The added element of surprise makes a subscription box a fun and pretty much fail-safe gift that's especially thoughtful when tailored to a person's interests or lifestyle (or, you know, to their cat or dog). And there are SO. MANY. SUBSCRIPTION. BOXES. As an ~aspiring~ vegan (I'm about 90% of the way there), I decided to to try out some vegan subscription boxes to see which ones would make particularly great gifts...from me to me, if we're being honest.

Here are five of my faves (and no, they're not just boxes of tofu, very funny):