Food Gifts for Christmas 2026: Gourmet Holiday Gift Baskets & Boxes

By Jacobsen Salt Co.

Updated: October 30, 2026

Why Food Gifts for Christmas Beat Everything Else Under the Tree

Some gifts get regifted. A great edible one gets eaten and remembered. That is the case for food gifts for Christmas: personal without being fussy, and right for the in-laws, the coworker, and the friend who owns everything.

This is our Holiday 2026 guide to Christmas food gifts, sorted by price and personality. Everything here is made or sourced by us on the Oregon Coast: flagship sea salt hand-harvested from Netarts Bay, small-batch infusions, single-origin honey, and caramels with a flash of salt. The best gourmet Christmas gift baskets arrive curated, boxed, and ready to hand over, so think Christmas food gift baskets without the cellophane.

If you want one confident answer to “what is a good food gift for Christmas,” start with the Build Your Own Box, The Starter Kit, or a box of Salty Classic Caramels. For baskets built around a bottle, see Wine Gift Baskets; for hosts, Hostess Gifts for Every Occasion.

Holiday Food Gifts by Price: Under $25, Under $50, Luxury, and Food Stocking Stuffers

Under $25

The sweet spot for teachers, coworkers, and the many small gifts a holiday demands. The best food gifts for Christmas at this price feel considered without breaking the budget: the Canister Duo restocks a busy kitchen, the Sea Salt Slide Tin Trio is a limited-edition keepsake, and Salty Classic Caramels please everyone.

Under $50

Buys a full, considered gift: a trio, a themed bundle, or a luxury in miniature. These food gift baskets for Christmas feel like you spent more than you did.

Luxury and stocking stuffers

When the occasion calls for weight, luxury holiday food gifts like Infused White Truffle Salt deliver craft and story in equal measure. Good food stocking stuffers are small and instantly useful: a Sea Salt Slide Tin, Infused Lemon Zest Salt, or House Special Seasoning. Sea salts, seasonings, honey, and caramels are all shelf-stable and ship well. For delivery by Christmas, order physical gifts by December 17.

How to Build Holiday Food Gift Baskets, and the Best Last Minute Christmas Gifts

To build your own gourmet Christmas gift basket, pick a theme, layer a few price points, and finish with one small treat. Start with an anchor: the Salty Larder for a cook or a Ceramic Arch Salt Cellar for a host. Add a personality piece: Infused Yuzu Salt for the adventurous, Infused Cherrywood Smoked Salt for the grill fan, Raw Buckwheat Honey for the baker. Layer a seasoning like Furikake Seasoning or Loveski Everything Bagel Seasoning, and finish with caramels.

What makes holiday food gift baskets gourmet is provenance and craft, not quantity. Prefer we do the boxing? The Build Your Own Box includes the gift box, and our gift sets and bundles collection has more.

The best last minute Christmas gifts arrive instantly. A Gift Card is the cleanest of them all: delivered by email the moment you buy it or on a date you choose, no shipping fee, and it never expires.

Outfitting someone’s first real kitchen? Top Housewarming Gifts for the Home Cook and Best Housewarming Gifts, Ranked pair well with a food basket. More guides: Gifts for Chefs & Cooks, Best Kitchen Gifts, Gifts for Bakers, Gifts for Foodies, and Gourmet Food Gifts.

Three small rectangular dark brown metal tins decorated with gold botanical illustrations, arranged diagonally on a light beige textured stone surface. One tin is open, showing pink pinot noir salt inside, while the others show pure flake and pure kosher salt.

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Sea Salt Slide Tin Trio

Price: $ 24.00

Best for: the design-minded

A limited-edition set of Pure Flake, Pure Kosher, and Infused Pinot Noir in refillable slide tins, illustrated by artist Kate Towers. A favorite for picnic baskets and camp kitchens, and the artwork earns it a spot on the shelf after the salt runs low.

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Digital Gift Card

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Jacobsen Digital Gift Card

Price: $ 100.00

Best for: procrastinators and hard-to-shop-for people

Delivered by email the moment you buy it, or schedule it to arrive on the perfect day. It's both redeemable online or in our gift shop, with no physical card and best of all it never expires. It lets the recipient do the fun part: choosing their own salts, seasonings, and caramels.

Customer review: “A great last-minute gift! Love your salts and was excited to share Jacobsen with my friend.”

– Cayley

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Sea Salt Slide Tin

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Sea Salt Slide Tin

Price: $ 6.00

Best for: stockings, lunchboxes, travel

A pocket-sized, refillable tin of Pure Kosher Sea Salt: for the campsite, the desk drawer, or the purse. Small enough to travel anywhere, and useful enough to get used.

Customer review: “Perfect for carrying around in my purse. And the salt is delicious.”

– Constance

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2.2 oz jar of Jacobsen Co. House Special Seasoning

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House Special Seasoning

Price: $ 12.00

Best for: the adventurous cook

Black garlic, kosher sea salt, sun-dried tomato, three chiles, cacao nibs from Portland's Cloudforest, and mushroom. Deep umami with a gentle heat. Sprinkle it on eggs, popcorn, or roasted potatoes.

Customer review: “Added some great oomph to my boring bean soup!”

– Gayla

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Two canisters of Jacobsen Sea Salt, 'Pure Italian Fine Sea Salt, and 'Pure Kosher Sea Salt'.

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Canister Duo

Price: $ 23.00

Best for: practical cooks

Pure Kosher Sea Salt plus Pure Fine Sea Salt, the two workhorses every kitchen burns through. Kosher for seasoning as you cook, fine for baking. A quiet, useful entry in the Christmas food gifts category.

Customer review: “This salt tastes so clean! I am really enjoying cooking and baking with it.”

– Marianne

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2.25 oz jar of Jacobsen Infused Lemon Zest Salt.

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Infused Lemon Zest Salt

Price: $ 15.00

Best for: the bright-flavor lover

Flake salt and fresh lemon zest for a clean, concentrated citrus lift. Finish grilled fish, roasted asparagus, or ricotta with olive oil. The kind of everyday salt people don't buy for themselves.

Customer review: “Perfect for pasta, vegetables and more. Fresh and light flavor.”

– Holly

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Jaocbsen Salt Co bundle, including a jar of Steak Seasoning, a bag of Pure Flake Salt and a Jar of Black Pepper Salt.

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Grilling Essentials Bundle

Price: $ 35.00

Best for: the grill obsessive

Black Pepper Salt, Pure Flake Sea Salt, and Steak Seasoning: everything to season, marinate, and finish. For the friend who grills every month, including December.

Customer review: “We added these seasonings to our steaks and they were the BEST steaks we have ever had!! So good!!”

– Traci

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8.62 oz jar of Jacobsen Raw Blackberry Honey

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Raw Buckwheat Honey

Price: $ 13.00

Best for: bakers and tea drinkers

Dark and full of molasses notes. Single-origin, sustainably harvested, and never heated, treated, blended, or ultra-filtered. Drizzle it over sharp cheese, stir it into black tea, or brush it on cornbread.

Customer review: “My husband and I love this Buckwheat Honey. It has a molasses like flavor with hints of very dark maple syrup.”

– Valerie

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Jacobsen Salt Co bundle, including jars of Black Garlic Salt, Garlic Salt and Black Garlic Ginger Salt.

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Garlic Trio

Price: $ 37.00

Best for: the flavor tinkerer

Black Garlic Salt, Garlic Salt, and Black Garlic Ginger Salt made with Burlap & Barrel's heirloom Buffalo Ginger. The house-fermented black garlic brings a slightly sweet umami to roasted vegetables, noodles, and even buttered toast.

Customer review: “These salts are the Bomb! We use these for everything; they are delicious.”

– Colleen

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A 2.5 oz jar of Jacobsen Infused Pinot Noir Salt.

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Infused Pinot Noir Salt

Price: $ 15.00

Best for: wine lovers

Flake salt infused with Oregon Pinot Noir from Landmass Wines, with a sweet red-fruit note that finishes a steak, dark chocolate, or roasted beets. An easy stocking stuffer.

Customer review: “Super tasty with beef and hearty vegetables such as broccoli and asparagus. I love the color as well.”

– Bonnie

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Jacobsen Salt Co. bundle of pure Oreogn salt products, including a bag of Pure Flake Sea Salt, a Pure Kosher Sea Salt canister, and a Pure Sea Salt slide tin.

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Netarts Bay Bundle

Price: $ 34.00

Best for: regional-food lovers

A collection of Pure Sea Salt products hand-harvested from Netarts Bay, Oregon. For the person who reads the back of every label and wants to know the story behind the product. Compact, story-rich, and easy to tuck into a larger gift basket.

Customer review: “Perfect for gifting. The sea salt is always well received and delicious.”

– Teri

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Six Infused Sea Salt slide tins of various flavors, packaged in a gift box

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Infused Slide Tin Collection

Price: $ 38.00

Best for: the person who wants to taste everything

Six of our infused sea salts in refillable slide tins, boxed and ready to give. A tasting flight of smoked, citrus, garlic, and pepper salts that lets someone find a favorite, then refill it from a full-size jar. One of the easiest Christmas food gifts under $50 hands down.

Customer review: “I love being able to try all of the flavors, they make great little gifts, and the tins are adorable.”

– Mandy

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Trio of Jacobsen Pure Sea Salts, including Pure Italian Sea Salt canister, Pure Flake Sea Salt bag and Pure Kosher Sea Salt canister

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Salty Larder

Price: $ 38.00

Best for: cooks who want range

All three Pure Sea Salt grain sizes, flake, kosher, and fine, in one box. Fine dissolves into doughs and brines, kosher seasons the pot, flake finishes the plate.

Customer review: “The fine Italian sea salt has become my go-to baking salt, the flake sea salt makes for a fancy finish, and the kosher is an everyday workhorse.”

– Mandy

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A 2.46 oz jar of Jacobsen White Truffle Salt.

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Infused White Truffle Salt

Price: $ 48.00

Best for: the person who has everything

Pure Flake Sea Salt blended with ground Italian white truffle and white truffle tincture. A pinch over hot fries, buttered popcorn, or a soft-scrambled egg. A little goes a long way, which is exactly why it feels extravagant.

Customer review: “Other white truffle salts don't even come close. The texture is amazing as well as the flavor. Pairs perfectly with beef!”

– Justin

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Jacobsen Salt Co. starter kit on a blue backdrop.

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The Starter Kit

Price: $ 95.00

Best for: first-timers and crowd-pleasers

Our flagship gift and the easiest “yes” on the list: a collection of our most beloved salts, a Ceramic Arch Salt Cellar, and a guide to kickstart a salting journey, in a gift box with two sea salt slide tins. Give it to the friend who cooks constantly but has never finished a steak with real flake salt.

Customer review: “Packaged beautifully and every single item is delicious and high quality! Very much enjoying sampling all the salts!”

– Jessie

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4oz bage of Jacobsen Pure Flake Sea Salt next to a cool grey salt cellar filled with sea salt.

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Flake Salt & Cellar

Price: $ 40.00

Best for: hosts and tablescape lovers

Our best-selling Pure Flake Sea Salt with a handcrafted Pigeon Toe Ceramics salt cellar, made in Portland in three coastal colorways. Bright, briny flakes with a delicate crunch, kept within arm's reach of the stove. One of the best food gifts for Christmas because it's beautiful on the counter and used every day.

Customer review: “After tasting your Flaky Salt on a steak or on a baguette topped with butter it always ends the same way: ‘Wow - the best I ever had!’”

– Sascha

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6.5 ounce box of Jacbosen Co. Salty Classic Caramels

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Salty Classic Caramels

Price: $ 13.00

Best for: everyone with a sweet tooth

Creamy, golden, chewy caramels finished with a flash of sea salt. The universally loved food gift. For a chocolate version, the Salty Chocolate Caramels do the same trick with cocoa.

Customer review: “Just the right amount of everything. Butter, cream, salt, texture. Love them.”

– Corey

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Open blue three pack bundle box, with Black Pepper, Habanero and Black Garlic Infused Sea Salts inside

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Build Your Own Box

Price: $ 95.00

Best for: the gift recipient you know well

Choose three or six items from our infusions and honey varietals and we'll package them up in a gorgeous gift box. Pick the yuzu salt for the adventurous cook, the buckwheat honey for the baker, the cherrywood smoked salt for the grill fan. Prefer savory? The Build Your Own Box: Seasonings works the same way.

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