Baked Goods

Hey ladies!

I really want to send my DB some baked goods in the next package I send out to him in Haiti.

I'm very new to the care package stuff so I was hoping you gals could help me out! What is the best way to send cookies/brownies to him? How should I package them to keep them fresh and in one piece? I don't have a vacuum sealer so thats out

Thanks loves!

I always used those glad throw away storage containers . . .
ALSO put them in zip lock bags inside the storage containers.

crysty1e wrote:I always used those glad throw away storage containers . . .
ALSO put them in zip lock bags inside the storage containers.

I have some plastic storage containers I could send out that he could toss. Do you stuck the air out of the ziplock with a straw?

Im just afraid of things molding or getting hard...

You could suck it out if you wanted to . . .
When I was sending things over, it was getting to them pretty quick.
(This was 2+ years ago)
I never really thought about things getting moldy.

I guess I will just give it a shot! I'll start baking my little off

I'm just really missing him and want to send him a little bit of home...

Nope, not at all!
I would NEVER want to do a deployment again!
I give you ALL credit for putting up with what you do
Everyone forgets about what it does to the families back home . . .

Its our first deployment and its literally killing me inside. He sent me photos of him the other day which made me break down and cry.

Today im missing him so much its unreal. Some days seems better than others...today is def a rough one...

We are actually starting to work with the families of the guys that are deployed up here in Wisconsin. I am second Vice-President at the local American Legion Post for the Auxiliary. The one thing I have been trying to get across to these women was the fact that they can not forget about the families left behind!

Just take one day at a time, and STAY BUSY! lol

I don't have family here or very many friends so my days pass by pretty slow....

Im about ready to walk/swim my to Haiti just so I can hug him....

The water is pretty cold.

And you have friends nowwwwwwww.

Ready for it?

Here it comes...

The mushy....

AWWWWWWWWWW

Jeannette wrote:The water is pretty cold.

And you have friends nowwwwwwww.

Ready for it?

Here it comes...

The mushy....

AWWWWWWWWWW

Id be willing to take my chances with the cold water. He's worth it!

I'm so grateful for you girls! You give the best internet hugs Jeannette!

crysty1e wrote:

You can always redecorate when he is gone . . . there are some VERY cute ideas I noticed going up on the crafts board

crysty1e wrote:You can always redecorate when he is gone . . . there are some VERY cute ideas I noticed going up on the crafts board

We just bought a house so I have an ENTIRE house to furnish....we literally have just a love seat and a kitchen table and a bed in the house right now... I just need to get myself motivated to do it...

OMGosh! That is my favorite thing to do! I LOVE being Crafty (can you tell?) I just found some awesome *USMC* stuff on Sgt Grit website that would be awesome in an extra bedroom (that you could decorate for him as a surprise) OR for a basement?!

http://www.grunt.com/

I LOVE the old school posters and metal signs

Well get your over here and you can help me decorate an ENTIRE house!

Bring some cheese from WI...I'll make us some serious fondue

We have the best Cheese Curds! We have better beer though

LOL funny story . . . I was driving onto the base at Camp Pendleton and the guard looked at my id and was like:

"OH, from the dairy state I see?"

I looked right back at him and said

"No, actually I'm from Wisconsin."

Then the other Guard called him a dumb and started laughing

(being that California is the Dairy state)

crysty1e wrote:We have the best Cheese Curds! We have better beer though

LOL funny story . . . I was driving onto the base at Camp Pendleton and the guard looked at my id and was like:

"OH, from the dairy state I see?"

I looked right back at him and said

"No, actually I'm from Wisconsin."

Then the other Guard called him a dumb and started laughing

(being that California is the Dairy state)

haha awesome!!

I bake for DH for nearly every package. Buy the Ziploc vacuum sealer bags, they have them everywhere. Buy the starter pack, it comes with a little pump thingy to suck out the air from the bags. I used these every time and even the brownies that took nearly 3 weeks got their fresh.

The cookies I will just put as many as will fit, in a nice flat layer, in the bag and seal. Then the brownies I cut and wrapped in wax paper and then put them all in a bag together, but that way they wouldn't stick together or get mushed. Oh and I also stuck a piece of cardboard at the bottom of the brownie bag to keep it from smushing.

crysty1e wrote:We have the best Cheese Curds! We have better beer though

LOL funny story . . . I was driving onto the base at Camp Pendleton and the guard looked at my id and was like:

"OH, from the dairy state I see?"

I looked right back at him and said

"No, actually I'm from Wisconsin."

Then the other Guard called him a dumb and started laughing

(being that California is the Dairy state)

You guys are "America's Dairyland" though

When I was in Milwaukee just about every restaurant I saw advertised that they brewed their own beer!

jnavywife wrote:I bake for DH for nearly every package. Buy the Ziploc vacuum sealer bags, they have them everywhere. Buy the starter pack, it comes with a little pump thingy to suck out the air from the bags. I used these every time and even the brownies that took nearly 3 weeks got their fresh.

The cookies I will just put as many as will fit, in a nice flat layer, in the bag and seal. Then the brownies I cut and wrapped in wax paper and then put them all in a bag together, but that way they wouldn't stick together or get mushed. Oh and I also stuck a piece of cardboard at the bottom of the brownie bag to keep it from smushing.

Thanks girl!

I checked Walmart for the vacuum sealer bags and couldnt find em...

Did you wrap each brownie up individually in the wax paper?

Gina wrote:

jnavywife wrote:I bake for DH for nearly every package. Buy the Ziploc vacuum sealer bags, they have them everywhere. Buy the starter pack, it comes with a little pump thingy to suck out the air from the bags. I used these every time and even the brownies that took nearly 3 weeks got their fresh.

The cookies I will just put as many as will fit, in a nice flat layer, in the bag and seal. Then the brownies I cut and wrapped in wax paper and then put them all in a bag together, but that way they wouldn't stick together or get mushed. Oh and I also stuck a piece of cardboard at the bottom of the brownie bag to keep it from smushing.

Thanks girl!

I checked Walmart for the vacuum sealer bags and couldnt find em...

Did you wrap each brownie up individually in the wax paper?

I found the starter pack at Food Lion and I've only seen the replacement bags at the commy, but I'm surprised they didn't have them at Wal-mart.

I did wrap each brownie individually, I meant to write that, but obviously failed.

Thank you so much! I will have to ask one of the ladies to check the commy for me. Can you fit a lot of stuff in those bags?

My wife and I send care packages with The Hugs Project, and one of the things an Amry Mom taught us was to freeze the cookies and such before sending them. She had been sending them fresh baked in the morning and sent that afternoon. She had something come up and she put them in the freezer for a couple of days. Her son said the freezer ones were the best.