Cookies in a jar do not have to be complicated. In fact, with just 2 ingredients you can have this inexpensive gift idea ready for anyone on your gift giving list. I love a gift that is easy, inexpensive, and delicious. It is like the trifecta of gift giving! Be sure to scroll to the bottom of this post for ideas from our blog partners for mason jar week as well. Trust me….you don’t want to miss em! If you have missed any of the posts this week, be sure to catch up with day 1, day 2, and day 3.
So what are your two ingredients? Basically a cake mix and anything else you want to add in! What?? Yep, this gift is also customizable. I have a few ideas below but be sure to think about who you are giving this gift to and what they love. Then add that in instead! Easy peasy and customized to the recipient? Could this get any better?
Two Ingredient Cookies in a Jar
- One box cake mix
- Any other mix in
A few ideas for your mix in:
- Snickers
- Milky Way
- Reese’s Pieces
- Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
- Chocolate Chips (one variety or a mix of tons of varieties)
- Butterscotch Chips
- M&Ms
- Twix Bars
- Butterfingers
- Almond Joy
- Oreos
- Heath Bars
- Rolos
- any other candy/chocolate that you love!
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How to Make This Cookie Mix in a Jar
- Add your cake mix to the bottom of a wide mouth mason jar.
- Press down well with a spoon.
- Wipe sides of jar with a paper towel.
- Fill up the remainder of the jar with any of your mix ins! Be sure to chop candy bars but smaller items like chocolate chips and M&Ms can be left whole.
- Attach instructions and a gift tag and your cookies in a jar is ready for gift giving.
Free Printable Gift Tags:
I have a few tags that I have created linked for you below. A few specific ones and a more generic one to add to any gift in a jar that you make.
Just print on card stock, cut, and then add to your cookies in a jar. This completes the gift and it is ready for gift giving!
How to Make the Cookies
Now that you have your cookies in a jar, how do you make them into cookies? The instructions are provided on the tags above for your gift recipient, however, if you are curious I am listing them below. You can see that these cookies are easy as well as delicious!
- 1 jar cookie mix
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- Preheat oven to 350 F. Mix eggs and oil well.
- Add in cookie mix and stir.
- Drop by rounded tablespoon onto cookie sheet.
- Bake 8-9 min
Y’all enjoy and start coming up with combinations for everyone on your gift-giving list. These cookie gifts in a jar are an easy way to show your friends and family that you care.
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Ingredients
Nutter Butter Snowman Christmas Cookies
- 16 ounces Nutter Butter cookies or a smaller package
- white candy coating
- mini M&Ms
- black non-pareils
- orange sprinkles
Santa Nutter Butter Cookies
- white candy coating
- mini chocolate chips
- white sugar pearls
- mini M&Ms
- red sugar
- 16 ounces Nutter Butter cookies
Elf Nutter Butter Cookies
- white candy coating
- mini chocolate chips
- white sugar pearls
- mini M&Ms
- green sugar
- black writing icing
- Nutter Butter cookies
Nutter Butter Reindeer Cookies
- chocolate candy coating
- mini M&Ms
- candy eyes
- pretzels
- Nutter Butter cookies
Instructions
Snowman Cookies
- Melt the candy coating according to the package directions. Coat the cookies with white candy coating. Lay on waxed or parchment paper.
- Add on M&M buttons, nonpareils smile and eyes, and sprinkle nose while the candy coating is still wet. Allow setting before serving or packaging.
Santa Cookies
- Melt the candy coating according to the package directions. Coat the cookies with white candy coating on both ends only. Dip top in red sugar leaving a small white band. Lay on waxed or parchment paper.
- Add on M&M nose, chocolate chip eyes, and white pearl ball for the hat using additional candy coating. Allow setting before serving or packaging.
How to Make Elf Nutter Butter Cookies Recipe
- Melt the candy coating according to the package directions. Coat the cookies with white candy coating on one end only. Dip in green sugar leaving a small white band. Lay on waxed or parchment paper.
- Add on M&M nose, chocolate chip eyes, and white pearl ball for the hat using additional candy coating. Draw on a mouth with black writing icing. Allow setting before serving or packaging.
Christmas Reindeer Cookies
- Melt the candy coating according to the package directions. Coat these cookies with chocolate candy coating. Lay on waxed or parchment paper. Add on pretzel antlers, candy eyes, and M&M nose while the candy coating is still wet. Allow setting before serving or packaging.
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This is such a great idea! I LOVE IT!!!
Holy cow! So simple!
How cute! I can even add inexpensive oven mitts to hang on the side. Thanks for sharing!
I LOVE it! This is such a great idea and so simple to do! I love that you only need to add 2 things to the jar, and attach a tag! The great thing is you can give this gift anytime of the year! Thank you for the idea!
I love giving jar gifts and I adore receiving them! You have the best ideas! Thank you so much for sharing at Celebrate It!
Am I miss the instructions on how to make these cookies?
The instructions for making them are on the tag. Just download the tag and get the instructions.
This is perfect timing, I found a half rack full of Mason jars at the thrift store, and was planning on making gifts – thank you for this great post!
What size mason jars do you recommend using? Pint or quart?
Thanks for sharing!
Definitely quart!
I read this entire post but did not see what to add to make the batter. Milk? Eggs? Water?
The instructions to make them are on the printable gift tags.
Fabulous idea! If you are using different cake or different candy, do you follow directions for the cake mix, or are there different measurements or bake times? Thanks so much. Can’t wait to try it.
Nope! You can use the same directions and mix and match. I have used it for several different types of cookies and it works every single time.
I’m reading this on my phone so I can’t find the list of wet ingredients, could you please post them, thank you so much.
Or email me
The list is on the tag for each of the gifts.
could you just use nuts or a combo of nuts and chips of some kind?
Of course! Just about anything works with this method.
Where is the download for instructions this is a very confusing post but was interested in making these!
Just click on each of the links if you want the specific tags to go with the examples.