Here is what we sent out in our Christmas 2006 packages

Okay... I think I am officially exhausted! All of the goodies were packed and delivered to the post office this morning, despite us losing power for about 4 hours today! Here are the pictures of all the homemade goodies we sent out in our gift packs this year - the recipes are linked in the recipe title. Quite a few are ones that we have to make every year - but there are some new ones thrown in. There may be one or two that I have not had a chance to write up the recipe yet, but I will make sure to get that up in the next couple days - just hit refresh if you are looking to see if we updated it yet. Tomorrow we will be delivering the packages we made up for local friends and the neighbors. I'll post what we made/included in their packages tomorrow night! After that, I think I'm ready for a good 3-4 day nap... please? This is one of our favorite snacks during the holiday season - we always have to find the holiday shaped pretzels to use in it too! Spicy Chex Mix No recipe for these - just buttery checkerboard pretzels topped with a caramel laced rolo finished with kissables in holiday colors. Chocolate Caramel Pretzel Squares These are one of Jeff's new favorite crisp chocolate cookies - studded with those Ande's peppermint crunch chips. Chocolate Peppermint-Toffee Crunch Cookies This is another one that we have to make every single year. The perfect combination of salty and sweet in mini bite-sized form! Small peanut butter ritz bits dipped into real white chocolate and topped in holiday sprinkles. White Chocolate Dipped Mini Peanut Butter Ritz Bits We did the kisses a bit different this year - these crisp meringue cookies are still flavored with peppermint, except I painted red lines inside the pipping bag before filling it to create the colored stripes. Peppermint Kisses We both love this unusual brittle - instead of your favorite nut, crushed popcorn turns these crunchy snacks into a wonderful sweet treat! Popcorn Brittle Jeff absolutely has to have these cookies each year - chocolate malt gives these cookies an edge over your ordinary M&M cookies. Chocolate Malted M&M Cookies How could we not make our favorite new bark? We made this for the first time last year and will be making it for many years to come! I love the striking color difference in the layers and with a bonus of being able to be cut quite neatly! Rich, creamy and very peppermint-y! Layered Peppermint Bark One of the more uniquely flavored baked popcorn mixes - sweet caramel and buttery toffee spiked with a large amount of ginger. Gingerbread Popcorn One of the new recipes - crunchy biscotti flavored with spices found in gingerbread. Loved the addition of chopped apricots and nutty pecans. Fresh grated orange zest adds a fun background flavor which had people trying to guess what made these so good. Gingerbread Biscotti Another must-have! Smooth, creamy and you can't stop reaching for more of this addictive fudge! Two-Toned Chocolate Peanut Butter Fudge We can't include only one kind of fudge - we started making this a couple years ago and it is just different enough that we always get asked for the recipe. Cinnamon Fudge And finally... the crunchy toffee that we have made at least 5 batches of this season. Crazy good and so delicious. Almond Roca Here is the quick shot of everything packaged up before they went in their boxes. Whew! Too bad we are not quite done yet!