Would you be happy to receive a Christmas cookie box as a gift?

[PeachRings]

I’m planning on making Christmas cookie boxes for friends and family this year in place of plastic tat as gifts. I’m planning for them to include:

• homemade digestives (chocolate)
• chocolate salami (like a rocky road in a log)
• snickerdoodles
• lemon biscotti (nut free)
• triple chocolate peppermint cookies
• vanilla bean shortbread
• chocolate cookies
• stained glass window biscuits

would you be happy to receive these?

I’m planning a good couple of weekends of baking, I have some birthday cakes to make anyway in the next couple of weeks. And I use bags to keep them all apart!

If I don’t have allergies, the answer would be yes. However, I wouldn’t be able to keep anything in the box because of cross contamination so I would just feel bad.

I would just thank you though because we likely don’t have the kind of relationship where I can explain the problem without it being awkward.

Not for me, but i dont have a sweet tooth. But you must be a competent baker to even think of attempting this, so people who do like cookies would probably love it.

Ooo yes I’m all fur anything homemade! I used to have an apple tree and would make Christmas chutney and chilli apple jelly as gifts.
Some of your list I’d not like (the chocolate salami and triple chocolate peppermint) but I think with home baked/made gifts it really is the thought and effort that counts and would appreciate anything.

Yes please OP. Shall I drop off an empty tin to save you individual wrapping?
Not only I would enjoy eating (savouring) the biscuits but I am fully aware how much effort it takes to produce such a gift. And home baking is not a cheap hobby anymore. I would be very impressed and appreciative.
There is a small Italian deli I visit once a year to buy these amazing biscuits they sell. They make beautiful unexpected presents. I have to re-distribute quite quickly otherwise we'd eat them all ourselves.

I’m very much the family baker. I’m working on Christmas Eve this year so no Christmas dessert from me, which is why I’m bringing back my cookies 😂

Sorry, no. I appreciate it is a lot of effort (and expensive ingredients) but there is a lot there that would just not get eaten so is as wasteful as generic christmas gifts (that could at least be donated). No offense to you OP, but lots of people I know do similar. It is not about the recipient at all, more about what the giver has decided should be appreciated.

Meh. I’d be happy to receive home-baked goods for Christmas and I’m a very competent baker. So I would expect something a little more exciting than these flavors. Something that requires a bit more effort than snickerdoodles or chocolate chip cookies if it’s a gift. These are very “every day” cookies. At least where I live (not the UK) they are.

it's sad that normally the gifts you receive are "the normal useless shite" @PeachRings

I would be totally happy with that, but we don't tend to do presents at all for anyone outside of family, with whom we do a Secret Santa, so I'd be embarrassed as I wouldn't have anything to give to you.

Stick around for the post Christmas day threads and you'll be blubbing your eyes out! 👀🤣

I think it's a lovely idea but I wouldn't like it/would rather just meet for a coffee or something. I can't eat a lot of sugar as it makes me really poorly, problem is I bloody love the stuff so try to not have it in the house to avoid giving in. At Christmas, this house is loaded with savoury snack/treats but no chocolate/fancy biscuits. My kids moan but I developed this sugar intolerance whilst pregnant with my first and got worse with my second (then never went away) so they really only have themselves to blame.

I just think amongst adults especially when there are children in the family it ends up being a lot of gift sets and stuff! I’d rather gift something like this than a gift set or anything like that

No they would be wasted on my family, I’m not mad on home made stuff or stuff in general.

not for me sorry , I’m always wary of people’s hygiene making home made goods , especially after seeing a cat on someone’s worktop

Honestly no. It seems like something you would give with a present.

Is say thanks but no, we really don't need extra food at Christmas on top of what we get in and it sounds like they would go off quite quickly. Why not agree not to do gifts, that's the best gift of all I think! Pressure off, no unwanted anything. Perfect.

Best present ever was home made cookies wrapped securely in foil and posted to us. I'd never had something like it before and it'll always go down well with us. I'm saddened that someone said they'd chuck it - I certainly wouldn't want to send to anyone I hadn't checked with before, because what a waste.

My household would love it.

In return you'd get a box of my handmade chocolate truffles

Everything listed can be frozen then defrosted and heated when they're ready to be eaten.

I'm happy when anyone cares about me enough to get me a gift. And I would rather not have more things sitting around my house.

Don't you own a freezer? Everything OP has listed can be put in the freezer to be defrosted when you're ready to eat them.

I find homemade a bit disgusting tbh (esp chocolate truffles shudder)

I may end up just keeping them all for myself and eating them all 😁

No I wouldn’t but if they were gluten free coeliac suitable oh my gosh absolutely yes 😂