Cookies

Test question: When are your grandparents’ birthdays? What have you done for them for their birthdays? Receiving cards on their birthday is still very important to grandma and grandpa. With them it truly is the “thought that counts”. And even a simple card would heart-felt. They’re just afraid that they’ll be forgotten about or that their grandkids’ will be too busy.

But why just send them a card? Why not send just a little more? How would you feel to make grandma or grandpa very happy by just investing a little bit of your time? It doesn’t have to be expensive, in fact, you can even give them a homemade gift.

So what makes a great gift that grandma and grandpa will enjoy and that will show them you care? Delicious, homemade desserts are a perfect choice.

Even if you do not consider yourself a good cook, you’d be surprised how easy it is to make some mouth-watering deluxe sweets. Chocolate covered apples and chocolate dipped strawberries are pretty easy to create and make fantastic gifts. They taste great and are ornamental in presentation. Other chocolate covered gifts that make fantastic gifts are chocolate dipped cherries, marshmallows, nuts and coffee beans.

I don’t know about your grandparents, but mine seem to love desserts with fruit. So other options for tasty, homemade sweets gifts are fruit pies. A classic are apple pies and come in many different variations. The traditional kind and others with brown sugar and cinnamon crumbs on top are also great. Include some caramel dipping sauce and your grandparents’ taste buds will experience a explosive sensation. Other great pie gifts are peach, cherry, lemon and don’t forget the spectacular key lime. You can make any of these decadent gifts from scratch, but to make things easier you could either purchase pre-made crust shells, pie filling or both.

If your grandparents don’t live close enough for you to drop off these yummy homemade treats then consider making some scrumptious cookies. Chocolate chip, oatmeal raisin, peanut butter, and pumpkin are great choices, but my favorite cookie gifts are sugar cookies. Sugar cookies can be made into many different shapes, colors and decorations to top the cookies. You can design your cookies after something unique to their activities or hobbies or to your own. If he enjoys golf, make cookies shaped like golf balls or golf clubs. If you are a musician then send her cookies shaped like a piano or violin. Your grandparents will appreciate this personal touch more than anything else. Then pack them in wax paper inside a decorative tin box and ship priority mail on a Monday or a Tuesday.

In the end if you do not wish to make your dessert gifts for grandparents yourself then you can find many great options online.