Time’s Up! The winner of the Desserts in Jars Giveaway is:
#558 dixie: oatmeal chocolate chip cookies w/ walnuts :) my FAVE!!
Congrats Dixie! I’ve sent you an email! :)
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I have a sweet giveaway to share today. :) Hands down, one of my favorite weekends ever was when my friend Shaina came and stayed at my house while she was writing her delicious book Desserts in Jars. We spent two days baking, photographing, and totally indulging in 11 ridiculously fabulous desserts that went straight into this fun book. Shaina’s book not only includes a multitude of decadent desserts made and displayed in jars, but she also has many ideas and recipes for jar mixes made for gifting. Cookie mixes, like this Monster Cookie Mix pictured above, are the perfect gift for any occasion, but they’re especially fun at Christmas! If you’re looking for a unique stocking stuffer or special gift for someone who’s hard to buy for, check out all the fun jar mixes in Shaina’s book. You can now conveniently find Deserts in Jars at Target! The Espresso Brownies, White Chocolate Spice Cookies, or the Spiced Hot Chocolate with Cinnamon Marshmallows Mix are sure to wow! The cookie mix alone would be perfect for a stocking stuffer, or for a great gift tuck this cookie mix in a basket with a baking sheet (or a muffin top pan), a fun decorative spatula, (Target has the cutest Christmas spatulas right now!) a cookie scoop, and some decorative teaspoons along with a copy of Desserts in Jars. Perfect! And they obviously travel well if you need to ship any gifts this year. Shaina shipped me this cookie mix above and as you can see, it looks flawless!
Shaina even has free printable gift tags with instructions for topping your cookie mix jars on her Desserts in Jars site. So convenient!
Ya’ll know as soon as I pulled the gorgeous jar out of the box I had to make these cookies immediately! :) Just whip up a little peanut butter, butter, eggs and vanilla…
Then take your fabulous cookie mix…
And dump it right in.
You can bake on any standard cookie sheet, but I wanted to make these in a muffin top pan today.
I love how HUGE they turn out in a muffin top pan! Look at that gorgeous deep-dish crust! These Monster Cookies definitely live up to their name. :)
Peanut Butter and M&Ms… These are the cookies Santa wants on his plate! :)
Monster Cookies In a Jar Mix
1/2 cup sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 1/4 cups rolled oats
3/4 cup M&Ms or chocolate chips
1/2 cup light brown sugar, packed
1/4 cup chopped walnuts or broken pretzel pieces
1. Whisk together the sugar, baking soda, and salt and pour into the bottom of a 1-quart Mason jar.
2. Top with the oats, M&M’s, brown sugar, and chopped walnuts or pretzels. Seal with lid and attach a label with the following instructions for the recipient:
To Make Monster Cookies
3/4 cup peanut butter (not natural)
2 tablespoons butter, softened
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
2 eggs
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Mix the peanut butter, butter, vanilla and eggs in a large bowl until well combined. Add the contents of this jar and stir until just combined. Form the dough into 2-inch balls and set on cookie sheet 2 inches apart. Bake for 12-14 minutes until the top sof the cookies begin to brown. Allow to cool on a wire rack.
Recipe adapted from Desserts in Jars.
Desserts in Jars Giveaway!
I’m so excited to share a fun gift basket of sweets and treats with one lucky Kevin & Amanda reader, celebrating Desserts in Jars. Here’s what all you’ll get!
- 1 Monster Cookie Mix (made by Shaina herself!)
- 1 personalized, autographed copy of Desserts in Jars
- 1 $25 Target gift card
- 1 Key to My Heart Jar Necklace
How CUTE is that necklace?? I love it!! :)
How to Enter
To enter the Desserts in Jars giveaway, all you have to do is leave a comment on this post. What’s your favorite dessert?? :)
Contest ends Saturday, December 15 at 8 am CST. One entry per person, please. Winner will be chosen at random and notified by email.
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Stay sweet… and good luck!!! :)
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Oh dear, I love so many desserts!! I’m going to have to go with Pioneer Woman’s chocolate sheet cake!
My favorite dessert is cake, preferably with ice cream!
Almost anything with chocolate in it!
Homemade Snickerdoodles- YUM!!!!
Those cookies look to die for. Cookies are my favorite all time dessert. That is why I think twice about making them. They seems to call my name.
Banana pudding is one of my all time favorite desserts and this would be great in a jar!
My favorite dessert in tiramisu!
why, monster cookies….of course!
Dobos Torte is my favorite.
I luv me some brownies!!! Can’t eat them since my stomach doesn’t work!:(
Thanks for the chance to win some free gifts!
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Anything with chocolate and peanut butter!!!
I have a favorite dessert for each mood, so picking just one is hard!! If I had to pick today – it would be fluffy homemade Angel Food Cake with fresh whipped cream and raspberries. MMMM!
in the summer, apple crisp. now, something chocolatey…chocolate cake with white frosting.
So Many Favorites!!! Right now, I’m loving homemade Key Lime Pie though, with my homemade crust. It’s to die for!!
I LOVE pecan pie bars by Barefoot Contessa’s recipe! Out of this world and has become a favorite of mine to make and to eat!
Cheesecake!
So many dessert options to choose from! I think my favorite dessert would be Peanut Blossom Cookies. Growing up, we only ever made/ate them at Christmas, and now I can rarely bring myself to make them outside of the Thanksgiving-New Year’s window. That’s what makes them so great for me – they are rare!
Ice cream!
Key Lime Pie
jimmy carter pie!
I LOVE THIS. This year because things are difficult, I’m doing mason jar gifts! what excellent timing!
My favorite dessert is an upside down apple pie that my MIL makes (and I learned how to make) – i love it because it has TWO crusts. Mmmm, pie crust.
My mom’s Mississippi mud pie. I only get it once a year at Thanksgiving!
My favorite is homemade brownies!
Hands down it’s warm chocolate chip cookies and milk. Doesn’t get better. Darling idea for a book!
My favorite dessert is wrm apple crisp!!
Strawberry pretzel jello…yum! :) Happy Holidays!
Creme brûlée!
I love chocolate chocolate cookies!!!! :)
I love molten fudge cakes with Blue Bell Vanilla Ice Cream.
I have a sweet tooth, picking one is difficult, but I would have to choose coconut cream pie.
I have lots of favorites but if I had to pick it would be Red Velvet Cake during the holiday’s. It is moist and so festive. My favorite change up on it is adding chocolate chips to the cake mix.
Why, Monster Cookies are my favorite! And, what could be any easier than finding all the fixin’s in a jar!
ANYTHING Chocolate!
I LOVE LOVE LOVE snickerdoodles!
……definitely oreo cookie pie (frozen). Thanks for the giveaways!
It’s gotta be caramel cake. Yummo!
Sex in a pan :) so yummy!
Really???!!! A favorite dessert???? It depends on the season….and the day….and the availability….and the mood….cherry pie…..or vanilla ice cream with caramel sauce….or cookies (mmmmm, homemade snickerdoodles! or peanut butter!) a coconut cake…….get the theme??? Anything and everything that isnt slimey (no puddings please!) LOL
My ultimate favorite dessert is Always Tirimisu!
Hmm there are so many I love…but I am definitely a cheesecakaholic :)
i would have to say creme brulee!!!
oh my gosh, how do i choose? let’s go classic and say a big, warm chocolate chip cookie under cookie dough ice cream. YUM!
I love red velvet cake!
I actually LOVE LOVE LOVE these cookies!!! My fav. dessert is monster cookies
My husband’s chocolate chip cookies are my fav.
Anything with chocolate…chocolate pie, brownies; the Monster Cookies in a jar look fabulous!
My favorite is Pineapple Upside down cheesecake. YUM smile smile :)
Cheesecake! OMG, plain, fruity, candy covered, whatever! LOVE cheesecake! #cantgetenough
So hard to pick just one, love brownies, cookies, anything really!!!
Mint chocolate chip ice cream with hot fudge!
What a great giveaway and a truly gifted photographer to capture such radiant photos of dry mix in jars and make it seem so tantalizing!!
my all time fave dessert is …..
drum rollllllllll…..
Baked Alaska!! YUM!
I discovered a new favorite this Thanksgiving: Chocolate Pecan Pie!
Cute!! My favorite dessert is a molten chocolate lava cake with fresh whipped cream.
Brownies!
I love red velvet cupcakes!
My favorite dessert is definitely cake pops – something I make often!
I need to get a couple of those muffin top pans ~ I’ve never seen them before!!
My favorite dessert is …. a tie between cookies and ice cream. I guess I’ll just have both!!
oatmeal chocolate chip cookies w/ walnuts :) my FAVE!!
I’m from Florida, so key lime pie will always hold a special place in my heart!
German Chocolate cake with chocolate ice cream!
Yum those cookies look delicious! And in all honesty my favorite dessert is your Ultimate Chocolate Chip Cookie n’ Oreo Fudge Brownie Bar! I’ve never tasted anything more amazing :)
I love shortbread and gingerbread.
Banana cream pie, hands down! That necklace isnPRECIOUS!
all time fav mississippi mud pie but come to think of it i havent meet a dessert i dont like ha
i never met a dessert i didn’t like!!!
That looks like so much fun, thanks for the chance!
My favorite dessert is hands-down, no-doubt-about-it, ICE CREAM! Couldn’t live without it.
Love making any kind of dessert, but baking brownies with my kids during the holidays are my favorite memories!!!
Oh I LOVE homemade Chocolate Chip Cookies and Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Frosting, but I think I will say Homemade Chocolate Chips cookies still warm and gooey out of the oven.
My absolute favorite would have to be pumpkin roll!
Oo tough…but I do have a red velvet cake sitting on my counter that is divine!
Homemade vanilla ice cream!
My favorite has to be a slice of cake!
I like chocolate cake with chocolate frosting.
Dessert?? Favorite dessert?? ANY!! What a great book & giveaway!! Thanks so much!
I think my very favorite desert has to be New York style cheesecake. Though I’m usually quite happy with a small square of dark chocolate.
Going through thing with this cheese cake ( don’t know actual name of it… someone gave me a slice from Von’s ) layered chocolate mousse/ cheese cake/ chocolate crust with caramel topping… so sinfully delicious… can’t wait to go check out the name ( don’t have car right now), some time at bakery/bread give away at corner they have a slice… yum going to go look for it !!
Many, many, many. But my absolute favorite dessert is my grandma Dot’s Banana Bars w/ Cream Cheese frosting. It is delicious to eat freshly made – but I love to eat it after it’s been in the fridge cooled down. That 9×13 sheet cake – with a nice cold glass of milk – doesn’t last long. It’s always a favorite when I get to go back home – as she always has it ready to eat.
My favorite would have to be Ina Garten’s Ultimate Brownies. Espresso and chocolate combined…winner!!
My favorite dessert is oatmeal chocolate chip cookies!
One of my favorite desserts would have to be homemade chocolate chip cookies right out of the oven. So soft, warm, and chewy–and with a glass of cold milk, of course!
My favorite dessert is blondie brownies!
As long as it has chocolate in it, it’s my favorite
Cookies!!!
My all time favorite dessert is creme brulee!
Turtle cheesecake all the way!!
Key Lime Cake
What a lovely giveaway! Thanks so much! My favorite dessert would have to be a salted caramel cheesecake or tiramisu…. It is so hard to choose one!
Chocolate cake! :)
COOKIES!!! Those Monster cookies look delicious! Can’t wait to try the recipe!
Angel Pie! Thank you so much!
My favorite dessert (after monster cookies) is cheese cake (YUM)!!
Chocolate Chip, Oatmeal Cookies are my favorite
Red Velvet Cake absolutely the BEST!!
Chocolate Chip Bar Cookies are divine
My all time favorite is angel food cake topped with fresh strawberries, cool whip and top it off with evaporated milk !!!! yum yum yum
My favorite dessert if anything Chocolatey! Love chocolate and won’t be picky if someone else makes it! But love to bake!
Anything with chocolate and peanut butter!
Kahlua cake, so rich, moist, and decadent! Love me some monster cookies as well though!
My favorite dessert is tiramisu!! But anything chocolate also comes in close.