Kelly’s Christmas Shop

So, you’ve decided to give a special friend a “gift in a jar”.  Maybe you’ve chosen the recipe on this site – Minty Hot Chocolate Mix?  Or maybe some other gift of coffee or cocoa.  If so, how can you dress up your gift and make it a little more special?  Here are some ideas.

• Get some plastic spoons and dip the spoon end only in melted chocolate chips; sprinkle with non-pareils or colored sugar sprinkles if desired.  Let the chocolate set up.  Wrap a spoon or two (depending on who the gift is for) in a piece of cellophane and tie with a pretty ribbon.  Include this with a gift jar of cocoa mix or coffee mix.

• Why not make some homemade biscotti?  After biscotti is cooled, dip half of each stick into melted chocolate chips (or melted vanilla candy coating also known as chocolate bark).  Let chocolate set up.  Wrap and add as you would the above spoons.

• Sew up a pretty gift bag from a festive fabric of your favorite holiday calico or even a shiny lame to wrap your gift jar in.  Decorate with twigs of silk holly and a pretty ribbon.

• Place the wrapped jar of mix in a basket and include the recipe if desired.  Then the recipient may make more when their supply runs out.

• Add a bag of home made cookies, a couple of coffee mugs and a CD of holiday music.

There are so many ways to make homemade gifts ones to remember.  What other ways can these gifts be packaged or presented?