22 Easy Homemade Food Gifts
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If you’re looking for easy homemade food gifts, both sweet and savory, we have some delicious ideas. After all, a food gift is a gift everyone will love!
We’ve gathered easy ideas and recipes for these homemade food gifts, perfect for the holidays.
Ideas include gifts in packaged and made in jars, homemade granola, flavored salts, truffles, cheeseboard crackers and more. There’s something for everyone on this list.
With harried holiday schedules, homemade gifts have to be easy. And these are! I don’t know anyone who wouldn’t love one of these homemade Christmas food gifts!
19 Easy Savory and Sweet Homemade Christmas Food Gifts
Homemade Christmas food gifts are gifts everyone will love! Perfect for your sweet neighbor, teachers, coworkers, pastors, friends and more. It's a thoughtful gift from your kitchen to theirs. And it doesn't even have to be difficult! Here are some super tasty, super delicious recipes and ideas!
Edible Christmas Gifts In Jars.
"These gifts are so fun and so easy, AND everyone always appreciates a homemade gift that can simply be prepared and eaten."
Tart Cherry and Dark Chocolate Bars Recipe
“A cinch to make using a sectioned mold and chocolate melts. These candy bars look professional, especially when wrapped in gorgeous paper and these artisanal-chic labels.”
5 Edible DIY Christmas Gifts
"These 5 edible DIY Christmas gifts are perfect for hostess, teacher and coworker gifts! All simple, healthy-ish and foolproof even for the non-crafty, plus printable gift tags for each gift!"
Fig and Ginger Granola
Customize this breakfast favorite to surprise all your friends this holiday season.
To Package: Place the granola in clear plastic gift bags and seal with a sticker. Pack the bag of granola in a box with honey or other favorite toppings if you like. We used handsome compostable wooden boxes lined with tissue.
Flavored Salts Recipe
“The most basic seasonings turn truly gift-worthy when you incorporate wild mushrooms, ancho chilies, or garam masala– then arrange it all in adorable jars sporting a typewriter-style label.”
Snowball Truffles
"You only need five ingredients to make these festive truffles — roasted cashews, shredded coconut, white chocolate, heavy cream, and salt. Package in paper candy cups, and if you really want to lean into the winter wonderland theme, add some paper snowflakes.”
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Savory Crackers Recipe
“These trio of slice-and-bake crisps are easy holiday snacks to incorporate your favorite cheese. Make your favorite or a variety to share with friends and family at holiday get-togethers.”
Whole Wheat Seeded Crackers
"Whole-wheat flour and sesame seeds give these rustic crackers a nutty, earthy flavor that we can’t get enough of. They would be a welcome addition to any cheese platter."
To Package: "Find a small cheese board (we love the modern look of slate) and roll dough just a tad smaller than the board. Once crackers are baked and cooled, wrap them on the board with a tea towel, top with a spreader, and finish with a bow.”
Slow Cooker Maple Spiced Nuts: An Easy Gift We Love
Food gifts, like these slow cooker maple spiced nuts, are a great way to share home-cooked goodness. And honestly, it's one of the simpler gifts you can make. The slow cooker does most of the work for you, creating caramelizing magic to this holiday treat!
Merry Christmas Cookie Mix
Perfect for last-minute gifts, these are easy to layer into 1 quart Ball jars.
Peppermint Fudge
"We love the peppermint candies peeking out of these bite-size squares of rich fudge. Use parchment or colored plastic wrap to package, or visit a crafts store for shiny, colorful foil squares. Twist the ends for a candy-like look, then stuff some stockings!"
Cookie Cutter Peppermint Fudge
"Cookie cutters aren't just great for baking, they also make cute containers for decadent fudge you can gift to friends, coworkers, neighbors or any sweet-tooth on your holiday gift list."
Easy Homemade Toffee
“An unbelievably easy, no-fuss, homemade toffee recipe. So addictive, you won’t want to share!”
Gourmet Marshmallows Recipe
“Use this base recipe to make marshmallows for parties or homemade holiday gifts. Different flavors can be added to make a variety.”
Spicy Cocktail Pecans Recipe
“Keep the holiday cocktails from going to everyone’s heads with this firecracker of a snack. The healthy nut fats will balance the drinks and the Tabasco will keep the conversation lively.”
Homemade Sweet and Spicy Coconut Curry Popcorn
One of my favorite homemade flavors of homemade popcorn is this Coconut Curry Popcorn. It takes minutes to make, which makes it perfect for last-minute ideas. Package into a store-bought tin, or as I did, a cute ice bucket I found at Target.
Coconut-Pistachio Biscotti
"Shredded coconut, lemon zest, dried cherries, and pistachios make a lovely quartet of flavors in these classic Italian cookies. Cornmeal gives them a pleasantly crumbly texture.”
Chocolate-Dipped Peppermint Sticks - Holiday Dessert Recipes
“These peppermint sticks look beautiful and taste even better! Leave out a dish of them when trimming the tree or relaxing by the fire with a mug of hot cocoa.”
Sticky Toffee Mini Bundt Cakes
“A miniature Bundt cake made with love is the perfect small gift for co-workers, teachers and those overworked delivery people who have spent the month bringing endless packages to your door. Put a single-serving cake in a tiny cake box, or a whole cake in a large one, then tie it up with lush ribbons.”
Homemade Peanut Brittle
If you are a fan of Old Fashioned candies, you will want to make this Homemade Peanut Brittle. Perfect traditional recipe that is great for Christmas gifts, holiday candy trays, or all year long sweet.”
Easiest Caramels Recipe (Microwave Version)
“Oh, the things you can make in the microwave! Honestly, though, I don’t know if it gets much better than this one, caramel made in the microwave. I got this recipe from my mother-in-law and it is one of my favorite recipes ever! Why? Because this is caramel made easy and they taste completely perfect.”