Guest Picks: Pretty Packaging for Homemade Holiday Treats

With Christmas coming up, I know I’ll be spending plenty of time in the kitchen preparing gifts for friends and family. Still, I’m not as great with presentation as with taste, so I need some help making my gifts look especially fancy and cute. Depending on the gift and the recipient, you may need a disposable box, a reusable and not easily breakable plate, or something classy that can become part of the gift. I’ve found a range of options for your cookie platters, your almond bark, your mother’s famous banana bread and more. Maybe looking at some of these ideas will give you ideas for new homemade gifts, like flavored salts or homemade syrups, so that you’re not just passing back and forth cookies with your neighbors.

If you’re like me, you love to get a thoughtful homemade gift that you can eat. It’s my favorite part of the holidays! — Mariko from The Little Foodie

Nutcracker Theatre Large Plate - $4.95 Meri Meri’s prints are beyond darling. My daughter wants nothing but a nutcracker this Christmas, or so she tells me. She will love this plate so much that she won’t be able to bear it when I cover it up with cookies as a gift.


Meri Meri Merry & Bright Large Paper Plates, Set of 12 - $3.39 And if you need quite a few, you should go with this set of Meri Meri paper plates. It’s good for 12 days of cookie giving.


Threshold Snowflake Scallop 12-Piece Dinnerware Set, White - $34.99 Buy a set of holiday plates and bowls for your various treats and gifts for neighbors and friends. This set is inexpensive and can work for up to 12 gifts.


Victorian Christmas Plates, Set of 4 - $24.99 These vintage-style plates would be so lovely for bonbons or other baked goods.


Gingerbread Cottage Cookie Box - $5.29 Here’s a simple cardboard box that’s just dying for some gingerbread men or candy bark that you can peek at through the window.


Gifting Treats & Sweets Tent Box Kit - $4.49 This is a perfect gift box for a stack of your best chocolate chip cookies.


Cookie Containers, Set of 6 - $8 I’m enjoying these sturdy alternatives to cookie bags. They’re a tad friendlier to crumbly, crunchy cookies.


White Treat Box Pails With Rope Handles, Set of 25 - $34.99 If you’re a crafty person, I think these boxes would be the perfect canvas for you. They look almost like they’re for Chinese-food takeout. The rope is a classy handle.


Kraft Tie-Top Boxes, Set of 5 - $10 If you’re making a few bonbons, a simple little box is just right. Add your own ribbon, as this one isn’t included.


Santa Gift Large Matchbooks, Set of 2 - $6.95 The slide-out matchbox style makes these even cuter.


Marimekko Unikko Short White and Silver Tin Box - $17 I think this Marimekko tin makes a gift in itself. And for that reason, I might be willing to try boiling some sugar for some homemade caramels. This isn’t a traditional holiday tin, but it does remind me of snow and winter.


Mint Gumdrops Confection Boxes, Set of 6 - $4.99 These inexpensive decorated boxes are perfect for some homemade taffy or divinity.


All Wrapped Up Glitter Tape - $3.95 I’m not sure if I’d go overboard with this tape or just want to hoard it for myself. But I do know this much: It would be perfect to secure the corners of a bakery-style cake box.


Waste Not Paper Slate Pine Branch Tissue Paper - $7 If you need to line and spruce up your cookie gift bag or tin, try this tissue paper; it’s reminiscent of Christmas tree clippings.


Spoon Gift Tags - $3.99 I’m great in the kitchen but I’m not too crafty, so I prefer to buy premade wrappings and tags. These are perfectly appropriate for homemade gifts.


Recipe Box With Divider Cards - $24.95 My favorite recipes are ones that are tried and true. I love it when I pick up a recipe from someone who has made it again and again. This would be an awesome present — a collection of recipes from a foodie.


Glass Bottle With Clamp Stopper - $5.99 I’ve wished for years to have some maple trees to tap into, even though I’ve heard that it’s so much work. If you live like you’re in Little House on the Prairie, you could fill these jars with some homemade maple syrup and give them to your loved ones.


Bamboo Tea Bag Box - $19.95 If you’re not exactly a baker but still like to give thoughtful food gifts, try this classy bamboo tea box. It needs no embellishments past a ribbon and some carefully selected teas.


Himalaya Spice Shakers, Set of 4 - $31 Make your own salt and spice mixtures in these fun shakers. I have a recipe for Sriracha salt that I’ve been wanting to make for friends.


Large Ribbed Jar With Red Lid - $4.99 Gifts in a jar are my favorite — and the ones I always have trouble giving away, because I want to keep them for myself. This simple and festive jar is perfect for passion fruit curd, my specialty during the holidays.


Meri Meri Candy Stripe Jarring Gift Kit - $9.99 If you are making treats in a jar, this Meri Meri kit makes it especially easy to decorate and label your goodies.

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