Cookie Box Holiday Brunch

Cookies and Cocoa Holiday Brunch

Cookies and Cocoa Holiday Brunch

Tis the season for holiday parties! While this year, I can’t host my people in my home and will instead be delivering cookies and gifts to my friends and family, it's the perfect time to showcase one of my favorite parties I’ve been waiting on since last year, the Cookie Box and Cocoa Bar Holiday Brunch I threw to begin the holiday season!

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How to Plan and Bake Holiday Cookie Boxes for Christmas Gifts

How to Plan and Bake Holiday Cookie Boxes for Christmas Gifts

Ever since I was a teenager, I’ve always loved baking cookies during the holiday season to give to my friends and family! Every year I bake dozens upon dozens, pack them up in tins and boxes, and mailing or delivering them to all my most special people. But when you are looking to bake hundreds of cookies in just a single season, you have to go in with a game plan to bake in bulk and to actually get it all done! From snickerdoodles to sugar cookies, I’m going over the basics of how I plan out my cookie recipes and baking schedule, along with my favorite ways to package my own sweet holiday treats!

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Designing a DIY Coffee & Cocoa Bar

Designing a DIY Coffee & Cocoa Bar

If there is something that screams holiday cheer and keeps you warm on cold December days, it has to be a delicious cup of cocoa or a holiday coffee concoction from your favorite barista! So when I was deciding what to serve at my first Cookies & Cocoa Holiday Brunch, I knew that the first holiday bar in my home would be my seasonal favorite for winter mornings, a decked out Coffee and Cocoa Bar!

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Christmas Tree Decorating 101: The Guide to Trimming Trees for the Holiday Season

Christmas Tree Decorating 101: The Guide to Trimming Trees for the Holiday Season

If there’s something I love about the holidays that I don’t get to indulge in the rest of the year, it has to be designing and decorating Christmas Trees to give my house all sorts of holiday cheer! I’ve always had a tree of some shape or size to decorate every season, so upon decorating for the first Cookies & Cocoa Bar Holiday Brunch in our new home, it was time to find the perfect tree to deck the halls and begin creating our collection of decorations for our new home. But when my husband imprudently agreed to let me buy multiple trees for our house, I used it as an opportunity to create this guide on how to decorate these festive firs with your own creative sleigh style!

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