30 Edible Christmas Gifts to Make in Advance

Looking for tasty DIY Christmas gifts? These 30 edible Christmas gifts to make in advance make the perfect presents for family and friends.

christmas cookies

The season of gift giving is here! I love to give gifts as much as I love to receive them. And homemade gifts, including baking gift ideas, add another layer of love.

To make homemade gift giving easy for you, I’ve put together a list of 30 edible Christmas gifts to make in advance. You can make from home in minutes and for just a few bucks, too.

These DIY healthy food gifts all come from my registered dietitian nutritionist colleagues and I, so they’re on the healthier side of things.

Don’t worry, though, there are quite a few of easy DIY edible Christmas gifts to make in advance on this list that taste decadent!

a container filled with spices

Edible gifts in a jar

So much of homemade gifting is in the packaging, and when it comes to making edible Christmas gifts in advance storing them in airtight jars will help them last longer. Plus, you can tie with a pretty ribbon!

Here are my favorite edible Christmas gifts to package in a jar.

1. Homemade Pizza Spice
from my own kitchen
Make the gift
Pizza spice mixture in a glass jar with bow wrapped around it.
2. Chocolate Almond Cookie Mix
from Liz Weiss, RD, author of The Smoothie Bowl Coloring Cookbook
Make the gift
3. 3-Ingredient Dark Hot Chocolate Mix
from Rebecca Clyde, RD, nutrition blogger at Nourish Nutrition
Make the gift
4. No-Pectin Blueberry Jam
from my own kitchen
Make the gift
blueberry jam without pectin
spiced ambrosia apple butter in a jar
5. Spiced Ambrosia Apple Butter
from Kara Lydon, RD, author of Nourish Your Namaste
Make the gift
6. Maple Chia Roasted Pecans and Walnuts
from Kelly Jones, RD, owner of Kelly Jones Nutrition
Make the gift
gingerbread glazed almonds on a white surface
7. Gingerbread Glazed Almonds
from Marisa Moore, MBA, RDN, owner of Marisa Moore Nutrition
Make the gift
8. Prune Jam
from my own kitchen
Make the gift
A plate of food on a table, with Cheese and Prune jam
9. Holiday Spiced Pecans
from Stacie Hassing, RD, and Jessica Beacom, RD, co-authors of Simply Nourished
Make the gift
homemade chocolate hazelnut spread in a jar
10. Sweet & Spicy Roasted Almonds
from Jennifer Hunt, RDN, nutrition blogger at Healthy Inspiration
Make the gift
11. Spiced Roasted Chickpeas
from my own kitchen
Make the gift
roasted chickpeas in a white bowl
close up of a bowl of taco seasoning
12. Homemade Cannabis Taco Seasoning
from Emily Kyle, MS, RDN, CLT, author of The 30-Minute Thyroid Cookbook
Make the gift
13. Chai Walnuts
from Judy Barbe, RD, author of Your 6-Week Guide to LiveBest
Make the gift
14. Healthy Energy Bars
from my own kitchen
Make the gift
A close up of a no bake healthy energy bar
dark chocolate energy mix in a jar
15. Dark Chocolate Energy Mix
from Sharon Palmer, RD, author of Plant-Powered for Life
Make the gift
16. Cinnamon Buckwheat Granola
from Judith Scharman, RD, author of Lean Body Smart Life
Make the gift

Edible gifts you can wrap

Here are great ideas for edible Christmas gifts to make in advance, and all you really need to pull them off is a pretty bag and some ribbon.

close up of a Linzer cookie
17. Vegan Linzer Cookies with Prune Jam Filling
from my own kitchen
Make the gift
cookies on a platter
18. Coconut Seed Clusters
from Judy Barbe
Make the gift
19. ‘Tis the Season Popcorn
from Colene Stoernell, RD, owner of CS Nutrition
Make the gift
top down view of gingerbread cookies on a surface
20. Superfood Gluten-Free Gingerbread Cookies
from my own kitchen
Make the gift
gingerbread cookies stacked on a plate
21. Easy Coffee Cake Muffins
from my own kitchen
Make the gift
easy coffee muffin close up with one having a bite taken out of it
22. Apricot Pecan Crisps
from Judy Barbe
Make the gift
23. Candied Pistachio Ginger Cups
from my own kitchen
Make the gift
candied pistachio nuts
homemade fruit and nut quick bread in slices on a white dish
24. No-Added-Sugar Fruit and Nut Quick Bread
from Elizabeth Ward, MS, RD, author of Expect the Best
Make the gift
25. Cinnamon Spice Muffins
from my own kitchen
Make the gift
cinnamon spice muffins
peppermint brownie batter truffles in a pile
26. Peppermint Brownie Batter Truffles
from Stacie Hassing and Jessica Beacom
Make the gift
27. Walnut Avocado Prune Brownies
from my own kitchen
Make the gift
Gluten-Free Chocolate Avocado Brownies with Prunes & Walnuts
top down view of chocolate covered Oreo cookies
28. Easy Chocolate-Covered Oreo Cookies
from Rebecca Clyde
Make the gift
29. Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free Orange Cake
from my own kitchen
Make the gift
orange-dairy-free-cake
30. Almond Pistachio Cocoa Bites
from my own kitchen
Make the gift
Almond and Chocolate protein balls on a plate

Final thoughts

No matter what type of edible Christmas gifts to make in advance strike your fancy, you have so many options to choose from. These include homemade jarred jams, hot cocoa mixes, cookies, cakes, and more.

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Looking for tasty DIY Christmas gifts? These 30 edible Christmas gifts to make in advance make the perfect presents for family and friends.

I’d love to hear from you! Which of these edible Christmas gifts to make in advance will you be giving to friends and family this year?

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