I love making my ultimate chocolate chip oatmeal cookie recipe for my friends and family. The cookies have the perfect amount of crunch and chew and chocolatey goodness. I’ve had multiple people ask me for my recipe, and I always get so excited to share it with them.
But let’s face it – some days it’s hard to cook.
Doctor’s appointments, teacher meetings, and too many loads of laundry can all pile up and take a toll on my energy levels. On those days, it’s nice to have a little pick-me-up of a dessert that doesn’t require a lot of effort on my part.
So on those busy days, I like to have Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookie Jars on hand. Just dump the dry ingredients in a bowl, stir in a few wet ingredients, and boom! A wonderful treat ready to eat in just a few minutes.
These Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookie Jars make great Christmas gifts. If you have a few mason jars on hand, you can easily make several batches that you can give away (or keep) at your convenience. And since the ingredients are all shelf stable, they’ll last for several months in your pantry.
These Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookie Jars don’t require a lot of tools or equipment to make, but you will need a few items readily available:
If you’re feeling extra creative, you can use ribbon or twine and labels to decorate your jar. I had quite a few of these adorable tags on hand when I made the jars featured in this post. I am an Amazon associate, so I do earn a small commission for your purchases, but I only recommend products I love.
Do you plan on giving these Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookie Jars to friends or family? Then don’t forget to give them the baking instructions when you give them their gift. Feel free to create a custom card with hand-written steps, send them a link to this blog post, or hit the print button on the recipe.
I had a lot of fun making these Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookie Jars and giving them away over the holidays. I hope you can enjoy this recipe as much as I do. Feel free to have fun decorating the outside of the jars and making them unique for your loved ones.
If you have suggestions for improving this recipe or for beautifying the jar, let me know in the comment section below. And don’t forget to leave a star rating or share this recipe through social media so more people can learn how to make a cookie mix jar.
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Is the oatmeal measurement correct? 1/4 cup of oats in my jar barely made a visible layer. The photo makes it look like it’s probably more like a cup.
Hey there Nancy - my oatmeal measurement is correct. But it's not 1/4 cup. It's 1 and 1/4 cup. Sorry for the confusion. The numbers are pretty close together so I can easily see it being misread. Good luck with the jars!
Thank you! My mistake!
Do you have printables that have instructions on how to bake the cookies for the person receiving the jar?
Hey there Marguerite, if you hit the print button, it has instructions for both making the jar and baking the cookies - so whomever receives the jar knows exactly what's inside (in case of allergies or in case they want to make the jar again later). If you want just the instructions for the cookie, you could copy and paste them into a document and print them that way.
I tries this for some gifts I am making and if I pack each o f the layers, there is tons of space left in a quart jar (maybe enough for another cup worth of choc chips or some other add-in).
Adding up the quantities comes to barely over 2 quarts but packed, the granulated sugar, flour and oats will compress considerably. So the extra space looks like it is expected, but if you don't pack the layers, the first time it is shaken or tipped, the layers start to mix and it doesn't look like you want it for a gift.
Instead use a 1-1/2 pint jar (same height as the quart but narrow) and it works great.
Hey Barry, thanks for the tip! You must be far more effective at packing the jars than I am - I really struggle to fit everything in.