Holiday Food Gift Guide

Tie a ribbon around these festive Lake Champlain chocolate bars for the perfect kid-friendly gift. The set includes flavors such as Gingerbread Molasses, Peppermint Cream, and Toffee & Almonds.

Brand: Lake Champlain Chocolates

Price: $16 for the set of three

From books to toys, find special gifts for baby's first Christmas.

If you're unsure of your friend's favorite cake flavor, send a variety instead. Daisy's sampler comes with pieces of red velvet, chocolate, lemon, and carrot cakes.

Brand: Daisy Cakes

Price: $56

Let your loved ones enjoy their favorite fruits year round with these tasty spreads from the family-owned Happy Girl Kitchen Co.

Brand: Happy Girl Kitchen Co.

Price: $12 per 8 oz. jar

These kosher heat-and-serve latkes are quick, easy, and taste homemade. Try the bite size or the large variety in flavors such as original, green onion, and sweet potato.

Brand: Linda's Latkes

Price: $36 for 48 original bite size latkes

Give the classic gift of hot cocoa this holiday season. Baked, a Brooklyn-based sweet shop, makes it easy with a hot chocolate set complete with mix, a mug, and vanilla marshmallows.

Brand: Baked

Price: $42 per gift set

These handcrafted dark chocolate ladybugs are as cute as they are tasty. Each piece is filled with raspberry, garden mint, or honey lavender chocolate ganache.

Brand: John & Kira's

Price: $29 for 9 pieces

Spice up the holidays with handmade tamales and sauce from Corn Maiden Foods. These ready-to-heat tamales are available in traditional pork and chicken as well as a dessert flavors, such as caramelized apple and Belgian chocolate.

Brand: Corn Maiden Foods

Price: Starting at $19 for a dozen

This colorful book by Sharon Bowers is chock-full of delicious and fun Christmas projects from a gumdrop doorknob wreath to homemade peppermint patties and salted caramel sauce. It's perfect for anyone who loves the sweet side of the holiday.

Price: 19.95

In place of a holiday card, why not send edible photos? The folks at Baking for Good will whip up a dozen cookies iced with your own pictures and ship them in gift boxes. They'll even donate a portion of the proceeds to the cause of your choice.

Brand: Baking for Good

Price: $36 for a dozen

Kids and adults alike will love creating their own mozzarella or ricotta cheese from scratch. This fun gift set from Zingerman's comes with enough supplies for 30 batches.

Brand: Zingerman's

Price: $35

Harry & David's famously juicy pears are a classic and healthy pick for the holidays.

Brand: Harry & David

Price: $29.95

Moms and food editors Kathleen Brennan and Caroline Campion wrote Keepers to help meet the day-in and day-out challenge of family dinner. The result is a beautiful book with mouth-watering recipes that any harried cook on your list will be grateful to have.

Price: $26.99

Honor the holiday spirit by donating a farm animal to a struggling family through the non-profit Heifer International. Your gift of a cow, chicken, or sheep helps lift a family out of poverty by providing essentials like food and clothing plus a way to make a living by selling milk, eggs, or cheese.

Brand: Heifer International

Price: Varies

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