Determine the Guest List. Choose a group of 10-
20
friends who you think would be interested in sharing their holiday workload (and baked goods!) with you. In the invitation, ask each guest or family to bring 6 dozen of his or her favorite holiday cookies, and to send you the recipe ahead of time.
- Step 1: Send invitations about a month before the party. …
- Step 2: Start baking at least three days before the party. …
- Step 3: Set up display area and packaging station the day before. …
- Step 4: Prepare for the day of the party.
- Remember: it's not a competition. …
- Coordinate ahead of time. …
- Make enough for everyone. …
- Bring something homemade. …
- Yes, you should still bring a hostess gift. …
- Label your cookies for allergens. …
- Bring cookies and a story. …
- Hold off on seconds.
You
bake one kind of cookies
and give all the other guests a half-dozen or so to take home, and they do the same. The result is that everyone only has to bake one kind of cookie, but goes home with dozens of different cookies! Keep in mind, this may take 2 to 4 weeks to set up, including planning.
Decide how many guests you want to invite to the cookie exchange. Lots of people will ensure your guests have a variety of cookies to choose from, but too many people means too much baking. Ideally, you should plan the cookie swap for
10 to 12 people
.
- Assign Recipes and Shopping Lists To Each Guest – Like The Ones That Are Available As FREE DOWNLOADS At The End Of This Post! …
- Have Each Person Bring Cookie Sheets and Take Home Containers. …
- Don't Overdo It. …
- Prep Your Essential Materials.
What Is A Cookie Swap? A cookie swap is
a really fun and laid back party theme
. Invite a group of friends, ask each guest to make enough of one kind of cookie to share. At the party, sample the treats, then trade and package them in delicious assortments.
– According to a Nestlé Toll House poll in 2017,
chocolate chip cookies
are the most popular cookie in 18 states, followed by peanut butter chocolate chip.
Everyone should bring enough cookies so that each guest gets to take home
at least two of each kind
. For 12 guests, there should be two dozen of each cookie. As each guest arrives, offer to take the cookies so you can arrange them nicely on your main table. Find tiered cookie trays to display everyone's cookies.
- Red paper plate.
- Black and white ribbon.
- Red sparkle ribbon.
- Free printable small rectangular Christmas label.
- Full sheet label paper.
- Cellophane bag.
Have a Drive-By Exchange
Assign each household a different weekend day in the month before Christmas to make things easy. When it's your day, make sure your cookies are cooled, packaged, and ready to go, then hand them through
the car window
to each person as they drive by.
A cookie crawl is a family-friendly community event where
you pay a small ticket fee, receive an empty box, and then go to local businesses and fill the box with cookies
. Cookie crawls are a great way to stock up on Christmas cookies (especially if you're short on time to do baking).
The point of a cookie exchange is
to ask all guests to bring several dozen of their favorite homemade cookies to share
. Ideally, each of you will go home with multiple cookie varieties. Some parties encourage packaging your freshly baked goods into gifts right at the party.
When should I start my holiday baking?
Always start several days prior to “D-day”
and make sure you have a plan of attack so you can get right to the good stuff on your baking day. This may also include deciding what can be made ahead of time to freeze and be used used in coming weeks such as cookie dough and pie crusts.
BY VARIOUS | While
Nabisco's Oreos
are America's No. 1 top-selling brand of cookies, there are hundreds of smaller bakeries around the country that make and sell cookies under their own brand names or for other companies or retailers.
Oreos
are the best-selling cooking brand in the world, according to a study from 2014. In that year, the sandwich cookie brand generated sales of 3.28 billion U.S. dollars. Oreo is owned and operated by Nabisco, which is in turn owned by Mondelez International.
