Gifts are hard to find and they get quite expensive, so why not just bake treats for a gift. Everyone eats food so it would be a gift that would please all. Treats also bring much joy and happiness.

First gift

The heart attack cake balls

Ingredients

-1 Box of your favorite chocolate cake

-3 bags of melting chocolate

-20 mint oreos crushed

-1 jar of your favorite chocolate icing

Directions

• Follow the directions from the chocolate cake.
• After the chocolate is baked let it cool to room temperature.
• While the cake is cooling down prepare a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• After the cake is cooled to room temperature, crumble the cake up into a bowl.
• In the same bowl put the chocolate icing and combine together.
• After combing the cake crumble and icing roll them into 1 inch balls and put them on the prepared baking sheet.
• After rolling them into balls put the baking sheet with the cake balls into the freezer for 15 minutes.
• While the cake balls are freezing, you can melt the chocolate in a double boiler.
• After the 15 minutes is done and the chocolate is melted.
• You are ready to dip the chocolate cake balls into the melted chocolate and then putting it back onto the baking sheet.
• After dipping it and its all back on the tray.
• (OPTIONAL) you can decorate the heart attack cake balls with leftover melted chocolate and crushed mint Oreos.
• Let it harden overnight.
• Then it is ready for packaging.

Second gift

Peanut butter kisses cookies

Ingredients

• ½ cup peanut butter
• ½ cup butter
• ½ cup sugar
• ½ cup brown sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 egg
• 1 ½ cup flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• ½ tsp salt
• 24 Hershey kisses (unwrapped)

Directions

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Cream together peanut butter, sugar, brown sugar until smooth.
• Add egg and vanilla and beat together.
• Whisk together flour, baking soda, and salt in a separate bowl.
• Slowly add dry ingredients to the creamed mixture, beating until incorporated.
• Roll into 24 1” balls and place on cookie sheet several inches apart.
• Gently make an indention in the center of each cookie.
• Bake 12-14 minutes.
• Place a Hershey Kiss in the center of each cookie.
• After letting it cool overnight it is ready to wrap.