Christmas food gifts are good ideas for a couple of different reasons. They’re easily customizable; simply take care to include foods the intended recipient likes. They’re also affordable; the most valuable ingredient is your preparation time. Almost anyone on your Christmas list could benefit from a Christmas food gift basket.
The question becomes, then, what type of gift basket should you give your loved one. While you’ll have to determine all of the details of your gift baskets based upon what your loved one likes, you basically have three types of food gift baskets to choose from:
The component gift basket – You’ve seen these types of food gifts lots of times. Sometimes, they are jars with all of the dry ingredients you need to make cookies. My favorite component gift basket, though, includes some tool or utensil needed to make the food. For instance, pizza lovers might enjoy a pizza-themed gift basket. Start with a basic, metal pizza pan. In the center, you can pile a jar of pizza sauce, ingredients for toppings, (pepperoni is surprisingly non-perishable), and a recipe for a simple pizza crust. Tie everything together with some pretty ribbon and your gift is complete.
The assortment gift basket – These types of food gifts are easy to put together in bulk. I spend one day making all of my favorite Christmas treats. Then, I put a little of each treat into a pretty box (lined with wax paper). Be sure to customize the box to each recipient. If you know Uncle Charlie loves your peanut brittle, be sure to give him an extra helping of it. For convenience you can also put these assortments into those holiday-themed disposable food containers.
The luxury gift basket – These types of food gifts are more expensive to put together because you can’t make them yourself. Typically it is comprised of the foods you don’t normally get. Perhaps a bottle of wine and fancy chocolates. If you want to find something out of the ordinary for your food gift basket (I’m surprising my husband with an assortment of exotic hot sauces.) try looking in the food section of TJ Maxx or Marshall’s. They tend to have foods that I’ve never seen before
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I love all three of these ideas! I felt that all of my holiday gift basket ideas were getting stale because I used the same ideas year after year. My friends will be so surprised to see something new! Thanks for the help!