I've done a few cookie exchanges and have done 7-layer cookies (more like a bar cookie), the peanut butter w/hershey kiss on top is always a hit. One year at work I did a "sandwich cookie" using a cake mix. Looked like little whoopie pies (I even colored the filling with red & green). Shaped sugar cookies w/sprinkles or frosting.
I love to look through this website and get some great ideas. Hopefully you can find something you like.
http://www.christmas-cookies.com/
8 dozen? Wow!
I do a cookie exchange every year and I tell everyone to bring 3-4 dozen cookies (a batch). Then we put all the trays of cookies on a table... Over the course of the party, each person fills their extra container with about the same number of cookies they brought---and the point is to mix it up so they take just a few of each kind---so everyone has lots of variety to choose from.
No muss....no fuss!
My favorite always are the peanut butter ones with the hershey kisses pressed in. I know they have a proper name, but I always forget it.
wdwmom2 said:Peanut butter Blossoms. My favorite too