{"id":2798,"date":"2012-11-27T02:33:07","date_gmt":"2012-11-27T02:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/?p=2798"},"modified":"2012-11-27T03:34:56","modified_gmt":"2012-11-27T03:34:56","slug":"how-to-host-a-cookie-swap-for-a-cause","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/2012\/11\/27\/how-to-host-a-cookie-swap-for-a-cause\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Host a Cookie Swap {for a cause}"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><div style=\"width: 480px;\" data-width=\"480\" class=\"ratio-wrap-center\"><div class=\"ratio-box\" style=\"padding-bottom: 78.958333333333% !important;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-2803 lazyload\" title=\"Fudgy Brownie Cookies_La Casa de Sweets\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"379\" data-src=\"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Fudgy-Brownie-Cookies-share.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Fudgy-Brownie-Cookies-share.jpg 800w, https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Fudgy-Brownie-Cookies-share-300x237.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\"><\/img><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Holiday cookie swaps are the best. \u00a0Getting together with your friends and family and eating cookies during the holidays: what could be more fun? \u00a0The best part is, you can plan a great cookie swap in just 5 easy steps!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Here\u2019s how:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Choose a\u00a0<span style=\"color: #339900;\"><strong>date and place. \u00a0<\/strong><\/span>The great thing about hosting a cookie swap is you can do it anywhere! \u00a0Swap cookies at a family dinner, invite your friends over on a Saturday night, have your family friends come over on a Sunday afternoon, or host a cookie swap at work, church or school. Since you only need cookies and people, it\u2019s easy to set up a swap just about anywhere.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #339900;\"><strong>Invite<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0your friends, family, co-workers, church members, neighbors, fellow students, etc to your swap. \u00a0Everyone loves cookies, so it won\u2019t be hard to find people to come join your swap!<\/li>\n<ul>\n<li>There are a few\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/new.evite.com\/#gallery\/search:query=cookie\" target=\"_blank\">evite<\/a>\u00a0invitations specifically for cookie swaps. \u00a0Cute!<\/li>\n<li>Make sure to tell everyone you invite to bring cookies. \u00a0Cookies can be homemade or store-bought. \u00a0You can decide on the number of cookies, but every guest should bring at least 1 dozen cookies to the party.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Get your\u00a0<span style=\"color: #339900;\"><strong>cookies<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0ready! \u00a0Bake (or buy) your cookies for the day of your party. \u00a0For the party itself, make sure you have:<\/li>\n<ul>\n<li>Plates and napkins to serve the cookies.<\/li>\n<li>Drinks for your guests. \u00a0Milk, hot chocolate and cider are popular for cookie-eating!<\/li>\n<li>Labels or display cards for guests to label their cookies.<\/li>\n<li><em>Optional<\/em>: cookie boxes or bags for guests to take cookies home after the party.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>At the party, <strong><span style=\"color: #339933;\">organize<\/span><\/strong> and label the different cookies on a table, then tell everyone to start eating cookies!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #339900;\"><strong>Have fun!<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0Remember, cookie swaps are meant to be a time for people to get together and have fun while eating cookies!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>This holiday season, you can have even more fun with your cookie swap by raising money for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cookiesforkidscancer.org\/Default.asp\" target=\"_blank\">Cookies for Kids Cancer<\/a> with every single cookie you swap. \u00a0All you have to do is <a href=\"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/contact-me\/\" target=\"_blank\">contact me<\/a> with the total number of cookies from your party, and GLAD will donate $1 for every single cookie!<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to host a holiday cookie swap in just 5 easy steps!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2803,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[26,451],"tags":[244],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2798"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2798"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2798\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2800,"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2798\/revisions\/2800"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}