Holiday Cookie Exchange at River Forest Public Library

Event

A Gift of Cookies: Recipes to Share with Family and Friends, Cover Gift Box

River Forest Public Library

Book Signing & Cooking Demo

Date: Wednesday, December 3, 2025
Time: 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Location: Barbara Hall Meeting Room
735 Lathrop Avenue River Forest, IL 60305

I love the holidays because for me, it's cookie season! Attendees are invited to bring a batch of homemade cookies, along with the recipe you used, for other amateur bakers to taste and take home. Not a baker? Bring some cookies from your favorite bakery! The Library provides cookie tins so everyone can take some cookies home.

For my cooking demo, I will be serving hot chocolate and sharing my recipe for Homemade Hot Chocolate Mix and Marshmallows. It's a perfect recipe for warming cold nights and also makes a great gift for the holidays!

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The Recipe

Hot Chocolate Mix & Marshmallows

Hot chocolate holds a special place in my heart—it brings back memories of crisp winter days at the ice skating rink. Not too long ago, my grade school bestie and I caught up over a mug of this homemade hot chocolate, and she loved it so much that I gave her the whole batch and made myself another! Get the recipe...

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