45 Homemade Holiday Food Gift Recipes
Not feeling crafty? Whip up something extra special for friends and family with our recipes for sweet or savory scratch-made treats.

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Gift a Healthy Treat Wreath
Make your homemade gift stand out from the sweet pack this year by gifting an edible that doubles as a colorful holiday decoration. Clementines are a favorite seasonal snack that are doubly hard to resist when packaged as a colorful wreath. Learn how to craft your own.
Rum-Soaked Mini Bundt Cakes
The holidays are a time for indulging, right? And, what better way to indulge everyone's sweet tooth than with a moist mini cake that combines seasonal flavors — with a boozy twist. One of our faves? These mini rum-soaked bundt cakes with a butter-rum glaze. Yum! Get the recipe.
Snowman Chocolate Bark
Surprise Them With a Snowy Cottage
Seriously, how cute is this gingerbread house?! Our step-by-step instructions and quick video will show you how to turn a storebought gingerbread house kit into an entirely edible rustic retreat.
Easy Bourbon Balls
A holiday tradition, bourbon balls are a Christmas classic that combine the kick of bourbon with all the savory sweetness of nuts and chocolate. Give our recipe a try, then package them in colorful card stock cones for a pretty way to package up these sweet-meets-savory mini booze bombs.
Coffee Cupcakes To-Go
Monogrammed Shortbread Cookies
Part ornament, part personalized treat, this cookie is almost too pretty to eat — which would be a real shame because our shortbread recipe can't be beat! Get the recipe.
Cookie Cutter Peppermint Fudge
Christmas Ornament Cookie Pops
Mulled Wine Jar
Jarred food kits are just as much fun to assemble as they are to receive. Delight a foodie on your gift list with one of these 3 gourmet gift jars.
Raspberry Mousse-Filled Chocolate Cookie Shots
A decadent treat for kids and adults alike, these mini cookie cups are a tasty mess-free container that can be filled with anything you'd like but we're partial to piping them full of our rich raspberry mousse. Get the recipe.
Greeting Card Cookie
A Sweet Snow Globe
Cranberry Pistachio Sablés
Glitzy, Tipsy Chocolate-Covered Strawberries
Friends and family will flip for these decadent, dark-chocolate-dipped strawberries with a surprise: an inserted pipette is filled with champagne which slowly soaks into the strawberry to make them extra juicy (and boozy)! Get the recipe.
Chocolate-Covered Peppermint Crispies
Rugelach With Raisin-Walnut Filling
These classic Eastern European pastries are known for their crescent-roll shape, and can be filled with nuts, fruit preserves and spices before baking. Get the recipe.