Tis the season for gift-giving! And not just the kind you buy at the store. As you and I know, homemade gifts are some of the best, especially when it comes to food!
I’m going to be posting more great food gifts over the next few weeks but here’s a roundup of some of my very favorite holiday food gifts this time of year. If you put together one of those epic cookie plates (love those!), next week I’ll also be posting the best cookie/treat recipes to add to your cookie plate.
Many of the recipes below include packaging ideas, but to summarize, I like to keep things simple with packaging and almost always use cellophane treat bags for packaging caramels and truffles and caramel apples and everything inbetween. I like the 5X11-inch bags for a bigger bundle of treats – there are smaller bags (like these 4X9-inch) for smaller portions. Hobby Lobby and other similar-type stores have pretty good selections (of bags and cute boxes and all sorts of cute packaging ideas) if you have a store like that in your area. I like to tie the top with a bit of colored twine and a tag and call it good. You could get as fancy as you like!
Some of my favorite out-of-the-box gift ideas would have to be a big, huge, pretty gourmet caramel apple, a jar of dulce de leche or hot fudge sauce, unbaked cookie dough for your friend to bake later, and homemade hot chocolate truffles. And don’t forget the almighty cheeseball – I love giving cheeseballs as gifts. Kind of breaks up the sugar rush of the season. I’m also gifting homemade vanilla extract this year (sorry I didn’t get a DIY up in time this year, but promise it will be up early next year in plenty of time for the holiday season with a cute, free printable).
I’ve said for years that food is my love language and I realize that little fact even more during the holidays. Happy holiday baking!
Almond Roca
Brownie Batter Truffles
Butter Toffee Popcorn
Candied Cinnamon & Sugar Almonds
Chocolate and Caramel Dipped Pretzel Rods
Chocolate Chip Cheeseball
Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Fudge
Chocolate Chip Gingerbread Cake
Chocolate Chip Gingerbread Cake Truffles
Chocolate Chip Toffee Blondie Mix in a Jar
Cinnamon Caramels {Chocolate Dipped If You Dare}
Cinnamon Roll Caramel Popcorn
Cookie Dough Tins – A Simple How-To
Dark Chocolate Sea Salt Caramel Pretzel Bark {Snappers Knock Off}
DIY Dulce de Leche
Gourmet Caramel Apples + Free Printable Handout
Homemade Hot Chocolate Mix
Homemade Hot Chocolate Truffles
Homemade Peppermint Patties
Hot Fudge Sauce
Licorice Caramels
Maple-Spice Cashew Brittle {Super Easy Microwave Version}
Microwave Peanut Brittle
Pecan Buttercrunch and a Fun Packaging Idea
Root Beer Float Fudge
Salty Sweet Granola and Coconut Yogurt
Soft Chocolate Caramels
The Best Cheeseball