DIY New Year Sweet Gift Ideas

Among the most significant holidays for each person, a special place is occupied by the New Year, the celebration of which is not complete without the purchase and preparation of various gifts for relatives, colleagues and friends. Among the mass of options for New Year's presents, it is worth highlighting the universal ideas of sweet gifts made by yourself, since such a practice of congratulations is in demand around the world.

On New Year's Eve, for many people, the question arises of choosing a small gift as a sign of attention for colleagues, relatives, friends and children. Sweets act as a successful solution to this issue, however, it is not necessary to purchase expensive sets of chocolates or chocolate, since you can make a delicious and beautiful gift yourself.

Thematic sweet gift will be tree made of sweets. To make it, you will need sweets packed in a wrapper, as well as a sheet of cardboard, from which the frame of the New Year tree will be formed. A cone is made of paper, which must be well fixed at the base, then with the help of tape, glue or other material, the candies are placed in a circle of the future spruce.

Such a present can be packaged in transparent cellophane and bandaged with a bow on top. A sweet tree does not have to be large, the main thing is that the souvenir will be made from the heart.

In addition to the traditional New Year tree, a gift from sweets can become bouquet, which is pretty simple to do on your own. The original sweet floral arrangement is made from the following materials:

• candy;
• Scotch;
• skewers;
• corrugated paper;
• new Year decoration.

It is very simple to make a bud, for this you need to wind a sweet to one end of the skewer, after which, using colored paper, make a border for the candy core in the form of flower petals. Several of these buds are collected in a single bouquet, which should additionally be decorated with New Year's attributes. As a holiday addition, you can use small coniferous branches or cones. The present will also need to be put in transparent packaging.

For those who need to prepare a lot of gifts, it is recommended to use a more economical idea with sweets. Beautifully decorate with two or three flowers, sweets can be a regular bar of chocolate. For these purposes, chocolate is taken as a basis, it can also be wrapped in a Christmas wrapper. Then, from a couple of sweets, sweet buds are made, which, together with tinsel or a sprig of spruce, are attached to the base.

For the children's presentation for the New Year, there are also a number of successful options where candies can be used. You can make a beautiful and tasty gift from sweets of different sizes and shapes. From rectangular and round goodies you can make a fun car, sleigh and even a cake.

Further, all the elements are glued with colored paper, after which sweets are placed on double-sided tape in accordance with their shapes and sizes.

The original idea of ​​a gift using sweets can be version of glass snowmen. To create them, you will need small jars with a lid, the container for baby food will be ideal. For the body you will need three banks that stick together. In each, you must first put candy, caramel, marmalade or chocolate round sweets. It will be possible to color the glass with acrylic paints.

The main color will be white, buttons are drawn in black, on the very top bank you need to draw eyes, a mouth and a carrot nose. As a headdress, you can use part of a bright sock or tie a small hat with a pompom to a sweet snowman, and a multi-colored garland can be used as a scarf.

You can make pineapple from sweets. The base will be a glass jar, which must be filled with various small candies. To create an exotic fruit, you will also need round candies in a gold wrapper. They should be fastened as close to each other as possible with a thermal gun. As the top, you can use green felt or corrugated paper. The material should be cut out in the form of leaves and attached to the neck of the jar.

There are a lot of ideas and recipes for homemade New Year's baking, each housewife chooses an option for herself based on taste preferences and the availability of time for cooking. As the most successful delicacies, it is worth highlighting such delicious surprises.

With such cookies you can treat not only households, but also colleagues, go on a visit with a treat.

For baking, you will need these products:

• butter - 100 grams;
• flour - 100 grams;
• sugar - 150 grams;
• cocoa powder - 30 grams;
• eggs - 3 pieces;
• food coloring - green.

Cooking Algorithm.

• All components are mixed to a homogeneous mass using a food processor or mixer.Next, the dough is poured onto a baking sheet, pre-oiled, it is important to evenly distribute it over the entire surface. The oven must be heated to 160-170 C.
• As a rule, 20-25 minutes will be enough to prepare a biscuit. Over time, you need to allow the baking to cool well, and then cut from it small Christmas trees in the form of triangles.
• For cream, you need to beat one protein together with sugar to the consistency of thick sour cream, add dye to the composition. Decorate the Christmas trees on one side with a pastry syringe. While the protein mass is still fresh, it can be further decorated with small sweets or confectionery confetti.

In addition to cookies, you can also prepare a whole themed cake for the New Year. Such a beautiful delicacy can be safely presented as a New Year's present to the family, going on a visit. The cake will require the following products:

• eggs - 6 pieces;
• flour - 300 grams;
• butter - 150 grams;
• sugar - 300 grams;
• dark chocolate - 2 tiles;
• cocoa - 3 tablespoons;
• baking powder;
• impregnation "Rum";
• cream - 300 grams;
• chocolate paste - 200 grams;
• jewelry to choose from.

Baking recipe.

• Butter and chocolate should be used in liquid form, so the ingredients are melted in a water bath on the stove.
• The eggs are divided into protein and yolk, the yolks are beaten with sugar, after which the essence is added to them. Then, flour, cocoa and whipped whites are introduced into the cooled chocolate. The dough should be in consistency like thick sour cream.
• Separately, whip the whites with a pinch of salt and add to the dough. The oven must be heated to 170-180 C, grease a form or baking sheet for baking with butter. The dough will be ready in 40-50 minutes, depending on the power of the oven.
• The cooled cake should be divided into 2 triangles, which are divided into 2 more parts along.
• The next step is to prepare the cream. For impregnation, you need to whip the cream and paste, lay the cakes alternately in the form of an equilateral triangle, pour on top of each cream. In this state, it is recommended to send the baked goods to the refrigerator for 20-30 minutes.
• For the glaze, cream with chocolate is heated, mixed into a homogeneous mass, after it cools down a little, the cake can be coated with cream. On top of the pastries should additionally decorate with confectionery confetti or dragees to choose from. In order for the cake to soak well, it must be left for a couple of hours in the cool.

To prepare it, you need such products:

• flour - 500 grams;
• honey - 3 tablespoons;
• sugar - 100 grams;
• butter - 50 grams;
• eggs - 2 pieces;
• water;
• lemon - 1 piece;
• salt;
• soda - 1 teaspoon;
• cinnamon - 1 teaspoon.

Cooking Algorithm.

• In a small amount of warm water, it is necessary to dissolve honey, sugar and cocoa. All ingredients need to be heated, removed from the heat to a boil and add half the flour, mix thoroughly.
• Next, eggs are introduced into the dough, and after it cools, the remaining amount of flour is poured. Knead the dough well, wrap it in plastic and leave it in the refrigerator for 50 minutes.
• Over time, it rolls out on the table, elements of the house are cut with a knife or a pattern from the baking layer. Finished parts should be laid out on a baking sheet and baked in an oven heated to 200 ° C for about a quarter of an hour.
• To connect the house you need to make a white icing. To make a cream, beat one protein with 100 grams of sugar and a spoonful of lemon juice.
• The cooled cakes are combined in the form of a house, the joints are coated with cream, for fastening it is necessary to hold the parts a little so that they stick together. As a decoration, you can put a picture on the roof with a pastry syringe and white glaze, draw windows, doors and other details. Sprinkle pastries recommended small multi-colored dragees.

As an original sweet presentation that you can make yourself, the following variant of the delicacy can come out:

• you need to purchase a multi-colored caramel cane in the right amount, put on it one piece of marshmallow with any taste;
• then melt the chocolate, dip the top of the goodies into it, sprinkle on top with confectionery decorations of your choice.

For children, a sweet gift can be quickly made from ordinary lollipops. You can beautifully decorate sweets in the spirit of the New Year by cutting out the muzzle of a deer, snowman, Santa Claus or other character from paper, cardboard or thick fabric.

In the form of a delicious presentation, decorated with one's own hand, it will be possible to use chocolate bars. To dainty acquired a suitable festive look, it is necessary to wrap it with a sheet of paper, hide and glue the edges and joints. Then a snowman is drawn on one of the sides, as a decor, the nose can be cut out of felt, eyes can be made of beads.

In the role of a hat and a scarf, it will be possible to use any section of bright or multi-colored fabric that can be glued or fixed with adhesive tape. From a spruce twig and an ice cream stick, you can additionally make a broom and stick it to the chocolate bar.

A sweet gift is not only chocolates, sweets and pastries, You can also prepare a delicious fruit gift for the holiday. Mandarin oranges are traditional holiday fruits, so you can make a fragrant and bright Christmas tree from them quite quickly. As a basis for a tree, a cone made of cardboard or foam can act.

Each fruit should be decorated with cinnamon sticks, for this, they are simply stuck in tangerines in a circle. Then, they are mounted on a regular toothpick, after which, with a free edge, they are attached to the base.

Many themed sweets can be made from marshmallows and pretzels. An airy treat should be planted on skewers or caramel sticks. From the pretzels divided into 2 parts, make reindeer horns on marshmallows, melt the chocolate and dip the treat there. Eyes and nose can be made with confectionery powder.

Sweet gift ideas can be seen in the video below.