When it comes to buying gifts for friends, colleagues and kids teachers at Christmas time, it can not only get expensive but also hard to think up something special for each person! So how do we keep costs down at Christmas time AND add a personal touch to gifts? With homemade treats!
A jar of tasty treats is not only a delicious gift to receive, personalising it with a cute tag and label makes it a lot more thoughtful than another Bed, Bath & Beyond candle! To make putting some special treat jars together super easy, we’re giving our subscribers FREE Christmas treat jar printables and gift tags.
You have a choice between modern black and white or a classic red and green. The black and white treat jar label features white snowflakes against a black background and a matching monochrome gift tag.
The red version features a classic red and green Christmas design with a matching red gift tag. Simply print, cut out and attach to you treat jar with craft glue and ribbon.
Ideas For Treats
Depending on what the receiver of the treats prefers you could go a sweet or savoury route. Here are some ideas:
Sweet
- Cookies
- Meringues
- Chocolates
- Candied cinnamon sugar nuts
Savoury
- Cheese straws
- Roasted nuts
- Cheese crackers
We’ve got a delicious Lou-approved meringue recipe that will make the perfect filler for your treat jars! It’s worth giving the full post a read for all her expert tips on making the perfect meringue! Condensed recipe below.
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FREE Christmas Treat Jar Labels
- Total Time: 1 hour 20 minutes
- Yield: 24 - 34 meringues 1x
Description
Below you will find all sorts of tips for making perfect meringues! I have researched recipes and tips and tricks, and the one I have here is simple, still easy to make and the batter is smooth and silky, whilst the end result is a meringue that melts in your mouth and is gooey and chewy on the inside – the best kind of meringue if you ask me!!! YUM.
Ingredients
- 180g caster sugar (equates to 3/4 cup + 1 1/2 TBS)
- 3 egg whites (each is roughly 30g, so in total its 90g)
- 1 tsp white vinegar
- 1 tsp vanilla essence
- pinch of salt
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 120°C
- Make sure the egg whites are at room temperature and then on slow speed on your electric mixer, start mixing until the egg whites appear bubbly.
- Increase the speed of the mixer to medium and continue beating until soft peaks form.
- Add the vinegar.
- Now start to add the sugar slowly, 1 tablespoon at a time, mixing after each addition to incorporate it into the mixture. This process can take 10-15 minutes. The main thing here is to add the sugar slowly and stop mixing once you have mixture that can hold its shape ie. stiff peaks.
- Mix in the salt and vanilla essence until combined.
- Pipe the meringues or place in spoonfuls on a wax-lined baking tray
- Bake at 120°C for 50 minutes for small meringues (add on 30 minutes if you want an extra crispy meringue) or 60 minutes for the larger “Rustic” looking meringues (add on 30 minutes if you want an extra crispy/hard meringue)
Notes
For more tips and tricks for perfect meringues: https://justeasyrecipes.co.za/2009/08/27/meringues/
- Prep Time: 20
- Cook Time: 60
Keywords: meringues
Whether you’re gifting a treat jar to friends, teachers, clients, colleagues or family this Christmas, we hope you’ll enjoy how easy-to-use our free Christmas printables are! All our other printables work in the same way, making the stress of planning parties and gifting a thing of the past.
