Homemade Gift Idea #4

This weekend we tackled all the neighbor/friend goodies. I thought I was taking an easier route this year than last, which really it was a little, but not as easy as I was anticipating. Oh well. I'll learn one of these years. This year I chose to do Chex mix (the traditional one) and Peppermint bark. I have discovered in recent years that peppermint bark is just about my favorite Christmas candy. I love the stuff. My family loves the stuff. We just can't get enough. I even tripled the recipe, making 3 jelly roll-size pans of it, and it still wasn't enough. I really don't know of anyone who doesn't like chocolate and peppermint so I thought it was the perfect gift. I found these cute little Martha Stewart goodie boxes at Michael's during their 50% off Thanksgiving sale. They are the perfect size for bark. I tried chiseling the bark into healthy-sized squares, and each box has about 5 layers. And I love how the boxes come with little squares of red tissue-type paper to put in between layers. The kit also came with some cute round labels saying "To" and "From" which I affixed on the back of the boxes. I also found some other red and white Martha Stewart goodie containers that were cute and went along with my red and white candycane theme. All in all, the bark was a great success (this was my first time making it) and thanks to Utah's chilly weather, my back porch served as the perfect "setting up" spot for my chocolate since I had zero fridge space. You can visit my recipe blog here for the yummy recipe!!