Has anyone ever made...

akstanl

Cookies from a jar, as in you received a jar with the ingredients in it, flour, sugar, chips etc. and directions to add the butter and egg?I think it seems like a cool idea, however when you make cookies you mix all the sugar with the egg and butter first and slowly add the flour part and then mix in the chips. So I am wondering how well the cookies in a jar like that end up turning out?Thanks!!

LittleSweetie

Never heard of it, but I'm intrigued!

hkiesling

I've made brownies from a jar. They came out okay. You might lose some fluffiness though.

shortntall

I made them once - I got the jar as a Christmas present from my cousins. They turned out ok. Definitely not as great as homemade fresh, but it was still fun! And I thought of my cousins while I made them and ate them!

joods29

You could always separate the flour in a little baggie so that they will still be fluffy.

yellowbabyducky1

When I've gotten them they've always had the flour in the bottom in a smaller baggie.Then they are yummy.  Not exactly like homemade, but cute!

akstanl

Flour in a baggie...that'd be an idea. I was tossing around the idea of making these as favors. I have a great choc chip cookie recipe and thought this would be cute. I can't decide what I want to do. I'd like to do something personal, but not super spendy. Maybe I will make one, wait a couple of weeks and see how the cookies turn out.

MsCrispy

I haven't made these, so I can't help you there.  But you mentioned that you were trying to find cheap favor ideas and once you buy all of the ingredients and jars it may not be that cheap.  Since you're getting married in the winter, another idea would be to make hot coco cones.  Or if you really like your chocolate chip cookies, just make them, put a few in a bag and give those out as favors (you could make them ahead of time and freeze them so you aren't baking zillions of cookies the week of your wedding).  Good luck.

MesmrEwe

I'm with MsCrispy here in that once you buy all the ingredients for that many it's going to get VERY spendy.  And, making that many chocolate chip cookies is going to be a PITA to package, let alone make (which also will get spendier than you think).  We have gotten them for Christmas gifts and my brothers loved the recipe used (there's a site that has the recipe and how-to for it because it's layered very specifically)...  I guess I'm not a fan of them because when you have your own recipe you really aren't up for many alterations there-of...KWIM..  But, the cookies do turn out o.k.

akstanl

Thanks for the input. I hadn't looked into the pricing yet. I figured if I got all of the ingredients at Costco or something that it wouldn't end up so bad. I am only having about 40 guests.I'm still tossing around favor ideas...can't decide what I want to do

mrsjung

I haven't posted on here in forever, but I'll add my $0.02. I made them (about 6 or so) for Christmas gifts one year and they were a pain in the butt! Maybe it was the recipe I used, or my method but it took forever to get all the ingredients packed down in the jars. Definitely do a trial run before you buy everything for all 40+ of them! It's a really cute idea though- very personal and unique!