Tea cakes and Olive Oil …..

I used to make up boxes of stuff for Pretty when she was away at college. Sometimes I'd pack the box full of cans of soup I knew she loved to eat and stuffed small, interesting items (toys, candles, candies, cakes) in the holes between the cans of soup. I called the boxes "care packages" and sent her one once a month. After she came home from college, she said her friends in the dorm looked forward to seeing what I sent in the boxes almost as much as she did. A few times I made homemade foods, packed them in Ziploc bags and packed ice around the foods and shipped those to her, too. She said the ice hadn't all melted by the time she received the boxes so there was no worry that anything had spoiled while it was being shipped to her.

@traceyjayne Teacakes are a must.

I used to do that with my mother in law and she loved all the things that we got her.

Those teacakes sound really good. Hampers are a great idea.

If my husband were still alive, he loves Peeps. He was never one for snacks. Years and years ago he liked chips with a French onion dip. He loved cashews; but they don't love him. He did love cookies.