Do you want to give personalized gifts this Christmas? Try these budget-friendly and timesaving homemade food gift ideas.
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1. Espresso-Flavored Sugar Cubes
Share your love for coffee to your loved ones! This easy to make, caffeine-spiked sugar cubes will surely add kick to your hot mug of Christmas coffee or cocoa.
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2. Flavored Gourmet Salts
This variety of self-made gourmet salts is a quick and simple gift that any foodie will love. Shred old newspapers or book pages for cheap and eco-friendly packing materials.
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3. Calming Herbal Tea
Turn those boring homemade teabags into Christmas presents. Put the dried herbs into petite sacks cinched with thread and hand-stamped tags with cute messages inside.
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4. Tea Cookies
Using the basic recipe of tea cookie dough, you can create four different kinds of Christmas cookies that can satisfy various taste buds. (Roly Polys, Jam Thumbprints, Red-and-Whites, and Raspberry Bars)
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5. Chocolate Bark
Indulge your sweet tooth with this easy to make treat. Using chocolate as your base ingredient, (you can use any kind you want) enhance its flavor by adding dried fruits and nuts.
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6. Simple Sugar Cookies
Level up sugar cookies by customizing them. Add a card to each pack with the recipient’s initial. You can add short messages or even share the recipe so they can make a batch too!
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7. Homemade Jams
Rather than giving store-bought jams, your loved ones will surely appreciate the homemade ones. Using the online recipes to make the jam, pack them into cute glass bottles that can display or reuse once it’s empty.
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8. Peppermint Sticks
Make simple peppermint sticks look and taste better by adding personal touch. Dip each stick into melted white chocolate, and then roll them into your desired toppings. Once dried, you can put them into a gift box with holiday tissue paper.
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9. Paradise Macaroons
Satisfy your pastry cravings with this fusion of chocolate, coconut, and macadamia nuts. One bite of these island-inspired macaroons and you’ll think you’re in paradise!
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10. Super-Chunky Christmas Cookies in a Jar
Layer all of the ingredients into an airtight jar and make a custom tag with the recipe so your friends can bake fresh cookies whenever their craving hits.
They all look yummy right? Keep in mind that presents don’t have to be expensive. Just like the old saying, “It’s the thought that counts!”
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