The Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap
Read my post on the cookies I sent out. Round-up of all of the cookie recipes swapped, coming soon!
I am so excited to announce the 1st Annual Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap, hosted by myself and Lindsay of Love and Olive Oil.
It's pretty simple: sign up. Receive the addresses of three other food bloggers. Send each of them one dozen delicious homemade cookies. Receive three different boxes of scrumptious cookies from other bloggers. Squee!! You can eat them all yourself or share with your friends and co-workers. I think you'd become really popular if you shared! Post your cookie recipe on your blog. Check out everyone else's cookie recipes. Hey, maybe you'll get some great recipe ideas for a cookie exchange with your friends. Then, we do it all over again next year.
I'm so excited about this…last year after I won a box of cookies from Lindsay's blog and even after long discussions with Rachel, we thought it would be so fun to do an actual cookie swap with other bloggers. We even put some plans down in a Google doc and all was forgotten until Lindsay tweeted last night: “We should totally do a food blogger cookie swap.” So here we are…sounds fun right?
Here are the nitty gritty details:
Sign ups are open through Tuesday, November 15th at 10pm EST are now closed. Matches will be emailed to you on Monday the 21st, and we ask that you please get your cookies in the mail no later than December 5th. Blog posts with your cookie recipes should be written and ready for publication on December 12th. Lindsay and I will be posting a full round-up of all the participating bloggers and their cookie recipes shortly thereafter. Please note these deadlines and make sure you are able to meet them before signing up. We have no tolerance for flakes or no-shows in this swap.
Currently this swap is open to US and Canadian food bloggers only. (We just added Australia, Italy, the UK, Argentina & the Czech Republic). Email us if you want details on how to add your country.) We will do our best to match folks with others in the same country to keep shipping costs reasonable.
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Grab a badge:If you're participating, spread the word! The more bloggers we have participating in this swap the more fun it'll be. Please use the code below to add the official cookie swap banner to your blog:
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Sign up! Spread the word! Start planning your cookies!
Look how many bloggers have signed up so far!
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[…] have been stalking their blogs today to figure out the best thing to make and send to them for the Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap! I think I have found the perfect thing to make as none of these blogs have recipes posted on […]
BUMMED!! This is what I get for not checking in regularly. I would have loved to exchange cookies with other bloggers!
We’re doing an in-person cookie swap with Swap.com to benefit Cookies for Kids’ Cancer in Boston and this would have been a great tie-in.
Can I still get involved?
If anyone is in Boston and wants to swap in person, you can RSVP at http://boscookieswap.eventbrite.com
This is the cutest idea ever!!
[…] you are reading this and are dying to bake, blog, and participate, there is still time to sign up here. Hurry deadline is today Tuesday November 15th, so don’t delay. Stay tuned for my three cookie […]
I have family and friends that can attest to my yummalicious cookie/candy/bar baking spree that is set to start up next week! lol
this sounds like SO MUCH fun …. but I am soooo not a foodie blogger, though at the holidays I GO HOG WILD CRAZY!!!!! 🙂
Can I participate? And what is the best way to ship cookies????
[…] you are reading this and are dying to bake, blog, and participate, there is still time to sign up here. Deadline is Tuesday November 15th, so don’t delay. Stay tuned for my three cookie swap […]
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I am so excited to participate in this event! It’s a really neat idea, and I’m even more excited because this has led me to your blog – your food looks incredible 🙂 Thanks for organizing this!
[…] that since most people get so busy during the holidays. To get me started I decided to join the Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap! Hey, at least if I can’t get a group together at my house I can send some off in the mail. […]
I signed up and I cannot wait!!!
I just heard about the cookie swap from Love & Olive Oils blog and I wanted to say thanks for creating such a fun event!! I am excited to try other peoples tasty treats, not feel guilty for gaining a few pounds, and for getting to know other bloggers! (I am already happy I found yours!)
Thanks again! Feel free to check out my post on the swap!
http://www.yellowwishbone.com/2011/11/food-blogger-cookie-exchange-fall-2011.html
I love cookie swaps! I wish we could have it all year long, any season! Signed up and all set! Bring on the cookies!
LOVE this idea, all signed up! Can’t wait to see all the creations…but now I’m gonna go stress about what to make 🙂
Thanks for letting me know about this Julie – it’s such a fun idea and I’m so excited to participate 🙂
Such a fun idea! I am in!
[…] past her. She gave me the go-ahead, despite my blatant copy-catting and ripping-off of her & Julie’s idea. Thank you, […]
I’ve been researching recipes already. I even bought cute christmas containers for the cookies!!!! So pumped!
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Im a blogger but not really a foodie blogger can i still sign up? I promise I make delicious treats 🙂
Samantha,
You’re welcome to join us! 🙂
Fun, fun, fun! I’ll have to start thinking about what cookies I want to mail around the country.
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Hi Julie, this is so exciting! I just signed up! I love Cookie Swaps! And I will shamelessly admit that I eat all those I receive. Anyway, this is going to be fun. Thanks for organizing it!
This sounds like a lot of fun! A cookie swap is an awesome way to kick off the holiday season. 😀
FUN!
We don’t just blog about food and I hope that is OK because I just signed us up since we do have a food sections that features recipes often!
Beth, that’s totally fine. Welcome! We’re so excited!
I just signed up, can’t wait for this, what a fun idea!
I am in!
Day dreaming of cookies already!! Sounds great!!
Such a fun idea! Definitely signing up:-)
What a great idea! I just signed up! Can’t wait!!!
great idea! im kind of far away, so i cant participate, but i really like the swap! good luck!
Hi Juliana!
If you can find at least 3 other bloggers in addition to you in Argentina who are willing to participate, you guys can definitely do it and join us! Keep me posted!
Aww, I so wanna join but I’m in the Philippines! :((
Does it works only for US?
I’m from Italy, cookie lover and blogger.
Any other blogger from EU or Italy???
Soooo, envious as I am not a blogger so I cannot participate. Next year maybe find away to include us civilians! Have fun!
I am totally in! This year I turn cookie crazy, so I am so excited about this!
Oh man. This is right up my alley. Is it wrong to be upset (only for right now) that I live in Italy? Have fun—I can’t wait to see all the yummy treats!
So glad it worked out so that you can participate!
So excited for this, Julie! I’m already brainstorming my cookie creation 🙂
Me too! I’m kind of nervous and excited! LOL So glad you joined in on the fun, Kelly!
So excited! …to bake, and to EAT! This is such an awesome idea, guys! <3