I love receiving the monthly Foodie Penpal box...because you never know what will be inside.
This month I received a box from Karen in Michigan, who sent Michigan specialties, including rocky road fudge, thin, crispy ginger cookies, a bottle of sparkling grape juice, and a cherry honey mustard pretzel dip. These goodies arrived on a cold, drizzly Friday afternoon, along with a note describing Michigan's many vineyards. Karen explained that St. Julian's was a childhood favorite--I am secreting the bottle of grape juice away for Passover, which is coming up much faster than I would like--eek!
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| I swear David ate two cookies before I could even get everything out of the box. |
The real highlight here, though, is that package of ginger cookies. They are thin and crispy at the edges, but soft toward the middle--absolute perfection. David tore into them and pronounced them some of the best cookies he'd eaten in ages.
My favorite part of participating in Foodie Penpals is receiving regional specialties--I would never have thought that Michigan cherries mixed into honey mustard could be so good! Thanks to Karen for this wonderful box--I really appreciate it.
If you are interested in learning more about Foodie Penpals, head over to The Lean Green Bean.
What a great idea, a lovely surprise to come home to!
ReplyDeleteThose look like some delicious treats! Some so good your husband couldn't restrain himself :)
ReplyDeleteFoodie penpals,sound fun :) what a great ingredients in the box.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun tradition! I wouldn't have pictured cherries in mustard either, but sometimes I'm surprised by the combinations that work.
ReplyDeleteI love surprises especially when it has to do with food! All of it sounds delicious!
ReplyDeleteThose ginger cookies do look extremely thin & crispy! Glad to see you back to regular blogging!
ReplyDeleteKrista...what a great box of treats you got! I did the FPP's for about 3 months...but it didn't work out so well for me. Except that I consider my first pen pal a friend and we remain in touch pretty regularly! The cookies look great...but I would have broken into that fudge first! How fun! : )
ReplyDeleteHow fun to get a box of treats. I would totally have eaten every ginger cookie in the box. I'm not a big cookie eater, but ginger and lemon cookies don't last long around me.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great box of treats my friend, so many delicious cookies to eat :D
ReplyDeleteCheers
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The cherry mustard dip does sound good!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun box of goodies!
ReplyDeleteI'm sure you enjoy receiving the Foodie Penpal box! And we do enjoy looking what's inside the box too. :) David is funny! At least he left some. I might finished them all if I see them.
ReplyDeleteEverything in this box sounds delicious, bad David for eating the cookies so fast ;-)
ReplyDeleteI think I would have made a ginger-fudge sandwich cookie. :)
ReplyDeleteLove this idea and do those ginger cookies look delicious ;)
ReplyDeleteIt's funny how sometimes contradicting things work perfectly together!
ReplyDeleteKrista: I finally checked out your blog and was so surprised on the lengthy food post! I am so glad that you really enjoyed the box I sent :) if you are in the mood for more cookies, I can send some your way....
ReplyDeleteKrista, it's such a fun idea exchanging goodies with 'foodie penpals'...always great to get a box of surprise goodies. Love the ginger cookies, and David sure looks happy eating them!
ReplyDeleteI love the foodie penpal idea. Makes me think what would I send someone from Pennsylvania. Heinz ketchup, maybe. Hershey's chocolates. I'd come up with it!
ReplyDeletePenpal foodie box sounds TOO FUN! Love your blog.
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