Gramma In A Box is a monthly subscription box that includes baked cookies with decorating supplies as well as two candy crafts with step-by-step instructions. This box was created by an actual Gramma and designed to give you and your loved ones a fun activity that you can complete together without all of the work.
This box was sent to us at no cost for review purposes. (Check out the review process post to learn more about how we review boxes).
About Gramma In A Box
The Subscription Box: Gramma In A Box
The Cost: $20.00 per month + free shipping. Save with longer subscriptions.
The Products: Baked cookies and everything needed to decorate them as well as the supplies for two candy crafts with step-by-step instructions. Enough to make at least 20 finished products.
Ships to: U.S.
Gramma In a Box April 2018 Review
The box included a few business cards and three separate recipe cards for the three crafts.They were labeled in the order that you should make them so everything was planned out for you.
This card described the theme of this month’s cookies and candy which was celebrating Spring. On the back, it listed the contents of the box as well as a list of items that you would need from home. It also mentioned that the two sheets of included wax paper were to be used as placemats to make for easy cleanup.
Project #1: Marshmallow Flowers
The first included craft was a candy craft: Marshmallow Flowers. On the back, it listed all of the ingredients and allergen information which I thought was really helpful. The instructions were very detailed and step-by-step and I loved that there were helpful little notes in red such as “save half the chocolate for project 2!”
The first step was super easy: take the labeled bag of melting chocolate and melt it in the microwave. There were also instructions to organize the marshmallows by color so it was a fun way to get my 3-year-old using her sorting skills and keep her busy while I stirred the chocolate.
Next, I made little dollops of chocolate on the wax paper and let the kids add the marshmallows to make the flowers (they did their best!). The instructions were very clear: make the chocolate size a little larger than a quarter and use 7 marshmallows for your flower so you have enough for 6 flowers. The kids had a lot of fun adding the marshmallows (the ones that didn’t go directly into their mouths of course). Since we did it right on the wax paper I was able to just slide that out of the way while they set and lay out the second piece of wax paper for our second craft.
I am not a huge marshmallow fan, but the kids really enjoyed eating these little marshmallow flowers! They weren’t messy to eat and since it was just a little bit of chocolate (which was the part I actually did think tasted great), it was just enough for them.
Project #2: Colorful Bird’s Nests
Our second candy project was to make Colorful Bird’s Nests. We used the rest of the melted chocolate and I poured the bag of fruity pebbles in. My daughter stirred it up for us and then I was able to spoon the mixture into the 6 little paper cups that they included.
The kids had a lot of fun putting the little jelly beans into the nests to finish them up. They were very easy to make, cute and colorful. I wasn’t sure how these would be with fruity pebbles, but this was actually my favorite treat. Something about the fruity flavor with the white chocolate was surprisingly delicious!
Since they were in little individual cups I just picked them up and added them to the wax paper with our marshmallow flowers while those set. Then I could reuse the second sheet of wax paper for our cookies.
Project #3: Spring Cookie Decorating
The last activity was the cookie decorating. They included 8 cookies in fun spring shapes and had three little bags of pastel-colored icing.There were also 3 different types of sprinkles for us to use.
My daughter was able to easily add her own icing by just squeezing the piping bag. This was actually way easier for us than usual when we use a spoon and she didn’t need my help at all.
Once we made our cookies, we still had plenty of icing and sprinkles leftover even though my daughter was quite generous with the icing on her cookies. It seems like every project was pretty well planned out and proportioned. The cookies and icing tasted great as well. They weren’t anything amazing, but they tasted homemade and we enjoyed them!
In the end, we had 20 finished products: 6 marshmallow flowers, 6 bird’s nests and 8 cookies (two didn’t quite make it into the picture - my son was a little more interested in eating them than decorating!). This was a good amount of treats and it didn’t leave us with a whole batch of cookies that would inevitably go stale which was nice. They were all bright, colorful and had that Spring feel and even better, they could be eaten right after we were done with our activities. There was no waiting or impatient kids whining for treats because by the time our cookies were done, our flowers and bird’s nests were ready to go.
I also really appreciated that each project came with its own individual recipe card because these are easy to keep to use again!
The best part of this whole process was that clean up was a breeze! I literally just put all of the empty containers and papers into the box that it shipped in and threw it in the recycle bin. Then I just had a little bit of wiping up to do, but there was no pile of dishes and I got to spend that time enjoying some treats with the kids.
Overall, we took about 30 minutes to create our treats and that was me flying solo with my 3-year-old and 21-month-old. Since everything was organized and thought out, I could really concentrate on helping them and doing it with them instead of my usual frazzled manner. It was a much more pleasant experience than I’m used to!
Verdict: Gramma In A Box felt like a completely homemade box to me, and I’m sure that might be a turn off for some people, but it really did just feel like Gramma sent us a package of goodies. The fact that they included all of the ingredient and allergen information and how well the box was organized made me feel as though someone put a lot of effort and care into the box. The directions were easy to follow and included every step, plus helpful extra information and the kids loved it. My three year old actually said on her own “I love everything! That was delicious!”
It was fun, easy and provided some great bonding time with my kids without the stress of having to plan it out or a huge mess to clean up. The box costs $20 per month and while I could probably create this for less in my own kitchen, I think that the convenience is an added value for busy parents or for those who don’t enjoy baking.
To Wrap Up:
Can you still get this box if you sign up today? No. Order before the 3rd of the month to get that month’s box. From Gramma in a Box:
Boxes generally ship the first week of each month. Any orders received by the 3rd of any month will automatically receive the that month's box. The items are perishable so we recommend you do your cookie and candy projects within 5 days of receipt.
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