Christmas gift ideas

We've given these edible Christmas sweets a posh upgrade with the addition of green tea. Make our luxury peppermint creams for a special homemade gift.

With a tangy flavour, this spiced cranberry jam makes a lovely homemade gift and goes brilliantly with Christmas turkey as an alternative to cranberry sauce

Christmas truffles make a wonderful gift to give to friends and family. Who wouldn't want to receive a box full of white chocolate and eggnog truffles?

Serve these fluffy marshmallows as a dessert canapé or wrap some up and give them as an edible gift. These have been flavoured with chai and cinnamon.

Decorate the Christmas tree with these spiced dove biscuits flavoured with orange, ginger and cinnamon. They're great as edible gifts too.

Pour this raspberry, gin and tonic syrup into glass bottles and give as a gorgeous gift. Or, make for yourself and drizzle over pancakes or ice cream.

Nuts, stem ginger and dried sour cherries are bound together with chocolate, to create mini florentines. Stack in a gift box for a Christmas treat.

Fruit, nuts and sweet spice make this traditional Italian dessert a festive alternative to Christmas cake and a perfect homemade foodie gift.

Drizzled over cakes, poured over ice cream or secretly eaten off the spoon – this boozy salted caramel sauce is the perfect gift, or decadent treat.

You'll never look at After Eights the same after trying one of these peppermint creams. Give as a thoughtful edible gift this Christmas

Give the gift of chocolate with these moreish tiffin truffles, made with shortbread biscuits and raisins. They make a excellent gift.

Richard Bertinet indulges in this showstopper Bûche de Noël (also called a Yule log) dessert after a French-style meal, on Christmas Eve.

If you can bring yourself to give them away, these easy amaretti biscuits make a wonderful edible Christmas gift – for yourself...

Impress your guests with Mima Sinclair's stunning Christmas centrepiece, or go the extra mile and give these gingerbread houses as an edible gift.

Mima Sinclair's festive wreath can used for both decoration and eating purposes. This gingerbread wreath will also make for a special Christmas gift.

These snow-white meringue wreaths make eye catching edible decorations for your Christmas tree. Hands off, Santa!

This homemade Advent calendar will give your loved ones 24 joyful surprises in the form of homemade, many flavoured chocolate truffles.

This cranberry, orange and ginger Christmas chutney is wonderful addition to any festive cheeseboard and makes an easy edible gift too.

Give this gorgeous peanut butter fudge away as an edible gift, if you can bring yourself to part with it. Great for getting kids involved in the kitchen, too.

This is just like the Italian lemon liqueur limoncello, but made with clementines. It makes a great edible gift.

These easy macaroons make great gifts, are ideal to hand round as sweet canapés or petits fours, and really look the part at afternoon tea.