A chef, a cocktail connoisseur or a food newb, everyone is hard to buy gifts for over the holidays and food folks are no exception. I always keep a running list of my favorite kitchen gadgets, thingamajigs and doodads throughout the year to make gift giving as stress free as possible.
From a classy decanter to the cutest mug in the cupboard or a beautiful apron, if you’re at a loss for what to get your food obsessed buddies then this holiday gift guide is a great place to start!
Get your holiday gifting on…
- Fork Patent Art Print T-shirt {$20} Wear your love of food and design with pride!
- Decanter {$12} Great whiskey needs a fancy decanter. Go forth and sip in style.
- State Shaped Cutting Board {$48} Prove your everlasting love of your hometown from anywhere with this custom cutting board.
- Heirloomed Aprons {$85} Busy kitchens are messy kitchens, protect your holiday outfit in style with this gorgeous apron.
- Aeropress {$30} Seriously the best (and easiest!) way to brew a great cup of coffee at the office!
- Picture Cookbook {$16} It’s like the Ikea instruction manual but for recipes, it’s quirky, fun and so cool!
- Matcha Powder {$27} & Whisk {$15} The darling of the tea world, this green tea matcha is the perfect afternoon pick me up.
- Whiskey Stones {$19-39} Keep cool even when the party starts heating up.
- Watercolor Elephant Mug {$16} The prettiest mug in the cupboard and the perfect stocking stuffer.
If you still aren’t sure what to pick up, then today is your lucky day! It’s my very first giveaway!
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What is the best food gift you’ve ever given or received?
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I love giveaways!
My favorite food gift was from my sister (surprise!). It was a big bag of homemade marshmallows in fun flavors like merlot, stout beer, salted caramel and real vanilla bean!
Awww thanks Kim! Those marshmallows were pretty delicious! Good luck on the giveaway!
I got a Blendtec blender one year and I use it ALL the time!!!
Oooh Laura, that is a GREAT gift! I have a Vitamix and don’t know how I’d manage without it!
My family gave me a Le Creuset Dutch oven last year for Christmas. Best gift ever and I use it all the time!! Oh, and I love mini spatulas 😄
Fun, I love my mini spatulas too! Thanks Karen!
oh my word, what a dreamy apron! definitely my favorite item on your gift guide 🙂 let’s see, not sure i’ve been given many food type gifts but my absolute favorite place to purchase for others is trader joes! they always have really amazing chocolates/treats/sweets and are more unique than what you’d find in a typical grocery store.
Thanks Valerie, Trader Joe’s snacks are a great stocking stuffer gift!
My favorite gift I got was a digital pressure cooker!
Thanks Kitty! I’ve had my eye on a pressure cooker for a while now, they seem like a great gift!
our boss gives us reindeer food every year- basically chex mix missed with chocolate and some other food in a mason jar
I received little dark chocolate mini bottles, filled with liquor. They were all wrapped like the brand, and tasted delicious.
i loved receiving gift baskets from harry & david and the like
Valentine Vodkas Liberator Gin and a bottle of St. Germaine
My favorite food gift was sourdough starter. It is the gift that keeps giving.
My best girlfriend surprised me with a Staub Cocotte it cooks wonderfully!
One year, I gave my brother a sample pack of exotic snacks and oils from World Market. My sister-in-law and he loved it!
My daughter would love this, she loves to cook
I don’t really get food gifts. But anytime someone buys me coffee is good! Does that count? hahah
Absolutely! Coffee is a great gift!
I have my boyfriend a chocolate-of-the-month club – that’s probably the best food gift I’ve given.
When my daughter was very young, she made dessert crepes for my birthday. Very thoughtful of her… and they were very delicious.
The best food gift I’ve ever received is my fondue set I got from my Mother in Law!
My daughter made me my favorite kind of pie for my birthday – cherry crumb. It was delicious!
Last year when my Mom made me an ice cream pie for my birthday!
A gelato cake
Our downstairs neighbors just gave us these beautiful cookie mixes. I’m really looking forward to eating them!
I gave my husband some granola from Hippie Chick Granola last year and he loved it.
My mom once gave me friendship bread for the holidays. There’s just something about having fresh bread in the house and the smell of baking it that is like nothing else! This year I’m making cookie butter for friends and family. I hope it turns out great!
Soup mixes
homemade cannolis! yummmm
I got some cast iron pans! I love cooking with them.
My boyfriend got me cast iron pans last year!
The best food gift I ever received was being treated for dinner at one of the restaurants at The Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, NY.
I’ve given so many food gifts that it’s hard to keep track. I think my homemade caramel corn always gets the best feedback. People rave about it!
My favorite would have to be my stand mixer I got a few years ago. I use it for everything!
My Italian grandma makes 20 or so varieties of cookies each year — soooo good!
i am obsessed with dill pickles so one year my aunt wrapped up a huge jar for me lol
I won some meals from Blue Apron back in January or so.
Home made pierogies!!
Ive received a couple. The first was a few years ago when we didnt have much money my mom filled a HUGE Rubbermaid container with canned goods plus some meats and perishable in her fridge. Last year my son bought me a waffle maker with a box of waffle mix and bottles of maple syrup…my favorite!
As a wedding gift my parents got me cooking classes! Talk about a gift that keeps on giving!!
I make cookies for Christmas each year. I think the first one I did was decorated sugar cookies.
A digital scale and I know it might not be a glamorous gift but it meant the world to me.
I always get my hubby hickory farms for christmas.
My favorite food gift came from an aunt who has since passed, She made the best peanut butter cakes and she was about 85 when she surprised me with a whole one for a gift!
My favorite is the homemade Peanut Butter Fudge my mom makes!!