Did you make homemade vanilla extract for Christmas gifts this year? Your friends and family will be so blessed!
If you’re ready to bottle it up, I wanted to share my favorite online resources. If you live in a big city, you may be able to find something less expensive. Since I don’t have that option, I take advantage of the good ol’ internet.
I’ve shopped around online quite a bit, crunching numbers, adding in shipping costs (ouch!). If you only want 4-ounce bottles (and I have found that this is a great size for gift-giving), then Olive Nation is your best price. This is because they offer free shipping if your order is over $50. See, it’s the shipping cost on these orders that can really make the bottles expensive. If you can swing ordering enough from Olive Nation to get free shipping, this will save a lot of money. (The price ends up being just $1.26/bottle.)
If you want 2-ounce or 8-ounce bottles, I recommend Mountain Rose Herbs.
Don’t let the cost of bottling your vanilla discourage you! Your homemade vanilla is still an inexpensive gift, especially when you consider the quality of what you’re gifting!
Also, don’t be afraid to ask the recipient to save the bottle to give back to you. Most people have given their bottle back to me without being asked (and some beg for a refill – of course!).
For those of you who haven’t jumped into making Homemade Vanilla Extract, you’ll be excited to know that we have a big batch of our homemade vanilla almost ready to bottle up and share with you. This will be just in time for your holiday baking and/or gift giving needs! Mark your calendars for Saturday, December 6 so you won’t miss out.
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Wow, you read my mind! On my to do list today was: Shop for bottles for vanilla. So with your heads up, the shipping code, AND some dried mushrooms I’ve been wanting to try, I sent my order! Thank you!
Ladies, great minds think alike! I ordered my bottles yesterday and can’t wait for them to arrive. Let the baking begin! And thanks, Laura, for teaching us how to make vanilla!
I got my 8 oz. amber glass bottles with screw caps last year through Frontier Wholesale. For those of you with that resource, they were less expensive than Mountain Rose Herbs (only $.80 per bottle) and I found them to be very good quality.
And yes, people have asked me to refill theirs for Christmas this year too!
I gave vanilla as a gift several years ago, so this batch is mine to keep….for now :) I keep it in the vodka bottle and refill an 8oz. jelly jar with a plastic cap in my kitchen. The year I gifted, I got my blue 4 oz. jars from http://www.specialtybottle.com Although their prices aren’t the best, I have had *wonderful* customer service from them! If you are curious about a bottle or two and can’t picture it in your head, email them and ask if they will send you a sample bottle. They don’t give unlimited samples, but I was researching hot sauce bottles one year and got 2 from them…..Great folks! If any readers are local to Cleveland, Ohio, Cleveland Bottle & Supply has local pick up available!!
Thank you Laura and Olive Nation for the free shipping!
$30.20 for 24 4oz bottles ! Wow! XOXO Thankyou!