Brownies, Blondies & Chocolate Chip Cookies in a Jar {3 homemade gift ideas) (2024)

The cutest homemade gift idea - how to make brownies, blondies and chocolate chip cookies in a jar to gift to the baker in your life! They are inexpensive, thoughtful and easy to make.

I was talking with some friends the other day about how crazy things get at Christmas time. There are so many things to do, so many people to see and so many presents to buy...it can get expensive!

So today I've got a fun homemade gift idea for you that is really inexpensive! I've taken 3 of my favourite recipes and put them in jars - my chewy chocolate chip cookies, fudgy brownies and raspberry and white chocolate blondies. Something for everyone! They look cute, are easy to make and more than anything else, they are a really thoughtful and fun gift!

Printable labels: download them here

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Making the jars is really simple. The dry ingredients all fit into a 750ml jar which are easy to find. I got these jars at Briscoes for $4 each when they were 50% off. My jars came with orange seals which would be totally fine, but I was a bit OCD and bought white seals to replace them - they were only $5 for a packet of 5 and they are handy to have anyway!

You can definitely just put all the ingredients in the jar in any order but I think layering them light/dark/light/dark looks really effective. You can just spoon the ingredients in, but I used a funnel to make them look neat and tidy. I also packed the brown sugar down with the back of a spoon to make more room in the jars and also so that the white sugar on top of it didn't fall through and ruin the look of the layers.

Printable labels: download them here

I've also included printable labels for you to download and tie onto the jars. I've put the contents of the jar on the label too, just in case anyone with allergies is likely to be eating them.

Once the jar is made the process is simple.

For the cookies and blondies add the wet ingredients to a large bowl - just melted butter, eggs and vanilla and then dump the contents of the jar into the bowl, add the raspberries for the blondie, mix together and bake.

The brownie is slightly different - the chocolate in the top of the jar needs to be melted with the butter before adding the other dry ingredients. You could just send the block of chocolate along with the jar but I think it looks nice in the jar so I thought long and hard about how to separate it and ended up using the top from a plastic case of cupcake liners! It was the perfect size to fit inside the jar and is sturdy enough to hold the chocolate. If you don't have one of these, place a circle of baking paper or even tinfoil on top of the last layer before adding the chopped chocolate. This way you can tip the chocolate out of the jar into the pot to melt with the butter, add the eggs and vanilla and then top the rest of the contents of the jar in.

The other great thing about this is that this can be the gift that keeps giving. Once the person has baked their goodies, they could always make up another jar and gift on to someone else!

Other great homemade gift ideas:

3 homemade sugar scrubs (coming next week)
Homemade Burrito Spice Mix
Homemade BBQ Spice Rub
Homemade Vanilla Extract
Gingerbread Granola

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