More Delicious Last Minute Christmas Gift Baskets

Christmas gift baskets filled with delicious food and drink combinations are sure to please any Christmas gift recipient. You can rest assured that your gift will be used and appreciated. With a multitude of parties, dinners, and get togethers to attend, a Christmas gift basket ready to serve will help alleviate the strain of buying and preparing dishes and hors d'oeuvres.

More fast and easy Christmas gift basket ideas, filled with items available at any local grocery store (or specialty store if you prefer high end gift basket fillers) are detailed here to start you on your way to well received Christmas baskets filled with items friends and family can use and enjoy, even if last minute Christmas shopping is what you are faced with.

Tex Mex Basket
Friends and family who are fans of Mexican munchies will think you are a genius for devising this Christmas gift basket, and the shopping and preparation couldn't be easier.

Instead of a basket, a large, Mexican themed chip bowl can hold the contents for a Tex Mex Christmas gift basket. Fill the bowl or basket with a bag of tortilla chips and a jar of salsa. Add a container of guacamole, and some other tasty accompaniments like sour cream and shredded cheddar cheese.

A favorite Mexican dip recipe with all the needed ingredients is a good idea for this Christmas gift basket, especially so if the receiver has long been after your best Tex Mex dip recipe. If you are at a loss for a good Mexican dip recipe for your Tex Mex Christmas gift basket, include this easy to make, delicious chili dip.

Tex Mex Chili Dip
Ingredients needed for this dip are: cream cheese or sour cream, salsa (optional), canned chili, shredded cheddar cheese.

Spread softened cream cheese or sour cream over the bottom of an oven proof plate or platter. Spoon chili over the cream cheese or sour cream and spread gently without mixing the chili into the cream. Spread salsa over the chili if desired. Top the dip with shredded cheddar cheese. Heat at 375 degrees approximately twenty to thirty minutes, or until the cheddar melts. Serve warm.