Easy Chocolate Chip Cookie Mix in a Jar Gift and Free Printable
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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:
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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
We don’t have chocolate chips in our country so does it matter if I put in chopped chocolate instead ?
Thank you
That would work fine Ama! ~Melissa
How long can you keep these? Can I make them this fall and keep them through the new year?
As long as they are in an airtight container they should have a shelf life just like if they were in any other packaging. I have premade them and kept for two months before. ~Melissa
I would love to make this for gifts! I know some countries use different quantities for 1 cup. Please can you tell me how many ml or grams you use in 1 cup? I wouldn’t want too few ingredients, or too much and affect the way the jar looks and how they bake. Thank you!
would love to have the complete recipe as a printable to give with the jar gift. They are the best my husband has eaten – ever!)
Thank You
Trisha
I’ve added it to my “to do” list and will try to get to it son Trisha-I’ll update you when I have it done! ~Melissa
Didn’t find it that great. Mixed ingredients like recipe said, but ended up with just a bowl full of dry ingredients with very little moisture. Did not mix well at all. Throwing it away and doing it the old fashioned way.–From scratch.
Did you add the butter, egg and vanilla to the dry ingredients?
Is this a wide mouth or regular mouth jar? Thank you!
I used a wide mouth jar because it’s easier to add the ingredients and push down.
Hi is there any way we can make this without egg… please guide.. wanted to give this for my daughters bday!
You could probably use bananas or applesauce.
its 1/4 cup apple sauce for every 1 egg you would have used.
I just made a jar for my teen son!! Food is always a great gift for teens. lol Thanks for posting it and having a great downloadable label! It was just the right size to stick on the side of the jar!
I can’t seem to get the flour mixture low enough in the jar. I try to use the spoon, but it’s not really helping.
had to tap it down for a while with the back of a spoon. Just working the edges again and again. Then when I put the brown sugar in I pressed that in down and down and used that to squish the flour more.
Ok my local walmart didn’t have any original mason jars so I bought some anchor glass jars. Still 1 quart and when I got to the top I only fit in 1 cup of chocolate chips? Then I looked back at your picture and my flour mixture is taller than yours? Would one cup of chocolate chips be enough.?
I had to tap it down for a while with the back of a spoon. Just working the edges again and again. Then when I put the brown sugar in I pressed that in down and down and used that to squish the flour more.
But I think 1 cup of chips would be fine 🙂
Why is the baking sheet ungreased?
Lots of cookie recipes are ungreased–there is a lot of butter in the recipe–it greases itself!
This was the perfect gift for my office holiday party! Thanks so much for the idea, I made a jar for myself and I can’t wait to try the cookies!
I’m so glad you liked it Haley-I’m actually making some up today too! I know you’ll love the cookies, they’re delicious! Merry Christmas! ~Melissa
Melissa, thank you so much for sharing your cookie mix in a jar … and for free too! Such a wonderful gift to your readers/bakers/cooks. Thanks you over and over.
I am planning to give several of these jars for Christmas gifts this year. I made myself a sample jar and baked the cookies, just to make sure I liked them before I gave them. As my husband says – THEY ARE KILLER! Yummy, so rich and buttery. One question: I made the cookies 2-3 weeks after I had filled the jar (and yes, I did secure the lid, so the mix was airtight). The brown sugar had gotten a bit hard, but I was able to get it all out of the jar with a wooden spoon, and it then crumbled in the mixing bowl and was ok. I am wondering if I should perhaps wrap the sugars (especially the brown) in plastic wrap before pressing them into the jar, so it keeps it moistness? Have you had any problem with this, or do you have any suggestions? I am afraid if the cookies aren’t made fairly soon after receiving the gift, the brown sugar might get really hard.
It would be worth a shot Nancy, that’s a great point. I’ll try it myself this year as well and update the post if it seems to help! ~Melissa
What size mason jar is this?
Hi Julia, this was a quart size jar, thank you for the question, I’ll update the blog post to reflect that. ~Melissa
Hi
I’m just wondering what are the dimensions of the jar or does it not matter in order to use the same recipe with the same ingredients?
Thanks
Nadine
This was a 32 oz jar Nadine!
I love your theme! :))
Was the lucky recipient of this mix as a Christmas gift from my boss. Super easy to make and truly delicious! Just the thing for a January Snow day. It will be my go to mix from now on both for home and for gifts. Thanks so much for posting!
Absolutely perfect gift for my friend!
I’m so glad you liked it Arianna, Happy New Year!
Is this recipe for one jar? I’m trying to make 12.
Yes this is just for one jar ~Melissa
just what I was looking for, thanks!!!! 🙂