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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  1. This was perfect timing. I’m so glad you started with Chocolate Gravy. My sister used to live in Arkansas and learned about it there. She loved it. But she has now moved on to Colorado. I am so excited to be able to send this to her for Christmas.

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  3. Christy you just saved My Christmas!!

    I have been heavily heavily racking my brain for what to do for Christmas this year. I have been thinking of Making ornaments but I wasn’t so sure this year with the Tot being into everything THANK YOU!

    Brittainy S

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  4. I’ve been making Chocolate Gravy for 35 yrs. I rec’d my recipe from my husband’s Grandmother which has been handed down thru her family for over 100 yrs. Never once have I thought of giving it as a mix for a gift and I like Stephanie’s idea of giving a biscuit mix for a complete breakfast meal.

    So happy to see you doing a segment on gift mixes – Thanks for a wonderful blog and site.

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