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We asked our community of home cooks on Facebook to share their food gift ideas. Read on to see which gifts are being cooked and baked across the country!

Claire buys 90p glass jars and fills them with dry cookie ingredients. She then writes out the recipe on last year's Christmas cards, recycled into tags, and ties them to each jar with ribbon. • Cranberry pecan cookie mix in a jar • Gingerbread biscuit mix in a jar • Winter lentil soup mix in a jar

Kathryn is also filling jars, but she's filling her Kilner jars with chocolate brownie mix! • Brownie mix in a jar • Brownie gift in a jar • Coconut blondie mix in a jar

Charleigh makes personalised cupcakes. Her sister, for example, likes her 'bling', so she's getting a cupcake with edible glitter baked in a leopard print paper case. • How to make cupcakes • How to ice cupcakes • Cupcake recipes

Hannah makes Christmas hampers teeming with Christmas cake, cranberry fudge, peppermint creams, mini Christmas puddings, mince pies and gingerbread biscuits. Her finishing touches are a clove-studded orange and cinnamon sticks tied together with ribbon. "This is great for relatives and family friends," she says.

For all the young ones in the family, last year Zena filled small brown bags with cookie ingredients, then tied mini rolling pins and Christmas-shaped cutters to each bag. She then made gift tags, each with a photo of the child receiving the bag - that way the really young ones could see which present was theirs. "They were a BIG hit!"

Helen is making "Gingerbread trees with icing and silver balls on them - all wrapped in cellophane and ribbon." • Christmas tree gingerbread • Ginger biscuit recipes • How to make gingerbread men

More ideas

Fudge Everyone loves fudge, which is why so many of those we chatted with on Facebook said they were making it for food gifts at Christmas. We've loads of fudge recipes and a foolproof fudge guide to help beginners. Beryl recommended One bowl chocolate fudge, leaving out the nuts.

More top fudge recipes: • Creamy chocolate fudge • Chocolate orange fudge • Chocolate fudge • All Fudge recipes

Truffles Might sound difficult, but truffles aren't hard to make and the flavour options are endless. During our Facebook chat, Bethan mentioned she'd love to make truffles, but was worried they might be hard to make. Beryl recommended this recipe: "These truffles are amazing, taste like cheesecake and really easy to do".

More truffles: • Snowflake truffles • Chocolate orange truffles • Easy chocolate truffles • All Truffle recipes

Liqueur Emma is making raspberry-infused vodka, a welcome gift indeed! We have more homemade liqueurs that are easy to make and nice to drink:

• Amaretto vodka • Crème de cassis • Plum liqueur • Irish cream liqueur

Find more inspiration Join us on Facebook to start up your own conversation with the Allrecipes.co.uk community! We post daily and are always ready to help with your cooking queries. Also check out our entire collection of Food gifts for loads more ideas!

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• Review: Lynn

       

       

  :x What great ideas! I love to give gifts I make, and needed new ideas. I especially like the idea of jars filled with a dried soup mix.

  What great ideas! I love to give gifts I make, and needed new ideas. I especially like the idea of jars filled with a dried soup mix.

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  Posted: 30 Nov 2011 Easy

  

  • Lynn
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  Review: Ita

       

       

  Fantastic ideas! Love the idea of personalised cupcakes. Hannah's hamper sounds amazing - I wish I was related to her!

  Fantastic ideas! Love the idea of personalised cupcakes. Hannah's hamper sounds amazing - I wish I was related to her!

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  Posted: 30 Nov 2011 Easy

  

  • Ita
  • Intermediate
  • Belfast, UK