Chocolate Graham Cracker Cookie Box, and a free Printable Valentine
This is a sponsored post, written by me, in partnership with Annie’s Homegrown. All opinions stated herein are straight from my heart.
How to Make a Cookie Gift Box! Tuck a few Valentine’s Day treats inside this fun craft project. Plus a Free Printable Valentine card, with Annie’s Bunny Fruit Snacks!
Good afternoon, friends! I’m popping in again today with a couple of fun Valentine’s Day ideas!
Did you know you could make a gift box out of cookies??? It’s true! It’s fun, and pretty simple stuff too.
You can do this with any roll-out/cut-out cookie recipe you like. I have a really good vanilla recipe here, and an even better chocolate version, but for today’s post I decided to use this chocolate graham cracker recipe. I had my kids in mind when I made these, so I like all the healthy whole grains that are in there.
Especially when gifted with a pack of Annie’s Organic Bunny Fruit Snacks! How cute are these, seriously. Look at how you can write a little message right on the package. These were just made for Valentine’s Day gifting!
All you need to do is roll the dough out to a thickness of 1/4-inch (I really love these rolling pin rings
for getting a nice, even thickness), and then cut out your heart shapes. I used the biggest cutter in this set
. If you’re using this recipe, you should have enough dough to make at least 2 cookie boxes. So, you’ll first cut 4 hearts, and then with the remaining dough, you’ll cut 6 more, using a sharp paring knife to cut away the middle part of the heart. You want to leave yourself with about a 1/2-inch cookie border. After they’re baked, just stack them up like so:
…using a little royal icing to adhere them together. Decorate the top of the box with royal icing designs, and voila!
It’s a perfect place to hide a fun little treat.
My kids love Annie’s Organic Bunny Fruit Snacks- they’re sweet and chewy and full of fun, fruity flavor. And I’m happy to give them to them because they are made from organic ingredients, with no artificial flavors, colors, preservatives, or high-fructose corn syrup.
Making these cookie boxes was a fun little craft and I’m excited to give them to my boys on Valentine’s Day. And, since I always like to make fun and unique Valentines for them to give to their classmates, I’ve also created a cute printable.
You can download the jpeg file here. Just print it out on letter-size cardstock as a 5×7, two to a page. And be sure to uncheck the “Fit Picture to Frame” option. Then use some festive washi to tape on a pack of Bunny Snacks. Sweet!
Some of the tools I used to create these cookie boxes:
Rolling Pin Rings
Parchment Paper Sheets
Half-Sheet Baking Pans
Heart-Shaped Cookie Cutter Set
Disposable Piping Bags
Couplers
Small Round Icing Tip #2
Recipe Resources:
Vanilla Cut-Out Cookie Recipe
Chocolate Cut-Out Cookie Recipe
Dark Chocolate Graham Cracker Recipe (tastes like an Oreo!)
Royal Icing Recipe and Decorating Video Tutorial
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This is a sponsored post, written by me, in partnership with Annie’s Homegrown. All opinions stated herein are straight from my heart.
Yummy! great work. cute Allie.
Delicious! the decoration on the cookies is so beautiful. I get an idea from your site next time I will decorate my cookie cake the same as it.
Allie your creativity! this is the fantastic I have ever seen and I tried your dark chocolate graham cracker recipe. it was so good my husband really likes it. thanks for sharing it with us. You are so intelligent Allie.
Bravo! Allie your site page is so attractive and full of creativity. I will try the vanilla recipe with the chocolate version. everything is perfect.
I really like these boxes. They are made with a unique style and looks luxury. I also want to get these boxes for my bakery items.
That is THE cutest Valentine Day’s idea I have seen—-truly. So creative! You get the gold star.
Aw, thank you so much Carol! You’re the best 🙂
OMG! The cookie box is perfect and soooo cute! The royal icing is perfect! Saving this recipe, because it’s such a great idea and I can use it for other holidays too. Pinning 🙂
Yay! Thanks so much Maggie! And you’re right- it would be fun for a birthday too, or any other occasion really! Hope your week is off to a great start, sweetie!
Your decorations are gorgeous! I love the idea of a cookie box 🙂
Thank you so much Ashley! It’s fun, right?
This is a brilliant idea Allie! Such an innovative Valentine’s Day treat – I must try my hand at the recipe.
Allie, you are blowing my mind right now! These are so adorable I could eat them up–oh, wait, I literally can 🙂 Such a good idea!
This is such a wonderful idea. Wouldn’t have thought of it. I lreally like it.
I love the cookie boxes..great idea!
These cookie boxes are so so cool! I would love to get one of these 🙂 So pretty too Allie!
What a fabulous and adorable idea! I love how you stacked them up…so creative Allie! You are such a food artist…it looks so perfect! …almost to perfect to eat! Pinning. xo
Allie, your bakes are always professional standard, but I think you’ve surpassed yourself with these ideas … especially that amazingly creative little box. I love that it looks incredible but seems achievable for the average amateur baker i.e. me!
Happy Valentine’s day!
This is the cutest thing I’ve ever seen! And how in the world did you get the decorating and writing so incredibly beautiful and perfect on top of your cookie container? I can’t even do that with pen and paper (seriously, my writing is atrocious). I bow down to you, Allie. I love everything about this!
The person who receives this cookie box will be made to feel very special! It’s clear that love and care went into creating it! Beautiful job!!
Aww these are so cute! I would love to get one of these for Valentines Day! Adorable!
What a fun and creative idea Allie! These are really cute and I love how nicely decorated they are! Love Annie’s , great idea for a Valentine’s Day present !