Christmas Bon Bon Case Study
The lead up to the Christmas and New Year holiday break is a fun time for our team. We love creating seasonal packaging and POS displays for our customers.
And when all this fast pace seasonal design and production starts to ease, we take a little time to have some fun to create gifts to give to the clients that have kept us busy throughout the year.
Concept, Design, & Materials
Corex Gift Package
The Corex team has created a beautiful Christmas package for our clients designed and manufactured on site here at Corex in Dandenong, Victoria.
Our designers chose to create a bespoke PROMEG® bon-bon–style package to inspire future Christmas packaging ideas for our clients because it taps into several powerful psychological and emotional triggers that drive impulse buying, especially for friends, family, colleagues and Secret Santa gifting.
We manufactured bespoke co-extruded PROMEG® sheet for this occasion to create a sleek silver interior of the bon bon, with a recycled Kerbeco® exterior. Kerbeco® has a premium surface finish designed for digital printing presses.
We digitally printed and precision table cut the bon bons on site. The graphic design elements include fun and quirky characters which are a play on our updated branding and colours.
Each bon bon is filled with Lindt® Balls, Chocolate Stars, Candy Canes, Lollipops, and soft lollies.
Our designers created an integral opening mechanism that simply pops open when the ends are pulled gently.
About Bon Bon Packaging
Why is Bon Bon Style Packaging successful at Christmas?
Retail marketers love using bon-bon–style packaging at Christmas because it taps into several powerful psychological and emotional triggers that drive impulse buying, especially for friends, family, colleagues and Secret Santa gifting.
- It taps into nostalgia and tradition
Bon bons are a deeply recognisable Christmas symbol. The moment shoppers see the shape, colours, or crackable-style design, it triggers warm associations with childhood, family gatherings and festive rituals. Nostalgia increases emotional spending, making customers more likely to grab small, fun gifts “just because.”
- It instantly signals “gift-ready” convenience
A bon bon looks like a complete gift, no wrapping, no effort required.
For busy shoppers, this is a huge motivator:
- Perfect for last-minute gifting
- Works for Kris Kringle/Secret Santa
- Ideal for teachers, neighbours, coworkers
Customers buy quicker when the product removes friction.
- It creates curiosity and surprise
The “crack open and discover what’s inside” feeling is a strong behavioural nudge.
Bon bon style packaging plays on:
- Mystery
- Anticipation
- Reward loops
Our brains love surprises, and retail marketers use this to boost impulse add-on purchases at checkouts or aisle ends.
- High visual impact on shelves
Bon bon packaging stands out because it’s:
- Bright
- Festive
- Symmetrical
- Gift-shaped
- Unusual compared to standard boxes
This helps the product cut through crowded holiday displays where every brand is competing for attention.
Eye-catching = more pick-ups & higher conversions.
- It triggers gift-giving emotions
At Christmas, shoppers are in a mindset of generosity and joy. Bon bon packaging embodies:
- Sharing
- Celebration
- Togetherness
Marketers deliberately use this to activate “emotional gifting”, small, feel-good purchases people make for partners, kids, friends, or even themselves.
- Perfect for small, low-risk impulse buys
Bon bons naturally suit compact, affordable products:
- Beauty minis
- Chocolates
- Toys
- Stationery
- Socks
- Small electronics
- Ornaments
Impulse gifts are the backbone of seasonal retail strategy. Packaging them as bon bons increases perceived value without increasing cost.
- They work extremely well in multi-buy promotions
Marketers often run deals such as:
- 3 for $15
- Buy 2, get 1 free
- Fill-your-own bon bon bar
The packaging shape lends itself perfectly to collecting, stacking, or gifting in multiples.
Design 4 Sustainability
The Christmas Bon Bon Gift Packaging design considers the environmental benefits and impacts of the package along with its cost, function, performance, durability, availability, safety, and adopts the Principles of Design for Sustainability:
- Manufactured from Australian made PROMEG® on site at Corex. Better option than PVC or other harmful, difficult to recycle plastics. Read about PP v’s PVC.
- Only 1 material is used whilst maximising sheet yield (60% used) and minimising waste.
- Tight supply chain: design, material, print, cut and assembly all completed on site at Corex.
- VOC-free inks. Digitally printed–fewer set ups. Less energy.
- All scrap from the job is recycled again on site at Corex Recycling.
- Light weight and energy efficient material.
- Long lasting durable design.
- Innovative aesthetic and concept.
- Quick assembly
- 100% recyclable at Corex Recycling and reused to make PROMEG ecorange® products.
On a Lighter Note
On the reverse side of the ingredients card included in each package, we added some Christmas bon bon jokes…with Corex themes. Apologies for the bad jokes in advance!
What’s Santa’s favourite type of storage box?
A “picking” box, because he’s always picking who’s naughty or nice!
Why did the Christmas present refuse cardboard packaging?
It wanted something more “present-able”… so it chose Corflute®!
Why does Santa love Corex Recycling?
Because his bad jokes can be re-processed into better ones!
Why did Santa choose Corflute® for his signs?
Because they never flake under pressure, unlike the elves!
Why does Santa use recycled PP pellets?
Because he believes in “claus-ed loop manufacturing”!
What’s the best folder for reindeer medical charts?
A Promeg® MediClip folder, perfect for high-hoof traffic areas.
Why did the Christmas tree feel safe around Corflute® tree guards?
Because they stop even the cheekiest reindeers from nibbling the branches!
What’s an elf’s favourite PROMEG® product?
Clip strips, perfect for hanging tiny elf snacks.
Why did Santa insist on Australian-made Corflute® and Promeg® products?
Because imported products kept getting “sled-delayed.”
Why does Corex Recycling get busy at Christmas?
Because even Santa wants to reduce his “elf-footprint”!
The team at Corex, Corex Recycling and Megara will be wrapping up for the Christmas and New Year break at midday on Tuesday 23rd December and will re-open on Monday 5th January 2026. Read more.
Next time you are working on concepts for gift packaging, speak to the team at Corex who will design and manufacture the most beautiful, locally made, bespoke solutions designed with both environment and budget in mind.
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