Do you find yourself shaking a bag of trail mix or granola so the nuts surface at the top? Do you start most mornings with an almond or pistachio milk latte? Is your post-dinner ritual a peanut butter cup or a few squares of nut-studded chocolate? If your answer to all three of these questions is yes, you’ve come to the right place. I, too, am this person, and I have eaten enough nuts in my lifetime that I’m overqualified to write this guide. Here are 14 gifts, from pistachio perfume to two different ways to start a mini alternative milk factory at home, that will make you—or whomever you’re sending these gifts to—go nuts.
A drizzle-worthy hazelnut spread
If you know someone who slathers Nutella on practically everything, upgrade their chocolate hazelnut habit with Ghia’s gianduja spreads. Our favorite N/A aperitif brand makes a grown-up chocolate condiment made with olive oil and minimal sugar, so it’s sort of healthy…ish. The two-pack comes with one jar of smooth gianduja and one jar of their new crunchy variety, which is laced with crushed almonds and puffed quinoa.
A machine to milk your nuts and seeds
My colleague Emily Johnson wrote that her Almond Cow allowed her to take alt-milk into her own hands, avoiding the conundrum of aligning her identity with just one type of nut milk. Help your favorite non-dairy friend find solace in the milk personalization process with this machine, where they can make oat milk one week, almond milk the next, and a coconut-pistachio mix the following.
A choose-your-own-adventure nut butter sampler
Big Spoon Roasters is for the nut butter enthusiast who firmly believes that variety is the spice of life. These small batch nut butters are made to order in North Carolina and rely on sustainably-sourced ingredients to think up some pretty interesting flavors. The variety packs of four 3-ounce mini jars offer something for everyone, from chai spice peanut and almond to hot mamba.
A pack of plant-based milk concentrates
Here’s another option for someone who aspires to have control over their non-dairy milk production without having to buy another bulky appliance. JOI’s nut milk concentrates are made with one ingredient—blanched almonds or cashews—and just require water and around 30 seconds to whip up your own supply of alt-milk. The result is smooth, creamy, keeps in the fridge for about a week, and saves a whole lot of plastic containers (and money!).
Your favorite nut in perfume form
If you have a coworker who loves pistachio gelato, makes lattes with pistachio milk, and has started wearing an uncharacteristic amount of green, this DS & Durga Pistachio Perfume is a surefire way to win this year’s office secret Santa. It’s certainly not edible, but smells like pistachio and cardamom with a bit of almond and vanilla crème sprinkled in. It’ll provide a beautiful contrast sitting on their desk next to a handful of half-eaten pistachio shells.
The most luxurious nut milk money can buy
While we’re on the subject of coworkers who are obsessed with all things pistachio, we have to talk about Táche Pistachio Milk. The minimalist pastel carton screams luxury and so do the taste and texture—it’s creamy, both savory and sweet, and froths like a champ. This is for the coffee-drinker (it’s also great in overnight oats, hot chocolate, and French toast) who prefers to taste the flavor of their milk. Commerce editor Carina Finn says: “I hate the way most alt-milk tastes in coffee, but Táche is the one exception. It makes the most velvety, luscious latte foam, and is my go-to for any kind of iced beverage.”
A very good-looking box of peanut butter cups
There are few better things in this life than peanut butter cups. These are like the Reese’s you know and love, but with homemade peanut butter, really good dark chocolate, and presented in a very beautiful box.
And if you don’t need your nut butter cups wrapped in a golden box…
If you’re like me, you like to eat your nut butter cups en masse and don’t need them tied up in a pretty gift box, so go to town with these packs from Evolved, Unreal, and Justin’s.
Snack packs you actually want to snack on
It’s time to take your almond-loving mother’s (no, not an almond mom) snacking game to the next level with Spirit Almond’s Variety Gift Box, which is a whole lot more exciting than a big old bag of unsalted and unroasted almonds. It offers umami-packed flavors like black garlic, miso, and Japanese curry, and are all individually packaged to take on-the-go.
The sweet scent of a hazelnut tree
For those of us who live in concrete jungles, we don’t often get to walk outside and inhale the crisp, fresh scent of a hazel tree. But if you light this candle and close your eyes, you just might believe that you’re deep in the forest present to smell the hazelnuts about to ripen and fall from the tree.
A custom nut buffet
A bag of trail mix or mixed nuts can pose frustration—what if today you want pistachios and tomorrow walnuts, but you don’t necessarily want to buy each individually packaged? This Nut Assortment Tray lets you have your cake and eat it too. There are two pounds of Nuts.com’s finest varieties from jumbo roasted and salted cashews to California natural almonds all ready for you in a boxed up nut buffet.
Hunks of chocolate-nutty love
There is no better food duo than nuts and chocolate, and Hu gives us a whole bunch of options to fulfill this craving. There are hunks, aka almonds and cashews dipped in dark chocolate, plus nut butter-filled and nut-studded bars like cashew butter and vanilla bean.
A Hawaiian Christmas miracle
While we’d all love to jump on a plane and spend the holidays in the paradise that is Hawaii, we might have to settle for Hawaiian Host’s chocolate-covered macadamia nuts to transport us there. Each box boasts confections made from a family recipe that dates back over 100 years and resembles that Christmas sweater you keep in the back of your closet and break out only for the holidays.
Some savory Indian simmer sauces
Brooklyn Delhi’s punchy condiments and sauces are the answer to all of our weeknight cooking prayers. We love the brand’s cashew simmer sauces—coconut cashew korma and cashew butter masala—which are both plant-based and perfectly balanced.
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