Christmas Candy Coal Favor Bag
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Legend has it that naughty kids get a lump of coal from Santa instead of a stocking full of presents. I wouldn't know about this firsthand, of course, because Santa loves me! However, I love to joke with my friends about it, so this year I came up with easy vintage-looking coal bags to give as gifts.
I even figured out an easy recipe for making edible candy coal. These candy coal bags make great Christmas party favors, office gifts, or stocking stuffers.
"North Pole Coal" bag design
To make the bags really cute, I designed a vintage-inspired "North Pole Coal" label. I even bundled it up into a downloadable file for you if you want to make your own.
This 2-page PDF includes a normal page for printing onto paper, and a mirrored/reversed page for printing onto iron-on transfer paper. There are four labels to a page, and each measures about 4" x 4.5".
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Using iron-ons to create coal bags
To apply this design onto a bag, just print the reversed page onto iron-on transfer paper and cut them out. They're sized perfectly to fit on 5"x7" cotton or canvas drawstring bags.
Place the iron-on face down on your bag, and iron it according to package instructions.
When you lift the liner off, the image is transferred. So easy!
Creating homemade coal candy
Filling the bags is super easy with plenty of candy coal options available, but I wanted to try making my own.
I realized that honeycomb toffee (also called sponge toffee, cinder toffee, or hokey pokey) looks a lot like coal, so I made up a batch. I used a standard recipe but added 1/2 teaspoon of black gel food coloring at the very beginning. I couldn't believe how much my candy looked just like coal.
Note: Honeycomb toffee will get sticky if exposed to humidity, so be sure to put it in a sealed plastic bags before putting it into your cloth bag.
Candy Coal bags for gifts or party favors
These adorable candy coal bags are really fun to hand out at Christmas. These make great gag gifts for friends, kids, or co-workers. They're also fun party favors.
3 comments so far:
This is a great idea!
Hello, How can I download the .pdf sheet?
Trell, you can click on the text link or the picture of the PDF within the tutorial above. Here's the link again for quick reference: Christmas candy coal bag printable.