There are several different types of gift baskets, some of which only contain fruit while others contain dry goods or canned goods such as tea, crackers or preserves.

Gourmet gift baskets will include more high-end fruits and will often contain high quality cheese and wine.

See also

• Themed baskets
• Contents of Gift Baskets
• Personalized Gift Baskets

Other themes for gift bakets include baby shower themes, house warming themes and Valentine’s Day themes.

Some will be made to suit the recipient’s needs such as those for diabetics, vegetarian baskets and those who have food intolerances. Gift baskets do not need to include food but is the most common type. Some gift baskets have things like mugs, towels, manicure sets, or items related to sensuality. Almost anything can be made into a gift basket.

Other fruits include grapes, mangoes, oranges, papayas, pineapples, pomegranates and strawberries. Other perishables include artichokes, avocadoes and cheese.

Dry goods or bottled goods include bread, champagne, chocolate, coffee, crackers, jam, liqueur, nuts, soft drinks, tea or wine. Non-edible items include cut flowers, plants, promotional merchandise or stuffed animals.

There are gift baskets offering personalized beer, custom wine baskets, personalized wine baskets and baskets that are wrapped in personalized ribbons. The personalized wine and beer baskets have personalized labels on them based on templates the company offers. Corporations can use their logo on a label for advertizing on a personal level.

One gift basket includes one or two bottles of personalized wine along with imported cigars each in their own humidor cigar tubes to ensure freshness. A pocket guillotine-style cigar cutter and a waiter’s corkscrew round out the gift basket.

Another gift basket idea is the one’s sent for new babies. One such basket includes a cashmere bunny and a plush green frog along with a pearl and crystal baby bracelet, a princess and the frog onesie, a bib, t-shirt, baby pants, a wrist rattle and print wash clothes all wrapped up with a princess and the frog ribbon. There are numerous baby bags to choose from, some of which can be personalized.