8 Holiday DIY gourmet food gifts - easy and inexpensive!

Last Updated September 9th, 2020 at 08:25 pm by Lisa

8 Holiday DIY Food Gifts; Santa’s Chocolate Chip Cookies, Peppermint Candy Plate, Candy Cane Infused Vodka, Preserved Lemons, Spicy Pumpkin Pie Candied Pecans, BBQ Grill Rub, Flavor Infused Gourmet Salts, and Healthy Dog Biscuits personalized with doggies name.

Now one of these gifts will be sure to make someone very happy. Handmade gifts are so fun to make and people really love them. As long as I can remember, I made homemade gifts at the holidays. I have even made boxes, wrapping paper, and even bows. Food gifts are the best kind of gifts if you ask me.

Santa’s Chocolate Chip Cookies

Santa’s Chocolate Chip Peppermint Cookies

Santa’s Chocolate Chip Peppermint Cookies with candy cane peppermint crunch, chocolate chips, and minty creme de menthe chips. Leave these out for Santa or make them for a holiday party!

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Santa's Chocolate Chip Peppermint Cookies view overhead of plate of baked cookies

Santa’s Chocolate Chip Peppermint Cookies are loaded with candy cane peppermint crunch pieces, milk chocolate chips, and minty creme de menthe chips. Leave these out for Santa or give them as a gift.

Serve on a Peppermint Candy Plate….and there is a 100% chance they will be the hit of your holiday party! I took this very plate to my cousins home for Christmas Eve, (and yes you can eat the plate, it’s candy) and people went crazy…

Peppermint Candy Plate

Peppermint Candy Plate for Christmas: DIY in 20 Minutes

Make a Peppermint Plate (Candy Plate) for Christmas in only 20 minutes. Serve cookies, candy, hot cocoa, coffee, tea, festive drinks or holiday cocktails! You need 1 bag of mints, a pan, and parchment paper.

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Perfect to serve cookies, mugs of hot cocoa with toppings, or any holiday dessert or treats…

Candy Plate made out of round peppermint candy for Christmas: DIY in 20 Minutes ready to serve cookies or treat resting on a baking sheet.

Homemade Candy Cane Infused Vodka

Candy Cane Martinis

A Festive Christmas party cocktail, Candy Cane Martinis are made with Homemade Peppermint Infused Vodka that makes an easy homemade holiday gift. Cheers!

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candy cane martini in a martini glass with crushed peppermint on the rim and peppermint vodka

A Festive Christmas party cocktail, Candy Cane Martinis are made with Homemade Peppermint Vodka that makes an easy homemade holiday or Christmas gift.

AND this peppermint vodka is so easy and simple, it’s made with vodka and candy canes.

Cheers!

Homemade Grill & BBQ Rub

Grill and BBQ Rub (Dry Rub)

Homemade Grill & BBQ Dry Rub (BBQ Rub) is easy, inexpensive, and preservative-free! You'll love this DIY seasoning recipe that can be used as a chicken seasoning or beef seasoning. Great for summer parties — fire up the grill!

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Pouring BBQ rub mix of spices on a pork roast before roasting it in the oven.

8 Holiday DIY food gifts; Santa’s Cookies, BBQ Rub, Candy Plate, Candy Cane Vodka, Preserved Lemons, Spicy Candied Pecans, Flavored Salts, and Dog Biscuits.

A glass jar of Homemade Grill & BBQ Dry Rub (BBQ rub) is easy, inexpensive, and preservative free! You'll love this DIY seasoning recipe that can be used as a chicken seasoning or beef seasoning. Great for summer parties -- fire up the grill! #bbqdryrub #grillrub #homemadebbqrub #chickenrecipes #beefrecipes #seasoningrecipes #spicerecipes #diyseasoning #homemadeseasoning #summerrecipes #partyrecipes

Preserved Lemons

Preserved lemons add INCREDIBLE fresh intense "lemony" flavor; try on roast chicken, grilled fish, or lemon hummus. Mix into drinks, salads, and dressings.

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A large glass clamp jar with preserved lemons and a gift tag on the jar.

An excellent gift to give a person who loves to cook. These add INCREDIBLE fresh intense “lemony” flavor; try on roast chicken, grilled fish, or lemon hummus.

Mix into drinks, salads, and dressings. You can keep adding to the jar all year long and include a card with the recipe and directions on how to use them…

Healthy Dog Treats

Homemade Dog Treats

Your doggy will love these homemade DOG TREATS (dog biscuit recipe) packed with nutritious pumpkin, peanut butter, spinach, zucchini, carrots, and oats.

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A wooden bowl with homemade dog treats and the name of the dog Sassy stamped in each of them in a pile.

Buy a personalized dog biscuit cutter from Etsy, and you have 2 gifts in one. Our dog Sassy is in LOVE with these healthy “cookies”… and she is one picky girl…

A white dog with a bowl of homemade healthy dog treats

4 Flavors of Infused Finishing Salts

4 Flavored Salts and House Seasoning Mix

Make tasty homemade salts in flavors like sriracha salt, celery salt, house salt, mustard salt, and even pinot noir salt! These DIY salts would make a great gift too – gifts for foodies and gifts for food lovers.

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overhead view of finishing salts on a wooden plate in various colors

Flavored Salt Recipes with House Seasoning: Make Sriracha, Pinto Noir, Mustard, and Celery finishing salts. This post includes step by step instructions and recipes to use finishing salts. My personal favorite is Sriracha salt…

Spicy Candied Pecans

Spicy Candied Pecans are flavored like pumpkin pie and crunchy sweet with a kick of heat! A wonderful gourmet holiday food gift, wrap in mason jars with cute gift tags and a bow. This recipe has no egg and is vegan.

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A white ceramic bowl up close with candied pecans on a table with pecan gift jars nearby.

If you like sweet and spicy, well then these are for you. These candied spiced pecans are the perfect mix of spicy and sweet and have all the wonderful flavors of pumpkin pie. They’re almost impossible to resist!

A white bowl full of spicy candied pecans and Mason jars filled with pecans to give as gifts.

Now that is quite a list to pick from, here is to making homemade simple and inexpensive gifts from the heart. I love gifts that are edible or “sippable

Happiest of Holidays, it’s all about loving and giving.

All The Best Dishes,

Lisa

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