13 Cookie-in-a-Jar Recipes That Solve All Your Gift-Giving Dilemmas (2024)

Oatmeal Peanut Butter Cup Cookies

With peanut butter cups in every bite, there's no way your peanut butter cookie-loving friend won't enjoy this thoughtful gift. Gift your cookie mix in a jar with the baking directions, so they know how much peanut butter, butter, eggs, and vanilla to add.

Chocolate-Covered Raisin Oatmeal Cookie Mix

Why choose between raisin oatmeal cookies or chocolate chip oatmeal cookies when you can have both?! Dress up this standby cookie recipe with a beloved candy. Adding chocolate-covered raisins to traditional oatmeal cookies is an unexpected touch to a cookie recipe in a jar. It's an unexpected twist to any cookie recipe!

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Lemon Crispies Mix

Crunchy with refreshing notes of citrus, these lemon crispies make delightful winter food gift jars. The white ingredients pop in the jar when a bright red ribbon is added. It only takes 30 minutes to put together this thoughtful cookie-in-a-jar recipe, and your recipient will have freshly baked cookies in less than an hour.

Butterscotch-Pecan Shortbread Cookie Mix

You can't go wrong with this cookies-in-a-jar mix for a full-flavor holiday treat. Pecans and butterscotch pieces add deliciousness to decadent shortbread bites. The recipient only has to add shortening and butter and bake for about 7 minutes, so you may want to deliver this cookie mix in a jar when you have a little time to visit. Fingers crossed, they'll want to bake immediately so you can enjoy the buttery cookies.

Toasted-Coconut Drops Mix

Cranberry-Vanilla Cereal Drops

Take a break from chocolate. Cranberries lend festive color while marshmallows and macadamia nuts combine for satisfying texture in each mouthful. This no-bake cookie is a ready-to-eat mason jar food gift, so your recipient doesn't have to do any kitchen work before enjoying.

Hazelnut Rocky Road Brownie Mix

Chocolate + hazelnuts = surefire new favorite. Already-tempting brownies benefit from mini marshmallows, toasted hazelnuts, and chocolate-hazelnut spread. Personalize to individual taste by adding milk or dark chocolate pieces to the jar. It's one of our favorite brownie mix-in-a-jar recipes.

Toffee-Pecan Cookie Mix

This holiday season, give the gift of a tasty dessert to friends and family with this delicious cookies-in-a-jar recipe. This crowd-pleasing cookie mix, featuring layers of chocolate, toffee, and coconut, can be stored for up to a month. Based on ratings, this is one of our best cookies in a jar, try it to confirm.

Coconut-Crunch Cookie Mix

The secret to these extra-crunchy cookies? A cup of crushed cornflakes. The cereal blends with flaked coconut and chopped pecans for a seriously indulgent cookies-in-a-jar recipe ready to gift to anyone on your "nice list" in just 20 minutes.

Whole Wheat Chocolate-Raisin Cookie Mix

Deliver nutty flavor to this classic cookie-in-a-jar recipe by swapping all-purpose flour for whole wheat flour. Golden raisins, dark chocolate, and toasted pecans complete the mouthwatering medley to create a Mason jar cookie mix you can feel good about giving.

Milk Chocolate-Cherry Cookie Mix

Creamy milk chocolate and fruit combine in this coconut-studded cookies-in-a-jar recipe. Sweet dried cherries add the perfect amount of tang to these loaded holiday cookies. Gift them to neighbors and coworkers to spread holiday cheer.

Macaroon Mix

Get into the holiday spirit with our flaky Christmas macaroon cookie mix. Candied cherries and orange peel add bright citrus flavor and color to the cookie-in-a-jar gift anyone would love to receive.

Test Kitchen Tip: Make your cookies-in-a-jar recipes for gifts up to a month in advance to help ease some of the holiday stress.

Toffee Blondies in a Jar

Get all your favorite cookie flavors in the form of a rich and crumbly blondie bar. This golden Mason jar cookie recipe yields 16 dense, buttery, and decadent dessert bars packed with toffee and pecans.