Gift Giving Mixes : Chocolate Gravy

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In the age of outlandish holidays with ever growing price tags, just about everyone appreciates a heartfelt gift personally made for them. Gift mixes are an excellent way of doing this.

Baked goods are always well liked, but mixes offer even more time saving convenience on the part of the giver and give the receiver an opportunity to have some special time in their kitchen. Even people who work full time can squeeze in time to prepare a special treat if they have a mix!

Now, before you start doubting the value of your gift of a mix, check the price tags of some ready made mixes in specialty gift shops and such. My grandmother once bought an apple crisp mix in a bag for $8.00! It was enough to make an 8×8 dish and tasted exactly like my apple crisp. I like to mentally place a monetary value on the gifts I give, in order to make sure I am giving gifts of equal value to my child’s teachers and such. I consider this to be at least a five dollar value, in case you needed a guide.

Chocolate gravy makes an ideal mix to give. Those familiar with it instantly respond with widened eyes and “ooh’s” and “aah’s”. Those unfamiliar with it are intrigued and anxious to taste this chocolatey concoction. Another plus? When was the last time you saw chocolate gravy mix for sale anywhere? You’ve got the added bonus of rarity on your side as well!

My original post on Chocolate Gravy, including step by step photos of how to make it, can be found here.

Each time I bring you a mix, I am going to show you several inexpensive wrapping options as well as providing you with printer ready gift tags(note that these are two sided)!

Now, on to chocolate gravy….

You’ll need: All purpose flour, white sugar, and cocoa powder.
In bowl, place 1 tablespoon cocoa powder, 2 tablespoons flour, and one cup sugar.
Mix that up well
Until it looks like this. There, your mix is done! Now lets prettify it a bit!
I went out gallavantin’ and bought some inexpensive supplies for packaging these mixes I’m going to bring you. All of the fabric you see came at $2.00 a yard from Wal Mart.  I got six spools of ribbon from Big Lots for $2.00, and a package of eight small gift bags for $3.00. The Raffia also came from Wallie World, it was two dollars as well.

Do you see these party bags? I get them in the party section at wal mart and try to ALWAYS have them on hand. Their uses are limitless. They make great packaging for small loaves of banana bread or a few cookies if you are sending them as gifts. You can use the enclosed twist ties or curling ribbon to seal them, your choice. They are also ideal for party favors or any other baked goods or small gift items. I buy them in a bag of twenty for a dollar and some change. I highly recommend you look for and purchase them now as they run low often.

Plain old zipper seal sandwich bags are a must have as well. I like to place my mix in them to seal it and then package.

First, we’re going to place our mix in a sandwich bag and get all of the air out before sealing.
Now fold over the top and tape it shut.
This was one of my favorite ways to wrap this.
I cut a small square of fabric and cut all around the edges with pinking shears.
Then simply rolled it up like a burrito.
Tie curling ribbon on each end and look how pretty!
Two more ideas are to place your sealed mix in a party bag or fill a 1/2 pint mason jar with the mix.
1/2 a pint will hold exactly one recipe of chocolate gravy.
For the jarred mix, get a cereal bowl (I am using a standard Corelle bowl) and place it upside down to trace on the wrong side of some Christmas fabric.
Cut out with pinking shears.
Until you have a nice circle of cloth.
Remove the screw band and center the fabric over the top of your jar, on top of the lid.
like this.
oooh another pretty one!

Or you can simply place your jar inside a small gift bag and attach some curling ribbon or raffia to it.

But the simplest of all is to simply put your sealed bag of mix inside a clear cellophane party bag and tie with curling ribbon. 🙂
 
Now, you can either type up and print out your own tags, or visit here to print mine! These tags include the front side as shown in addition to a back side which gives the entire recipe for Chocolate Gravy!

Chocolate Gravy Mix

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Ingredients

  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 2 T flour
  • 1 T unsweetened cocoa powder

Instructions

  • Mix all ingredients in a bowl and stir well. Seal and package for gift giving, including a tag with the above instructions.
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HAVE A GREAT DAY!
Gratefully,
Stacey Lynn
 

The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree:
the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other.

~Burton Hillis

 

 

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120 Comments

  1. The chocolate gravy looks delicious! Can’t wait to try it and give the mixes as gifts. I am fixing your Taco Soup recipe today.

    Thanks for what you do!

    Cindy in FL

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  4. Hey! I just wanted to say thank you so much for the compliments and smiles!!

    Note On Tags/Labels

    I’ve had a few people email and ask if I could change the size or format of these labels. Due to time constraints (and the fact that I have a lot more I want to bring you this holiday season!) I am only able to offer you the labels in one format, as they are now.

    If you’d like to print them out on sticky labels, I recommend getting the sheets of uncut labels from wal mart and printing them, then cutting them to size. This won’t allow for double sided printing, of course, so you will have to decide if offering the recipe along with your gift is important to you.

    I prefer to use cardstock and print on both sides, then cut down to size.

    If you prefer a special format or size to fit a particular label, you can make your own labels using my directions and recipe.

    I’m glad y’all like this one! I plan on giving out a few of these, at least!

    Here’s hoping we all have a WONDERFUL Holiday season without extravagant spending!
    Gratefully,
    Christy

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  5. Love this idea!! You are giving me such great gift ideas 🙂 Since I am recently unemployed, these ideas sure help! LOVE the tutorial!!
    Thanks so much!

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  6. I am so excited that you will be posting gift mixes for the holidays. I have made some in the past and am always looking for something different. Thank you so much!

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  7. I too never thought about turning this into a gift mix. My family also loves Chocolate gravy with biscuits. Chocolate Gravy has been in my family for generations. We also love to eat this as a pudding. Love your recipes and ideas.
    Dee from Ohio

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