I'm making as much stuff for gifts this year as I can and have come up with some interesting things. Jalapeno and Poblano, Apple Pie, Dynamite Cherries, Smoked Peanuts and handmade soap. Also white and brown dog, a large amount of white dog! My favorite.
We are doing the same thing. Mrs.B traditionally makes a whopping big batch of her secret recipe Chex Mix and gives it to her family members. One year she did something different and was nearly shunned for not making the Chex Mix. This year she is also making zucchini bread (because the garden went nuts growing them this year).
I am taking a bottle of homemade rum, one of brandy, one of vodka and one of kahlua and let her relatives fight over who gets what, while I sit back and watch.