**Candy Stocking**
If you’re looking for the can’t-go-wrong gift of the holiday season for your food-loving friend, then look no further. Nothing says “have a great holiday” like a sock full of sweets. This gift is easy and customizable. Just simply find a medium-sized stocking at the dollar store and fill it full to the brim with your friend’s favorite confections. You can’t go wrong with candy, and you wont break the bank. This gift will please anyone one looking for a little sugar rush this winter.
_Estimated price:_
_stocking: $1_
_candy: $10_

**Holiday Mug**
Nothing says Christmas like a warm mug full of hot chocolate or apple cider in the winter. Holiday coffee mugs run rampant in almost any store you walk into during the holiday season, so why not snag one to fit your friend’s personality and fill it with some holiday cheer. Start by finding the perfect large-sized mug for your friend. Whether it has a penguin on it, it’s covered in snowflakes or it’s simply red-and-green striped, find a mug you think your friend will love. From there, you can purchase individual or packs of hot chocolate from the store or even instant apple cider drink mix. Put the packets in the mug and tie with a bow around the base of the mug.
_Estimated price:_
_holiday mug: $3_
_Swiss Miss hot chocolate packets: $4.95_
_ribbon: $1_

**Jars of Joy**
For something a little more homemade, give your friend a jar of joy. A jar of joy is a clear glass Mason jar (which can be found at any craft store) filled to the brim with all of the necessary ingredients to bake up some delicious holiday cookies. Tied or taped to the outside of the jar should be the cooking instructions for the cookies. The recipe can be as extensive or simple as you please, so long as all of the dry ingredients are included in the jar. This gift also works well for hot chocolate mix with chocolate chips and marshmallows. Your food-loving friend will appreciate the thought that went into the gift and will enjoy the chance to bake something sweet this holiday.
_Estimated price:_
_Mason jar: $2.50_
_baking ingredients: $10_

**Tree of Tea**
For the tea lover or coffee lover in your life, customize their gift this season with something festive. This is the all-around best gift option, being easy to make and multifunctional. To start off, the giver needs to acquire a mini fake Christmas tree. They will then need a box pack of 20 or so tea bags to hang from the holiday tree like ornaments. The gift doubles as decoration to brighten up the receivers room with a little greenery but also provides them a box full of teas to drink all winter long. This idea can work well replacing the tea bags with instant coffee or by separating coffee grinds into smaller bags. It will keep them warm and satisfied this holiday.
_Estimated costs:_
_fake mini tree: $6-$10_
_assorted tea packets 20 count: $3.50_

**Recipe Book**
Being on a budget doesn’t mean you have to skimp on the holiday cheer this winter. For the food lover in your life, you can still show some love by making them their own holiday recipe book. Find your favorite 10 recipes for this holiday by writing them in a nice notebook with blank pages. Having the pages blank, gives you the opportunity to handwrite the recipes and put forth the extra effort of hand-decorating the book yourself. If you are lacking in confidence when it comes to your handwriting, then have no fear and instead print the recipes on resume paper and get a photo album and fill the slots where the photos go with the recipes. Your friend will love the chance to try out your suggestions but will also love the extra space in the back of the book to add their own.
_Estimated costs:_
_ Moleskine notebook: $12_