10 Purim Gift Basket Ideas to Send Friends and Family This Year

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What is an appropriate gift for Purim?

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What do you put in a Purim gift basket?

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The springtime Jewish holiday of Purim, which commemorates the triumphant defeat of the villain Haman as described in the book of Esther, is all about fun and celebration. It’s traditionally celebrated with parades, carnivals, dressing up in costumes, singing and dancing, and plenty of food and drinks.

Another Jewish custom on the holiday is giving Purim gifts to friends and family. These traditional Purim gifts are known in Hebrew as mishloach manot, and the custom of giving them to loved ones as an expression of joy and unity is known as shalach manos.

What is an appropriate Purim gift?

Gifts of food and drink are traditional for Purim. Popular choices might include kosher wine gifts, chocolates or candies, and baked goods such as hamantaschen, which are the traditional three-sided cookies with a variety of fillings inside. Often, these treats are given together in a festive basket.

How to make a Purim gift basket

In addition to food and drinks, include any cheerful tokens of your choosing when creating a Purim gift basket. Popular themes might include masks or costumes, decorations, noisemakers, and games. Don’t forget to include a personal note with your good wishes for the holiday!

Assorted Purim Cookie Gift Tray

Gift this drool-worthy, five-pound wooden tray of hamantaschen, chocolate chip cookies, black and white cookies, and assorted cupcakes from family-run Brooklyn bakery, Green's Babka.

Electric Wine Opener

Complement a bottle of kosher wine with a cool accessory, like this sleek stainless steel electric wine opener with foil cutter.

Kosher Chocolate Gift Assortment

The chocolate lover will melt over this ready-to-gift box of kosher chocolates, which includes crispy treats, berry swirls, gourmet truffles, and white chocolate-topped nutty bites.

Assorted Hamantaschen

The traditional Hungarian Jewish bakery Oneg Bakery ships these drool-worthy hamantaschen straight from Brooklyn. Each box contains two pounds of cookies: one filled with apricot and one with raspberry (approximately 20 cookies in all).

Kosher Chocolate Gift

From the nearly 60-year-old Brooklyn shop Fames, this impressive kosher chocolate box comes with almond patties, vanilla hazelnut truffles, chewy chocolate caramels, nutty chews, raspberry sticks, and tropical mango fruit — all equally tasty and beautiful.

Dried Fruit & Mixed Nuts Tower

This tower contains a variety of 12 different kosher treats in six stacked boxes for an impressive presentation. The wide selection of dried fruits and nuts includes almonds, walnuts, cashews, pistachios, honey-glazed pecans, honey-glazed peanuts, Brazil nuts, dried cranberries, dried kiwis, dried papaya, dried pears, and dried peaches.

Nut Assortment Tray

This gift box is packed with more than two pounds of assorted nuts for a robust gift. Inside are salted pistachios in the shell, salted almonds, dried apricots, dark chocolate espresso beans, chocolate almonds, and gummy raspberries.

Dried Fruit Gift Basket

This colorful gift comes with an array including mango slices, Mediterranean apricots, California yellow peaches, pears, Washington apple wedges, California dates, kiwi, plums, and prunes. But the coolest part is the foldable wooden tray can also be used as a trivet, cutting board, or as a fruit bowl — genius!

Chocolate-Covered Hamantaschen

One of the oldest bakeries in the area, New Jersey-based Butterflake Bakery makes these positively drool-inspiring chocolate-covered hamantaschen with chocolate sprinkles. Each gift tin includes 14 to 16 treats.

Animal Masks (20 Pack)

Making a batch of Purim baskets for kids? This set comes with 20 animal masks — just right for tucking a few into each basket as instant Purim costumes.

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