![]() ![]() Pin to a Holiday Board! Let’s Wrap This UpĪ Christmas Cookie Swap is a great way to get friends and/or family to celebrate this sacred season. ![]() Depending on your group, you could have a prize for the cutest/ugliest Christmas cookie! Maybe a box of food coloring tubes or cookie cut-outs. As I said, this isn’t really an exchange however, some sharing might happen. Supply photos of ways to decorate those cookies and let your guest’s artistic skills take over. You could also have sprinkles and other special things to add. You can provide colored frosting or a lot of white frosting (royal icing is the best) with food coloring available. But there are still cookies involved! Each guest should bring a dozen or two shaped sugar cookies (homemade or store-bought). This isn’t really a Christmas Cookie Swap. Have fun with it, and you should have some tasty treats to share! #4 The Cookie Decorating Party Part of the text/email invitation process to determine who’s bring what. The stovetop or microwave can be used, just not the oven.Īgain, communicating beforehand will be helpful. They could be no-bake cookies, candy, or popcorn balls. Have your guests find and bring anything that doesn’t need to be baked in the oven. Serve hot chocolate, or you could have your guests dress in vintage Christmas outfits! #3 The No-Bake Cookie Exchange Have each group member identify the cookie recipe they’ll be making (to ensure a variety of themed goodies!) If you prepped far enough in advance, you could have a vote on which theme was the most popular and then you could do a little research to find a few recipes to share with your friends. You could broaden the theme to the rest of the get-together. Your theme could be “All-Chocolate” or “No-Bake” or “Iced Cookies” or “Vintage Cookies”, whatever Christmas cookie recipes or categories come to mind! Ask your friends what they think and go with the most popular. Gosh, it even sounds like a TV show on the Food Network or something. So, the Store-Bought Cookie Swap Party could be a blast. You make the rule that no one bakes! All the cookies need to be store-bought! No mixing or baking or ingredients of any kind. Okay, so how do we pull that off? Easy girlfriend. But, if your crowd is hoping for some hot toddies or other Christmasy drinks those could be fun as well. The easier and cheaper your food and drink and paper products, the better! Cocoa, coffee, and some cold drinks would be perfect. Something salty and/or savory is smart with all the sweetness involved. What else? Decide what snacks and drinks you want to have on hand. Request in the invite that they let you know which cookie they’ll bring. If it’s just a cookie ‘eating’ party, have each guest bring a dozen. ![]() How many cookies? Typically figure to have enough from a half to a whole dozen for your guests to take home. Maybe a weeknight would be less likely for other events. When? You know your friends, but an evening get-together is typical. If you wanted to add some pizazz pop in color or a graphic, you could use Canva, PicMonkey, or even Evites to help. Since this will be an informal event, individual invitation texts would be appropriate. A small number also makes it easier for the guests when making and bringing the cookies. How many guests? Unless you’re a glutton for punishment or you have help, and it’s not at your house, I suggest inviting 3-5 people. #2 The Themed Christmas Cookie Exchange.
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