Best Honey Gifts

Honey gifts that travel well: creamed, hot, fir-tree and infused jars from apiaries and small kitchens. Honey never spoils, so it is the safest food gift there is.

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A short list of honey that works as a present: raw wildflower honey, creamed honey, hot honey and a mushroom-infused honey from Roots Apothecary. The makers include Hidden Hollow Honey in Indiana, Pearl Honey Spreads, Adee Honey Farms and Joey's Hot Sauce, and most jars cost $7 to $30.

Questions

What's the difference between raw and creamed honey?
Raw honey is bottled without heating or fine filtering. Hidden Hollow sells its raw Indiana wildflower honey in bottles from 8 oz ($7) to 3 lb ($28). Creamed honey is churned with fine honey crystals until it's thick and spreadable, like Adee Honey Farms' version ($10).

Which hot honey should I get?
Joey's Hot Honey with Saffron ($15) is raw honey with saffron, habanero, apple cider vinegar and crushed red pepper, and it took gold at the European Hot Sauce Awards. Hidden Hollow's Hot Honey ($9 to $14) is made with fresh ghost peppers. For a spread, Pearl Honey Spreads makes a spicy creamed honey with cayenne ($13).

Is there a honey sampler?
Pearl Honey Spreads' Variety 3 Pack ($30) has three 4.5 oz jars of creamed honey. You can pick the Spice Rack or Tea Time set.

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