I was at Hallmark the other day picking up Christmas cards, and I stopped to peruse their holiday ornament selection. Over the past couple of years, the store has been adding more foodie-themed ornaments to their collection and this year they have the perfect one for bakers: a miniature stand mixer! The ornament, which is dated 2010, is bright red and has a cute retro look to it. The mixer doesn’t have an movable parts, but it’s not difficult to picture the little paddle attachment mixing up a batch of cookie dough. The ornament is called the Merry Mixer, and I picked two up while I was there, one for my Christmas tree and one to give away to a lucky reader!
To enter the giveaway, just leave a comment below with your favorite food-related holiday present – one you’ve either given or received – before Thursday at 12pm PST. One winner will be chosen at random and I’ll ship the ornament out asap. Be sure to leave your e-mail address in the comment form (it won’t be visible on the site) so that I can contact the winner.
For more gift ideas, check out my 2010 Holiday Gift Guide for Bakers or pick up a copy of The Baking Bites Cookbook! And don’t forget to enter your gingerbread creations into my Holiday Gingerbread Cookie Contest, too!
Update: Comments are now closed. Thanks for playing, everyone. The winner is Erin of Erin Cooks!
Lisa P
December 14, 2010That is a sweet ornament! My favorite holiday food-related gift to give is homemade retro-aprons.
Melissa
December 14, 2010Coincidently, my fave food related gift is my Kitchenaid stand mixer I received 2 years ago. It makes baking so much easier and I’ve even overcome my fear of making homemade bread since it came with a dough hook.
Lori @ RecipeGirl
December 14, 2010Adorable! I like to give cute aprons to my foodie friends 🙂
Chelsea
December 14, 2010Biscotti. I don’t know why. Maybe it’s because I never make it or buy it when I get coffee. But I love it.
Janelle
December 14, 2010I give homemade goodies every year to my aunts and uncles. They love it because it’s edible, and everyone in our family loves sweets!
Kay
December 14, 2010So cute! I usually get at least one food related ornament to add to my tree- it’s all candy/baking themed!
Ryan @ Ryan's Baking Blog
December 14, 2010last year I got a cookie sheet that I absolutely love. it is too big for my tiny oven but I am holding onto it for when I can afford to move into a bigger kitchen with a bigger oven.
Megan
December 14, 2010Too cute! For Christmas last year, my mom refurbished a picnic basket and decked it out with plates, silverware and napkins. It still hasn’t been used but it’s so pretty just to look at!
Liesl
December 14, 2010This ornamant is adorable! I love getting (as well as giving) cookies from people at Christmas. It’s a great way to share traditions with others!
Olga @ MangoTomato
December 14, 2010Omg, so cute!!! it’d look perfect on my tree 😉
Erin
December 14, 2010I… even like fruitcake.
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Robin
December 14, 2010Cutest ornament! I love to give themed gift sets around a country. This year my best friend is getting a set of dishes with pictures of London on them and a few varieties of English tea and homemade crumpets. Yum!
Amanda
December 14, 2010What a great ornament! Last year my parents surprised me with a brand new black Kitchenaid Mixer. I absolutly love it!
Mike neylan
December 14, 2010I like to make homemade truffles and give them as gifts.
Everyone always look forward to them and I enjoy making them!
Linda
December 14, 2010It’s a small thing but my favorite food-related present is a nut chopper/pastry cutter/egg-salad maker/still finding things to use it for. My mom found it in a tiny kitchen store in my small hometown and it took me a while to find another one to give for a present. I’m not sure the recipients appreciate theirs as much as I love mine but it’s still one of my favorite gadgets in the kitchen and mine still looks like new even 10-12 years later. Thanks, Mom!
Lisa
December 14, 2010SO CUTE! A couple years ago, I had personalized aprons made for all the kids, and put them in baskets with kid spatulas & spoons. It was a great gift for cousins, etc., and my kids still wear theirs when we bake together.
And my husband always pulls through with something from Godiva…
la-la-lisa
December 14, 2010A box of See’s candies! Preferably the nuts and chews variety. Oh yum.
Lori S
December 14, 2010I got a true restaurant style jelly roll pan. Love it!
B
December 14, 2010This is too precious! And very appropriate, since my fav gift was my stand mixer, which I received as a combo Christmas and wedding present.
AppleTree
December 14, 2010My husband got me a red KitchenAid for my birthday a few years ago. I love, love, love it
Randi Lynne
December 14, 2010I love receiving Le Creuset items that match what I have 🙂
megan
December 14, 2010I like to give liquor soaked pound cakes. In fact. I’m making some today!
Melissa
December 14, 2010I love to give kitchen towels and heat-proof spatulas, everyone needs them!
Tom
December 14, 2010Homemade springerle make great gifts. The beautifully carved springerle molds give such detail to the cookies that some people prefer to keep them as ornaments, rather than eat them.
saleta
December 14, 2010A few years ago I was given a 9 piece Calphalon cooking set. They are the best pots and pans ever.
Zak
December 14, 2010Cookie cutters! They make great stocking stuffers, and you can use them to make some Christmas cookies afterward.
Kristin
December 14, 2010best kitchen gift ever: KitchenAid Artisan Stand Mixer!!!!!
kate
December 14, 2010The microplane! Super functional!!
Erica
December 14, 2010I love to make cookies and give them out during the holidays 🙂
lululu
December 14, 2010My all-time favorite gift to foodies is cookbooks! That’s also what I love to receive most!
Cindy T
December 14, 2010A few years ago I got a bundle of really great silicone spatulas and other tools – the kind of thing I’ve wanted forever, but what I had was good enough so I couldn’t justify the expense. It was awesome!
Cindy
December 14, 2010I’m getting new T-fal skillets for Christmas – looked for the one you recommended but ended up getting one Sears had on sale. Handle is slipping on my old one and handle on new one has a screw, so hopefully it will last longer.
Emily380
December 14, 2010I think my favorite food related gift what the microplaner my husband gave me for Christmas last year. He had no idea what he was buying, he just knew he had heard me say how much I wanted one for zesting citrus! I thought is was very sweet of him!
Stella
December 14, 2010That ornament is too stinkin’ cute. My favorite baking gift to give is a boxed roll of disposable pastry bags along with a plain and star tip. It’s a lifetime supply for the average home baker, and enables people to make a lot of recipes they might not normally try if it meant having to buy a pastry bag. Cream puffs, duchess potatoes, meringues, etc. It’s the gift that keeps on giving. 🙂
Scott
December 14, 2010How cute is that little ornament! 🙂
I really enjoy giving (and getting, by the way) peppermint bark–it’s a mixture of almond bark and peppermint sticks. So tasty!
Anna M
December 14, 2010My silpat…love love love.
Maureen
December 14, 2010I received a batter bowl from a friend, THe bowl was the Pampered Chef classic batter bowl with lid.
Holly
December 14, 2010I love to give peanut butter fudge and chocolate covered pretzels for Christmas. And we also love having the leftovers at home. Yum!
Josie
December 14, 2010My favorite food related holiday present is the KitchenAid my mom got me. I love that thing!
Katie Bias
December 14, 2010My favorite food related holiday present is the cookie and candy platters that my mom and I give out to family and friends at Christmas time every year. We spend a whole week just baking and candy making, and I just love giving huge platters of our hard work to the people we love. So much fun!
Amy M
December 14, 2010I just received a stand-mixer (in red!) for a Christmas present. I can’t think of anything better!
Cathy
December 14, 2010that’s so cute! I bring cookies to work every year for my 100+ coworkers
Julianne L
December 14, 2010I’ve gotten a food processor as a gift for 3 different occasions. Every time I receive one as a gift it seems to just die on my in a very short amount of time. I’m keeping my fingers crossed for the most recent one. It’s lasted the longest so far (5 months)!
Carrie Z
December 14, 2010I like to make a few kinds of my favorite Christmas cookies and make variety plates to give as gifts.
Erin
December 14, 2010I always love getting the same treats every year from people at church (caramel popcorn, pound cake, etc.)
Kim S
December 14, 2010What a cute ornament! I usually give out a box filled with homemade cookies and fudge!
Krystal
December 14, 2010That’s so cute, and it almost matches my mixer color! Food-wise, my favorite gift is a gift card to a restaurant, because we NEVER go out to eat 🙂 Love getting those!
-Krystal @ recipesofacheapskate.blogspot.com
Nina
December 14, 2010Christmas cookies! Rolled and cut out and covered with icings of various colors and flavors!
Nancy L
December 14, 2010I received a Wusthof knife for Christmas one year and it was absolutely the best kitchen gift I’ve ever received!
Suzi
December 14, 2010So cute! I love to give my sister pretty sprinkles and cupcake liners, because she lives in Europe and can’t get them easily. For me, my favorite cooking gift to receive would have to be cookbooks. I have an obsession! (In a large part thanks to you – every time you review a cookbook I pop over to Amazon to add it to my wishlist, hehehe)