I have a love-hate relationship with having my kids in the kitchen with me. They love it at first, I start out loving it; but, somewhere in the process they get distracted and become uninterested. So, baking cookies with my kids usually starts with everyone helping and ends with me frustrated, shooing them all to a movie and finishing it myself when they stop listening to instructions. But I’ve found a way to make cookies in the time before they lose interest! With a Betty Crocker Cookie Mix!
It cuts down prep time and holds my kids’ attention – Little J even liked helping with my super special cookie scooper spoon this time. He also liked trying to say “super special cookie scooper spoon”. He’d never even seen it before – I bought it 3 years ago. He doesn’t usually stick around long enough to see this part.
Little J and I made these Betty Crocker cookies as a mom-son date. He’s my middle kiddo and sometimes gets cheated out of attention when things more pressing – like homework and dirty diapers – take center stage. So we had a little date while Baby N napped and Big J was at school. We decided to spread cheer to Little J’s buddies. We made cookies from our Betty Crocker Mix that I grabbed at our local Kroger store (save $0.50 with the printable coupon!) and then we packaged them up all cute with a fun color page and printable tags and delivered them to some of his friends. It was fun to get this special time with my Little J and he loved being the center of attention for a little bit. He also loved doorbell ditching his friends… In ten years, I may end up regretting that I taught him this…
We didn’t get all fancy with our cookie recipe this time – Betty Crocker cookie mixes are pretty darn yummy all on their own – and I kept the decorating simple. We melted some peppermint chocolate candies and then drizzled them over the top of some of the cookies. The other cookies we just pressed a candy on top while they were still a little warm. Little J loved making the blossom cookies. Then we bagged them up in little baggies and tied these cute {FREE} tags from Betty Crocker on the bags. There’s also a super cute color page we printed out for Little J’s friends to decorate their own “cookies”.
Then we delivered them. I think this was probably Little J’s favorite part. He was so noisy, I highly doubt that any of his friends were truly surprised, nonetheless he loved it. But, the time we got to spend together was the best part, by far! A huge thank you to Betty Crocker for helping us spread cheer, spend some time together and make some really fun memories.
Wanna win some cash? And make some fun memories of your own? Well, then listen to this! When you make your own Spread Cheer goody basket and deliver it to some of your favorite people, you could win by sharing your fun on social media! Here’s what you gotta do:
- Visit the Spread Cheer page at Betty Crocker and check out all the amazing ideas! They have all kinds of stuff – fun recipes, printable color pages, the cute tags I mentioned earlier and don’t forget about your coupon! I found the cookie mixes on sale the other day at our Kroger store for $1.99 so it was only $1.49 for the mix with my coupon. Totally worth it.
- Create your own Spread Cheer basket and share an original photo to your social media channels. Use the hashtag #SpreadCheer and nominate (@tag) two of your besties to make their own Spread Cheer baskets!
- Come back and let me know who you shared your delicious cookies and spread cheer to AND share your link so I can check it out too! That’s it!
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