Easy Chocolate Chip Cookie Mix in a Jar Gift and Free Printable
Cookie Mix in a Jar is a DIY gift that is perfect for everyone on your list! Premeasured dry ingredients make it easy for the recipient to simply add wet ingredients and have delicious Chocolate Chip Cookies in minutes!
This is one of the easiest and most popular DIY Gifts out there!
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Packaging ready-made baking mixes in jars for gifts isn’t a new idea by any means and over the years I’ve done my share of fancy mixes. This year I’m going back to a classic though-a fantastic solidly awesome Chocolate Chip Cookie mix in a jar recipe! This is my very favorite recipe for chocolate chip cookies in a jar ready to be baked by the lucky recipient! I also have a few tips for making your mixes look Pinterest-perfect as well as a free printable recipe tag!
Cookie Mix Ingredients
- 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 1/2 cups (9 ounces) semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1 quart size mason jar
Assembly instructions & tips
- Combine flour, baking soda, and salt in small bowl.
- Place mixture in 1-quart jar. Now for the tip to getting your mix to look “pretty,” use the back of a spoon to pack the flour mixture down around the outside of the jar.
- Add the brown sugar next using the same method to pack it down in the jar.
Finish by adding the sugar and top with the chocolate chips.
Include this printable with your gift so the recipient knows how to use the mix! If you click here or the image below you can download a pdf with four recipe printables per page.
PLEASE do not sell my tag, it is for personal use only…I have found this so many times on Etsy, please respect my copyright.
Full Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe
And in case you wanted the cookie recipe just for reference, I’ve included it below. It’s good enough to make even when not gifting, just check out some of the comments below people have left over the past seven years! In fact, I’ve baked them and then put the cookies in a jar to gift too (wide mouth jar works best obviously!)
I hope you enjoy this quick and easy DIY Christmas gift!
You might also like these DIY gift in a jar ideas:
Easy Chocolate Chip Cookie Mix in a Jar
- Total Time: 20 minutes
- Yield: 24 1x
Description
Delicious, soft bakery-style chocolate chips cookie mix in a jar are a favorite dessert recipe you won’t want to miss!
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup butter, softened
- 1 large egg
- 3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 1/2 cups (9 ounces) semi-sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
- Beat butter, egg and vanilla in a large bowl until blended.
- In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking soda, salt, and sugars. Stir to mix well.
- Add dry mixture to wet and mix well.
- Drop by rounded tablespoons onto ungreased baking sheet.
- Bake for 9-11 minutes or until golden brown.
- Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes before removing to wire rack to cool.
- Prep Time: 10 min
- Cook Time: 10 min
- Category: dessert
- Method: baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size:
- Calories: 191
- Sugar: 16.6 g
- Sodium: 117.2 mg
- Fat: 10 g
- Carbohydrates: 24.6 g
- Protein: 2.3 g
- Cholesterol: 23 mg
Has anyone tried shipping these? Are they packed tight enough to stay pretty or do they bounce around and look messy before arriving? Thanks in advance!
Hi
Can the mixture be halved for a smaller jar? I dont have a quart jar l live in Australia.
Thanks
I’m sorry Moira, I’m not really sure. You can definitely halve the recipe, I’m just not sure what the jar size would be. (and you would need to obviously alter the instructions to reflect the change.)
Thank you so much for the recipe and printable. My Girl Scouts will be making these for gifts. I tried out the recipe for my daughter’s birthday party and the girls raved at how good the cookies were! I substituted Cup4Cup gluten free flour and it worked perfectly!
after reading the comments, please share what is the best size jar to use thank you! Happy Thanksgiving 🍁
THe 32 oz wide mouth ball jars are too big for this recipe. There was a lot of air left at the top. Try a smaller jar, 28 oz is better.
thank you Bella for responding. I didn’t see your reply before I assembled them. I used the 32 ounce normal jar (not a wide mouth) and they came out just beautiful!
hi do you know how many time in advance can i make this jars ?? expiration date?? tks
All cookie in a jar recipes are good for 6 months unless there are nuts in the mix then it’s 3 months!
quick question, is there a way to replace the regular sugar for Stevia (for baking)? I wonder if I can do a low-fat type cookie recipe, my friends are very healthy! lol
I haven’t tried it but I am assuming if you follow the package substitution guide it would work. Sorry not to be of more help!
Hello! I was wondering how much cocoa powder I would have to add to make these chocolate cookies? Thanks!
I think about 1/8 cup of cocoa powder would be enough to provide a chocolatey taste, or try 3 Tablesppons.
Bless you for including a printable recipe card! Just made these as Christmas gifts for my family and it was so nice to print the cards straight from my phone. Thank you!
Agree, this is so perfect for my gifts. Thank you!
Hi there. Did you just print as in on the page and use card stock?
I used card stock, they were perfect.
Would this recipe work the same if I substituted 3/4 cup of the flour for 3/4 cups of oatmeal?
I have no idea Becca, but if you try it please let me know so others can know too! Sorry to not be of more help! ~Melissa
best cookie recipe ever! I make these all the time!
This seemed to have too much butter or not enough flour. Cookies were flat and greasy. Glad we made them before filling jars.
Greetings! I am having kids make these for a middle-school math class project! I am going to have the kids decide how to scale the recipe down to an “individual portion,” and I will give each team four smaller jars t fill so they can all take some home. Do you know approximately how many cookies one batch makes? I want to make sure I give them enough ingredients to make at least four to six cookies per tiny jar :).
Oops! I’m sorry! It says two dozen on the printable directions! I bet it is overwhelming to post a great little recipe and have everyone ask so many questions!
I gave all these as Christmas gift 2017 and everyone loved it. I was also asked how come “mom” gave me her cookie recipe and not my other siblings. ?. I said it was you .
I’m glad it went over so well Nicole, it really is such an easy and yummy gift!! Thanks for taking the time to let me know you enjoyed it, you made my day! ~Melissa
Do you know how I would modify this for high altitude? I am at 5,280 ft. Thanks!
Hi Melisa, I got gift jar from my very good mom friend. what a great gift idea!
I baked my first traditional cookies ever, easy and big hit at our home ??? I asked my friend to send me recipe to do again and maybe as a gift for my family and friends too…
Thank you for this post and hi from Canada
You are not to believe this! My daughter and I made these for a craft fair 16 (yes!, 16!) Year’s ago. Last week I found a jar that I had misplaced in a move. After smelling and eye-ing it I decided to try baking them, and they were great!, still eating them. I can only guess that it was packed so tight, no oxygen could get in to spoil it. Called my daughter and told her—-she still doesn’t believe me!
Did this last year for my daycare families and I’m doing it again this year because it was s HUGE hit!
Thank you so much for making my life easier and cuter! I love the printable recipe and can’t wait to give these and try them out for myself as well. So CUTE!
I’m so glad you liked it Mary! ~Melissa
Hi there I was wondering how much grams of butter is used in the chocolate chip cookie recipe
Hi Caitlin, by my kitchen scale that would be about 170 grams of butter for the recipe. ~Melissa