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.
If you’re on Facebook, come check us out here! :)
Stay sweet… and good luck!!! :)
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Chocolate chip cookies
I love anything chocolate!
My favorite dessert is Cookies and Cream Cheesecake!
Wow…it’s a toss-up between Creme Caramel and a good Apple Crumble….*drool*
My favorite dessert right now is… coconut cream pie with chocolate crust! I made it for Thanksgiving and it was so good! No jello pudding packs, you use coconut milk and make your own pudding. Very decadent!
I’m a cookie girl!
i love tiramisu
Tiramisu! Or snickerdoodles!
Well there’s so many desserts to choose from but probably cupcakes!!!! :)
Anything Chocolate and Caramel!!
CHEESECAKE!!!
hmmm I would say cheesecake because I used to LOVE it soooo much but lately I’m thinking sugar cookies or Chocolate cake is my favorite :)
My favorite is Pineapple upside down cake! OMG! My mouth is watering for it right now!
Many favorites, but one would be Oatmeal Fudgies! Love the mix of salty and sweet!
My favorite is homemade banana pudding! My children cry when its gone!
Cookies. ALL. :D
Monster Cookies — MM!
I love homemade ice cream and pumpkin pie! I can’t just choose one favorite dessert!
Your photos are amazing. What are your settings? I love the one with the ingredients pouring out of the bottle with the diffused lights in the background. Slow shutter speed?
a simple but creamy piece of cheescake with a cup of dark coffee of course…yum!
My all time favorite dessert is a chocolate chip cookie with lots of pecans, fresh from the oven so the chips are still melty. I used to love them with a glass of cold milk but as an adult, a cup of hot coffee works. :)
My favorite dessert is chocolate cake!!
Strawberry pretzel jello!!!
anything with warm gooey dark chocolate!!!
Chocolate Chip Cookies are a favorite.
brownies….never can go wrong with brownies :)
Cherry Cheesecake
freshly baked choc chip cookies!
By far, warm apple pie and vanilla ice cream with caramel drizzled on top! Thanks for the fun give-away!
If I had to pick one dessert, it would probably be brownies with vanilla ice cream, chocolate sauce and slivered almonds.
Key lime pie… or cornflake cookies… I also love trying new desserts all the time!
So hard to decide on a favorite dessert! One of them is definatly Creme Brulee…and german chocolate cake….
Better than Sex cake! Yummy.
YUM!! Love the look of those cookies. Bet they were Delish! My favorite dessert is my homemade PB cups! They are so yummy. Thanks for the giveaway!
Wow! That’s a hard choice, but if I could only have 1 dessert again, I think I would have to choose brownies!
peppermint brownies! especially this time of year ….
Any kind of dessert is for me but cheesecake has to be on the top of the list
My fave dessert has got to be my sisters pumpkin pie roll. mmmm so good and moist
ANY cookie with nuts, but choc chip with nuts are my all time favorite!
Mississippi Mud Cake. Yummy!
Brownies! I love them! And pretty much anything with Peanut Butter!
I love monster cookies – your recipe looks similar above actually. thanks!! Love your blog too. Your bokeh was great in the photo above!
Wow, I love ALL desserts, but it would probably have to be ice cream. Yum!
My favorite dessert is anything that involves almond paste! I’ve been known to never turn down dark chocolate anything either ;)
My favorite dessert would have to be a shake! I know.. it’s not cake or brownies or cookies, but I can add pieces of those things to my shake! It’s a faster way to get icecream in I suppose!
chocolate chip cookies can’t be beat!
I love cake with buttercream frosting-my fav:)
homemade chocolate chip cookies right out of the oven!
My daddy’s German Chocolate Cake is my very favorite dessert!
Cream brûlée made by my girlfriend. Dessert always better when shared with close friend.
Hi Amanda. I <3 Brownies the most, but I also wanted to say that I love the "in a jar" twist on these cookies… I make "MOM-ster" Cookies every Christmas for friends.
Texas Sheet Cake and I lost my recipe for it! :(
I love creme brulee! My 12 yr old made that 2 yrs ago for a cooking contest – we gobbled up the test kitchen products every time!!
Her cinnamon coffee cake looks pretty dang amazing! I’d LOVE to win this! Yum, yum, yum!
Cookies
so hard to pick a favorite! but I guess I will go with cheesecake!
Do I have to choose just one??? I like chocolate…chocolate cake
I love ooey gooey warm brownies – no nuts. Omg, now I’m craving…
Cheesecake!!
i love anything that is both sweet and salty!
So many favorites, though my current one would have to be red velvet cupcakes.
Thanks for the fun and yummy giveaway!
Favorite dessert….a tough question…..anything chocolate! This time of year though, it would have to be Pecan Tassies which I make for every cookie exchange. They always disappear!
Thanks for the change to win! Happy Holidays and good luck to everyone.
Love you website!
Pie! Pudding pies, fruit pies – I love pies!
My favorite dessert?? That’s such a hard question as I have an incredible sweet tooth! I’d have to say that right now it’s probably White Chocolate Pomegranate Oatmeal cookies. Yum!
Thank you!
My favorite desert is banana pudding
I love cheesecake!
Ice Cream!!!!
My mom’s German Chocolate Cake
Our favorite dessert these days are homemade cannolis. I’ve been eyeing this recipe book for awhile now and would love to win it! Such fun prizes. . . thanks for chance to win.
My favorite dessert is a peach cobbler..soooo yummy
White chocolate chip & macadamia nut cookies!! Fresh baked oatmeal raisin cookies!! Hard to choose – love all cookies!
Chocolate pie!!!
Strawberry Shortcake!
My favorite dessert is my mom’s homemade chocolate cheesecake. My mouth is watering just thinking about it!
I like ice cream. I eat it year-round.
My favorite dessert would be a freshly baked chocolate chip cookie. Just warm out of the oven is when they are best!
I love coconut cake. Thanks for chance to win.
New York style cheesecake – simple, rich, delicious!
I LOVE anything chocolate…..but today, I’d have to say it’s the Snickerdoodle Blondies I just took out of the oven!
Creme Brulee.
I LOVE deserts, but my favorite comes from a local diner in my hometown. It’s called “Chocolate Chunk Peanut Butter Lava Cake”. It has moose tracks ice cream, peanut butter and hot fudge, a yummy brownie type cake, whip cream and a reese cup to top it off. Total HEAVEN!
I love any kind if cake!
My favorite dessert is no-bake chocolate oatmel cookies! YUM!!
My favorite dessert is Granny’s Mandarin Orange Cake- a Thanksgiving staple.
My favorite dessert is coconut cream pie…yum!
Red Velvet Cake! Yum!
Chocolate cake with chocolate frosting! YUM!
I LOVE chess squares!!
Cheesecake
I LOVE dessert! Hard to pick just one, but today Key Lime Pie sounds good! Love the book.
Brownies! So comforting!
Carrot cake with cream cheese frosting.
I have 2 favorite things, caramel corn-I have a recipe that a neighbor used when I was a kid. When I moved away I asked my mom to call and get me that recipe and I make it every year! My second favorite thing is sweet and salty nuts; I found a recipe years ago from Better Homes and Garden and they are so popular that I pretty much make triple batches-delish!!!!
Warm chocolate lava cake
strawberry cheesecake
My favorite dessert is cookies
creme brulee
I love flan!
Any cupcake in a jar is fabulous!!
Cream puffs! My mom used to make the yummiest.