Our 2nd holiday gift guide was once again created by Michele of Veggie Num Nums. Michele spent months researching these items, contacting vendors for special Daring Kitchen members only discounts and putting it all together beautifully. Please show her some love in comments for an AWESOME job! xoxo

Well it's that time of year again! Regardless of which direction you're looking in, you're bound to see advertisements for Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales. It's the shopping season and if any of you are like us, we'd rather eat live bees than come within 10 feet of a mall this time of year. Especially at the crack of dawn. So we've worked tirelessly in putting together a brand spankin' new Holiday Gift Guide for the Daring Kitchen - and for YOU! Our faithful readers.

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Written by Josalyn McAllister of Deliciously Domestic.

When I was growing up my mother would make candy to give to our friends and family during the Holiday season. It started out simple: Caramel, Toffee. Chocolate covered nuts. Gradually she added chocolate truffles, peanut butter balls, dipped caramels. Since I’ve moved out she makes even more. Homemade marshmallows, vanilla bean creams, toasted coconuts, all kinds of fruit creams. Walking into my mom’s kitchen at Christmas is like walking into a high end chocolate shop.

When I began teaching school, I was shocked by the competitive gift giving I was barraged with during the Holidays. I taught in an upscale neighborhood and it seemed that the whole point of the last days of school before break was to see who could bring me the most impressive, elaborate, thoughtful gift. It was massively entertaining.

As is inevitable in these schools, there were a few kids who didn’t have the money to compete with the ostentatious spending that was going on. It was one of these boys who brought me a small box on the day before break. He was almost embarrassed to hand it to me and timed his approach when the other students would be paying the least attention. I gave him a huge smile and thanked him sincerely.

This amazing gift guide has been created by Michele of Veggie Num Nums. Michele spent months researching these items, contacting vendors for special Daring Kitchen members only discounts and putting it all together beautifully. Please show her some love in comments for an AWESOME job! xoxo

Does the thought of trudging through the noisy, chaotic mall in search of gift giving inspiration leave you feeling quite Scrooge-like? Well fear not! The Daring Kitchen has put together a guide of fantastic gift ideas that are all available with the click of your mouse. The holiday season should be spent with family and friends, sharing good times and making new memories, and not spent on nightmare shopping expeditions, right?

We waded through dozens of online merchants to bring you a gift list full of really special items. Everything is under $40, and many under $20. There are good things to eat and drink, gadgets to make cooking and baking a breeze, and fun things that are just neat to have around. You’ll find our top 20 gift ideas below, but if none of those are exactly right for you, we’re attaching a .pdf file that has 80 other great items that were all runners-up for our top 20 list.