May Day foodie baskets

Lauren Grant/AmesEats Flavors writer

Make foodie May Day baskets with more thought than candy and popcorn. 

May Day baskets for the foodie in your life require much more attention than combining popcorn and candy. Here are a few ideas of creative baskets you can put together for the food-lover in your life.

For the griller:

Cedar planks

Spiral skewers

ISU sportula

Meat rubs

Specialty barbecue sauce

Beef jerky

Iowa-brewed beer

 

For the Health Nut:

Sweet potato chips

Chocolate-covered gogi berries or cherries 

Homemade trail mix

Natural nut butters

Glass water bottle

Specialty roasted coffee beans

Flavored perrier water

 

For the gadget lover:

Trio peeler

Apron

Woozie (wine glass koozie)

King ice cube trays

Zoku popsicle maker

Herb mill

Micro plane zester

Top chips chip maker

Garlic press