Basket-O-Thanks

Jared's Uncle went to great lengths to get him his interview with E*Trade and we wanted to give them something to say Thank You. Jared's solution..."Just get them a gift card"...seriously, you're married to me, you just gave me all day freedom, and you expect me to just hand them a card loaded with one nights dinner and be okay with it...I think not.

So I did some searching and this is what I came up with...

 Cookies in a jar (Cowboy Cookies recipe found here)

 

 Cocoa Cones.

I made two different kinds. Regular cocoa and peppermint cocoa. Note: if you ever want to make these, TEST THE RECIPE YOURSELF! I made one then thought of the embarrassment I would cause if they dumped this into some steaming hot water and spit it out in disgust. So I had to tweak the recipes a bit (the original was quite icky so I'm glad I did) and this is what I came up with (Each of the following recipes are for 1 serving, so you just add 1 cup of boiling water to the mix).

Regular Cocoa

4T powdered milk

3t cocoa powder

5t white sugar

3t mini chocolate chips (do milk, not semi-sweet)

small handful of marshmallows

Peppermint Cocoa

4T powdered milk

3t cocoa powder

5t white sugar

3t mini chocolate chips

3t crushed candy canes

small handful of marshmallows

 Another cookie mix in a jar (recipe found here).

 Peanut butter rice krispie treats. (LOVED how these turned out, I just smashed the treats thinner onto a cookie sheet and went to town with some cookie cutters then outlined them with some melted chocolate).

 Add a basket and a couple of fun autumn colored kitchen towels and voila! Now this is what I call a complete Thank you basket ;)