Holiday Cookie Exchange
Last year I hosted my first ever, Holiday Cookie Exchange. I loved it so much that decided to make it an annual tradition. This year I decided to add a couple more guests and have everyone that attended the 1st one bring their momma!
The competition was intense and many test batches were baked in preparation. I tested out soft and chewy s’mores cookies, hot cocoa cookies and banana bread chocolate chip cookies. My mom was a first time baker and she went thru 6 different batches before picking out her cookie!
I welcomed all of my guests in my delicious gingerbread dress. When I spotted this dress during cyber Monday madness I knew I needed to get it for the cookie exchange party. Isn’t it perfect? I mean when else are you going to get to dress up like a cookie! One must just go for it!
I was able to get my good friend, Stefanie from Love Notes Paperie to design the holiday cookie exchange invitation, recipe card and cookie ballot! It’s amazing to have such talented friends! I met Stefanie at a Rising Tide Society tuesday together meeting and I fell in love with her sweet nature and amazing sense of style. She typically designs wedding inviting suites, but has ventured into designing invitations of all sorts! I adore all of the paper goodies she designed for me and highly recommend her!
This time around I went with a colorful and happy Christmas vibe and paired a light blush tablecloth with a bold kelly green table runner and white mini tree accents!
I used all of my white serving platters and cake stands for cookie display purposes.
The big winner was for best tasting cookie! Along with this sweet trophy they received a $50 TJ MAXX gift card!
Melissa was the big winner with her chewy chocolate chip gingerbread cookie!
Here is a sampling of what some people made! We had so many cookies!
Another successful event! Can’t wait to start planning next years party! I have already been pinning cookie recipes!
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