Before you gift something ANOTHER sweater, ask yourself if a basket of decadent chocolates would be more appreciated. As oxymoronic as it might sound, consumable gifts are actually one of the best ways ot show you care without buying into the mindless consumption of the holiday season.
After all, they say the way to a person’s heart is through the stomach (though gifts don’t have to be edible to be considered consumable gifts.)
Whether you’re seeking gifts for minimalists for the holiday season or a milestone birthday, there are plenty of clutter-free consumable gift ideas options out there.
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Index: Best Consumable Gift Ideas
- Raw Chocolate Company Jump to brand
- Grace Farms Jump to brand
- Bird & Blend Tea Co. Jump to brand
- Saffi Saana Jump to brand
- Loose Leaf Tea Company Jump to brand
- Farmhouse Chocolates Jump to brand
- Conscious Chocolate Jump to brand
- Winc Jump to brand
- Toast Ale Jump to brand
Raw Chocolate Company
Price Range: £3–£49
What is a gift that can be consumed? Chocolate, duh!
Chocolate makes the world a happier place, just as consumable gifts from Raw Chocolate Company makes for happier loved ones. Especially those with dietary restrictions and sensitive stomachs, considering this brand is proudly free from dairy, soy, refined sugar, and gluten.
Their range features sun-dried chocolate bars, buttons, and powders, as well as various chocolate coated treats like almonds, ginger, and goji berries.
Chocolate in general is kid-approved, though we have a feeling their Chocolate Making Kit will be a favorite DIY consumable gift for kids.
Grace Farms
Price Range: $11–$52
Grace Farms’ is one of the most eco-friendly coffee brands around. And their coffee is here to grace your presence with one of the best consumable gift for adults: coffee that makes you wonder where it’s bean all your life.
The Certified B Corp sources their beans exclusively from women-led co-ops in Ethiopia, Colombia, and Indonesia, and partner Fair Trade America to ensure their coffee is sustainability produced.
Choose between single-origin dark and light roasted beans, or their signature blended medium-roast. If you’re not sure how your recipient likes their coffee, you can play it safe with the Drips Gift Box that contains all four options.
Bird & Blend Tea Co.
Price Range: $11–$58
Bird & Blend Tea Co has a tea-rrific selection of sustainable teas that make for both practical and inexpensive gift ideas for most people, These include loose-leaf teas, tea bags, and matcha powder—plus all the tea accessories your friend will need to make that consumable cuppa.
Some of their top-selling flavors include Gingerbread Chai, Earl Grey Creme, and Strawberry Lemonade. But, they have over 100 more to choose from.
Their Tea Advent Calendar is one of the best consumable Christmas gift ideas we’ve seen (or rather pre-Christmas. The fun advent calendar sports 48 cups of surprise luxury, hand-blended teas, with two bags to enjoy each day. It’s no surprise that this consumable gift sells out each year so act fast!
Saffi Saana
Price Range: $8–$85
Nothing says olive you like premium cooking oils and vinegars from Saffi Saana—the perfect gift for any eco-conscious chef or cooking connoisseur. With no fillers, sweeteners, or other additives, the luxury consumable gifts are used by Michelin-star restaurants and James-Beard awarded chefs across the country.
Their olive oils are 100% true EVOO and all vinegar contains the mother, meaning you get greater probiotic and dietary benefits.
Oh, and did we mention they use recycled wine bottles to bottle their mid-range sizes?!
We personally save this zero waste online store in our bookmark tabs all year long. Their 5L bulk olive oil taps are a staple in our house, so we’re always eager to share them with our friends and family. If you were to gift anything , we’d insist it be the Michelin-Star Tasting Kit. The box comes with 6 of their most popular oils and vinegars, and a $20 gift certificate to redeem on future purchases.
If you’re lucky, your recipient might even share their gratitude and invite you over to enjoy a Michelin-worthy meal!
Loose Leaf Tea Company
Price Range: $2–$204
With the growing plastic problem, the environmental cost of plastic teabags (and the social ones of a bad gift) are steep. Luckily, Loose Leaf Tea Company supplies zero waste teas to make dreams of zero waste living a reali-tea. Their offerings include blends of black, green, white, herbal, rooibos, and oolong teas. A fun vari-tea of consumable gifts for grandparents and tea loving friends.
If you do choose this gift idea, make sure to grab some of their biodegradable tea filters also. It would be tea-rrible if your recipient didn’t have the means to enjoy their drinks.
Farmhouse Chocolates
Price Range: $8–$28
Farmhouse Chocolates certified fair trade chocolates, caramels, and truffles make for sustainably sweet consumable birthday gifts. Because nothing satisfies a sweet tooth quite like soft hand rolled truffles, burnt butter salted caramels, and four different varieties of chocolate—which conveniently are all available in one mouth-watering bundle.
You can give freely knowing most of their ingredients are certified organic, and all are non-GMO.
Just be sure your friends have their sustainable toothbrush on hand (or their dentist on speed dial) when they open their treats because it’s highly likely they’ll be gone before too long!
Conscious Chocolate
Price Range: £3–£35
What better way to support conscious consumerism than with a box of the finest Conscious Chocolate?
All of their vegan, raw, and organic chocolates are produced in an eco-factory powered by renewable energy and come in recyclable and compostable packaging.
The ethical chocolate brand has a number of pre-made bar bundles and gift sets of all sizes—like their award winning Rainbow Collection, which features 9 amazing flavors of dark, fruit, and nut chocolates. Doubling as a gift for a loved one and a stranger, part of the proceeds from each sale helps fight LGBTQ+ homelessness through the UK. If you want to really go down in holiday history for giving the best consumable Christmas gift, a massive gift hamper!
Of course, if you’re looking for say, stuff to put in stockings rather than full blown consumable Christmas gifts, you can always purchase the bars individually.
Winc
Price Range: $30+
Opt for some unique consumable gifts no one would wine about with a Winc wine club membership.
The direct-to-consumer winery offers small-lot organic and/or non-GMO wines from sustainable vineyards around the world with four new wines to match taste buds each month. Courtesy of a palate profile quiz and short questionnaire that will help Winc match the wine to the recipient. Most of the wines they offer are exclusive, with a varying mix of red, whites, and roses with different sweetness, taste notes, body, and origin.
Start with one sustainable subscription box and see if they love it. Their easy to skip and cancel options make managing the membership a breeze.
For every subscription gifted, they give back in turn through 1% for the Planet.
Toast Ale
Price Range: £1–£40
Let’s raise a toast to the sustainable beer brand making change with their consumable gifts for adults: Toast Ale.
There’s no better way to say happy beer-thday than with craft lagers, pale ales, and IPA’s (A.K.A. the best consumable gifts for dads.) The planet-friendly Certified B-Corp beer company brews with surplus fresh bread, effectively creating a great food waste solution. All of their profits also goes to charities fixing the food system once and for all.
Or, if you’re feeling bold, perhaps a bottle of Moonshine distilled from their surplus beer? With 44% ABV content, the stuff will make for a fun birthday party (with drinks on the house).