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Seven Cookie Jar shelves, by what the jar is made of

Each shelf of the Cookie Jar collection holds one kind of jar, from the gallon glass jar that shows the level to the dog treat jar with a bone on the lid.
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The cookie jars people buy most at Cookie Jar

The jars kitchens buy most and rate four stars and up, from penny candy glass to porcelain barrels in the Cookie Jar lineup.
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The makers on the Cookie Jar shelves

Porcelain from Lenox and Villeroy & Boch, crystal from Waterford, glass from Anchor Hocking and Olympia, licensed characters from Enesco, and a long list of small makers of glass and tin, all in the Cookie Jar range.
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A glass penny candy jar of cookies with a steel lid

Before you buy

Airtight lid or resting lid: what keeps cookies crisp

Sugar pulls moisture from the air. In an open jar, crisp cookies go limp and soft ones go hard, and in the same jar the two trade moisture until both are wrong. A lid that seals, with a silicone ring, a gasket or a clamp, stops that.

A lid that rests on the rim looks the same on the shelf and does none of it. That is fine for a jar emptied by dinner, and it is the rule for figural jars, whose lid is a head or a hat. Before you choose, read the lid line under the jar: it tells you whether the lid seals.

How to keep cookies fresh

Character jars

Cookie jars with a face: cartoons, films and the farmyard

Figural jars are decoration that holds cookies. These are the ones Cookie Jar shoppers rate highest.
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How to choose

Six things to check before you pick a cookie jar

  1. 1

    Measure under the cabinets

    A gallon jar with its lid on is taller than it looks in a photo. Measure the gap, check the height on the card, and leave room to lift the lid.

  2. 2

    Count the batch

    A batch of drop cookies fits a gallon jar. Half a gallon suits store-bought packs and small batches.

  3. 3

    Decide on the lid

    A silicone ring or a clamp keeps cookies as they were. A resting lid is for a jar emptied the same day.

  4. 4

    Pick the material

    Glass shows the level, ceramic hides it and stays put, tin travels, acrylic does not break.

  5. 5

    Check the care line

    Hand-painted, porcelain and crystal jars are usually hand wash. The card says what the maker lists.

  6. 6

    Think about small hands

    A heavy ceramic lid shaped like a head is the part that drops. On a low counter, acrylic is safer.

The full guide to choosing a cookie jar

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What people look for at Cookie Jar

  • Large cookie jars

    A full batch of drop cookies needs a gallon, and a double batch needs more. The wide-mouth glass gallons take a whole hand to the bottom, and the tall jar and the tins go to a gallon and a half.

    16 jars · $16.99 to $74.29

  • Airtight cookie jars

    A ring in the lid or a clamp on the rim is what keeps a soft batch soft and a crisp one crisp. Glass, ceramic, acrylic and metal jars whose makers list a sealing lid, on one page.

    40 jars · $8.54 to $199.69

  • Christmas cookie jars

    Santas, a snowy barn, a Grinch and the winter pastry boxes of Villeroy & Boch: jars that come out of the attic with the ornaments and hold the cookie-swap batch.

    10 jars · $35.19 to $112.50

  • Halloween and fall cookie jars

    Glass pumpkins for the candy table, a gothic Lenox jar, dolomite jars shaped like a pumpkin and a skeleton, and a harvest pumpkin that stays out through Thanksgiving.

    4 jars · $28.07 to $89.95

  • Disney cookie jars

    Mickey Mouse in Romero Britto colors, Jack Skellington, Stitch on his hands and a jar printed with the classic film posters, from licensed makers.

    6 jars · $37.99 to $60.00

  • Cookie jar sets

    Two, three, four or six matching jars, for keeping crisp and soft cookies apart, lining up a candy table or giving away a stack of tins.

    15 jars · $15.99 to $48.99

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Before you click

  • Jars kitchens rate highly

    Every jar here is rated four stars or more by the people who bought it.

  • Size and lid at a glance

    You see the capacity and whether the lid seals right under the jar, wherever the maker gives them.

  • Prices from our last update

    We update prices on a schedule. The figure at checkout is the one you pay.

  • Care you can follow

    Dishwasher or hand wash, exactly as the maker's label says.

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About Cookie Jar

Cookie Jar has picked cookie jars since 2019

We started with one question from our own kitchens: which jar keeps a batch of chocolate chip cookies soft until the weekend? Cookie Jar now keeps the answers on seven shelves, from twenty-dollar glass gallons to Waterford crystal, and you can read how we choose them.

You pay the price shown at checkout, where our retail partner handles payment and delivery for every jar in the jars at Cookie Jar.

Questions

What people ask about cookie jars

How do you choose a cookie jar for your kitchen?

Start with where it stands and what it holds. Measure the space under your cabinets, decide whether the cookies need to stay crisp for days (then pick a jar with a sealing lid), and choose the material: glass shows the level, ceramic hides it and stays put, tin travels, acrylic does not break. Our guide to choosing a cookie jar walks through each.

What size cookie jar do you need for one batch of cookies?

For a standard batch of drop cookies, a gallon jar is the comfortable size: it holds the batch with room to reach in. A half-gallon jar suits a family that bakes small batches or keeps store-bought cookies. The large cookie jars page lists everything from a gallon up.

Does an airtight cookie jar keep your cookies fresh longer?

It keeps them as they were when you closed it: soft cookies stay soft and crisp ones stay crisp, because the lid stops them trading moisture with the air. Keep the two kinds in separate jars. The airtight cookie jars page shows which lids seal.

Is an old ceramic cookie jar safe for your cookies?

Not until you know its glaze. The FDA warns that antique, worn and handmade pottery can leach lead into food, and that washing does not remove it. Keep an old jar for display or wrapped candy, or read what the FDA says about old glazes.

Can you put a cookie jar in the dishwasher?

Only if its maker says so, and each card on Cookie Jar prints what the maker lists. Plain glass and some acrylic jars are dishwasher safe; hand-painted ceramic, porcelain, crystal and printed tins are usually hand wash.

Where can you buy the jars you find on Cookie Jar?

Every jar has a button that opens it at our retail partner, in the size or color you picked. Payment, delivery and returns happen there, not on this site.

Do you make the cookie jars on Cookie Jar?

No. Cookie Jar picks jars from many makers, Lenox, Villeroy & Boch, Anchor Hocking, Certified International and dozens more, and keeps them on one set of shelves. We have done that since 2019.

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