<p>I would like to send a box of food type goodies (cookies maybe? brownies?) to my son in college, but am no super-mom, so need an online source. Ages ago I used to order from Harry and David, but not sure if they are still good? Any other suggestions? Thanks.</p>
<p>I just read about this company in the Sunday paper: [My</a> Dorm Food | Online grocery store created by college students for college students](<a href=“http://www.mydormfood.com/]My”>http://www.mydormfood.com/)</p>
<p>I haven’t used them though. I found it’s way more cost effective to box up a bunch of snacks & treats and mail them myself, even if I don’t bake something. You can always buy something from a store bakery to ship.</p>
<p>Check with food services at your son’s university. Often they will offer to deliver cookies, cakes, brownies, etc.</p>
<p>My son loved the baked goods from Fairytale Brownies! I sent several packages from them. </p>
<p>I also sent one package from Mrs. Fields, which he enjoyed as well.</p>
<p>In the past I have sent fresh fruit from Hale Groves. My boys have loved that too!</p>
<p>Thanks these are great suggestions.</p>
<p>Have done Fairytale Brownies as well…</p>
<p>Another good one…</p>
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<p>I’ve sent a couple of baskets and a birthday cake from Mrs. Beasley’s. We used to have some clients that sent some to our work so I can vouch for how delicious they are. They recently merged with Cheryls.com but you can find the Mrs. Beasleys products on the website.</p>
<p>Use Yelp to read reviews of local bakeries in your son’s college town.
Most likely they have websites that you can order from and may deliver for a small fee/free.</p>
<p>Costco online sells all sorts of fantastic gift baskets (price includes delivery). In the past, I sent DD cheese sampler, fresh Bing cherries, a birthday cake, bunch of brownies and other tasty goodies from Costco.</p>
<p>For bagels, nothing beats Zabar’s.</p>
<p>In the winter, buy a bag of clementines and a bag of apples, wrap each piece in tissue paper and pack tightly into one of those flat-rate USPS boxes. In 2 days, your kid will be enjoying fresh fruit treats. I even sent peaches and kiwis that way :)</p>
<p>I love sending cookies from here [Cookie</a> Bouquets | Cookie Bouquet | Wholesale Decorated Cookies | Send Cookie Gift](<a href=“http://www.corsoscookies.com/]Cookie”>http://www.corsoscookies.com/) I set up a business account and get 10% off.</p>
<p>Also, I found a local vendor who delivers baskets and such. I’ve sent (had them delivered) cookies ,brownies, and last year had a whole meal delivered for DS and his housemates. That was a HUGE hit!</p>
<p>A few years ago there was a similar thread on CC, and sybbie recommended Fat Witch brownies. It was a great recommendation! My sons (and roommates) loved these brownies - especially the bite size versions. [Fat</a> Witch Bakery | New York’s Legendary Brownie](<a href=“http://www.fatwitch.com%5DFat”>http://www.fatwitch.com)</p>
<p>I often just send something from Amazon.<br>
Not exactly a care package, but something that is hard to get if you don’t have a car.</p>
<p>Once it was organic bunny fruit treats.</p>
<p>For holidays, I send something from See’s Candy. They have cute gift boxes if you want it to be festive.</p>
<p>Grandmas chicken soup with
challah bread is a huge hit with my son in the winter months.</p>
<p>I recently sent D2 some Mrs. Field’s cookies to her summer program, they all loved it. For D1, I used to send her food from the local grocery store, it was cheap and very practical. I would send a case of water to her dorm room. She lived on the 5th floor, so not having to carry a case of water up 5 flights of floor was priceless. She also enjoyed fruits her cafeteria didn’t provide, so I would send her those fruits. Most of those grocery stores also had a bakery.</p>
<p>cheryls.com has the best cookies I have ever tasted…</p>
<p>Popcorn Factory has some cute themed packages.</p>
<p>Dancing Deer.</p>
<p>Used them 4x, since another CC persn suggested them</p>
<p>Aniger, you certainly don’t have to be “super mom” to make something at home, and it’s better and way cheaper than the vast majority of stuff you can order.
Brownies from a mix are very, very easy - anyone can do it! - and good. (cakes from a mix aren’t nearly as good as homemade, but a lot less work and still better than those from most bakeries, except very high-end ones.) Cookies from a mix are easy, and will still be better than anything you could get from your typical supermarket bakery. Cookies from scratch, such as chocolate chip or peanut butter, are also not hard, but you have to remember in baking to always measure your ingredients exactly.</p>
<p>If you put some chocolate frosting (frosting mix in a box is fairly good, but’s it’s not hard to make your own) on the brownies, that jazzes 'em up a bit, but they’re perfectly good plain. Or if you stir some choc chips or nuts into the brownie batter before baking. Or - if your son likes mint, try this fantastic trick I learned from my mom:
Have one of those theater-sized boxes of Junior Mints on hand. When you take the brownies out of the oven, put the Junior Mints on top of the brownies <em>right away</em>, while they’re still very hot. Wait a couple of minutes 'til the mints are all soft, then take a spatula and smear them all around to cover the top of the brownies. This makes a delicious chocolate-mint frosting.</p>
<p>Pillsbury or Duncan Hines mixes are good. The best brownies I ever sent in a care package were made from Ghirardelli’s Dark Chocolate Brownie mix that I got for 99 cents at Big Lots (later found out that SuperTarget carries it too) topped w/ the Junior Mint frosting. Wonderful! (of course I had to sample one before mailing the package!)</p>
<p>Homemade brownies-from-a-mix, plus some of your child’s favorite snacks or nuts or candy or apples - pack 'em all in a flat rate box and you’ve got a cheap, delicious and easy care package. Sometimes I throw in loose Starbursts or other wrapped candies to fill in the gaps in the box - since weight doesn’t matter, I usually cram in as much stuff as I can!</p>
<p>Maybe this year I’ll send home baked treats. Til now I’ve been unable to justify the shipping hassles and cost. At Orientation we discovered that cafeteria bakery cookies are yummy. At Parent Weekend I was pleased to see that DS also took advantage of the fruit. </p>
<p>I was generous giving DS spend money that allowed him to explore and enjoy his new city. That was a bigger priority to me than care packages, and DS seemed appreciative. I also sent occasional snailmail cards.</p>
<p>Will also say that my S probably appreciated “care letters” - a little note in an envelope with a couple of gift cards for fast food places or coffee shops near him. The cafeteria usually has plenty of sweets (and kids figure out how to sneak them out to enjoy later in the evening in the dorm) - so the gift cards were helpful for those times when he couldn’t make it to the cafeteria in time for a meal (due to sports practices and stuff) or just for a break from the cafeteria line…</p>