We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs.
Anything can be a Valentine’s Day present if you’re giving to someone you love something they’ll love. There’s no rule here: it doesn’t need to be pink or red or remotely Cupid-coded, especially when it comes to food gifts. (Just make it delicious.) Whether it’s fresh California citrus, cinnamon roll nut butter, these are 12 Valentine’s Day food gifts that’ll please the cook, baker, or person who just loves a really good snack.
Dandelion Chocolate Wildflower Honeycomb
Honeycomb is a truly outstanding candy, especially when made with equally incredible ingredients. This version, from NeoCocoa, is complemented by floral notes of Sola Bee Farm’s Sacramento Valley wildflower honey, and doused in Dandelion’s 70% Camino Verde chocolate. If you want to give a more interesting sweet treat, this is a sure bet.
Stuzzi Hot Sauce
There’s just something lighthearted about giving someone you have the hots for a little spicy sauce. Stuzzi’s is made with just three ingredients and comes in equally simple, yet stunning packaging.
Activist Raw Manuka Honey MGO 850
One spoonful of this raw honey everyday is like building a defense shield around someone’s immune system. What’s more loving than that kind of gift, especially mid-winter? (Psst: they can also use it as a hydrating face mask and skin cleanser.)
Delight Patisserie Custom Message Shortbread
Send them sweet nothings by way of cookie. These custom message shortbreads let you engrave a note right onto them—go funny, sweet, or sexy (hey, they’re going to be eaten anyways!)
Regalis Bergamot Infused Oil
If you have an adventurous home chef to consider, a unique flavored oil will delight them. This bergamot-infused sunflower oil will amp up anything they’re cooking, from salads and soups to entrees. We could even see it drizzled over ice cream.
Mandarin Man Kishu Mandarins
Do they really love citrus? Are they an orange-a-day kind of person? Send them 11 pounds of California-grown Kishu mandarins that are seedless, easy to peel, and sweet as candy.
Sockerbit Valentine’s Mix Single Serving Candy Packets
Need to buy little treasures for a bunch of people? Sockerbit sells Swedish candies in single-serving pouches, and you grab sets of 10, 30, or even 100.
Buddy Buddy Organic Cinnamon Roll Almond Nut Butter
There’s something about a cinnamon roll that’s comforting and full of love. This nut butter keeps that feeling going longer than a few bites. Buddy Buddy is a nut butter coffee bar in Paris and Brussels, and is launching in New York, and the shop’s nut butters range from pecan pie to hazelnut mocha.
Oishii Preserves Gift Set
You know them for their fancy strawberries, so rest assured this spread and preserves duo is just as delicious. The Daifuku-Inspired spread packages a traditional Japanese dessert into a jar, and the Strawberry Yuzu preserves are blended with orange blossom and tart Japanese yuzu.
Mother Root Ginger Apertif
Whether they drink alcohol or not, this crowd-pleasing aperitif will be a welcome bottle to unwrap. They can spike any number of beverages with the fiery elixir—it’s a burn that feels good.
Russ and Daughters Chocolate Caviar
If you want to skip shelling out for the real stuff, Russ and Daughter’s chocolate caviar will make them smile. The milk chocolate-covered biscuit drops are delicious and keep things playful.
Ready For Dessert, Revised by David Lebovitz
I don’t recommend trying to eat a book, but if their love language is cooking together, how about sourcing a recipe for sweets from David Lebovitz’s revised classic? Put a bow on the tome, pick up all the ingredients, and settle in for a night of kitchen magic.