Do you remember the first care package you received in college? Those homemade chocolate chip cookies? Sharing with your roommate?
Make a special memory for a high school grad by letting them know that you’ll be sending them their first college care package!
Don’t forget to mark it on your calendar and then be ready to bake, pack & ship come September!
The Budget Diet girl’s favorite care package recipes…
Homemade Chex Mix
The recipe can be found on every box of Chex!
White Chocolate Crunch Snack Mix
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1 cups M & M’s (if you’re making this for the fall, you might want to substitute Reeses Pieces and candy corn!)
1 cup dry roasted peanuts
2 cups Chex cereal (any kind)
2 cups thin pretzel stick
1, 12 oz. bag white chocolate chips
1. Mix first 4 ingredients together in a large bowl.
2. Melt white chocolate chips in the microwave according to package directions.
3. Pour melted white chocolate chips over other ingredients, toss until coated.
4. Spread on cookie sheets lined with wax paper.
5. Break into pieces when white chocolate has hardened. If you need to speed up the hardening process, just pop the cookie sheets in the refrigerator!
6. Yield: 6 cups
Best Chocolate Chip Cookies
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2 sticks butter (softened)
1 cup sugar
1 cup light brown sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/2 cups flour
1 1/2 cups blended oatmeal (measure oatmeal & grind to a fine powder in blender)
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda dissolved in 2 teaspoons hot water
1, 12 oz. package semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans (optional)
1. Cream the butter & sugars.
2. Add the eggs & vanilla.
3. Mix in flour, blended oatmeal, salt, & baking soda.
4. Add chocolate chips.
5. Roll into 1″ balls and place 2″ apart on an ungreased cookie sheet.
6. Bake 9 minutes at 350.
7. Yield: 4 dozen
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
2 cups creamy peanut butter
2 cups light brown sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons baking soda
1, 12 oz. package semisweet chocolate chips
1. Beat together first 4 ingredients until smooth.
2. Stir in chocolate chips.
3. Roll into 1″ balls and place 2″ apart on an ungreased cookie sheet.
4. Bake 9 minutes at 350. Cookies are done when they are still soft in the center!
5. Cool in pan 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
6. Yield: 4 dozen
Oreo Balls
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1, 18 oz. package Oreos
8 oz. cream cheese (softened)
1/4 cup powdered sugar
1 package Wilton’s white candy melts (available at Michaels or JoAnn’s…these taste the best & are the easiest to work with!)
1. Using a food processor, grind Oreos (frosting & all) into a fine powder.
2. Mix together Oreos, cream cheese & powdered sugar.
3. Roll into 1″ balls & chill for 30 minutes.
4. Melt white candy according to package directions.
5. Dip balls, place on wax paper & chill.
6. If you want to be fancy, drizzle with dark chocolate!
7. Yield: 4 dozen
Please let me know if you have a favorite care package recipe that you’d like to share!
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I am making my daughter a care package for exam week and found a lot of creative care package ideas in these articles: http://www.celebrationideasonline.com/college-care-packages.html We make that white chocolate crunch at home and I never thought about adding that into the box but will now.. it is delicious and so easy to make.. thanks
I love the Oreo Balls Recipe – will try it!
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Love your site, & the chocolate lover in me is thrilled to know that I shouldn’t feel guilty next time I eat an oreo ball!
I am wanting to ship oreo balls as a care package, but will the cream cheese go bad while it is being shipped?
The key is to ship them on a cool / cold day!
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