lord’s work.
This PFAS-Free Hybrid 5 Piece Cookware Set includes a fry/skillet pan, a sauté pan, a pot, and two tempered glass lids to help Mommy conjure up every last bit of magic her stove can muster. And if these aren’t enough tools of the trade to get the job done, she can always upgrade to the 12-Piece Hybrid Ultimate Pots and Pans Set should fate decide to intervene.
Appetite sold separately.
Jim Beam Pineapple
You know how when you’ve been with the same woman for eons, and just when you couldn’t be anymore in love, she comes home in a new skirt, a fresh pair of heels, and got her hair did? (Not done. Did, dammit.)
That’s exactly what our good friend Jimmy Beam has done with the latest addition to their bourbon portfolio: Jim Beam Pineapple.
Featuring a delectable balance of sweet pineapple, Jim Beam’s signature notes of caramel, oak, and vanilla, and gratuitous amounts of unspeakable joy, if a glass of this doesn’t put a smile on your mom’s face, then she must not have one.
WanderFull’s HydroBag
Your mom’s purse just got a serious upgrade.
I mean, sure. Being able to drag around lipstick, fruit snacks, and car keys all day is cool, but WanderFull’s HyrdoBag adds proper hydration to the equation by allowing mom to invite a big-ass water bottle to the purse party too.
And with a bevy of options—from sports embroidery to even vegan leather—mom can stay stylish as hell and hydrated.
Jill Martin’s the Best Lounger in the World
For those of you who have no idea what a lounger is, allow me to explain: It’s what your mom needs for Mother’s Day.
Okay, but really: It’s an extraordinarily cozy hoodie made out of ancestral hugs, blanket fabrics, and clouds that were too damn heavy to remain in heaven.
But what makes Jill Martin’s the Best Lounger in the World unique isn’t just its lengthy, multi-syllabic name, but its ridiculous surplus of options. Offering a wide range of sizes and colors, Mom can personalize her lounger with logos from her favorite team, rep her sorority, or wear her name or initials.
The options are seemingly limitless, and thankfully, she won’t have to sacrifice comfort for style.