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Favorite Bridal Favors Shower your guests with favors they'll never forget. From "Creative Juice" episode DCRJ-605

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Tasty Treats

From handmade chocolates and hot cocoa mix to candy and cookies, sugary treats are a great way to say thank you to your guests. Personalized packaging will make them even sweeter.

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Chocolate Hearts

Chocolate Hearts

Materials:

chocolate for melting
candy molds
cookie sheet
ramekins
oven
glassine sleeve (available from photo-supply or craft stores)
small rubber stamp
embossing stamp pad
embossing powder
embossing or heat gun
file folder
decorative tag
hole punch
ribbon (6" per favor)
spoon

1. Microwave chocolate on low for one minute. Continue melting in 30-second intervals, stirring each time. When the chocolate is smooth and fully melted, it's ready to be poured into the molds.

2. With a spoon, fill each section of the mold with melted chocolate. Gently tap the mold to remove any air bubbles (figure A).

3. Let chocolate cool before popping out of the molds (figure B). Use the edge of a knife to remove any extra bits of chocolate.

Figure A

Figure B

4. Emboss an image on the glassine sleeves, if desired. Working over a file folder, stamp the rubber stamp with embossing ink; sprinkle embossing powder on the wet ink. Tap off excess powder and funnel excess powder back into the powder jar. Heat with an embossing or heat gun until the embossing powder has melted.

5. Place several chocolates in a glassine sleeve; fold over the top edge of the sleeve.

6. Punch a hole in the top center of the tag. Punch a matching hole in the top center of the decorative tag (figure C).

7. Layer the tag over the glassine sleeve. Fold a ribbon in half, thread the looped end through both holes and loop the tails back through the folded loop (figure D). Trim ribbon ends on an angle.

Figure C

Figure D

Cocoa Mix

Cocoa Mix

Ingredients:

large tub or bowl
1 lb. cocoa (4 c.)
2 lbs. granulated sugar (4 c.)
6 lbs. dry milk (15 c.)
1 tsp. salt
small plastic zip-top bag
muslin parts bags
iron-on transfer paper
inkjet printer
iron
small printed cocoa instructions note

1. Sift cocoa, if necessary. Mix with sugar, dry milk and salt (figure A).

2. Transfer one scoop of the mixture into a small plastic bag and seal with a tie (figure B).

Figure A

Figure B

3. Design and print an image to transfer to a computer and inkjet printer. Reverse any text, if necessary, as indicated on the transfer paper instructions. Trim the edges of the transfer, if needed. Following transfer paper instructions, iron the design on the front of the parts bag (figure C).

4. Fill the parts bag with the bag of cocoa and attach an instructions tag. The tag should read: Add the cocoa mixture (in this bag) to one cup of hot water, stir and enjoy. Tie the strings into a bow (figure D).

Figure C

Figure D

Cookies

Cookies

Ingredients:

large homemade, bakery or grocery store cookies
clear flat cookie bags
cardstock
printer
stapler

1. Place a large cookie in a bag, tie with a decorative ribbon and attach a punched tag (figure A).

2. Cut a square of cardstock the same width as the opening of the plastic bag. Print the lower half of the card with the couple’s names. Flip the square and print a saying or quote; print the letters upside down (figure B).

3. Fold the cardstock square in half and sandwich in the cookie bag. Staple twice across the bottom of the tag (figure C). Now the text is right side up on both sides.

Figure A

Figure B

Figure C

	Candy
	Figure A

Candy

Materials:

clear-top canisters
candies of choice
round punched tags
decorative ribbon
glue

1. Glue a ribbon around the canister, fill with candies and glue a decorative tag in the center of the clear top (figure A).

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