Home Made Christmas Gifts

Do any of you make your own Christmas Gifts, I use to make truffles, cannot remember which recipe I used though, I want to make my co-workers some homemade things, its between truffles, brownies and peanut butter cookies, do any of you have any recipes or ideas?
Thanks
Angela

It's not a baked good, but I had a co-worker do drink mixes one year like this: http://www.frugalhomemaker.com/giajhotcocoamix.htm

They were nicely decorated and went over very well.

My mother always makes pumpkin breads and cranberry breads for her colleagues and neighbors, and I think I will do the same. She is always very popular around Christmas, as people love the breads. It's nice, because it's something that people can put out with their Christmas breakfast. I need to get those recipes from her. Each batch makes 2 loaves.

I'm doing a few bottles of rosemary-infused olive oil for a few people at work, and my close neighbours ... my rosemary plant has gone out of control, so i might as well put it to good use.   

Last year Peter and I made a ton of gingerbread, Swedish toffee candies and some other goodies. We gave them to some of his workmates that he had become friendly with. Apparently, everyone loved everything, but I didn't get a single thank you! 
I hate to sound bitter, but I really don't feel like doing it again this year.
I do plan on making some special stuff for my boss/friends and I know they will say thank you!

Wow, I'm really impressed with you all!  I'm rubbish, can't make anything. 

Of course if there are left overs I can always PM you my address

Last year Peter and I made a ton of gingerbread, Swedish toffee candies and some other goodies. We gave them to some of his workmates that he had become friendly with. Apparently, everyone loved everything, but I didn't get a single thank you! 
I hate to sound bitter, but I really don't feel like doing it again this year.
I do plan on making some special stuff for my boss/friends and I know they will say thank you!

No one said thank you at all?  Wow.  I'll admit, I've been rubbish with thank yous for Josh's gifts (Thank you cards that is) but I've thanked people for them in person, or email. That just stinks.  And ruins it for the people who would say thank you in the future.

No one said thank you at all?  Wow.  I'll admit, I've been rubbish with thank yous for Josh's gifts (Thank you cards that is) but I've thanked people for them in person, or email. That just stinks.  And ruins it for the people who would say thank you in the future.

No...seriously... One guy that is a single dad, I gave extra cookies and things so he could take them home to his kids and he ate them all before he left work! 

My ex roommate in CA is amazing at baked goods; that's all she does for Christmas gifts - her specialty being banana bread and coffee cake.
I used to do fudge, pralines and gingerbread, but not anymore.

My homemade gifts now aren't baked; I've made cd's (with messages/music/sound fx mixes), dvds, and scrapbooks (with much help from MeShell!).

I do lots of baking at Christmas and give to neighbours and friends.  Everyone seems to really enjoy it and some even start asking as early as September if I'm baking again this year.     Makes me happy knowing that people appreciate the cakes and cookies, especially my next door neighbour who's close to 90 and lives on her own.  I use it as an excuse to check up on her over the hoildays as her son lives in Jersey.

I admit a lot of the cakes and cookies that I make are in rememberance of my grandma, when I used to help her bake at Christmas when I was a little girl.  It makes Christmas just that little bit more special.   

This is a great idea to bake things although I have a problem...I have to make something for two different families. At first, I thought "Ooh! I'll make my banana bread." Then I realised, one family has two that are very natural with snacks and can't really have all that and the other has celiac disease with two of the members so no wheats, etc. Any ideas out of what all of you do?

I'm going to try to make big decorated sugar cookies for everyone at work this year.  I found some nice big snowflake cookie cutters.  Fingers crossed they turn out... or maybe I'll just get lazy and do nothing.

In the past I've baked and made mix discs.  But not this year.

I'm trying my hand a knitting and am attempting to finish my first scarf to give to my mom for Christmas.  I hope it turns out okay or else she's getting a scary scarf!

The Christmas before last, I did little goodie bags for some friends and neighbours -- I made shortbread and dipped it in chocolate, made truffles, and made jars of cranberry sauce (with Grand Marnier). But I find now I'm way too busy in the run-up to Christmas to do a lot of that. 

I make dark chocolate truffles every year for friends & colleagues (with this year being an exception since I don't have time before I leave).  The recipe I use is very simple:
(I've never made these in the UK, this year will be the first time, so I haven't figured the measurement equivalents or looked for the ingredients yet.)
1/3 cup heavy whipping cream
6 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
2 cups 60% (at least) cocoa bittersweet chocolate chips OR 2 4-oz. bars
I put different things in them or on them.  I place a hazelnut inside and roll in chopped hazelnuts.  I also use chopped almonds on the outside and unsweetened cocoa.

-Bring cream to simmer in small saucepan
-Add butter and stir until melted
-Add chocolate & stir until completely melted and smooth
-Remove from heat and pour in shallow bowl
-Cool, cover & refriderate until firm (at least 2 hours)
-Roll mixture into 1" balls and into coating of choice, place on wax or parchment paper.
-Store in airtight container in refrigerator

*note - the warmth of your hands will melt the chocolate when you are rolling the truffles.  I usually keep running my hands under cool water and that seems to cut down the sticking to the hands.  It's still very messy - but worth it!

I never do homemade anything surprise surprise but my old boss in the USA used to make everyone in the office a plate of homemade sugar and butter cookies all cut out with xmas shapes. She would just put a bunch of these cookies on a paper xmas plate and cover it with coloured cling film. We all looked forward to Birgit's xmas cookies every year.

This year, instead of doing the obligatory "buy or make something for everyone at my daughters school", we figured we'd spoil the school dog...he probably gets left out and anyway, he wouldn't complain if they tasted like doodoo.  She helped me measure the ingredients and then we cut them out into fun shapes...cats, stockings, doggie bones of course and then we cut some into letters that spelled her name (she said that he must know who they came from).  We even tried them when they came out of the oven (peanut butter, applesause, sesame seeds, milk, eggs, polenta and flour), but I have to say...they weren't particularly my favorite.  My youngest seemed to have no trouble with them though.  Eck!  We wrapped it up nice and she wrote out the card.  That's as much baking as this mom can take

Mekaw...the truffles sound heavenly.  YUM!!