Who’s ready for some gifting?! When you have the number of neighbors/teachers/coworkers that I do, you absolutely HAVE to get creative with your gifts. That is why I love going homemade or handmade for the holidays.

This year, we are offering a limited number of Holiday Baked Goods Packaging kits to help you DIY your way through Christmas. We even have some ideas on what to put inside!

In each Rustic Plaid Christmas gift packaging kit, there are:

3 -craft paper boxes (6″ X 6″ X 6″)
3 -craft colored paper window bags (4-3/4″ X 2-1/2″ X 9-1/2″)
6 -fill in style recipe cards
6 -hanging gift tags
6 -2″ round “Merry Christmas” stickers
6 yds of brown and white baker’s twine

How is that for cute and practically professional? Now, because these kits are limited we are only offering them in our Etsy shop – so go grab yours today! Need some ideas on what to put inside? Those square boxes are just perfect for anything from Rice Krispe treats or brownies to sugar cookies or even whoppie pies. And those paper window bags, well, we filled them with Peppermint Bark, Glazed Pecans and a seriously addictive Cereal Mix. Scroll on down for the recipes.

Crunchy Cinnamon Chocolate Cereal Mix
Ingredients:
2 Cups Chocolate Chex cereal
2 Cups Cinnamon Chex cereal
2 Cups kettle corn
1 Cup chocolate chips or chunks

Mix everything together in one large bowl and enjoy.
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Peppermint Bark
Ingredients:
1  8 oz bag semi sweet chocolate chips or chocolate bar broken into pieces
1 8 oz bar of white chocolate broken into pieces
 24 small candy canes
1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract
2 teaspoons canola oil

Lightly grease a 9X9 inch pan & line with waxed paper.

Put semisweet chocolate and half the canola oil in top of a double boiler. Stir frequently until melted then add half of the peppermint extract. Pour melted chocolate mixture into the 9X9 inch pan and spread evenly. Refrigerate until hardened.

Do the same steps with the white chocolate then pour over the hardened semisweet chocolate layer. Spread evenly and top with the crushed candy canes. Gently press on the candy canes to hold them in place. Refrigerate until completely hardened. Remove from pan and break into small pieces.
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Glazed Pecans
Ingredients:
1 cup white sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon salt
1 egg white
1 T water
1 lb pecan halves

Preheat oven and 250.

Mix the sugar, cinnamon and salt together.

In a separate bowl whisk together the egg white and water. Add pecans to the egg white mature. Add sugar mixture to the pecan mixture making sure the pecans are evenly coated. Spread the pecans out on a baking sheet.

Bake approximately one hour, stirring every 15 minutes, until pecans are browned all over.