Thanksgiving Food Gifts
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Discover unique Thanksgiving food gifts to show your appreciation, from gourmet baskets to homemade treats, mason jar gifts, and more. Spread the season’s cheer with these unique gifts.
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As we lead up to this most wonderful event, we’ll be sharing posts on ideas for the dinner itself, but today, I want to inspire you with ideas on Giving the Gift of Thanksgiving to those around you.
Before we dive into recipes for Thanksgiving Food Gifts you can make ahead for the holiday, let’s get inspired by the season. I’m positive you already know this song, but here are the lyrics written originally as a poem and titled New England Boy’s Song.
The New England Boy’s Song
Over the river, and through the wood,
To grandfather’s house we go;
The horse knows the way,
To carry the sleigh,
Through the white and drifted snow.
Over the river, and through the wood,
To grandfather’s house away!
We would not stop
For doll or top,
For ‘t is Thanksgiving day.
~ Lydia Maria Child
Traveling to “grandfather’s house” is nothing new, as this time-honored poem, first published in 1844, reminds us.
Long before 1844, a group of immigrants traveled more than 3,000 miles to a new land. Help from their native neighbors allowed them to survive almost unbearable hardships and forge a tradition still loved in this country.
As we prepare for Thanksgiving Day, let’s remember the first Thanksgiving gathering in 1621. It was a gathering unlike any other, and it is so remarkable that we continue in its tradition all these years later.
A group of 53 Pilgrims and 90 Native Americans in Plymouth, Massachusetts, forever changed the way Americans celebrated the fourth Thursday each November.
Thanksgiving Food Gifts
Now that you’re inspired by the history of Thanksgiving Day, here are some recipes for Thanksgiving food gifts you can bring to the feast!
Spiced Pecans Hostess Gift
A beautiful and useful gift, perfect for appetizers or sprinkled-on autumnal salads or fall desserts
Harvest Cake Bites with Baking Dish
From the creators of the original Bundt pan, this fall-inspired non-stick baking dish creates adorable acorn, leaf, and pumpkin-shaped cakes. You can also frost the shapes together to make 3-D treats.
Thankful for Sweet Friends
Create your favorite cookie in a pinch using cake mix! Chewy cake mix Snickerdoodles are quick, easy, and delicious.
Homemade Sweet Potato Biscuits
A thoughtful gift layered with a beautiful fall-themed napkin.
Indian Corn Thanksgiving
“I can just see these waiting by the door to greet your guests before dinner or for them to take with them for the drive home. If you stamp the tags with your guests’ names, they are the perfect place cards!”
Mini Pies Gifts
These darling mini pies wrapped with a simple plaid ribbon would be such a treat to pass out among neighbors or guests leave your home after Thanksgiving.
Caramel Apple Cider Kit
“Caramel and apple are two of my favorite things. Put them together and it’s bliss! I thought it’d be fun to whip up a little Caramel Apple Cider gift for friends, family, teachers, etc for the fall.”
Pecan Pumpkin Bread
For a charming fall gift, wrap a loaf of our moist Pecan-Pumpkin Bread in a pretty fall-inspired tea towel.