What’s the Project? Looking for a fun Christmas cookie mix in a jar recipe to use as a gift this holiday season? Here are two great ones with free printable tags and instructions.
I’ve got a major thing for baking cookies. If it rains or is stormy, you’ll find me baking cookies. If it’s near Christmas, you’ll find me baking cookies. A friend needs to be cheered up? You guessed it-I’ll be baking cookies.
Baking cookies is also something that I love to do with my kids, especially at the holidays. And I love to eat cookies at the holidays. So I feel like a cute Christmas cookie mix in a jar is the perfect gift for neighbors and friends during the holiday season so that they can enjoy baking and eating Christmas cookies as well.
Plus, these Christmas cookies in a jar gifts are so cute aren’t they! And not hard to put together. I did them for neighbor gifts a few years back and it was wonderful!
I think this double chocolate toffee one would be a beautiful one for a Fall or Thanksgiving gift as well.
Don’t those look so fun and festive? Really they could be used any time of year, but I thought they were perfect for the holidays! Plus I kind of love mason jar Christmas gifts. They are just so cute!
Cookie Mix in a Jar Recipes:
Double Chocolate Mint Christmas Cookies in a Jar Recipe:
Grab a quart size mason jar and begin layering the following ingredients. Kind of tap the bottom of the jar on the counter as you go to get everything to lay down into the jar nice and flat.
Layer the following in this order:
- 1/2 C Sugar
- 1/2 C brown sugar
- 1/4 C cocoa powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1 and 1/4 C flour
- 2/3 C chocolate chips
- 2/3 C peppermint chips (I used some Andes mint peppermint chips that are seasonal. Any sort of mint chocolate should work.)
Use this tag for the front (right click to save). I printed this on sticker paper. The other option is to print on plain paper and glue it on.
I’ve got a Printable PDF for you with 3 Tags and 3 Recipes:
Peppermint Cookie Mix in a Jar Printable
Here is a recipe card to attach to the back.
Double Chocolate Toffee Cookies in a Jar Recipe:
Again, do the following: Grab a quart size mason jar and begin layering the following ingredients. Kind of tap the bottom of the jar on the counter as you go to get everything to lay down into the jar nice and flat.
Layer the following in this order:
- 1/2 C Sugar
- 1/2 C brown sugar
- 1/4 C cocoa powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1 and 1/4 C flour
- 2/3 C chocolate chips
- 2/3 C toffee bits
- 2/3 C white chocolate chips
(The measurements for the chips are approximate. Use what works to fill your jar.)
Here’s the tag for this one:
Double Chocolate Toffee Cookies in a Jar Printable
And here is the recipe for the back of this one:
Put it all together with a cute bow and you’re all set! Then they can bake these great mason jar cookie recipes whenever they are craving cookies. They are going to love this Christmas cookie mix in a jar gift!
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Pamela says
October 29, 2014 at 6:17 amLove these ideas, what fun,
Jessica says
December 22, 2015 at 6:37 pmI Just made the double chocolate toffee cookie jars ! I’m using them as gifts
to go in gift baskets! They look beautiful!
I also made a batch to eat and they are delicious! !
Laurie says
September 25, 2018 at 5:15 pmDO you remember approximately how approximately how much it cost
Amber says
October 19, 2018 at 8:18 amIt’s been a few years so I don’t totally remember but I want to say around $5-7 each?
Stacey says
October 29, 2014 at 10:26 amThese look great! I have so many jars and would love to use some up! Which cookie did you like better?
Sarah says
October 29, 2014 at 11:30 amHi Amber
Please could you tell me the weight of butter, as our packs weigh 250g or 8oz in the UK? Thank you xx
Amber says
November 19, 2014 at 12:43 pm1 stick of butter (or 1/2 C) is 4 oz.
josefa says
November 30, 2016 at 7:59 pmHi, Can I chop up son candy canes instead of using mint chocolate chips? Thank you
Amber says
December 10, 2016 at 11:21 amAbsolutely!!
Lorraine says
December 1, 2017 at 6:18 amI did that and it was yummy however if they sit in the jar too long, mine sat for a week before I tested them out, the crushed candy cane became hard. I would recommend putting the crushed candy cane or the toffees in a plastic bag.
Amber says
December 5, 2017 at 9:33 pmGood tip! I used candy cane bits from the baking section, not actual candy canes. That might help too!
Carla Coogan says
October 29, 2014 at 2:46 pmGreat ideas , especially for Christmas :)
Cynthia says
October 30, 2014 at 6:50 amLooks good, how do you eat them? I dont get it :p
Amber says
October 30, 2014 at 7:11 amYou dump all the jar fillings into a bowl, add the butter and egg, mix and bake.
Debbie B says
October 30, 2014 at 10:30 amLove these ideas and your site. Very creative and fun. Thanks for creating and sharing….!
Keep on Creating
Guylaine F. says
October 30, 2014 at 10:10 pmLove this idea! Nice for Xmas gifts. Thank you!
Candiss says
November 2, 2014 at 1:02 pmHow much would you say these cost per jar? I’ve always wanted to make cookies in a jar gifts.
Amber says
November 2, 2014 at 5:57 pmThese were each about $2 I think, but if you buy a pack I think they are cheaper
Staci says
November 5, 2014 at 9:38 amHow big of a jar did you use for this recipe?
Amber says
November 5, 2014 at 12:22 pmQuart size
Caleb says
November 10, 2014 at 2:08 pmHow many cookies will a 32oz jar make?
Amber says
November 10, 2014 at 7:56 pmAbout 18 I believe
Diana Rodriguez says
August 29, 2018 at 3:32 pmWill the Chocolate Peppermint cookies have about 18 cookies in a quart size jar as well?
Amber says
September 4, 2018 at 11:35 amYou’d have to cut down the measurements to fit in a quart size?
Diana Rodriguez says
September 4, 2018 at 2:04 pmMeaning, the amount of ingredients for the mix in the quart-sized jar, would that make about 18 cookies…?
TC says
November 11, 2014 at 5:46 pmThese look so pretty. I host a Cookie Exchange party every year and these will be great party gifts. Thanks for the ideas.
Tony Delport says
November 12, 2014 at 7:57 amThank you so much for these recipes have been searching for some. Want to hand out to friends for Christmas.
Daniela says
November 12, 2014 at 8:11 amlove this! how did you get the tags to stick to the mason jar?
Amber says
November 12, 2014 at 1:18 pmI printed them on sticker paper.
T says
December 9, 2014 at 6:09 pmThis looks great! I’m having trouble finding sticker paper though. Is it at a craft store or an office supply store? Thanks!
T
Amber says
December 12, 2014 at 1:02 pmEither really. Cricut and Silhouette both sell it or you can use address labels.
Andrea says
November 19, 2016 at 6:20 pmThanks so much for the great recipe and beautiful labels, I printed mine on card stock, poked a hole and hung them from a ribbon like a gift tag and it looks great! Thanks again, yours is the nicest on Pinterest…Happy Holidays!!
Kathy says
November 17, 2014 at 8:50 amThanks sooo much for this cookie in a jar receipe. You just solved a big problem I had for Christmas. I have several people on my gift list that I needed a gift idea for. This is perfect. It’s fun, pretty and perfect for saying Merry Christmas without coating a lot.
Jo says
November 22, 2014 at 5:14 amthanks for the recipe…..looks yummy! I am in Australia what did you use for toffee bits??
Amber says
November 22, 2014 at 7:28 amThey are sold in the chocolate chips section here
Natasha says
December 21, 2014 at 5:33 pmYou could also chop up a chocolate covered toffee candy, like Heath, if you have it over there :)
Susanne says
November 23, 2014 at 3:56 amThis is such a wonderful idea. So clever, and the peppermint choc. chip cookies turn out great. Thank you so much for sharing!! There is a typo. on chips (chps) on the how to make information. Is it possible for you to fix it please? Hoping to borrow this idea for a couple of kid making gifts for Christmas.
Amber says
December 3, 2014 at 7:24 amWow!!! Sorry about that. It is fixed!
Lauren says
November 24, 2014 at 2:48 pmHow long can do the mixes keep before going bad?
Amber says
November 24, 2014 at 3:24 pmNot sure actually but quite a while. Nothing in it is overly perishable.
Leslie says
November 27, 2014 at 7:34 pmThese are adorable, and the printables that go with them are super cute. Just wanted to let you know you misspelled the word “chips” in the printable ingredient list on both cookies. What a great gift idea! Thanks!
Joan says
November 29, 2014 at 6:44 amThese are so adorable and delicious looking. How do you print the labels from Pinterest?
Amber says
November 30, 2014 at 4:02 pmYou need to print them from here not from pinterest
Karla says
December 2, 2014 at 11:02 amThanks so much for the recipe and the printable. Makes it so easy when you are making a bunch to give away. Thanks for sharing :)
Cindy says
December 6, 2014 at 1:39 amWhere did you get the sticker paper?
Amber says
December 6, 2014 at 9:07 pmMine is actually shipping labels. But Silhouette and Cricut both sell it too.
Maggie says
December 6, 2014 at 9:22 amIt’s not possible to put candy canes pieces instead of peppermint chips? xD Probably not the same thing at all, but I thought I would ask…
Amber says
December 6, 2014 at 9:06 pmSure! I think you could do that!
Morgan says
December 6, 2014 at 2:09 pmis the cocoa powder sweetened? Like the powder you use to make chocolate milk? Or is it the same as baking cocoa?
Amber says
December 6, 2014 at 9:02 pmNo-baking cocoa. The unsweetened kind.
Kirsty says
December 7, 2014 at 3:07 amI am in the UK … what type of flour is best .. self raising .. plain or all purpose x
Amber says
December 8, 2014 at 8:29 pmPlain or all purpose I think
Kirsty says
December 11, 2014 at 2:16 pmThank you
Michelle says
December 9, 2014 at 12:31 amWhat type of sugar is used? They look super yummy!
Amber says
December 9, 2014 at 12:45 pmBoth white and brown
Lizzy says
December 9, 2014 at 5:49 pmI accidentally bought too small of jars. :/ Do you think it is possible to cut the recipe in half to make it fit in the smaller jars?
Amber says
December 10, 2014 at 4:56 pmI think so!
Rianna says
December 12, 2014 at 3:45 pmThese look super cool! I’m going to try the recipe today! :D
Crystal says
December 17, 2014 at 11:20 amI love this idea and am actually planning on giving a bunch of these as gifts for Christmas this year. But I was wondering, does the recipe still turn out well if you dump all the ingredients into the jar and mix it with the added wet ingredients or do I need to tell people to separate some of the ingredients first (i.e. the sugars to be mixed with the butter and egg before adding the rest of the contents of the jar)?
Amber says
December 18, 2014 at 9:56 amNope-it should be fine in this day of Kitchenaides and Bosch mixers I think.
April says
December 17, 2014 at 2:18 pmLove this idea!! We are planning to make these for our teachers this week :) I noticed the the typo is still incorrect on the print file. Could you possibly fix that? :)
Amber says
December 18, 2014 at 9:55 amYa, I noticed that AFTER I gave it to my neighbors. I will try to get that fixed today!
Janice says
December 17, 2014 at 5:07 pmThanks so much for the printable PDFs! The chocolate peppermint cookies have white sugar in them as well as brown? In the photograph, it looks like it’s just brown sugar at the bottom there..or did you layer it with the flour?
Amber says
December 18, 2014 at 9:54 amIt’s there, probably just hidden
abigail says
December 19, 2014 at 7:45 pmHi!
I made the double chocolate toffee cookies. They are SOO good! Huge hit in this house! I am making jars to give away to families in our church on Sunday. my only problem: I could only fit 1/2 cup of each of the chips in the jars (so instead of 2/3 cups of the chocolate chips, toffee, and white chocolate, I only used half a cup). Wondering if there I some way you can help me edit the template for my jars? To put the correct amount?
Thanks for such a great recipe and idea!
Amber says
December 20, 2014 at 12:02 pmYou could right click and save and then add a white box on top of it (use picmonkey.com) and retype those ingredients.
abigail says
December 20, 2014 at 3:45 pmI didn’t think of that!! Thanks! One more question- do you remember what font you used? I want it all to match.
Thanks for your help and for the great recipe!
Jenna Vaccaro says
December 20, 2014 at 10:19 amI love this!!! Did you have to do something special with the mason jars like heating jars/lids to seal them?
Amber says
December 20, 2014 at 12:00 pmNo, I didn’t seal them. I guess I assume the people will use them soon and the ingredients will be fine!
Ashleen says
December 20, 2014 at 5:03 pmThe batter is dry and crumbly! What did i do wrong?
Amber says
December 22, 2014 at 7:59 amDid you add the wt ingredients? Both of them?
karen white says
December 22, 2014 at 5:09 pmhi Amber,
Thankyou for such wonderful ideas and inspiration. but i was wondering, if you could please consider both imperial and metric users in your printables? in Australia (G’DAY) we eat biscuits and cook in Celsius.
the biscuit/cookie thing drives me nuts over here, or maybe an option to add our own wording? im not very good at the computer/deigning thing, so it’d be awesomely helpful to me. id even pay for it.
no worries either way, just a suggestion
merry christmas
Amber says
December 22, 2014 at 10:41 pmSorry, I know nothing about metric so I really can’t! Maybe google can help?
Pat Barger says
December 23, 2014 at 12:51 pmWish the crafts pictures and directions could be printed without all the comments! That takes up a ton of paper that is unnecessary!!!
Amber says
December 23, 2014 at 3:42 pmCopy and paste into a word document, then print. That should work.
Emily says
January 4, 2015 at 11:22 amHello! I recently received one of these jars as a gift and I had a quick comment. The brown sugar in the jar set up extremely hard (think hockey puck). We broke the jar getting it out so I came here for the recipe. If I mixed the white and brown sugars before putting them in the jar, do you think that would help?
Amber says
January 5, 2015 at 11:00 amHmmm, I have no idea! I wonder how long it sat before they gave it to you?
Emily says
January 5, 2015 at 1:58 pmI have no idea. That could definitely be a factor – I’ll make mine close to giving them away and advise people to enjoy them soon!
Dee says
April 4, 2015 at 4:50 pmHi!
These jars look absolutely beautiful! I was just wondering what type of white sugar is used in the recipes, whether its granulated or caster.
Amber says
April 6, 2015 at 12:01 pmGranulated
Chris says
November 12, 2015 at 1:21 amIn the double chocolate and toffee cookies it looks like there are oats in the jar above the cocoa. Just wondering if this has been missed from the list of ingredients?
Amber says
November 12, 2015 at 4:43 pmNope, no oats.
Luisa Luna says
November 23, 2015 at 4:33 pmHi! So I did the cookies in a jar gift recipe, and bake the cookies. But when taking it out of the oven they were bad. I followed all the directions, I also did ll the recipe 2 times. Both times they got stuck to the paper and made a mess. I am not saying it to offend anybody, I just want to know why? Sorry but I didn’t liked it.
Nikole says
November 29, 2015 at 3:54 pmMaking these for our holiday shop at school for kiddos to buy! thanks for the idea! I was wondering what size sticker paper to buy? or what size punch will work to cut out the circles?
Amber says
December 2, 2015 at 3:40 pmMy sticker paper is full size-like 8 1/2 by 11 so that I can print on it. And then I just cut with scissors.
Nessa says
December 7, 2015 at 10:13 amThese cookies in a jar are adorable! Great gift for Christmas and they sound delicious. May have to make double the amount, one for them, one for me! :D Thank you for sharing this great gift idea! I’ll be sharing with me friends. :)
Nessa – Lalasparty.com
Allie says
December 7, 2015 at 2:37 pmThanks so much for this great idea. I made these for a fundraiser for the Humane Society and sold them in my office for $10 each. They were a huge hit & we raised over $300!!!!
Emmy says
December 11, 2015 at 6:11 amMade these for teacher gifts and made one for us to keep. The kids and I made them today and they are amazing!! mmmm! Thanks for a great cookie recipe and gift idea!
LynneP says
December 11, 2015 at 9:32 amHi Amber,
Thanks so much for this recipe. These will make lovely Christmas gifts for my two daughters, one of whom never has a spare minute, with a busy toddler in tow! Hopefully she will get time to mix and cook these xx
Filomali says
December 14, 2015 at 4:29 pmHi, my 6 year old got the Chocolate Peppermint jar at a gift exchange, we made it and it’s so good!!! Now we are making jars to give to her teachers for Christmas. Thank you so much for the recipe!
Ashley says
December 14, 2015 at 11:42 pmOk, I HAD to comment. These are just that good!
I guess I have always assumed that cookie in a jar gifts are a little cheap and lame. That is, until I became a mom and realized how much I would love to get some yummy mixes in a jar that make dessert or meals that much easier! So I decided to make these this year for the first time for unexpected or last minute gifts. I am SUPER picky about cookies and figured that, while cute as a jar mix, the cookies probably wouldn’t actually taste that great. I was expecting flat pancake cookies with too much flour or sugar.
Tonight my husband and I made your Peppermint chocolate recipe using andes mint chips. THEY. WERE. AMAZING. Thick, moist, chewy and lots of chocolate! Almost like a brownie cookie. 8 minutes was perfect. I am SO glad that I decided to make these as gifts because I know they will be appreciated :) Also, the mix made 24 cookies for me. A lot more than I was expecting!
So from a skeptic, these are to die for. Thanks for taking the time to share! Merry Christmas!
Amber says
December 16, 2015 at 3:16 pmHa ha ha! Happy to hear you enjoyed them!
marisol says
November 16, 2016 at 7:20 pmyou made the same recipe from here ashley with one egg and 1 stick softened butter ?
ualani says
December 22, 2015 at 12:19 pmdid you use unsweetened cocoa powder or dark chocolate?
Amber says
December 26, 2015 at 10:22 pmUnsweetened cocoa powder
Emily Dowdell says
February 9, 2016 at 8:34 amHi These are SOOO cute! I can’t wait to try the double chocolate toffee! I am going to be using Pint size jars. Has anyone adjusted the measurements for this size? Thanks for your help!
Jennifer says
December 11, 2016 at 11:18 amI would like to make these in pint size too- I can cut most of the ingredients in half but what do you do about the 1 egg???
Amber says
December 13, 2016 at 7:49 pmThey can always sort of half the egg? I’ve done that before.
Len Cote says
November 21, 2016 at 12:20 pmJust wanted to say that I added 1/4 cup of milk, because the batter was a little too dry and mixture wasn’t wet all around. They came out still really good. I got 2 dozen cookies out of it, about 2 – 2 1/2 inches in diameter.
Amber says
November 21, 2016 at 8:43 pmI always add milk actually. Just makes them chewier.
mounica says
February 12, 2017 at 3:51 pmThanks for sharing the amazing recipes, I made the double chocolate toffee cookies today and they turned out great. Keep posting.
Chanala says
February 22, 2017 at 2:07 pmHI! thanks for the great idea!
I wanted to know what the measurement of margarine would be instead of using butter?
Amber says
February 28, 2017 at 7:18 pmThe same.
Terri-Lyn says
November 15, 2017 at 6:13 pmDId you use milk chocolate chips or semi sweet?
Amber says
November 29, 2017 at 10:41 pmI prefer semi-sweet, but you can do either.
Heather Grunauer says
November 30, 2017 at 10:29 amI am planning on doing this as a classroom gift for each family. Do you know how much I would need of the ingredients for 25 jars? Or do you know of a website I could go to that could help with the measurements?
Thank you,
Heather
Amber says
December 5, 2017 at 9:34 pmHoly cow! That sounds awesome but I’m not totally sure how to figure it out quickly and easily?
Scott Burk says
December 9, 2017 at 12:35 pmHeather Grunauer – For the chocolate peppermint cookies:
25 quart sized jars with lids
12.5 cups of sugar
12.5 cups of brown sugar
6.25 cups of unsweetened cocoa powder
12.5 tsp of salt
12.5 tsp of baking soda
31.25 cups of all-purpose flour
16.25 cups of chocolate chips
16.25 cups of peppermint chips
Monica Martin says
December 24, 2017 at 12:12 pmRed and White chips are hard to find. I got the regular Andes mint baking chips. These were good but I did have to add a couple tablespoons of water. They were pretty dry and I found that melting the butter a little helps as well! Super yummy.
Amber says
January 10, 2018 at 11:14 pmI melt the butter entirely and I add a tiny bit of milk. :)