12 Homemade Food Gift Recipes

These homemade food gift recipes include the sweet, the savory, and the unexpected. (We’re looking at you bacon-infused bourbon!) So go ahead, borrow these ideas for making presents from scratch that your friends and family will covet…and likely request next year. Want to make them even more fetching and festive? We’ve got printer-ready gift tags. It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…

Vanilla Syrup

: Michaela Jebb 1/12 You’re going to want to drizzle, douse, and dribble this fragrant homemade vanilla syrup over and into and onto just about everything.
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Rum Balls

: Andrew Scrivani 2/12 Who could possibly say no when offered one of these homemade and inebriating edibles? Certainly not us.
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Hazelnut Pistachio Chocolate Bark

: Maren Caruso 3/12 It's time to melt some chocolate, toast some nuts, and cross some names off your holiday gift list.
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Apple Cider Caramels

: Tara Fisher 4/12 The 8th wonder of the world? These insanely satiating caramels are made simply with apple cider, sugar, and spice.
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Hoosier Sugar Cream Pie

: Debbie Carlos 5/12 Strange how such a sweetly stunning sensation can be just sugar, cream, flour, and vanilla. Couldn't be easier—or more enticing.
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Candy Cane Bark

: Sally McKenney 6/12 It’s the most wonderful time of the year thanks in no small part to candy canes everywhere—even in this chocolate bark.
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Meyer Lemon Syrup

: Steve Legato 7/12 Luscious as caramel yet simple as simple syrup, this Meyer lemon syrup has a very giftable sweet tart lemon thing going on.
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Chocolate Salted Caramel Truffles

: Charlotte Bland 8/12 An uber chocolatey truffle made with salted caramel might sound like something for expert chocolatiers but fear not. This recipe is nearly foolproof.
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Nutmeg Cake

: Jennifer Farley 9/12 This spice cake is soaked with rum syrup, making a lovely, albeit slightly boozy, gift when wrapped in parchment and tied with a bow.
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Spruce Needle Vodka

: Sarah Remington 10/12 Last-minute gift, anyone? Repurpose your Christmas tree by infusing vodka with a sprig or three. A celebratory and cinch of a project that extends the Christmas spirit--and spirits.
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Pine Nut Brittle

: Tara Fisher 11/12 Crunchy, sweet, salty, buttery, and nutty. It comes together in 30 minutes, making it practical to toss together batch after batch for gifts if you get carried away with sampling.
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Bacon-Infused Bourbon

: Matthew Benson 12/12 Bacon. Bourbon. Boom. The smokiness of cured pork lends its subtle loveliness to the South's smoothest booze.
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