35 Vegan Edible Holiday Gifts: Delicious, Plant-Based Recipes to Make & Share
Discover 35 vegan edible holiday gifts you can make at home—wholesome, plant-based recipes perfect for gifting, saving money, and sharing sustainable, heartfelt treats. These DIY consumable gifts are joyful, festive, and ideal for everyone on your list.
35 DIY Edible Food Gifts for the Holidays (Vegan, Sustainable & Budget-Friendly)
There’s something truly special about giving a homemade gift—especially one you can eat. This collection of 35 vegan edible holiday gifts brings together joyful, wholesome, and delicious plant-based recipes perfect for sharing with friends, family, neighbors, teachers, and coworkers. From cookies and granola mixes to homemade jams, spice blends, infused oils, and festive treats, these DIY edible gifts are a thoughtful way to celebrate the season while keeping things budget-friendly, sustainable, and heartfelt. Whether you’re looking to reduce waste with consumable gifts, save money, or simply spread holiday cheer with something homemade, these recipes make it easy to package up beautiful, delicious gifts that everyone will love.
A tray of colorful, hand-decorated cookies. A tin of herb-scented roasted nuts. A jar of home-made jam from my orchard. These are some of my favorite holiday gifts to give to my friends and family this time of year. The real magic behind these types of gifts? They are edible! In a world of excess consumption and holiday shopping pressures, simple consumable gifts from the heart are often the best. These are gifts that everyone loves because they can be enjoyed immediately—as a snack, treat, or at the breakfast or dinner table. When it comes to edible gifts, there are no questions about whether the gift will be appreciated or put to use (like that tie or sweater from last year at the back of your closet). Edible gifts will not languish in the dark corners of a shelf. They can be relished and enjoyed on the spot by everyone in the family! So, don’t stress out about spending a lot of money on your shopping list. Instead, give gifts that come straight from the heart and kitchen. Whether it’s a handmade cookie mix, cocoa mix, or trail mix, homemade food gifts are cherished by all. Plus, it’s fun and creative to package up these foods into sustainable, charming reusable containers, such as Weck or Mason jars with a cloth ribbon or rope tie, or baking dishes covered with a holiday tea towel.
That’s why I’m so excited to share this collection of 35 Plant-Based Edible Gifts for the Holidays, which will provide you with lots of inspiration for edible gifts this holiday season, including baked goods, gingerbread treats, candy, nuts, cocoa mixes, syrups, jams, seasoning mixes, and beyond! Let me know which edible gifts you plan on creating this year.
Eat and Live Goodness,
Sharon
35 Plant-Based Edible Gifts for the Holidays
Baked Goods Holiday Gifts
Babka, Lizzy Mads, Zardy Plants (shown above)
Blackberry Oatmeal Cookies, Claire, Through the Fibro Fog (shown above)
Classic Vegan Sugar Cookies, Sharon Palmer, MSFS, RDN, The Plant-Powered Dietitian (shown above)
Dark Chocolate Pistachio Biscotti, Sharon Palmer, MSFS, RDN, The Plant-Powered Dietitian (shown above)
Matcha Cookies, Lizzy Mads, Zardy Plants (shown above)
No Knead Whole Wheat Bread, Bernice Hill, Dish ‘n’ the Kitchen (shown above)
S’Mores Cookies with Chocolate Chips, Lisa Viger Gotte, Planted 365
Gingerbread Holiday Gifts
Gingerbread Cookies, Sarah Brooks, Keep Calm and Eat Ice Cream (shown above)
Gingerbread House Recipe, Nikki Wills, Tikkido (shown above)
Gingerbread Popcorn, Teresa Sklenicka, A Plantiful Path (shown above)
Truffles and Candy Holiday Gifts
Chocolate Bourbon Truffle Balls, Kristina Sloggett, Spabettie (shown above)
Date Truffles with Cocoa Powder, Janelle, Plant-Based Folk (shown above)
Ferrero Rocher, Christina Leopold, Addicted to Dates (shown above)
Marzipan Springerle Candy, Wendy Sondov, The Monday Box (shown above)
Snowman Truffles, Anthea Cheng, Rainbow Nourishments (shown above)
Nut & Granola Holiday Gifts
Candied Pecans, Erin Dee, Texanerin Baking (shown above)
Dark Chocolate and Cherry Nut Mix, Sharon Palmer, MSFS, RDN, The Plant-Powered Dietitian (shown above)
Orange Glazed Spiced Pecans, Andrea Mathis, Beautiful Eats & Things (shown above)
Pumpkin Spice Granola, Tatiana Kamakura, Milk and Pop (shown above)
Spiced Rosemary Roasted Nuts, Jennifer Thurman Sebestyen, Veggie Inspired (shown above)
Hot Chocolate and Coffee Holiday Gifts
French Vanilla Cappuccino Mix, Michelle McCowan, Beet of the Wild (shown above)
Hot Chocolate Bombs, Victoria J. Yore, Wow, It’s Veggie (shown above)
Hot Chocolate Mix, Gwen Leron, Delightful Adventures (shown above)
Mason Jar Hot Chocolate, Allie Segura, The Littlest Crumb (shown above)
Seasoning Mixes Holiday Gifts
Chile Salt, Debi Wayland, Life Currents (shown above)
Sage Rosemary Salt, Aimee Wimbush-Bourque, Simple Bites (shown above)
Sauces, Syrups, and Oils Holiday Gifts
Feijoa Chutney, Sarah Brooks, The Aussie Home Cook (shown above)
Gingerbread Syrup for Coffee & Cocktails, Emily Wise, Thank You Berry Much (shown above)
Homemade Vanilla Extract, Arlene Mobley, Flour on My Face (shown above)
Roasted Herb Oil, Debi Wayland, Life Currents (shown above)
Jam and Jelly Holiday Gifts
Cranberry Jam, Ashley Petrie, Everyday Homemade (shown above)
Merry Christmas Jam Recipe, Marina Helene Dsouza, Masala Herb (shown above)
Pineapple Jam, Emily Wise, Thank You Berry Much (shown above)
Pretzel Holiday Gifts
Chocolate Covered Pretzels, Lizzy Mads, Zardy Plants (shown above)
White Chocolate Covered Christmas Pretzel Rods, Victoria J. Yore, Wow, It’s Veggie (shown above)
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