Does anyone have a good way to package decorated cookies for giving as gifts? any cute ideas I've tried has resulted in broken cookies!! thanks

I am doing cookies for my secret santa presents this week.  I went and bought cheap hard plastic Christmas plates and will then wrap the whole thing in either paper or cellophane.

Or you could buy some cheap metal tins.

ANot sure if you have a Dollar Tree near by but the price can't be beat. They look nice in person too.

http://www.dollartree.com/Nickel-Plated-Metal-Serving-Trays/p340777/index.pro

I saw someone do cookies in a box that looks like a book.  This was for a teacher and the cookies were all "school" themed.  It was very cute! 

Are you mailing them or just giving them in person? I use those metal tins for either one, but if mailing, I make sure to fill up all the empty spaces with paper (parchment or wax). Empty spaces also mean the bottom and top of the tin. I also wrap the tin in bubble wrap, then put it in the box to be mailed. Fill up the empty spaces in that box too (newspaper works fine) so it's nice and snug. I've mailed chocolate chip cookies from Florida to Washington that way.

If giving them in person, I tell them to return the tin if they want more.... They usually return more than one tin, I guess I didn't make enough the first time, lols.

i set my cookies down into cupcake wrappers -- if they don't exactly fit it just re-arrange the pleats to make the bottom bigger or whatever -- i have a picture somewhere...but i think all those cookies fit in the wrappers as is -- anyhow this gives them protection from breakage -- i set the fancier cookies on top of the stacks

I wrap cookies individually in these

http://www.usplastic.com/catalog/item.aspx?sku=49018

then put them in a tin or one of those ziploc square or rectangular containers for shipping