Food Gift Baskets: 7 Ideas To Help You Shop

Gifting times are round the corner. As one foodie to another, let me unabashedly say – nothing compares to the delight of receiving a gorgeously packaged food gift basket during holiday season. Use these ideas to plan food gift baskets for fellow foodies, or to let your loved ones know what *you* want!

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1. Assorted Dried Fruit and Nut on Bamboo Board

Artfully arranged dried fruit and nuts can be presented on innovative trays. There are a couple of great options online with a bonus: the tray can work as a keepsake after the dried fruit and nut has been all eaten up.

Nuts-on-tray gift sets from my wishlist: Golden State Fruit Pear-Shaped Serving Tray and Vacaville Wooden Cheese Platter.

2. Gourmet Coffee Gift Box

Coffee conoisseurs will love these combo packs of fresh artisanal roasts from Seattle. You could pick from Bean Box’s basic Gourmet Coffee Sampler to more exotic sets such as the Coffee + Chocolate Tasting Box. In the Coffee + Chocolate Tasting Box, eight types of coffee are paired with eight types of chocolates, with tasting notes for each pairing.

Prefer biscotti over chocolate? There’s something for you as well: a Coffee  + Biscotti Tasting Box.

3. Preserves Collection

One can’t go much wrong with gifting prettily packaged jams and jellies during the festive season.

The gift pack choices vary from a small number of preserves in big bottles to a larger number of preserves in small bottles.

Stonewall Kitchen’s Pepper Jelly Collection is a gift pack of the first kind.
Bonne Maman Assorted is a gift pack of the second kind: eight flavors of preserves in 1 oz bottles.

4. Breakfast Gift Set

Stonewall Kitchen has some lovely pieces, these are a few that caught my eye:

Blueberry Mini Tote 4 Piece Gift Set includes a blueberry syrup, a pancake and waffle mix, a spatula, all tucked inside an embroidered canvas tote.

Mega 11-piece Stonewall Kitchen Set comes with sauces, dressings, scone and waffle mixes packaged in a rectangular gift box.

5. Popcorn Set

For those foodies who do not care for sweet flavors, a popcorn set may be just the right gift.

This Amish Country Variety Popcorn Gift Set has 8 non-GMO popcorn samplers, along with oil and butter salt for making the popcorn.

Pair it with a Microwave Popcorn Popper Bowl for a complete popcorn kit.

6. Oil and Sauces Gift Set

Another option for the savory-inclined: condiment gift sets containing oils, vinegar and sauces.

Papa Vince’s Gourmet Gift is a popular choice in this genre. The pack contains cold-pressed EVOO, balsamic vinegar, tomato sauces made with vine-ripened tomatoes, pasta pack and sea salt.

7. Fresh Fruit Basket

Fresh fruit as gift is sure to delight your health-focused family and friends.

Golden State Fruit’s Cheese and Nuts Delight Fruit Basket is marked a Best Seller on Amazon. It contains orchard favorites: apples, pears, oranges, a seasonal fruit. The add-ons look equally tempting: natural cheddar, nuts and crackers. The ensemble is presented in a beautiful woven basket.

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