I was thinking of doing some sweets as presents for Christmas and wondered if anyone else does this. They can look so nice and apart from at school when i made Peppermint Creams i think i have never had a go at this!!. It would make a nice Home Made Gift and i do like Peppermint or Coconut Ice and Fudge. I could get some pretty boxes and tissue paper. maybe others use this idea at the Festive time of Year?.
I think it's a great idea rose as people really appreciate the effort when something is homemade. Fudge is easy and you can put different things in it like walnuts and chocolate. I have made chocolate truffles which are delish but a bit fiddly and you've got to make a lot of them to make up for the ones you eat whilst making them! 
I am going to try my hand at making French Macarons, a bit tricky to make apparently, that's why they cost so much to buy so worth a go I think. I also give people my jams/jelly's and chutneys, oh and fruit steeped in Sercial Madiera, that always goes down well. Good to put over ice cream. Recipe from Nigella's Christmas book.
I think that's a lovely idea 
I made some coconut ice last year for my Dad, it went down very well. He'll get some more this year too,amongst other things.
It's a really good idea for those difficult to buy for, a foody gift is always acceptable
I usually do some biscuits or candies for Christmas presents to friends and family. 🙂 Problem is I usually have to sample them too!! You know you have to make sure they are okay for others to eat. 
Peppermint creams mmmm yum yum my favourite, with one side dipped in chocolate 
Sadly I don't have too many people that I could give sweets to, my mother has diabetes, father don't like sweets and nobody else would appreciate them, so I would have to eat them all my self.
we always make things to give at christmas
Nigella's chili jam (which isnt jam at all) is fab, always goes down a treat, easy and looks beautiful
our chutneys are usually caramelised onion, and sweetcorn relish
sweeties we make a few kinds, rum truffles, peppermint creams, tablet (thanks to Rose
her recipe is lush) things like reeces pieces for the peanut butter lovers, we make them in small bars and round ones called buckeyes
we made chocolate slabs, covered with the recipients favourite things embedded into them (crushed up crunchie is lovely)
and we make peppermint bark every year now as everyone loves that
we make snowman soup as well (technically not a "make" as such) but always goes down well, usually given with a nice mug
we package ours in cellophane, you get bags on here with a pull off seal strip
then decorate with ribbon etc
keeps them nice and fresh
tablet
peppermint cream
snowman soup (we did these with chocolate dipped spoons as stirrers as well with crushed candy canes, minty hot choc)
edinburgh rock makes your teeth squeak
tablet just makes them fall out
oooh Merlin, that lot looks lovely, I'm not a sweety eater, being diabetic, but they look delish...OH would be in there like a shot!
I used to get a present from a girl in work every year, cherries in Kirsch and some othr bottled fruit, unfortunately it was in syrup which I had to rinse off but they still tasted lovely.
OOOhhh Merlin thats making my mouth water, and yes i was thinking Peppermint Creams with one side dipped. Ohhhhhhhhh yummy. You could make so many different things.White chocolate i love too. Biscuits even are nice or Macarons yes mmmmm loverrrrly. A sweet treat, yes now i can see why i need a Diabetes test ha ha ha ha LOL. I CANNOT RESIST a sweet!!!!!!!!!!. Im a SWEETAHOLIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.
lets hope you get the all clear rose and not be diabetic as if you have a sweet tooth like me its a killer.i miss sweets so much and i know people say you can have one
I do some mini baskets of goodies for some Christmas pressies. They usually contain some homemade alcohol (eg sloe gin, coffee liqueur etc), some jam/jelly and some homemade biccies. I recently managed to get some small jars and some gorgeous bottles (for the alcohol).
Ohhhh Cookie it would be really awful. I am TERRIBLE for sweets thats why im worriedactually , it would be my own fault!!!!. Im like a small child i go into the American sweetshop in town and love the lollies and pik and mix. My dad once told me as a child i sat and ate a whole big tin of sweets all to myself ( which i dont quite believe, they are VERY BIG). I have always been like it. And cakes the LOT ohhhhh my.
