How to Make Food Gifts for Dad
Make bacon with a twist. Go above and beyond standard breakfast fare... Does he love doughnuts? Make him maple bacon doughnut holes. Does he love cookies? Bake some bacon chocolate chip cookies. If he likes chocolate, he'll get a kick out of trying chocolate-covered bacon. Make beer food! Find out what your dad's favorite beer is and work it into a dish he enjoys: Beer pancakes, beer cake, beer bread, or beer can chicken. If you have a dog and really want to impress your dad, invest the time into secretly training your dog to fetch your father a beer from the fridge! {"smallUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/thumb\/2\/25\/Make-Food-Gifts-for-Dad-Step-2Bullet1.jpg\/v4-459px-Make-Food-Gifts-for-Dad-Step-2Bullet1.jpg","bigUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/thumb\/2\/25\/Make-Food-Gifts-for-Dad-Step-2Bullet1.jpg\/v4-759px-Make-Food-Gifts-for-Dad-Step-2Bullet1.jpg","smallWidth":460,"smallHeight":306,"bigWidth":760,"bigHeight":506.31868131868134,"licensing":"
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Make your spicy-food-loving dad some personalized hot sauce. Bottle it or pour into a jar. Give it a funny name based
on your dad and make your own label (with an artistic rendition of your father suffering from the heat of your homemade sauce, if you feel so inclined!).
Make your dad his very own beef jerky. This is especially good for if your dad likes to do outdoorsy things like backpacking and fishing. Beef jerky is a great snack to bring along!
Spruce up his favorite liquor. If your dad enjoys a good vodka now and then, get his favorite kind and infuse it with one of his favorite flavors. If he's a fan of rum, make him vanilla rum. Or if he's a big sports fanatic, put together jello shots branded with his favorite team.
Make him a stacked burger. Pile on all the things he loves on a burger, all at once: hot peppers, a fried egg, different kinds of cheese, bacon, roasted garlic. If he's an adventurous eater, challenge him with a few surprise ingredients that might make him raise an eyebrow, like anchovies or pineapple.
Take his favorite foods and deep-fry them. You can deep-fry anything, from eggs to beer. Find out what his favorite sweet treat is (brownies? candy bars? cookies?) and coat it in batter and (carefully!) cook it in hot oil.
Whether it's Father's Day, your dad's birthday or some other special occasion celebrating your dad, homemade food is a fantastic treat for dad that demonstrates your love and your desire to avoid the usual tie or pair of socks! By choosing the types of food that dad loves and making them from scratch, you'll be giving him something special that he's not going to find anywhere else.