bethievt

I'm planning to send out cookie care packages on Monday to my son and nephew. My son has requested gingersnaps and double chocolate cookies with dried cherries so I'll make those, but would like to make a third kind too. Any dynamite suggestions?

owlice

Brownies!!

archiemom

Snickerdoodles

CBBBlinker

I usually send chocolate chip cookies, brownies, or pumpkin bread. D says it all disappears "like magic." The popularity of the pumpkin bread with all her friends, which I slice and wrap, has made me wonder about going into business! Also, I recently sent a container of pistachios, which was another big hit.

bethievt

Thanks everyone. I love the pistachio idea. Can the brownies be put in a big zip-lock bag? That's what I usually do with the cookies. I've always made pumpkin cupcakes for my son's birthday--it's sort of a vegetable!

07DAD

I usually put cut brownie squares in a disposable snap lid container and then put that is a large zip lock bag. That way they don't get smushed/broken and stay fresh in transit from Texas to CO.

S uses the snap lid to store stuff.

Mr. Bojangles

Monster cookies!! no idea if thats what they're really called but my Mum sends them and everyone loves em. Basically peanut butter, oatmeal, chocolate chips, and m&m's. Usually made as big as possible, like as big as both my hands put together. You can probably google it to get the recipe...they're delicious.

ebeeeee

jealous here. DS does not eat treats or cookies so I don't get to bake for anyone

mathmom

Back in grad school we used to eat a lot of 7 layer bars. They are really evil.

1 stick butter, melted
1 c. graham cracker crumbs
1 (6 oz.) pkg. chocolate chips
1 (6 oz.) pkg. butterscotch chips
1 c. coconut
1 c. chopped pecans
1 can sweetened condensed milk

Place ingredients in layers in order listed in a 13 x 9 pan. Do not mix. Bake in oven at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. (Some versions use peanut butter chips.)

07DAD

ebeeeee--

I have an offer for you. I'll pm you my address and that of my S at college. YOU make those 7 layer bars (2 batches) using mathmom's receipe. Mail one batch to my S and one batch to me. That is a win, win, win situation since you get to bake, my S gets to have goodies and I get a "brokering" fee.

You on board? I'll send you the cost of making and shipping.

arachnophobia12

I agree with archiemom-mmm, snickerdoodles....

undecided

My mom used to make oatmeal-M&M cookies. They stood up pretty well to shipping and were still moist on the inside and had a nice crisp outside by the time they got to me.

ebeeeee

07DAD
You are on. I love making and eating 7 layer bars.
PM away.

wis75

Don't forget rice krispies treats- recipe on box. Instant regression to childhood (wrap each one separately to avoid sticky fingers and be sure to use name brand, fresh marshmallows).

DSC

PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES. Even better with peanut butter chips. They don't go stale that fast, and taste fantastic.

(opinion of a kid whose mom is the first informed of any nearby bake sales)

One thing to keep in mind though - make what you have made in the past. For 2 reasons, 1 - you know they will be good; 2 - it offers a taste of home. And a taste of home is the purpose of care packages, not gourmet or the like.

And regarding Rice krispies - out of the 5 colleges I've eaten at the dining halls for, 4 had rice krispies, so I would lean away from those, unless the kid is off the dining plan.