This year, instead of a card I decided I'd send a box filled with some things I like - basically a box I imagined I'd send to myself - filled with "some of my favorite things." (Yes, the hills are alive)
First, I baked a little: my favorite Cowboy Cookies full of dark chocolate, walnuts, oatmeal and coconut. Then a Double Chocolate Walnut Biscotti which I like most for the contrast of the walnuts cross-sections with the dark cookie surrounding it.
I supplemented my baked goods with some Macaroons from Peter Sciortino's Bakery in Milwaukee. I also like Glorioso's but my Macaroon aficionado Angela and I go either way and that's what she brought with my delivery from the city.
I finished the grouping off with Loacker's Dark-Noir chocolate wafer cookies available at Trader Joe's, Whole Foods or online. I prefer to eat these Italian treats by placing one on my tongue and letting the wafer dissolve away leaving only a warm morsel of rich, warm chocolate. And then compliment with a swig of coffee? Addicting.
I packed them in boxes and envelopes in various arrangements. This was most popular.
This is the second shipment. (Is that your name?) I'd love to send more, but my two elves quit after only one night.
Happy Holidays Everyone.
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