What is a good hostess gift for vegan friends?

Organic chocolate? Does sit need to be food related? Why not flowers or wine or soaps?

Vegan chocolate is a great idea. It is not always easy to find.
New/vintage kitchen towel/dishcloth/apron
Hotpad
Hardwood cutting board
Sustainably harvested, organic coconut oil
Our grocery store is really getting into making infused olive oil
Homemade vanilla extract
Maple syrup
A basket of in-season, local, organic produce/herbs
Fermentation kit
Mason jars tied with a pretty ribbon

Two acres and a wheelbarrow full of horse poop? Ooooooooor the chocolate was a good idea too.

http://www.veganstore.com/category/vegan-gift-baskets

^^ I’m guessing that’s not spam. :-)

Well if you lived closer to me I would give you a couple dozen fresh chicken eggs and a boatload of our many tomatoes, cucumbers and squash from the garden.
Nuts are a nice gift, maybe some nuts, chocolates and a bottle of wine or champagne.

@Coloma Vegans don’t eat eggs.

Maple syrup is a great idea. I made a convert of a jelly.

I’m going to propose that a gift unrelated to food might be the best option. In my experience, people mean well when they hear that a person eats a particular diet or is a huge fan of a particular food. But the gifts are usually a complete miss.

For example, someone might know that I’m a huge dark chocolate fan. They may go out and purchase a Lindt chocolate bar because they assume it’s gourmet. But to a chocolate fan, Lindt is the stuff you give to kids because they don’t know any better.

I have a good friend who is a sommelier. Wine is a large part of her life. People continue to give her wine books and accessories – or actually try to buy her wine. She usually doesn’t know what to do with the wine because she can’t give it away without feeling guilty for giving someone substandard wine. And the accessories aren’t relevant to her life in any way. If she needs something, she already has it.

And more to the point, I’ve known many vegans. Their attention to food and their diet is usually a large part of their life. They are foodies. It’s highly unlikely that a gift giver will be able find something that is a) desirable and b) rare. In other words, if you find something that is desirable and something they would be willing to eat, it’s likely that they already have a cabinet full of it.

What I find works better is to give a gift to someone that is influenced by your life, hobbies, interests, etc. Wine snobs bring the best wine to parties. Chocolate fanatics will bring the best chocolate. And vegans generally bring the best vegan food.

Anyway, just a thought. :)

@janbb spam originating from me? I am deeply hurt dear ice bird!

Certainly not something to eat. I would get them a nice butcher block cutting board.

Christmas/ fruitcake.

@ZEPHYRA just a joke about spam and vegans. Not an insult.

make them a vegan soap!

Hampton Creek Just Mayos made from pea protein.

Or, Babycakes brownies or their cookbooks.

@marinelife Oops, well fine, I’ll keep my eggs then. haha

I suppose a barbecue grill is out of the question?

Other than that I like @janbb ‘s answer.

I actually would go with food. But perhaps that is because food would be a common interest and I would likely know a good personal gift.

However gourmet salts or oil and vinegar from a specialty shop that gets only the highest grade product. Another good option along those lines are spices and herbs from a specialty spot. Either a variety… Maybe they are influenced by indian or perhaps they like a lit of Mediterranean flavors or Korean or such. Or such shops also contain a lovely array of gift items and double either as a tea or coffee dispenser. I like both but prefer tea. Most people who know me know that as I carry packets of tea with me should I be stuck somewhere they offer gas station like coffee and hot water.

Fruit basket.

@Apparently_Im_The_Grumpy_One I suppose a barbecue grill is out of the question?
I did think of maybe a spiral ham, and when they rejected it, i could rescue it from going into the trash and have ham for dinner.

I can give you a recipe for vegan soap. No palm oil either.

I’ve given this Q a lot of thought. At first I was thinking that some type of vegan food would be a great idea. As a vegetarian, I love food and that would be good for me, personally. But then I thought about some of the vegans (as opposed to just vegetarians like me) that I know, and most of them, in addition to not consuming any animal products (and by the way, honey, marshmallows, most white sugar and some wine and spirits fit into that category) they often have very strong food preferences and also they tend to have other food sensitivities or allergies such as celiac disease or peanut allergies, so they are very wary about eating any foods that have not been checked out extensively by their own research, even if you mean well.

So you are better off giving them a non-food item. One thing that popped into my head was a set of cute spice containers like These into which they can add whatever spices they like. The ones in the picture are from Crate and Barrel.

I know I like vintage, or vintage looking aprons, but that might just be me.

Another idea are some cute Dish Towels with a wooden spoon or some measuring spoons tied onto it.

Or maybe a cookbook for something different like pickled or Fermented Vegetables

@Kardamom OMG! I’m going to do the Fermented Veggie thing. That looks amazing!