Christmas Hampers - anyone making them this year? Can we share ideas?

[ErinAndTonic]

I'm saving for my wedding and thinking of making some handmade hampers for family to save a bit of money and hopefully get them just as lovely things.

Wondered if anyone else was making them - handmade or bought, and wanted to share ideas of what they plan to put in for different people?

Currently I'm thinking of making my own fruit gin, bacon jam and some sweet or savoury biscuits. Maybe pistachio spread too.

Quite like the idea of theming the hamper to the individual as well. Friend loves baking so may do her a baking hamper so less handmade.

Anyone else doing this this year?

Love this thread, I love giving and receiving hampers. Not really to save money just because i think they're lovely. I'm not very good with the homemade but tend to buy things and make up my own. Elderly family members last year I did:

• a book

• Nice hand wash
• Xmas candle
• homemade chutney
• savoury biscuits and cheese
• hot chocolate spoon/stirrer
• bottle of wine
• Christmas mini tray bakes
• box of chocolates
• kids school photo

Hobbycraft have nice hamper baskets and crates

Placemarking 😬
Love the idea of including a photo.

@Warelodge you brilliant person, you have just given me a great idea for my book loving DD. She usually sends me a booklist for Christmas and unwraps them all on Christmas Day but making it a hamper where she opens one a month and doesn’t know what she is getting would be so much more fun. Thank you.

Very grateful for this thread! Have saved loads of ideas already.

I think giving hamper gifts should help my present anxiety. Now I have a son I know we will receive more visitors/gifts for him and don’t like not returning but then feel silly all of a sudden starting to buy for loads of family (especially my DPs!) I’m hoping to give a little hamper for each family and can downplay them as “oh just a little something of silly things I made nothing fancy!”

I have bought these hampers which I think are a good price and perfect size The works hampers

Truffles are a great thing to make, get kids helping too. Lidl and aldi own brand dark chocolate works well for them, liqueurs/spirits if you wish or use natural flavours, dried raspberries work well to avoid booze. If you can locate black cocoa powder it's great to use that on half the batch to roll in.

Love those oranges with cloves. I'd be pleased to receive one or two of those even without all of the other items.

Some things I've made:

• Sloe gin Sloe gin recipe | BBC Good Food
• Plum brandy Plum brandy recipe | BBC Good Food
• Vodka with either a chilli in it, or a few werthers original which melt, and give a delicious caramel flavour How To Make Toffee Vodka - Easy Homemade Gift Idea (elizabethdhokia.com)
• Vinegars or oils infused with garlic, thyme, rosemary etc Infused Olive Oil Recipes - Aimee Mars
• I have a glut of tomatoes, so have made tomato chutney. I'll soon make a batch of green tomato chutney too Easy tomato chutney recipe | Jamie Oliver recipes
• If you have marrows, with no clue what to do with them Marrow & ginger jam recipe | BBC Good Food I not only use it on toast, but it also makes a delicious glaze for baked gammon
• Excess of cucumbers or courgettes: