Character and Novelty Cookie Jars

Buying a character cookie jar

A figural jar is decoration that happens to hold cookies. You buy it for the face on the counter: Snoopy on his doghouse, a TARDIS, a rooster with a gilded comb. Most of these are hand-painted ceramic, and the paint and the shape matter more here than the capacity.

Shapes cost space. A barrel or a doghouse holds a fair batch, while a jar built around a figure gives some of its inside to the figure. Where the maker states a height or a capacity, the card prints it, so you can check the jar fits under your cabinets.

Treat the lid of a figural jar gently. It is often the head of the character, heavier than it looks and sitting on a rim without a hinge. And turn a souvenir jar over before you fill it: the FDA requires decorative ceramicware that looks fit for food to say on its base that it is not for food use.

These 21 jars are part of the Cookie Jar collection, from $25.51 to $155.96 at the last catalog update, so you can set a budget before you pick a shape.

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About character and novelty cookie jars

Can you put cookies in a character cookie jar?

Yes, if it is sold for food, as the jars here are. A souvenir figure marked for decoration only is not for food, and the FDA requires such pieces to say so on the base.

How do you keep a character cookie jar from chipping?

Lift the lid with both hands, set it down on a towel, and wash the jar by hand. The lid of a figural jar is often its head, and it is the part that chips.

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