Inexpensive and Homemade Gifts for the Coffee Lover

It’s holiday season again! That means its gift giving time. Are you out of ideas? Would you like to make something more personalized for your coffee lover? Here are a few gift ideas that are inexpensive and easy to make. Whether you use a few as stocking stuffers or make the whole lot and toss them into a gift basket, your coffee lover will be pleasantly surprised!

1. Flavored Coffee Stirs

The creativity will flow while making these tasty additions to your coffee-lover’s mug. Any sort of chocolate chip can be used; white, dark, or milk. While melting the chocolate, you can add flavored liqueurs or extracts to add that extra little zest. Other flavored candy chips, such as butterscotch or mint, can also be used and are available at most craft stores.

After melting the chocolate and adding any flavors you choose, dip each spoon separately to coat. For added touches, the spoons can be drizzled with an opposing color of chocolate or sprinkled with crushed candy cane. After dipping, set the spoons face down on wax paper to cool. When they’re all set, wrap each one in plastic wrap and tie them off with a tiny decorative bow. Toss them into a unique coffee mug alone or add them to a gift basket. Either way, your coffee lover will be in flavor heaven!

2. Biscotti

Biscotti are actually fairly simple and inexpensive to make and they come in many different flavors; chocolate hazelnut, almond, orange, and vanilla to name a few. Recipes can be easily found all over the internet.

After cooking up the biscotti, they can be dipped in chocolate and some chopped nuts, or even served as is. If you find your time is scarce, biscotti can be purchased and added to your gift basket.

3. Flavored Syrups

Flavored syrups can turn a dull cup of coffee into a tasty treat. Simple syrup is easy enough to make. In a medium saucepan, bring to boil 1 cup water with 1 cup granulated sugar. Boil until the sugar completely dissolves. In order to flavor the syrup, add the flavoring at this point. You could add such flavors as cinnamon extract or sticks, vanilla, amaretto, or almond extract. Let the syrup cool completely before packaging.