Cooking Better Meals For Your Family

Posted on: 3 March 2017

If a friend or loved one has a sweet tooth with a penchant for gourmet caramels, treat her to a basket filled with her favorite candies. This sweet, thoughtful surprise will be perfect for almost any special event or occasion, such as birthdays, holidays, bridal showers, housewarming parties, or graduation celebrations. 

While a basket full of creamy, high-quality caramels would be enough to please any candy-lover in your life, you can round out the gifts with complementing items, such as other snacks and baking items. When you hand-pick each item, you can create a one-of-a-kind present. 

Here are some ideas for designing caramel candy-inspired gift baskets:

Basket of Sweets 

You can't go wrong by creating a gift basket filled to the brim with gourmet sweets. Start with a selection of smooth caramels, including sea salt, butterscotch, and chocolate-covered varieties. You can also throw in a few flavored caramels, such as cinnamon, vanilla, espresso, and even mint or chipotle for people with adventurous palates. 

To complement the caramels, round out the basket with chocolate truffles, homemade fudge or chocolate chip cookies, caramel-covered popcorn, or salt water taffy. If you want to go the sweet and salty route, consider chocolate-covered pretzels, potato chips, or roasted nuts. 

Caramel Apple Basket 

If the special occasion takes place in the autumn, surprise the celebrant with a caramel apple-themed gift basket filled with seasonal goodies. As one idea, choose a selection of caramel, caramel and chocolate, and the traditional red candy-coated apples. They are also available with toppings such as chopped peanuts or walnuts, chocolate chips, and toffee pieces. 

As another option, fill a basket with everything the recipient needs to make her own caramel apples at home. Include a few fresh, in-season apples, wooden dowels, gourmet caramels, and any toppings that you'd like. You can also take it a step further with a candy thermometer or a cute apron.

Caramel Snack Basket 

For this basket, choose any type of caramel-flavored or coated snack that you'd like. Start with a bag of gourmet caramels, and throw in treats such as caramel-covered popcorn, caramel-flavored coffee, a caramel apple, and pretzels drizzled with caramel and dark chocolate.

Other ideas include a high-quality caramel dip for fruit such as apples and pears and decadent homemade caramel pretzel bark. If the recipient also loves wine, you can include a bottle of a variety that pairs well with sweet caramel snacks, such as Pinot Noir or port, which is a dessert wine. 

For more information, contact local professionals like Abdallah Candies And Gifts.