Dessert and More!

• Platters of homemade chocolate chip cookies and vanilla bean ice cream make a great finale to your passport to retirement party.
• Serve Chocolate chip cookies served warm from the oven with vanilla bean ice cream sandwiches.
• Your guests will have fun making their own ice cream sandwiches.
  
• Everyone can roll the edges of their ice cream cookie sandwiches into bowls of chopped walnuts, jimmies or chocolate sprinkles.
  
• Make sure you set out the ice cream right before you serve it, and lay out a couple of small ice cream scoops.
• For a double dose of chocolate dessert goodness, you also might want to serve up delicious Chocolate Martinis made with Godiva Chocolate Liquor.
  

Coffee Service

It's always a nice touch to offer hot coffee at the end of a party. A self-serve station is easy to set up and will keep you interacting with your guests rather than in the kitchen making coffee by yourself.

• Brew coffee (regular of decaf) just before the guests arrive and store in a coffee air pot.
  
• These nifty gadgets keep the coffee piping hot for up to 6 hours.
  
• You can set up a coffee station just about anywhere without the worrying about your guests tripping over plugs or cords.
• Arrange your coffee cups and saucers around the air pot, along with creamer and sweeteners of choice, and a few stirring spoons.
  
• Decorative small bowls can be used to arrange the packages of sweeteners.
  
• Supply a good assortment from Sugar in the Raw to Splenda and Sweet and Low.