For many people, New Year's holidays are, first of all, gifts. Some run around the shops looking for great deals on souvenirs and useful little things, while others make gifts for friends on their own. In the latter case, you can choose something truly individual for everyone. Beautifully decorated jars filled with homemade sweets can be a pleasant surprise for guests. Here are 30 ideas on how to please your friends.
Choose those sweets that you yourself love, or those that are usually prepared for the New Year and fill small jars with them. The most beautiful will be decorative containers from the interior store, but you can get by with the usual ones. If you are not afraid of experiments, and you are sure that your friends will appreciate the original idea, you can fill the jar with unusual delicacies, for example, spring rolls or even soup! Complete the gift with a dish recipe so that guests can repeat it if the treat turns out to be especially successful.
1. Soup mix
Fill the jar with a mixture that can be used to make a quick hot soup. Such a gift will be original and very colorful. When assembling the jar, use the instant cereals and cereals available to you that do not require cooking. It can be instant pasta, oatmeal, lentils and peas that do not require cooking, dried garlic, parsley. Don't forget to add dry chicken or vegetable broth (it's better to choose one with a low salt content), dried vegetables such as celery or carrots. Be sure to try making your own soup in a cup of hot water before packing the mixture into gift jars. Decorate the jar with a bright ribbon and provide a sticker with a recipe or just a name.
2. DIY caramel apple
Apple in caramel is a traditional delicacy, including on Christmas holidays. Why not give as a gift a set for the individual preparation of your favorite dessert? 
Pour M&Ms chocolates into the bottom of the jar. It is better to choose those without nuts. If you plan to make several of these apples, you can sort the candies by color, and each friend choose his favorite. But the mix will look more joyful. 
Top with toffees, each individually wrapped. If you can't find any, you can break a large toffee into pieces and wrap them in cling film. 
Close the jar and top the structure with the prettiest apple you can find. Secure the apple with twine. 
Don't forget to complete the gift with a bamboo stick for sushi or a barbecue skewer. Print out the instructions for making the treat and glue it to the bottom of the jar. Instead, you can attach the instructions to a stick or email them to a friend. 
In fact, everything is very simple! Caramel should be heated in a water bath or in the microwave right in the jar. 
After dipping the apple in caramel, it must be rolled in sweets poured onto the lid. 
Now your friend can cook his favorite treat. And just when he wants to. 
Along with sweets, original entertainment is given as a gift. 
3. Chocolate chip cookie in a pot
This gift will also need to be prepared independently. Pour all the dry ingredients that make up your favorite cookie into a jar. Add some confectionery chocolate on top for melting. Stick a list of missing items on the jar, such as milk and eggs, and write baking instructions. A gift for those who like to stand a little at the stove.
For chocolate cookies you will need:
- 160 grams of butter
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 eggs
- 3 cups flour
- A pinch of salt
- Half a teaspoon of baking powder
- Half a teaspoon of soda
- 200 grams of dark chocolate
- A pinch of vanillin
Mix flour, sugar, butter, eggs, baking soda and baking powder. Knead a thick dough. If necessary, add some more flour. 
Break the dark chocolate into small pieces and add to the batter. 
Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and place dough balls on it. 
Flatten the cookies and place in the oven. It's ready in 20-30 minutes! 
4. Peppermint Chocolate Chip Cookies
For lovers of more original delicacies, you can recommend a recipe with the addition of peppermint. Do not forget to reflect the feature of the recipe on the sticker. 
5. Sweet Mint Option
Bake cookies according to the same recipe and attach to a jar of food. Interest in the gift will be warmed up after your friend tries what should turn out in the end. 
6. Creamy cake in a jar
7. Muffin with spices
To prepare the muffin mixture, you need the following ingredients:
- 2 cups of flour
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- Half a teaspoon of soda
- One and a half tablespoons of cinnamon
- Half a teaspoon of salt
- A pinch of nutmeg
- A pinch of ground cloves
- pinch of ginger
Mix all the ingredients in a dry bowl and put into a bag. Place the bag in a tall glass jar and close it.
Pick up a set of colorful cupcake and muffin molds and print a jar label in the same color scheme. 
Attach the cupcake pans to the jar with twine or woolen thread. 
Now your friend can bake delicious muffins. 
8. Homemade sugar nuts
If there are those among your friends who hate cooking, it is better not to give them cooking kits. Just bake cookies and fill a jar with them. Cookies should be small, like pecans. 
9. Cinnamon Caramel Popcorn
Cinnamon adds a Christmas flavor to almost any treat. Why not add it to your popcorn as well? Fill the jar 2/3 full with sugar and add the popcorn kernels, which need to be lightly salted. Tie a bright string with the recipe around the lid and attach a small bag to it, which will contain cinnamon mixed with sugar.
10. Tomato soup
An already familiar dry soup recipe can be made even more original by adding dried tomatoes to the jar. Friends will remember you with gratitude, tasting the gift on cold evenings. So that the tomatoes do not gain moisture, place all the products in a bag, and only then in a jar. 
11. Brownie in a jar
Make this delicious German dessert and give portions to your friends. 
To make brownies you will need:
- 120 grams of chocolate (at least 60%)
- Butter pack
- A quarter cup of freshly brewed coffee
- 2 teaspoons instant coffee
- A teaspoon of vanillin
- glass of sugar
- Half a teaspoon of salt
- 3 eggs
For glaze:
- 3 yolks
- 1 can of condensed milk
- glass of sugar
- Half a stick of melted butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
For decoration:
- coconut flakes
- chopped nuts
Mix all the ingredients to make a dense dough. Form a thin cake on baking sheets and bake it for 10-15 minutes at 250 degrees. To prevent the cake from burning, cover the baking sheet with a layer of foil. Take out the crust and let it cool down a bit. Then cut out round pieces to the size of the jar. 
Place the cakes in jars, soaking each layer with glaze. Top the brownies with a sprinkle of coconut and hazelnuts. 
It remains only to close the jars and put in the refrigerator.
12. Potato pancakes
This idea will appeal to anyone who decides to really surprise their friends. Give them a jar of potato pancake dough! A great option for the morning after a good party. It remains only to add eggs and a little oil to the dough. After all, no one likes to peel their own potatoes! 
13. Gingerbread cookies
Gingerbread men have already become a real symbol of Christmas. Fill the jar with layers of dry dough ingredients, decorate the lid with a pretty, brightly colored cloth, and tie off the string with the recipe. Do not forget to add a shape for cutting a little man to the gift. And you can attach and ready-made cookies. 
14. Fruit granola
Granola is a healthy and tasty treat that combines elements of biscuits and cereal flakes. Mix different types of cereals, nuts and dried fruits in a jar. Dried cherries, cranberries and candied fruits are best suited. Granola should be not only healthy, but also tasty. Therefore, there should be a lot of fruits! If you can get hold of some maple syrup, be sure to season your cereal with it. A little cinnamon will add a festive touch to the dish. 
15. Birthday Cake
Such a dish would be very appropriate for congratulating friends in the office. Thanks to the interesting design, each colleague will receive not just a treat, but a real gift. Simply place your favorite cake in the jars and serve each serving with an individual wooden or plastic fork. You can take into account individual preferences, and add certain fillers to different jars. Write congratulations or the names of colleagues on the forks. 
16. A jar of snacks
Sometimes it is not a gift that is dear, but attention. What to do if you remembered some friends at the very last moment? Or do you just prefer to always have a few “spare” gifts on hand for unexpected guests? Fill the jar with any sweet snacks or a combination of them. Maybe it will be chocolate pads or creamy strips with cinnamon? Choose to your taste. Don't forget to attach a small greeting card to each jar. 
17. And again brownies
For those who did not have enough ready-made cakes, give a mixture for cooking. Or maybe it will be a combination of both? 
18. Cookies with M&Ms
An already familiar recipe for cookies in a jar can be supplemented with colorful ingredients. Place a layer of sweets and a layer of dry cereal between the dough products. The gift will be not only tasty, but also very beautiful. If you need to emphasize the Christmas mood, put only red and green candies in the jar. 
19. Pumpkin cupcakes
Pumpkin batter is suitable for well-soaked muffins and cupcakes. Bake these directly in jars, and give to your friends. Such a treat can be eaten on the spot or taken home. Coat the pastry with sugar and water glaze. 
20. Cake with marshmallows
If you want your cake in a jar to look even more spectacular, top it with some marshmallows, marshmallows, or toasted marshmallows. Dessert will remind you of summer evenings spent by the fire. Marshmallow goes very well with whipped cream. 
21. A jug of sweets
Children put sweets in beautiful New Year's boxes under the Christmas tree. Many adults would also not refuse this, but who admits! An alternative would be a jar of candy. Fill this with the most delicious and beautiful sweets, decorate with ribbons and wish cards. 
22. Strawberries with cream
In the middle of winter, hardly anything can surprise you more than fresh berries. Place them between the airy cakes and whipped cream. Your friends will appreciate the unexpected greetings from summer. 
23. Treat for the reindeer
You can improve the idea of snacks in a jar and give them to friends under the guise of reindeer food! Do not forget to hint that the one who fails to meet the deer has the right to eat the treat himself. 
24. Another apple in caramel
An option for those who do not like long preparations. Pour the caramel into a jar and present to friends along with a small basket of apples. 
25. Cookies for Santa Claus
Write on the jar of baking ingredients that the dish is for the most anticipated guest. And cooking cookies will turn into a game for your friends that will remind them of pleasant moments from childhood. 
26. Add confectionery chocolate
The most delicious pastries come out with them. Choose to your taste - dark, milk or white chocolate. Or maybe peanut butter? 
27. Muesli mix
Each of us promises to start leading a healthy lifestyle from the New Year. Back up such promises of friends with a useful gift. You can fill jars with ready-made mixture or make your own from your favorite cereals, nuts and dried fruits. decorate the jar with burlap or other natural materials. 
28. Soup for Vegetarians
Surely among your friends there are those who have permanently or temporarily abandoned the use of animal protein. Prepare a dry soup for them by replacing the chicken broth with salt and natural spices. The basis of the soup should be instant dried beans. 
29. White Chocolate Cookies
The combination of white chocolate with dried cranberries is reminiscent of rowan berries in the snow. Great option for a Christmas present! 
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Here's another month in your pocket. Now we are waiting for February: how will it be for us - warm, snowy, cold, rainy or sunny? Let's wait and see :)) In the meantime, look how January went with us :)) It was funny :)) But what exactly? Look under cat. You are definitely not used to this in January :))
But the coming month will also be rich in events. For example, February 14th. The holiday is gaining more and more momentum. So try to make such a gift to your loved ones, they will be happy. After all, this is not just an unnecessary trinket that you can buy, but a gift made with love and with your own hands. And when you put it into action, everyone will be happy :)) Meet: hot chocolate gift set for loved ones :)
That's it, now we can certainly say with certainty that the New Year holidays are over. The Chinese New Year has already arrived, so you can fold your New Year decorations :)) Have you already dismantled the Christmas tree??? I've already removed it somewhere on January 3 or 4. At first I wanted to wait for the Russian Christmas, but my hands itched to remove it, so I did not wait for the holiday :))
And with the beginning of January, we also completed festive lunches and dinners. Phew, I'm already tired of these family gatherings at the table for hours :)) The body asked for mercy :)))
Mercy came in the form of fruits and vegetables. Here I eat lychee. By the way, we're in lychee season right now. In general, in France it is funny that you immediately notice how certain seasons of vegetables and fruits change. On the shelves in large quantities appear different goodies. Now we sell leek, lychee, tangerines indiscriminately. Later there will be piles of strawberries, later - asparagus, and even later all sorts of summer fruits ...
The weather in January was just incomprehensible. I wanted to say: "January, you're drunk, go home!" Judge for yourself. For example, sometimes it was sunny and pleasant. The sky is clear blue! The air is really spring...
It was so warm that… daisies and dandelions bloomed in my garden!!!
And for several years in a row, daffodils have been blooming steadily for my birthday!
But things aren't always so rosy! We're in the rainy season right now! It pours every day, and also floods! Flooded Bordeaux, other cities of France and Europe. Fortunately, this did not affect us personally, but some winemakers have such a sad picture:
By tradition, at the end I send you greetings. I will show you myself. Meet Madame Larisa in person.
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Well enough, laughed and okay! Let's get down to serious business! Lena eastflower an interesting FM is taking place for the holiday of lovers - "Sweet Valentine". Here is my work. Gift set for hot chocolate. Original, tasty, beautiful. I am sure that the gift will be appreciated.
For 1 jar of approximately 100 ml:
cocoa powder (NOT sweet) - 2 tbsp
sugar - 1 tbsp
soda - 1 pinch
cinnamon - 1 stick
chocolate drops - 2 tbsp.
marshmallow - to taste
to make a drink:
2 glasses of milk
This means that 2 cups of hot chocolate will come out of one finished jar.
So, first we prepare the container in which we will give a gift. I advise taking a jar with a capacity of about 100 ml (give or take). This set contains what you need to make approximately 2 servings of hot chocolate (or 1 extra large serving).
1) We take 2 tbsp. l. unsweetened cocoa powder, add a pinch of soda there, mix well. Soda is needed to soften the taste of cocoa, and also in the finished drink, thanks to soda, a very pleasant silk foam appears. We put this mass at the bottom of the jar.
2) The next layer is white sugar.
3) The third layer is chocolate drops. Can be replaced with regular dark chocolate, cut into small pieces. Layers must be laid carefully so that they do not mix.
4) Then fill the jar to the neck of the marshmallow (you can put it whole or cut it into smaller pieces). Close the lid.
5) Now carefully and beautifully tie the jar with a ribbon, insert a cinnamon stick into the ribbon. And also make a small note with instructions for preparing the drink.
The instruction might look something like this:
"Remove the marshmallows. Put the rest of the ingredients in a saucepan, add the cinnamon stick. Pour in 2 cups of milk, put on fire, stir well and cook until a homogeneous hot mass. Pour into mugs, put the marshmallows on top and enjoy!" Or just enjoy a cup of hot silky drink. It warms up just fine!
5) So, to make chocolate, pour 2 cups of milk, pour out the entire contents of the jar (except marshmallows, they are needed for decoration at the end), put a cinnamon stick. Bring to a boil. Boil for a couple of minutes so that all the ingredients are well mixed and dissolved. Pour into cups, top with marshmallows and serve.
What could be better than a handmade gift? Well, of course, a sweet and tasty gift, or rather, a gift set for making a delicious drink. The recipient of the gift will only have to add milk, and we will provide it for everyone else!
To prepare such a gift set of hot chocolate, you need to stock up on nice presentable jars (volume - 300 ml), because they will be the packaging for the gift. The jar contains a dry mix for preparing a drink for two persons.
Prepare the ingredients and start assembling the set.
Mix milk powder, cocoa powder and cinnamon and carefully pour the first layer on the bottom of the jar. It is advisable to spread the mixture with a spoon so as not to stain the walls of the jar.
The next layer is chocolate. If these are chocolate drops, then just pour them on granulated sugar, if this is an ordinary tile, then first grind the chocolate with a knife, and then add it to the jar.
Next, you will have to work a little, or maybe “let off steam”: we will release one sugar cane from the packaging, put the cane in a bag and grind the candy into small crumbs with a rolling pin or hammer, and then add it to the jar on top of the chocolate.
Well, what is hot chocolate without marshmallows? We fill the remaining space in the bank with small marshmallows.
A set of gift hot chocolate is ready. It remains only to write instructions for use, tie a jar with tinsel or gift thread, attach a second gift cane and some cute New Year's toy. Pretty, right? And the jar will come in handy later on the farm!
And here's how you will need to prepare a drink from this gift set: this jar is designed for two servings of hot chocolate, for each serving you need 300 ml of milk. So, in a saucepan, heat 600 ml of milk. Marshmallow from the jar is set aside for now - it will be needed to decorate the finished drink. Pour dry mixture into warmed milk.
Stirring, bring everything to a boil and cook over low heat for 1-2 minutes or until all ingredients are dissolved.
Pour hot chocolate into cups and decorate with marshmallows. Serve hot.
I hope the recipient of the gift will enjoy such a sweet surprise.
Bon appetit and Happy New Year!
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