S'mores Snack Mix Treat and Printable Tags

     What is it about the s'mores combination of graham crackers, marshmallows and chocolate? Why can I never seem to get enough of this tasty treat? I'm not talking about s'mores made over a campfire. I'm talking about all the s'mores dessert mixes that keeping popping up in the stores.

     I made the HUGE mistake of buying one of those amazing Fannie May Chocolate Smore's Mix bags and eating the whole thing by myself...yep, didn't share one drop. When I was finished I was looking around for more. It was at this point that I decided I would make myself some more with the chocolate and marshmallows I had in my pantry. I just need a box of Golden Grahams cereal. After a quick trip to the store, I was in business.
     Is my version as good as the Fannie May S'mores Mix? Well, not quite, but really, really close. This time I shared some with my husband and of course he loved it! I ended up making him his own stash and told him to hide it from me. My husband has chocolate self-control, I do not.
     

Warning...if you do not have chocolate self-control, only make this in front of people. Share this with your people, then get it out of your home.

There's not much to this, no real recipe...just 3 ingredients:
-2-3 cups of mini marshmallows
-1 package of dark chocolate chips
-2-3 cups of Golden Grahams

Melt the entire bag of dark chocolate chips. I do this in the microwave. Cook 1 minute and stir. Cook an additional 30 seconds, stir. Cook 20 seconds, stir. Cook another 10 seconds and it should be all melted.

Stir in 2-3 cups of mini marshmallows and 2-3 cups of Golden Grahams cereal. You can decide how chocolatey you want it by reducing the amount of marshmallows and cereal.

  

Lay mixture on a cookie sheet lined with waxed paper and place in fridge until set. (About 30-60 min.)
Break into pieces and place in a ziploc bag, cellophane treat bag or a mason jar.
Tie up with ribbon and the printable tag.
Enjoy.

Watch how easy this comes together. Click here.

  

Print out s'mores tag and tie on with ribbon. Deliver to those you love. 

Happy Valentine's Day!

To print S'more Love Valentine tags, click here.

  

To print S'more Love general tags, click here. (non-valentine version)

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KIND Bar Pun Gift and Pun Valentines

KIND Bar Pun Gift

When you 'kind of' need to thank someone...
When you 'kind of' need to acknowledge someone...
When you 'kind of' need to tell someone that they really are
pretty great.

Or...
When you're looking for a little treat to give to someone and they don't eat candy or gluten--try one of these instead.

These can be for Valentine's Day or any occasion.
You can print out the plain cards or the Valentine cards.

Purchase a box of KIND bars at any grocery store.
Print out a tag. (Scroll down for link.)
Trim tag and tape the tag on a bar.
Pretty simple and very 'kind'.

If you want to get a little fancy, hole punch card and tie on with baker's twine. If you don't have time for that, tape works.

You could even tape a tag on the whole box and give as a gift.

If you'd like to give these without it saying Valentine's Day:

Click here to print out the plain KIND cards.

Click here to print out the Valentine KIND cards.

Did you know I have over 100 Valentine printables on my blog?
And most of them are just like this one.
Check out my Valentine page and see for yourself.
Tons of puns and creative sayings to choose from.
Click here.

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Sympathy Gift Idea- Make Your Own Encouraging Tissue Boxes

When my friend lost her husband recently, I cried with her over the phone. She told me she couldn't stop her tears. She described her crying as incontrollable, painful, non-stop sobs. My heart ached for her. I imagined her crying out her hurt and pulling tissue after tissue to blot up her tears...and that's when I got this idea. 

This is such a simple, yet meaningful sympathy gift to give to anyone going through pain or loss. It will definitely get used and it shows you're thinking of them.

Here's how I made these. 

(This post contains affiliate links to help you locate supplies.)
Supplies:
1-2 Tissue boxes
Me & My BIG Ideas Sticker Sheet books (these are filled with encouraging stickers!)
Glue Sticks or double sided tape
Colored card stock
Paper cutter

Measure the sides of the tissue box and cut colored paper to fit.
Choose stickers to decorate the colored paper. I matted many of my stickers with coordinating papers.

Use lots of glue to make the paper stick to the tissue box. Double-sided tape works well, too.
Press down firmly and hold to make it stick.
Decorate all 4 sides. 

I crafted up this tag:

I tied up the tissue boxes with netting and added the tag on top.

Click here to print your own tags.

My friend teared up when I handed her these hand-crafted tissue boxes. She said she needs all the encouragement she can get!

Other posts you might like:

Decorating for A Celebration of Life Memorial Service

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Sparkling Cider Neighbor Gifts

Sparkling Cider Neighbor Gifts

Here's a quick Christmas gift idea for the neighbors that involves no baking, no packaging and no hassle. We have 16 neighbors on our dead end street, so finding something easy and inexpensive is always a plus!

I simply purchased bottles of sparkling cider. It's festive, showy and fun. (Be sure to research and find the best price. The best price in my area was at Walmart for $1.97 a piece.)

Print off these tags add the names and tie them onto the bottles.

Click here to print your own tags. 
Cut apart, hole punch and tie the tags onto the bottles with curling ribbon.

Hand deliver.

If you'd like to get a little fancy, tie on a little treat as well. 

I tied on one of these (affiliate link) Popcornopolis popcorn cones. I usually make my favorite Candy Coated Popcorn Recipe for the neighbors (see bottom of post), but this year because of Covid, I decided not to hand make anything.

The neighbors loved these! I left them on their doorsteps.

Merry Christmas!  

Here's some more neighbor gift ideas--click here:

Click here for the amazing Candy Coated Popcorn Mix!

Want to make these tags for a New Year's Gift?
Click here to print these tags.

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