Cookie Exchange Gifts

Good Morning, Hope you are keeping warm  It's definitely Cold Outside here!!

Today I am sharing a couple of pics of my decorated boxes filled with some 

yummy cookies that I made for a annual cookie exchange. Each year

my two oldest daughters, my daughter in-law and my great friend and her daughter 

get together for a afternoon/evening girls event where we have a cookie exchange 

fabulous food (this year we had Olive Garden YUM!) and a few drinks. Just some 

down time for us ladies, catching up on the latest happenings with each other, wonderful laughs 

as we enjoy each other's company!!

This year I made two of my favorite easy as pie  Cookie recipes and created a decorated box

to give these goodies to each of my gals.

I created my box using utterly cute designer papers from Echo Park Holly Jolly Christmas collection

and decorated with sticklers from the Holly Jolly Christmas element page

I placed the stickers on white card stock then cut them out, snowflake is a Sizzix die 

button from stash tied with Green Apple Divine twine from Really Reasonable Ribbon 

From the element sticker page I was able to make all five boxes that I needed

for the exchange - this one has some of the Aqua twine added to the button

These papers are from Pink Paislee  Snow Days Frosty 

One of my all time favorite cookies are the Thin Mints that you can buy each year

from the local Girl Scouts. Well  I was super excited when I found this super easy recipe they 

are just as yummy as the ones from the Girl Scouts

Thin Mints

1 pkg (8 squares) Baker's Semi-Sweet Chocolate - melted slightly cooled

1/4 tsp peppermint extract

1 sleeve Ritz Crackers (36 crackers)

1 candy cane crushed

Mix chocolate and extract.

Dip crackers in chocolate mixture, turning to complete coat each cracker

Carefully scrape off excess chocolate

Place coated crackers in single layer on waxed paper- covered baking sheet sprinkle with 

crushed candy

Refrigerate 30 minutes until chocolate is firm

Now with my family I have to triple this recipe - they go fast around here 

Thanks for visiting and I hope you will enjoy this fabulous recipe for super

thin mints.

Challenges I will be entering

Really Reasonable Ribbon -Recipe Swap- food packaging 

Challenge Up Your Life - box or packaging 

Just Some Lines - Handmade gifts

Annabelle Stamps - Christmas boxes 

Fairy Tale Challenge - Gift/ gift packaging 

Moving Along with the Times - Last minute gifts 

Pixie Cottage - Last minute gifts or cards