ideas and recipes for food gifts for teachers and neighbors

[MSNative]

Help! Anyone have any great recipes or ideas to share? I have about 10 neighbors and 5 teachers/coaches to make gifts for this year. I'd love some attractive, easy and not super expensive ideas. Thanks!!

[thescrappyhomeschooler]

Rice Krispie treats is what I did last year. Wrapped them up in cute treat bags with ribbons. They were a big hit.

[Ali in OR]

We're doing plates of cookies--pretty Christmas or winter holiday plate (haven't bought them yet) in a medium size that fits in a ziploc bag. And we're using the ziploc holiday bags.

 

There are so many cookie recipes that I want to make this time of year, but I don't want our family eating 24 dozen cookies! So we'll give most of them away but have a dozen or so of each variety for us. Sugar cookies, the Hershey's kiss cookies, chocolate mint cookies, etc.

[aggieamy]

I'm making little containers of taco seasoning and bbq rub in baby food jars then tying a Christmas ribbon around them. If I have time I'll also do some jelly. If you go the seasoning route then buy the spices at ethnic stores because they are so much cheaper.

[Unicorn.]

Plates of cookies, pumpkin bread (small loaves if you have the pans), mason jars w/ cookie mix- add a cookie cutter for sugar/cut-out type cookies. Homemade hot chocolate mix or spiced tea and a pretty mug.