6 Tasty Homemade Food Gifts in Jars

Layers of flour, brown sugar, coconut, chocolate pieces and peanuts appeal to the baker who receives this gift in a jar. Include a cookie scoop for an added touch. Vary the color of candy with the season: red and green for Christmas, red and white for Valentine's Day, and orange and black for Halloween.

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Here's dinner in a jar, the perfect gift for busy people. Dehydrated veggies rehydrate when cooked with beans and seasoning. Give along with a bag of corn chips or tortilla chips.

This gift in a jar has stripes of flour, whole bran cereal, apple pie spice, almonds, brown sugar and cranberries. Seal the streusel topping in a small sturdy plastic bag and enclose at the top of the jar. The jars/gifts keep at room temperature for up to a month.

Add a bottle of real maple syrup when you give this layered pancake mix in a jar. The hotcakes are more flavor-packed than traditional pancakes.

This easy cake-in-a-jar is both quick to assemble and easy to bake. Candy pieces and chopped nuts add a tasty topping to this moist, easy cake—no frosting necessary!

Toasting the oatmeal before layering is worth the effort for added nutty flavor. Nuts, dried fruit, spices and wheat germ all add to the flavor of this robust oatmeal. Give with a small jar of honey.