Christmas gift ideas

We’ve given these classic Christmas sweets a posh upgrade with the addition of green tea. Make our luxury peppermint creams...

A simple festive preserve with a tangy flavour, this spiced cranberry jam makes a lovely homemade gift and goes brilliantly...

Christmas truffles make a wonderful edible gift to give to friends and family. Who wouldn’t want to receive a box...

Serve these fluffy marshmallows, flavoured with chai and cinnamon, as a dessert canapé or wrap some up and give them as...

Decorate the Christmas tree with these gorgeous spiced dove biscuits flavoured with orange, ginger and cinnamon. The dove is also...

Pour this raspberry, gin and tonic syrup into glass bottles and give as a gorgeous gift. Or, make for yourself...

Nuts, stem ginger, mixed peel and dried sour cherries are bound together with chocolate, to create mini florentines. Stack these...

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

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

Looking for the best peppermint creams for Christmas? You’ll never look at After Eights the same after trying one of...

Give the gift of chocolate  with these incredibly moreish tiffin truffles, made with shortbread biscuits and raisins. Luckily they make...

Richard Bertinet indulges in this showstopper dessert after a French-style meal, on Christmas Eve. It’s a labour of love –...

Our sweet chilli jam makes a gorgeous gift for people who love sweet and spicy food. Make sure to adjust...

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

Impress your guests with Mima Sinclair’s stunning Christmas centrepiece, or go the extra mile and make these gingerbread houses as...

Mima Sinclair’s festive wreath can used for both decoration and eating purposes. This stunning gingerbread creation will also make for...

Ready in a flash and great as a homemade gift, this honey-roast nut recipe is one to add to your...

These snow-white meringue wreaths make eye catching edible decorations for your Christmas tree. Fun for all ages, they may not...

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

Shauna Sever explores sugar alternatives that carry deeper flavours. This chocolate button recipe uses earthy molasses and bittersweet black treacle.

This cranberry, orange and ginger 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!)....

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...