Walmart Helps Families Bake Holiday Gifts from the Heart for Under $5

I hope you all had a fantastic Thanksgiving sitting around the dinner table with your families. I wanted to share some wonderful news with you today in regards to Walmart’s Holiday Gifts. This holiday season, shoppers can stretch their budget and give more by baking items to create personalized gifts for family and friends.  By shopping at Walmart, you can make the perfect homemade present for under $5. Walmart’s Baking Centers also offer a variety of bake ware, containers and more.

Sweet Treats for Under $5

Walmart offers recipe ideas from old fashioned gingerbread to butter toffee bars. These recipes, baking tips and more can be found at the retailer’s YouTube channel, www.youtube.com/walmart, and Walmart.com.

· Sugar Cookies – recipe makes 36 cookies – 3 separate gifts
· Fantasy Fudge – recipes makes 80 pieces – 3 separate gifts
· Old Fashioned Gingerbread – recipe makes 12 pieces – 3 separate gifts
· Snickerdoodles – recipe makes 60 pieces – 2 separate gifts
· Butter Toffee Bars – recipe makes 48 bars – 4 separate gifts
· Jolly Snowmen Faces – recipe makes 24 cookies – 2 separate gifts
· Chocolate Holiday Bears – recipe makes 16 cookies – 2 separate gifts

Families getting their bake on can also check out “Walmart My Holiday,” a special holiday iPhone app designed to help customers find the best gifts at the best values. In the coming weeks, “Walmart My Holiday” will also feature holiday baking tips and recipes.

Quality Ingredients for Holiday Baking

Ensuring customers have all the top ingredients to bake their favorite holiday treats, Walmart’s Baking Centers offer cookie mixes, chocolates, spices and more, including:

· 12 oz. Nestle® Toll House® Morsels
· 17.5 oz. Betty Crocker® Cookie Mix
· 10.5 oz. Jet-Puffed MINI Marshmallows
· Keebler® Ready Crust® Graham Pie Shell
· 14 oz. Reddi-wip Original Whipped Cream
· 48 oz. Crisco Vegetable Oil
· 16 oz. Fisher Pecan Halves
· 9.7 oz. Splenda Granular Sweetener
· 2.37 oz. McCormick Ground Cinnamon
· 1 oz. McCormick Pure Vanilla Extract
· 1.1 oz. Ground Ginger
· 7 oz. Jet-Puffed Marshmallow Crème

Baking Tools for Less

In addition to all the ingredients needed for sweet and sugary gifts, Walmart’s Baking Centers offer baking tools such as mixers, cupcake makers and seasonal bake ware while supplies last.

· Mainstays™ Nonstick Bake ware – $3.87
· Ceramic Bake ware Gift Set – $9
· Wilton® Seasonal Bake ware – $9
· Baby Cakes™ Cupcake Maker – $24
· Oster® 12-Speed Stand Mixer – $79