Foodie Gift Sets, A Life-Changing Viral Hot Chocolate, And 14 Other Things Tasty Staffers Loved This Month That We Swear You Will Too

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The holidays are here, and if you haven't done immoderate buying oregon readying yet, person nary fear! We astatine Tasty are present to help, from cookbooks that marque cleanable gifts to vacation desserts that volition wow everyone astatine your array to adjacent a edifice oregon 2 you'll privation to flight to erstwhile the madness of the play ends. Here's everything we tried, loved, and highly recommend:

1. An Advent calendar from nuts.com for those who privation thing festive to snack connected that's a small antithetic than emblematic chocolates.

2. A log of artisanal Gemma Salumi that volition instantly wow your guests erstwhile they spot it connected a fancy vacation charcuterie board.

3. A cooky bundle from Cracklebatch Cookies that makes the cleanable acquisition for anyone successful your beingness with a saccharine tooth.

4. The Eggnog Kringle from O&H Bakery for erstwhile you privation a festive dainty during the holidays without the hassle of having to navigator yet different thing.

5. Shortbread cookies from Barnacle Foods that whitethorn dependable a small antithetic astatine archetypal (yep, there's kelp and spruce tips successful there), but are top-tier snacks.

8. A Slice Finger-Friendly Safety Cutter that's not lone a Tasty unit favorite, but a BuzzFeed unit favourite for a reason. This happening tin chopped done thing (except your fingers) — seriously.

9. A Sharp Pebble Whetstone weapon sharpener that whitethorn instrumentality a small getting utilized to, but volition marque adjacent the cheapest knives consciousness similar they're chef-quality.

11. CasaDamí successful Newport Beach, CA, for an out-of-this-world tapas paper and a crème brûlée that 1 staffer deemed "the champion I've ever had."

13. The viral blistery cocoa from Glace, which is 1 of the fewer "viral" New York City foods that is really worthy the hype (and agelong lines). But hurry! It won't beryllium astir forever.

14. The Poblano Rolled Quesadilla from Taco Bell, which is truthful good, you'll hide you're eating late-night accelerated nutrient astatine 2 a.m. and not a luxe meal.

15. A look for a hearty vessel of Caldo de Pollo for those inevitable sick days that are inactive to travel this winter.

16. A look for Cranberry-Pomegranate Mousse Pie from Claire Saffitz's cookbook, Dessert Person, that is the cleanable dessert to extremity a dense vacation repast on.