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. Source: Instagram user nopotioficial

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. Source: Instagram user the.white.palette

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! Source: Instagram user nenniepennie

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

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. Source: Instagram user cherryblossomkitchen

Forget Swiss Miss! Package your own healthier hot cocoa mix that includes unsweetened cocoa powder, dark chocolate, and raw sugar. Veganize it by using dairy-free chocolate, and include a small container of vanilla almond milk. Source: Susannah Chen

Many beauty products are filled with nasty chemicals, so create jars filled with homemade spa products. Your friends will adore this trio of peppermint body scrub, peppermint body butter, and peppermint foot soak. Source: Patricia Pan

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. Source: Instagram user stephrosewriter

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

For those on your list who enjoy fermented foods, make some homemade gingery red cabbage sauerkraut. Photo: Anna Monette Roberts

For a unique, high-protein snack, roast up some edamame or these honey cinnamon chickpeas. Source: Instagram user seapoint_farms

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. Source: Instagram user _courteneyann

Bake up a big batch of healthy granola, and package it in the spirit of the holidays. This healthy recipe is relatively low in sugar (when compared to the majority of granola recipes), has no cholesterol, and is absolutely delicious. Source: Lizzie Fuhr

If you know someone who suffers from stress, headaches, or both, they'll appreciate these homemade headache relief aromatherapy shower tablets. Made with baking soda, peppermint, and lavender, they take about half an hour to whip up. Source: Patricia Pan

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. Source: Instagram user shannonolovely