We've personally taste-tested most of these food and drink gifts, and our satisfied stomachs can confirm they're as delicious and indulgent as they look.
Here are 25 food and drink gifts for Mother's Day 2022:
Beautiful bonbons with flavors like orange creamsicle and red bean
The Dominican and South Korean cultural backgrounds of husband-wife team Roger and Julia Choi Rodriguez shine through in this collection of carefully crafted bonbons. Flavors include Té Gengibre (Ginger Tea), Morir Soñando (Orange Creamsicle), Yuja (Yuzu), and Daanpaat (Sweet Red Bean). If your mom prefers bars to bonbons, we love the complex Vegan Matcha Oat bar.
Go beyond a simple bag of beans and gift Mom a coffee tasting session along with it. Taught by a certified coffee cupper, the class will give her a fresh appreciation for coffee brewing. The kit comes with a bag of Bean & Bean's Downtown Blend, a Mr. Clever Brewer, a box of filters, and a bonus steeped bag.
New York City's latest dessert craze revolves around oat milk, more specifically, oat milk ice cream. The plant-based, dairy-free desserts are now available on Goldbelly, where you can pick from flavors like Cinnamon Apple Crisp and Mint Chocolate Cookie.
A sampler pack of flavored sugars great for baking and adding into coffee or tea
With this sampler pack of flavored sugars, she can sprinkle honey-spice sugar with notes of lavender and mint into her tea, or swirl some caramel brûlée sugar with malted milk into her coffee. She can even get creative when baking by rolling cookies into some Turkish cardamom spice sugar before baking.
Occo sells tiny portions of organic, ethically sourced spices — just the right amount you need for the new recipe you want to try tonight. Depending on what your mom typically likes to cook, you can buy spices for specific recipes, like this themed collection of Caribbean-Creole dishes, or explore a particular spice family, like the cinnamon varieties above.
The bakery's famous hot chocolate and Champurrado (a thick chocolate drink made with masa harina) draw visitors from all over Los Angeles. You and Mom can make both at home, with the help of a traditional Molinillo whisk. And, the bakery donates 1% of all sales to conservation efforts like butterfly habit conservation in Mexico.
It's pretty much impossible to eat just one of these bite-sized cupcakes, especially when they come in flavors like Midnight Munchies (it's chocolate cake stuffed with dulce de leche and topped with a potato chip and pretzel brittle) and Sugar Cookie Dough. This limited-edition gift box also comes with a card for you to add a personalized message.
A box of craft beers she might not be able to find locally
We're big fans of the fun variety that Tavour offers, from milkshake-inspired IPAs to strong sours. She'll need to clear some fridge space for this one. Gift cards are also available if she'd prefer to build her own box.
While many hot sauces are all heat and no flavor, Truff serves up condiments that are sweet, complex, and mouthwatering. These might just be the fanciest hot sauces your mom will ever receive.
A food delivery service that cuts down on prep work
Online healthy food startup Daily Harvest can feed her from breakfast to dinner with its bowls, bites, lattes, and smoothies. It even offers almond milk and "ice cream." She'll be able to fill her custom box with any nine items she wants. Prep is as easy as popping the bowl into a microwave or dumping the ingredients into a blender.
The favorite cereal flavors of childhoods past are back in less sugary, more nutritious, and just as delicious forms. The high-protein, gluten-free cereals from Magic Spoon leave healthy, boring "adult" brands in the dust and are perfect for the kid at heart who eats a big bowl of cereal for breakfast every day.
The highly marbled, award-winning American Wagyu beef from Snake River Farms is drool-worthy. If you know anything about your mom, she'll know exactly how to make these cuts shine.
This Brooklyn-based indie purveyor bestowed its gift of spicy, Meyer Lemon, and salted honeys to the world, and ice cream, cornbread, and even pizza have never tasted so good. Personally, I can't imagine going back to regular honey after using this honey, which offers just the right amount of kick to bring out the flavors of your dish.
Bokksu's curations of creative Japanese snacks has delighted food lovers in countries all over the world. The snacks are sourced directly from artisan makers in Japan and each box revolves around a different theme each month. She'll get to enjoy 20 to 25 snacks, along with a tea pairing, and learn about each product's origin.
Chocolate covered this and that, green M&Ms, gold M&Ms, a 1950s vintage collection, a '70s one — the list is endless. You just have to choose the size: snack ($35), economy ($50), family ($75), or candy crazy ($100) and call it a day.
Shari's Berries doesn't settle for simple chocolate strawberries. It dips the fruit in a layer of white or milk chocolate, then tops on additional chocolate drizzle, ground coffee, and mini chocolate chips.
Four of Murray's cheeses (Engish cheddar, mini brie, gruyere, and manchego) paired with cherry preserves, sea salt, and olive oil crackers, and Marcona almonds.
A coffee subscription that takes her around the world
Experience the unique coffee of three different countries through an Atlas Coffee Club subscription. Whether she's a whole bean, ground, light roast, or dark roast type of gal, she'll get a cool world tour of coffee she's never tried before.
Another underrated ingredient that can make a big difference is flavored salt. She'll proudly display these salts — PureFlake, black pepper, black garlic, pino noir, habanero, and rosemary — in the included wooden stand and receive suggested pairings for each salt. After sampling this diverse array, she can order the full size online.
For the biggest cheerleader in your life, this combo pack features two of Milk Bar's greatest hits: chewy cookies and the famously rich and gooey Milk Bar pie.
Matcha is about the ritual of preparation as much as it is about the flavor and antioxidant benefits. This set contains all the tools and instructions she needs to make a cup of matcha at home — no more overpaying at the trendy shop in the city.
The healthy-eating program she's been wanting to try
The Sakara Life clean eating program is all the buzz in the health and fitness worlds, but does it really live up to the hype? Give Mom an opportunity to see for herself by gifting a one-week trial. It's not cheap, but the meals are made from fresh and organic ingredients, taste great, and will be delivered right to her door.
Pastries like muffins and brownies usually get all the glory. Seven Sisters Scones, however, focuses exclusively on the humble scone, and does it justice. Often maligned for being dry and crumbly, the scones from this Georgia-based bakery come in a variety of sweet and savory flavors to enjoy for breakfast or with a warm beverage.
