Halloween Gift Baskets: How to Make Your Own
It’s been a long summer and finally Fall is here. October brings back great childhood memories for me. Why? Halloween of course! And because I enjoy this month so much I thought I would share with you my strategy for build your own Halloween Gift Baskets. Why make your own gift basket? Well I have found that vendors, even some of the great ones I partner with, do not do a good job when it comes to putting together seasonal gift baskets. So I have found that it’s a lot easier and more cost effective to just build my own.
So, here is what you do. First, buy yourself a basket of some sort. What I find works well is getting a basket that can be used to hold the candy you will be handing out later. I suggest getting something like an Earthenware Pumpk Candy Basket
So now that you have the basket of your Halloween Gift Baskets what else do you need? Why some gifts of course! I like to put in three items: a costume, spooky music and some candy. That makes for a nice basket.
For a great selection of costumes check out the Costume Store
Amazon.com also offers a great selection of spooky music for your Halloween Gift Basket. Check out their Halloween Music
Finally, the candy. Now some people let their kids go out and gets pounds of candy by themselves but I prefer to buy the candy for them and put it in their gift basket. That way I can control what they are eating! Luckily enough Amazon has some great deals on candy right now so unless you have already stocked up, go check out their site to get some great deals. You can click on the banner below to find their best deals on candy.
So that’s how you can make a great Halloween Gift Basket. Good luck!
P.S. – if you do use these tips I would love to see a picture of your basket, it would be neat seeing a number of you show off your hard work.
Beer Gift Basket from Around the World
Try this new beer gift basket: Around The World Beer Bucket? – 12 Beers
Have a friend that likes beer? What about one with the taste for exotic beer from the far reaches of the world? Or how about a friend that just sits around a drinks Bud who you want to expose to more beer options? Look no farther than this great beer gift basket featuring 12 bottles of beer from around the world, and much more!
This beer gift basket has no rival! A significantly upgraded version of the Around The World Beer Bucket™, this design comes in a larger galvanized steel bucket capable of holding twelve beers on ice. Along with an outstanding collection of twelve beers from around the world, they’ve also added a range of carefully selected award-winning gourmet snack foods that perfectly complement fine beer.
Inside you’ll find a bottle of New Castle from England, Sapporo from Japan, Stella from Belgium, Guinness from Ireland, Red Stripe from Jamaica, Corona From Mexico, St. Pauli Girl from Germany, Foster’s from Australia, Singha from Thailand, Molson XXX from Canada, Tsingtao from China, and Samuel Adams from The United States. Like a brew super-adventure this design is the star in the collection of outstanding beer gift baskets and will delight anyone who enjoys an ice-cold beer!
The amazing thing to me is that I have had actually had every one of those beers (except for Singha) and I confirm they have selected a very good selection of global beers. Anyone would be lucky to receive this great gift.
Buy this amazing beer gift basket now: Around The World Beer Bucket? – 12 Beers
Coffee Indulgence Gift Basket
There is no better gift for a coffee lover than a Coffee Indulgence Gift Basket like the one shown here. What I like about this coffee gift basket is that it isn’t one particular brand, like the Starbuck Gift Basket I have previously written about. Now don’t get me wrong, I really enjoy that coffee gift basket, but everyone like a little variety every once in awhile.
This Coffee Indulgence Gift Basket is from GiftBaskets.com, a well-respected vendor of gourmet food gift baskets. The gift basket comes in a reusable wooden planter that contains hazelnut coffee, a variety of sampler coffee, espresso- and latte-flavored candies, caramel whirls, a large Ghirardelli square, and a box of caramel-filled chocolates in the shape of coffee mugs.
Hazelnut coffee is my favorite! And it goes really well with chocolate, which is why I guess they paired them together in this gourmet food gift basket. Just this weekend my girlfriends and I used our coffee grinder to grind up some hazelnut coffee and had a few mugs out by the pool. What a great way to start the weekend! Very luxurious.
Whether as a gift for a coffee lover you care about or as a reward to yourself, this coffee gift basket will make a great fit and I know will be well-received by whoever is lucky enough to get it.
A Weekend in Paris Gourmet Food Gift Basket
I’ve had the luxury of a weekend in Paris and I can tell you right now that this gourmet food gift basket will take you right back to Paris. What an amazing collection of gourmet delicacies! Imagine yourself sitting under an olive tree in Tuscany, picnicking with your loved one on the best of the local region’s fare. That is what this gift basket offers!
This premium collection of gourmet delicacies from trusted retailer GourmetGiftBaskets.com includes Moet & Chandon White Star Champagne, Fossier pink champagne biscuits, artisan dark chocolate and chocolate with coffee, old fashioned truffles, all-flower honey, hand-rolled pastry biscuits, Paris caramels, butter cookies, Clementine preserves, Strawberry preserves, famous Hediard Tea, award-winning hot chocolate, pink dragees, and , Apricots in Amaretto.
There are too many products in this remarkable gift basket to go into detail on everything, but I did want to share the quality of the products by highlighting some of them:
All Flower Honey by Baudat – 250 g – Baudat collects and processes the honey the old-fashioned way to insure that every gram contains all the rich flavor and texture that nature intended. A delicious artisanal honey from France. Just a few hours south of Paris, the bees feast on wild flowers. Cold extraction yields the delicious raw honey of superior taste and quality.
Fantaisie Guyaux Chocolatier Truffles – 2.8 oz – Best known for its old fashioned truffles, this ever popular truffle dusted with cocoa is sure to melt in your mouth.
Les Confituriers de Haute-Provence Clementine Preserves – 12.3 oz – Outstanding fruit quality, know-how and open cauldron cooking protect the flavor and delicate texture of this clementine preserve. In France, Haute Provence preserves are sold exclusively in pastry shops and fine specialty food shops. Fruit is always the first ingredient and of course are all natural.
Vergers de Gascogne Apricots in Amaretto – 210 g – For over fifty years the favorite of chefs in France. Vergers de Gascogne prepares the fruit which grow only in their surrounding orchards, picked at maturity and immediately processed. The soil and climate yield superior crops of flavorful fruit.
The butter cookies in particular are excellent. I’ve looked online for cookie recipes to help make cookies as good as those, but I have not had any luck.
With all the romance of Paris and the delicacies of the South of France, this remarkable gourmet food gift basket delivers the special flavors of the gourmet capital of the world!
Click Here to order this amazing gift basket!
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Stew Leonard’s Gift Baskets
I am really excited to announce a new relationship between My Gourmet Food Gift Baskets and Stew Leonard’s .
Stew Leonard has been in the gift basket business for over 40 years. What really impresses me about this online retailer of gift baskets is their Customer Service Guarantee:
Rule #1: The Customer is always right!
Rule #2: If the customer is ever wrong, reread rule #1.
The Stew Leonard’s brand is built on a forty year history of unsurpassed product freshness & quality and unbelievable customer service. They so firmly believe in providing a positive customer experience that they have etched The Policy on a three-ton granite stone that sits at their front-door.
Moreover, this same credo of service and satisfaction applies to their online business. If you are not 100% satisfied just let them know and they will make it right or refund your money. This is really important when buying gift baskets online because you have to trust who you are buying from and based on their history you know you can trust Stew Leonard’s.
Over time I will highlight certain selections from their vast collection of , , , and , but for now I’ll highlight some important things you might want to know about ordering gift baskets online from Stew Leonard:
They only ship to the US (including Alaska and Hawaii) and the orders are shipped through UPS – with a full range of shipping options.
Between January and October they will work with you on customizing baskets to fit your needs. As you can imagine, during the holiday season they sell so many gourmet gift baskets that they can’t customize them during that time period. Christmas Gift Baskets are popular at Stew Leonard’s!
Gift cards are available.
I look forward to getting a closer look at their awesome collection of gift baskets. In the meanwhile, feel free to browse using any of the links above. I am sure you will find something that appeals to you.
-Lisa
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