# I need some care package recipies

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-care-package-recipies/200650>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 10, 2003, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-care-package-recipies/200650 "2003-09-10T01:17:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![jweb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/71c47a/32.png) [@jweb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jweb)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2003, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-care-package-recipies/200650/1 "2003-09-10T01:17:39Z")

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Scenario: I’d like to send a Care Package to my girlfriend in Chicago. I’ve got a few things lined up already (sappy gift, heartfelt letter, you know). But I’d like to send her some food as well. Sweets, preferrably.

Rules:

1. Must be easy to make, for a 25-year-old guy with only basic cooking skills and rudimentary ingredients. I can bake pretty well if I put my mind to it (used to make cookies and brownies all the time in high school).
2. Must travel well, in the sense that it can survive through a couple of days in the hands of the USPS relatively intact.

Types of foods/snacks I could make would be good, specific recipies would be better. Packing/shipping tips would also be appreciated.

I now leave my fate in the hands of the Teeming Millions.

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**Author:** ![rjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2003, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-care-package-recipies/200650/2 "2003-09-10T02:45:26Z")

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Cookies are good. You could try the ginger snaps I posted in Zenster’s [Ultimate Recipe Thread II](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=170210) (on the first page). I was sure I also posted my favourite oatmeal cookie recipe somewhere here, but can’t find it.