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!
danielle a
December 14, 2010how cute! i got a trio of nielsen-massey vanilla extracts last year, which were all so great.
Cheryl
December 14, 2010Do Sugar Cookies count as food? Umm I think yes!!!
Andrea
December 14, 2010My fave cooking gift was from my mother in law last year- a copper bowl. It was one of those kitchen items that I had always wanted but for some reason never bought myself.
MrsB
December 14, 2010One of my most favourite food gifts actually happened one year when I was a child.
My mom, single parent, had had a worse-than-normal year financially and wanted to make it up to us at Christmas but by doing something that wouldn’t make her financial woes any/much worse.
That year she bought each of us (three) kids all of the foods we loved but hadn’t had for over a year because they weren’t in the budget.
I got a jar of green/Spanish olives, some chocolate-covered cherries, a pumpkin pie and while I can’t believe I used to eat them I’ll confess to them here… smoked oysters!
It was some of the most fun I had as a child at Christmas, sitting in my feetie pyjamas with my siblings, nibbling on our favourite foods while watching festive movies on TV with just the glow of the lights of the tree in the background.
Erin Ward
December 14, 2010I was so happy to get a new kitchen aid mixer a couple years ago for Christmas. 🙂
Jackie
December 14, 2010Oh – my favorite baking gift was from my friend Paige from saucyandsweet.com. She gifted me her extra stand mixer!
Marilyn
December 14, 2010I’d love to have this ornament. I lost my Mom just after Thanksgiving & it would be a sweet reminder of how she taught me to bake for Christmas.
Misty
December 14, 2010That is adorable!
My parents got me a cook book years ago that I still use to this day. It has wonderful pictures!
Kathy
December 14, 2010I have just about every gadget available for my kitchen…but even with my extensive cookbook collection, there is always a new one I just have to have!
foodlovers
December 14, 2010that’s so sweet of you to share the merry mixer with your readers
if iam lucky enough i would love to win this .. i love baking
Olivia
December 14, 2010my family’s last name is Curry and we always give packages of curried pecans to our neighbors, and of course keep a batch for ourselves…they’re spicy and sweet and delicious!
Savannah
December 14, 2010Every year for Christmas I spend an entire day baking about 5 different cookie recipes. Each member of my family gets a gift basket with a variety of Christmas treats.
Mel
December 14, 2010Barefoot Contessa cookbooks. Love her and her style of cooking.
Jennifer Ross
December 14, 2010so hard to pick just one….chocolate crinkles would have to be it!
Lorri
December 14, 2010Homemade ravioli’s and pasta from my inlaws. Nothing makes me happier than delicious food that someone else makes!
Shannon
December 14, 2010I love buying new ornaments! Its a yearly tradition now.
Every year my sister in law makes cookies and brownies and fudge and peanut brittle and more cookies … then she puts together little boxes for each of us and mails them out … we got ours yesterday … she packages each set of items in fun holiday bags or on plates wrapped with ribbon. I look forward to those boxes every year!!
Mary
December 14, 2010The best food gift I love to give is a “membership” in a homemade cookie of the month club, in which I bake a different batch of cookies each month and either mail them or deliver them to the recipient. Not only is it a homemade gift, but it also gives me the excuse to try out new cookie recipes!
Eric F
December 14, 2010I got a Blender for X-Mas once… that was pretty nice.
Samantha
December 14, 2010I love giving cookie plates or pails for Christmas! It’s so lovely to get one in retrun too. You canlearn so much about someone based on their cookies, no? 🙂
Yum!
Merry Christmas!
Cara
December 14, 2010Best food gift has to be Moose Munch in a big tin! I just bought my parents some, since I love it so much;)
Julie
December 14, 2010A few years back, funny enough, I got my KitchenAid mixer. And I don’t know how I lived without one now….I LOVE IT!
Shauna
December 14, 2010I have two favorite foodie gifts: One is the annual purchase of pistachios that I send to my step-dad (who absolutely loves them!), and the other is the homemade vanilla extract that I’m giving in little jars as gifts this year with some of my mint chocolate snow-top cookies. 🙂
Laura
December 14, 2010I jumped up and down, clapping for joy when I got my stand mixer. I was 29 years old. 🙂
Rebecca Cheung
December 14, 2010How cute! Hallmark has such cute ornaments now.
Rebecca Cheung
December 14, 2010My favourite food-related gift was probably my stand mixer.
Laurel
December 14, 2010We traditionally get an ornament for each year (though I think we’re running late this year!) I love Hallmark’s ornaments… you can almost always find one to fit any personality!
Allison
December 14, 2010This is adorable! I like giving and definitely getting cookbooks!
Fallon
December 14, 2010I love when people find unique food items like jams, crackers, and cheeses!
Dawn C.
December 14, 2010Has to be my grandma’s spritz cookies. I don’t know what it is about HER recipe, but no other spritz recipe compares. I love making them and giving them away!
Phebe
December 14, 2010My favorite from last year were sweet and salty chocolate pretzels that I baked up for some friends.
Michaele Sommerville
December 14, 2010My favorite make, take, and eat holiday treat has been mincemeat star cookies: small pastry shaped cookies with a generous spoonful of mincemeat filling…. sooo perfect with coffee or tea on cold winter mornings!
This year a colleague treated me with some sort of homemade Almond Roca-ish treat which was so good I inhaled it all… time to swap more recipes!
Sophia
December 14, 2010I make a sort of bark that is a layer of saltines, a layer of toffee, a layer of bs choc, and a layer of toasted sliced almonds. I just made another batch today for Christmas gifts and it’s soo yummy!
Carolina Palmeira
December 14, 2010My first cooking book, it where Le Cordon Bleu’s Complete Cooking Techniques.
Brenda
December 14, 2010My favorite gift that I got was this year’s gift. A Metallic Silver Artisan KitchenAid tilt mixer. I have never owned one. This year is going to be exciting in the kitchen now! Makes me wonder how many attachments Santa can fit into my Stocking!! 🙂
suzanne
December 14, 2010Homemade cookies and candy for those people that have everything. Everyone seems to appreciate a box full of treats.
Tooky
December 14, 2010I’ve received a big box full of fudge and homemade cookies a few Christmases ago. Yum!
Shelli
December 14, 2010Any kitchen gadgets that I wouldn’t buy for myself. But love the ornament!
Shelley
December 14, 2010A thermomix. Best gift I ever got!
June g.
December 14, 2010As a kid, our neighbor would bring over the most delicious spritz cookies!
Lizzette
December 14, 2010I got a kitchen-aide mixer from my husband for Christmas last year. Something I had wanted for a long time. love it!!!
Sophia
December 14, 2010My favourite gift was my mum’s homemade cheese cake.
Jsnice
December 14, 2010My son bought me a kitchenaide mixer. I was over the moon. I love it.
LadyWild
December 14, 2010Love the ornament. My favorite (and most used) Christmas food related gift was a silicone pastry mat. It unfortunately bit the dust just this morning. It will be sorely missed.
Jennifer Merschel
December 14, 2010My favorite gift was a pressure cooker my mom gave me a couple years ago. I didn’t ask for it and was skeptical and a little scared of the appliance, but it is now used once a week. I’ve never had such good rice and beans are so easy and fast now!
Janice
December 14, 2010My name is really Janice not Jsnice!!!!
carla
December 14, 2010I often get cooking or food related gifts but I guess a Viking stand Mixer was one of the top ones!
Krystie
December 14, 2010My favorite gift? Peppermint chocolate bark!
Jen
December 14, 2010My favorite food gift around the holidays are tins of home made cookies! I love getting cookies that are different from what I normally make.
Julianne
December 14, 2010Tomboy cake. Its decadant choc cake with peanut butter icing. Mmm.
LE
December 14, 2010I love the retro look! My favorite was quality white chocolate bars.