Holiday Gift Guide Gift Basket Ideas for Under $200

Its holiday time again any you have a gift list as long as your arm and just not enough time to go out and do all the shopping. There are only 24 hours in a day and you are already using up 48 of them. And to add to your dilemma, there are a bunch of people who are just plain hard to buy for or live far away. A gift basket may just be the answer. They have a great variety of items from fruit to nuts and just about everything else for every type of eater. And the baskets they come in will be appreciated as well. They will be used again and again in many different ways. I have hunted the web to try and find the best gift basket available. There are many gift baskets available for under $200 and there are samples of all different types of gift baskets under $200 listed here. So take some time and look around and see what gift basket you can find for the special person on your list. And then take some time to relax and enjoy the rest of the season It will be over all too soon and we will be back to the everyday routine of life.

Dom Perignon Greetings Champagne Gift Basket
http://www.akagourmet.com
Can there be a better way to show that special person just how much you care than a bottle of Dom Perignon, the champagne of all champagne, the champagne that all others are judged by? I cant think of any and this basket, which is beautiful all be itself comes not only with the champagne, but also with a gift box of 28 delicious chocolates. Cant beat that for a nice, relaxing evening with a friend.

Double Wine & Fruit
http://www.simplyclassicgiftbaskets.com
Wine, cheese and fruit. The ultimate French picnic. The subject of many a still life work or art. And this work of art will be appreciated not only for its look, but more importantly for its taste. Wine, cheese and fruit compliment each other, with the tastes blending together and not with one trying to overpower the other. With this gift basket containing California Pinot Noir, California Sauvignon Blanc, Monterey Jack Cheese, Brie cheese, Camembert Cheese, Imperial Comice pears, Red Bartlett pears and Beurre Bosc pears the recipient will have enough to have more than one French Picnic.

The V.I.P Gift Basket
http://www.winecountrygiftbaskets.com/
This magnificent basket which measures 23 x 20 x 10 is packed to over flowing with some of the best gourmet treats ever put together in one place at one time. This gift basket is big enough to please the whole family. Some of the treats included are Godiva dark chocolate covered almonds and pretzels, white chocolate, milk chocolate cashews, caviar, merlot cheddar cheese spread, caramel walnut cookies, a complete collection of Lindt truffles, Ghirardelli Twilight Delight and Citrus Sunset dark chocolate, an assortment of crackers and teas and even green asparagus and this is only some of the items included in this monster gift basket.

Signature Chocolate Gift Basket
http://www.lakechamplainchocolates.com/
All Lake Champlain Chocolates are Preservative-free and Kosher-certified
Everyone knows a chocoholic. As a matter of fact, most of us are chocoholics. And there is nothing better than a gourmet chocolate treat after a hard days work. It makes you feel so special and appreciated. The sturdy keepsake basket is handwoven from New England ash and comes jam packed with this- 24-piece Small World Dark Chocolates, 20-piece Chocolates of Vermont, 15-piece Lake Champlain Selection,
6.5 oz. Milk Chocolate Medallions Bag, 4-piece Small World Chocolate Truffles, Two Five Star Chocolate Bars and
Two Signature Chocolate Bar. That is enough to satisfy the most ardent chocoholic among us, even me.

Orchard Selection
http://www.simplyclassicgiftbaskets.com/orchardselection.htm
This is the perfect gift basket for someone who is on a special diet, is a vegetarian or just plain loves fruits, And they will not find this type of fruit in the local supermarket. It is the literally the pick of the vine, the best of the best. The basket itself is beautifully crafted and it contains 20 pieces of fruit and the assortment will change depending on the season. Here are some examples of what might be included. Royal Comice Pears, Ruby Red apples, Sweet Seckel Pears, Juicy Navel Oranges, South African Baby Pineapple, Italian Golden Bosc Pear, Granny Smith Apples, Ruby Red Grapefruit, Jonagold Apples and sweet & sour Japanese Kumquats.


By Regina Sass