Christmas gift baskets solve a very specific problem: you need one gift that works for a whole household, that ships on a date you pick, and that doesn't require you to wrap anything. They're the easy, thoughtful gift for the holiday season when you've got a dozen people to cover and no time to shop for each one. We pack and ship these every December, so this guide is built on what we actually see go out the door, not a list copied from a catalog. Every pick below is a real product in our Christmas gift basket collection, with the current price, what's inside it, and who it fits.
Short version: for most families, a bakery box in the $60 to $120 range is the sweet spot. For a bigger group, the tower. For someone who'd rather have savory than sweet, the wine or fruit and cheese baskets. Details below.
How we picked these Christmas gift baskets
Three things matter more than anything else when you're choosing Christmas gift baskets, and none of them is the ribbon.
First, servings. A tin that feeds 6 to 8 is a lovely option for a couple or a small office. It's a letdown for a family of six with cousins visiting. Where a product page lists servings, we've noted them below so you don't have to click around.
Second, what's actually inside. "Gourmet assortment" tells you nothing. Red velvet whoopie pies, raspberry crumb cake, and snowman sugar cookies tell you a lot. We list the contents for every pick.
Third, the delivery date. Our baked goods ship fresh, and most orders arrive in two days or less. You choose the delivery date in the cart, and we ship so it lands on that date. That matters in the last two weeks of December, when every carrier in the country is swamped. More on timing at the end.
Best Christmas gift baskets for the whole family
These are the Christmas gift baskets to send when the recipient is a household, not a person. Most holiday gifts get opened once and forgotten; a big box of sweet treats gets shared at the table for a week. Big counts, lots of variety, individually wrapped pieces so nothing goes stale while the kids argue over who gets the last brownie.
Deluxe Holiday Baked Goods Basket
This is the family basket, full stop. The Deluxe Holiday Baked Goods Basket runs 18 to 20 servings: lemon bundt cakes, homemade cookies, whoopie pies, brownies, loaf cakes, and rugelach. It covers breakfast, dessert, and the 3 p.m. snack raid for most of a week, and there's enough variety that everyone finds a favorite. If you can only send one thing to a family, this is it.
Gourmet Holiday Treats Gift Box
The Gourmet Holiday Treats Gift Box is the chocolate-forward, indulgent version of the family basket. Two chocolate whoopie pies, two red velvet, raspberry and chocolate crumb cakes, four different brownies (cheese, fudge, walnut, blondie), a box of eight chocolates, and ten assorted holiday cookies in the sprinkle, Linzer tree, and red-and-green styles. Also 18 to 20 servings, in a 12 by 8 signature box.
Deluxe Holiday Treats Gift Tower
When the family is large, or the gift needs to make an entrance, the Deluxe Holiday Treats Gift Tower stacks three festive tins: whoopie pies, hand-frosted cookies, crumb cakes, brownies, rugelach, and cupcakes. It's the most expensive item on this list, and it's the one people photograph.
Christmas Sampler Gift Tower
A step down in price from the big tower, the Christmas Sampler Gift Tower is two stacked tins. Tin one holds 12 to 15 red and green cookies. Tin two is an assortment: six chocolate candy cookies, a raspberry crumb cake, a chocolate crumb cake, a holiday lemon mini bundt, and a pound of rugelach. Call it 16 to 20 servings total.
Best Christmas gift baskets under $100
This is where most people land, and it's where the catalog is deepest. All of these are festive, all ship fresh, and none of them look like you were watching the price.
Classic Holiday Favorite Gift Basket
The Classic Holiday Favorite Gift Basket is the one we'd send to grandparents. Two red velvet whoopie pies, two chocolate whoopie pies, a Christmas candy cane cupcake, two snowman cookies, two red and green cookies, and two holiday sprinkle cookies. Everything is individually wrapped. 8 to 10 servings.
Christmas Snowman Cookie Sampler Gift
A wicker basket instead of a box, which some people prefer because it gets reused. The Christmas Snowman Cookie Sampler Gift mixes lemon meltaway cookies, brownies, blondies, whoopie pies, and decorated snowman and gingerbread cookies. Good for a family with young kids who'll go straight for the snowmen.
Deluxe Holiday Treats in a Tin and the Gourmet Holiday Festive Tin
Two tins at the same price, slightly different personalities. The Deluxe Holiday Treats in a Tin leans toward an assortment of cakes and cookies in chocolate and vanilla. The Gourmet Holiday Festive Tin is small-batch cookies hand-dipped in chocolate and candy, plus rugelach, for 6 to 8 servings. Either is right for a couple, friends, a neighbor, or a teacher, and both are simply easy to send.
Classic Holiday Treats Gift Box and Classic Holiday Festive Kraft Box
The two least expensive Christmas picks, and both are still full-size bakery boxes. The Classic Holiday Treats Gift Box has vanilla tree cookies in green icing, sprinkled oatmeal cookies, and assorted rugelach. The Classic Holiday Festive Kraft Box swaps in cheese and walnut brownies and blondies alongside the Christmas cookies and rugelach. If you're sending several gifts this season, these keep the total sane.
Christmas gift baskets for people who don't want sweets
Not everyone wants a box of cookies in December. Some houses are already buried in them. These are the savory and fresh Christmas gift baskets we recommend for food lovers instead.
Jenny's Large Wine Gift Basket
A wooden tray loaded with crackers, cheeses, salami, mustard, snacks, and chocolate pretzels, filled for a night in and built to be opened the night it arrives. It's the closest thing to a luxury gift in the catalog without the luxury price. The Jenny's Large Wine Gift Basket is the right answer for a host, a couple, or anyone who'd rather pour a glass than cut a cake. If wine is the whole point, our wine and cheese gift basket guide goes deeper.
Jenny's Fruit, Cheese and More Gift Basket
Fresh fruit is the one thing nobody else sends at Christmas, which is exactly why it lands well. Freshness is the point: it's packed and shipped to arrive on the date you select. The Jenny's Fruit, Cheese and More Gift Basket packs apples, oranges, pears, and bananas with Italian sausage, cheeses, crackers, caramel popcorn, cookies, chocolate pretzels, and Lindor chocolates. The extra large version adds toffee, nuts, and truffles for a big household. Browse more in our fruit basket collection.
Jenny's Italian Sausage and Cheese Gift Basket
Smoked sausages, cheese blocks, seasoned pretzels, mustard, crackers, taralli, and chocolate pretzels. The Jenny's Italian Sausage and Cheese Gift Basket is the one to send a dad, a brother-in-law, or a football house.
Muffin Assortment Tin
For Christmas morning rather than Christmas dinner, the Muffin Assortment Tin has a Holiday variant and covers breakfast for a full house without anyone turning on the oven.
Christmas gift basket comparison: prices and what's inside
Prices as of October 2026. Every price below was pulled from the live product page today. Click any product name to see the current price and whether it's in stock, and to add it to your cart.
| Basket | Best for | What's inside | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Classic Holiday Treats Gift Box | Budget pick, couples | Green-iced tree cookies, sprinkled oatmeal cookies, rugelach | $57.95 |
| Classic Holiday Festive Kraft Box | Budget pick, brownie fans | Christmas cookies, cheese and walnut brownies, blondies, rugelach | $57.95 |
| Muffin Assortment Tin (Holiday) | Christmas morning | Assorted fresh muffins in a holiday tin | $64.99 |
| Deluxe Holiday Treats in a Tin | Neighbors, teachers | Chocolate and vanilla cakes and cookies | $69.95 |
| Gourmet Holiday Festive Tin | Cookie lovers | Hand-dipped cookies, rugelach (6 to 8 servings) | $69.95 |
| Classic Holiday Favorite Gift Basket | Grandparents | 4 whoopie pies, cupcake, 6 holiday cookies (8 to 10 servings) | $81.95 |
| Jenny's Italian Sausage and Cheese | Savory, no sweets | Smoked sausages, cheese blocks, pretzels, mustard, crackers, taralli | $90.00 |
| Christmas Snowman Cookie Sampler | Families with kids | Lemon meltaways, brownies, blondies, whoopie pies, snowman and gingerbread cookies | $94.95 |
| Deluxe Holiday Baked Goods Basket | Whole family, best overall | Lemon bundts, cookies, whoopie pies, brownies, loaves, rugelach (18 to 20 servings) | $118.95 |
| Jenny's Large Wine Gift Basket | Hosts, couples | Crackers, cheeses, salami, mustard, snacks, chocolate pretzels on a wooden tray | $128.00 |
| Jenny's Fruit, Cheese and More | Fresh fruit, savory | Fresh fruit, Italian sausage, cheeses, crackers, popcorn, cookies, Lindor chocolates | $128.00 |
| Christmas Sampler Gift Tower | Big family, two tins | Two tins: 12 to 15 red and green cookies plus crumb cakes, bundt, rugelach (16 to 20 servings) | $149.95 |
| Gourmet Holiday Treats Gift Box | Chocolate lovers, families | 4 whoopie pies, 2 crumb cakes, 4 brownies, chocolates, 10 holiday cookies (18 to 20 servings) | $159.95 |
| Deluxe Holiday Treats Gift Tower | Showpiece, large group | Three tins: whoopie pies, frosted cookies, crumb cakes, brownies, rugelach, cupcakes | $234.95 |
What not to send at Christmas (and why)
We'll say the quiet part. A few holiday gift mistakes come up every single year, and they're all avoidable.
Don't send a 6-to-8 serving tin to a house that's hosting twelve people. It'll be gone before the coffee is poured and the recipient will feel oddly guilty about it. Size up or send two, and add a note that says it's for the whole house to enjoy.
Don't send fresh fruit to someone who's traveling for the holidays. The fruit is great the week it arrives. It's not great sitting on a porch for five days. Bakery boxes are individually wrapped and far more forgiving. If you're not sure when they'll be home, send a tin or a box.
Don't send a wine basket to an office. Lots of workplaces can't accept alcohol, and the mailroom will not thank you. Send the Best Sellers Cookie and Brownie Party Box or something from the corporate gift collection instead. Our corporate gifting guide covers the rules.
And don't wait until December 22 to order for December 24. More on that next.
When to order Christmas gift baskets and other holiday gifts so they arrive on time
Here's how our delivery timing actually works, so you can order with confidence. Most gift baskets arrive in two days or less. You pick the delivery date in the cart and we schedule the shipment to hit that date. Faster options, including next day, show up at checkout for many addresses. We ship anywhere in the United States and Canada.
Christmas falls on a Friday in 2026, so choose a delivery date of Wednesday, December 23 or earlier. Carriers get slower every day after the 15th, so the honest advice is to select your date now and let us hold the shipment, rather than trusting a last-minute order. If you've truly left it late, the same-day gift basket collection is your fallback for local recipients.
One address per order. If you're sending to five households, that's five orders, each with its own delivery date and gift message. If you're sending to fifty, call us at (631) 724-0333 and we'll set it up for you.
A note on gift messages
Every basket ships with a card, and the message is the part people keep. Keep it warm and write it like you'd say it out loud. "Merry Christmas from the Millers. Enjoy these with the kids and save us a whoopie pie." beats "Season's Greetings" every time. If you're stuck, our gift note wording guide has lines you can borrow.
Shopping for the rest of the season? Our holiday gift basket collection runs from Thanksgiving through New Year's and covers more occasions than Christmas alone, there's a dedicated Hanukkah gift basket collection, and you can find everything we deliver on the main gift basket delivery page. If you want to build your own instead, we wrote up how to wrap a gift basket so it looks like it came from a shop. And if the gift is for one person rather than a household, our best gift baskets for women guide and best gift baskets for men guide go person by person.
