15 DIY Mason Jar Gifts For the Health Nut in Your Life

Make your own nut mix, trail mix, or fancy flavored nuts like these roasted maple cinnamon almonds, or include instructions on how to make their own homemade mixed nut butter.

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Share your favorite healthy cookie recipe by layering up the dry ingredients in a jar. Attach a little note with the recipe, and your friend has the beginnings of a tasty dessert to enjoy during the holidays.

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Instead of gifting a cookie recipe, do the baking for them! Make a batch of cookies, protein balls, or brownies, and deliver it to them in a jar. Everyone loves an edible treat!

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Treat your friends and family to something a little different — spicy pickled green beans. They taste so much better when you make them yourself.

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This beautifully layered jar will warm anyone's heart (and stomach!). Attach this recipe, and they'll have a homemade meal and think of you with every savory bite.

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Grab a large mason jar, and layer it with the ingredients for your favorite quick bread recipe — if it's oatmeal pumpkin bread, be sure to include the can of pumpkin and the applesauce, too.

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Give the gift of sweet dreams by making homemade sleep salve, made with just four ingredients. Anyone will appreciate this special present.

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For those on your list who enjoy fermented foods, make some homemade gingery red cabbage sauerkraut.

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For a unique, high-protein snack, roast up some edamame or these honey cinnamon chickpeas.

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If you're staying over at someone's house during the holidays, here's a fun gift they'll appreciate in the morning — homemade protein pancake mix. Add chocolate or vanilla protein powder, plus other yummy ingredients like sliced almonds, dried cranberries, or even dark chocolate chips. And of course, don't forget to include a bottle of real maple syrup.

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They may not be edible, but plants keep people healthy too by making them smile and giving them fresh oxygen. This adorable jar is filled with succulents, but you can use any type of plant.

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