easy gift ideas

Since it's the week of Christmas...

I wanted to share some quick, easy and inexpensive ideas for gifts.  

Today's gift is an oldie but a goodie.  

Hot Chocolate!

Now..I know there are hot chocolate recipes.

Pam from Party Starters - posted a FAB one.  

I definitely considered making it all from scratch.  

BUT I already had a few boxes of Swiss Miss in the pantry.  

(I picked them up when they were bogo at our grocery store) 

I used 'prezel bags' that I picked up from Joanns 

(I wanted the cone shaped bags but I improvised) and began filling them.  

One pack of hot chocolate mix..a teaspoon or so of mini chocolate chips 

and a small handful of mini marshmallows. 

I added a candy cane

a chocolate peppermint dipped pretzel

(I melted some chocolate chips and crushed a few candy canes..then dipped)

and a handful of kisses...to an inexpensive glass mug

(I've seen mugs at Dollar Tree and Walmart)

   Finish it with a cute tag (I used this one from The Celebration Shoppe).  

 I think this is a sweet gift..especially now that it's cold here in Florida.

*I also love that you can make 1 or 20 of these..they are super simple*

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