Thanksgiving Crack Snack Mix

Are you looking for a simple little way to give a little Thanksgiving gift to a co-worker or neighbor, as a hostess gift, something for your friendly delivery person or grocery clerk or……  (whoever you are looking to give a little gesture of Thanksgiving to)?

thanksgiving crack snack mixI came up with a quick Thanksgiving Crack Snack Mix.    Easy Peasy Stuff Here!

Just grab a bag of Mini Pretzels, Bugels, Cheez It Crackers, Peanuts, Candy Corn, and Reese’s Pieces.  Mix it all together in a huge bowl (and if you want to get fancier 🙂 – drizzle some white or milk chocolate or dark chocolate over it – I did not this time).

thanksgiving crack snack mix bowlYou can then package it up in cute jars or bags, dress it up with a cute tag and a bow, and a sweet little treat is created.

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Easy, thoughtful, homemade, and yummy!

Hope your Thanksgiving is STUFFED with HAPPINESS!

Cheers & Hugs,

Jodi

 

Food Photography – for National Homemade Cookie Day

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Did you know yesterday, October 1, was NATIONAL HOMEMADE COOKIE DAY?!??!

In my house, it is Homemade Cookie Day AT LEAST once a week, so I almost missed this monumental celebration.

Thankfully, I had made cookies anyway on National Homemade Cookie Day that I took to the office to share with some special visitors.  THEY were the ones that pointed out that today was this wonderful holiday, and I was excited that I could oblige!

In honor of that, and because my son, Nick, told me I need to vary up my cookie photography pictures since they were all starting to look the same, I thought I would share some varying photographs of the cookies I made yesterday.

Now please bear in mind that I have never taken a photography course, not even a single lesson.  Never even read the full manual that came with my favorite Christmas present of all time (this year) that Marty got me last year – a DSLR Camera (Cannon EOS Rebel T3) – but I just LOVE to have fun with it.

I really do want to take some classes.  I know when I do, I will probably look back at the ones I have taken thus far with great embarrassment, but hey – it’s just me having fun at life in between!

Now I know there are some professional photographers out there that follow my blog, so please give me some feedback, critique, provide constructive criticism/feedback.  But please be kind.  I have this ridiculous habit of taking everything personally!  UGH!

So here are some fun photos of these Peanut Butter M&M and Candy Corn M&M cookies I made yesterday morning.  I just used my standard chocolate chip cookie dough recipe, but substituted the M&Ms for the chocolate chips.  They turned out pretty yummy.

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Ok – so I think I’m ready…  Any that you particularly like?  Particularly dislike?  Love?  Hate?  Tips??  Am I going to regret this..???  🙂

Cheers & Cheers & Hugs  – – – I think I might need that second “Cheers” 🙂 ,

Jodi