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Make the best chocolate chip cookies to celebrate National Cookie Day.
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Of course, Cookie Monster would have something to do with National Cookie Day, which is Thursday, December 4th.
According to the National Day Calendar, “Sesame Street” added National Cookie Day to its calendar in 1976, designating November 26th as an unofficial holiday, and Cookie Monster promoted this special day in his 1980 book “Sesame Street Dictionary.”
Matt Nader, co-founder of Blue Chip Cookie Company, chose to move National Cookie Day from a few days later on the calendar to a day during the holiday season in 1987, the Los Angeles Times reported.
The December 4th date has stuck, and has been adopted by Cookie Monster, who has been celebrating National Cookie Day on Sesame Street and social media.
Currently, many gourmet spots and bakeries celebrate this day. Here are some National Cookie Day specials and giveaways that even Cookie Monster will love.
Dairy Queen’s National Cookie Day Sale
Through December 7th, if you prefer crumbled cookies in your ice cream drinks, get a free Mini Frosted Sugar Cookie Blizzard (or any other Mini Blizzard) when you purchase a Signature Stackburger Combo or 6-piece Chicken Strip Basket on December 4th. Also, until December 7th, members of the DQ Rewards loyalty program can receive $3 from a small Blizzard.
National Cookie Day Sale
- 7-Eleven: Although it’s not a cookie per se, members of the 7Rewards and Speedy Rewards loyalty programs can try the convenience store chain’s Vanilla Cookie Butter Cold Brew Latte and get a breakfast sandwich for $2 with the purchase of a drink (or hot coffee through January 6th).
- corner bakery: On National Cookie Day, you can get cookies for $1. (Suitable for single bakery cookies only, not for mini cookie packs, while supplies last.)
- Insomnia cookies: The first 100 people in the Insomnia Rewards loyalty program to visit a store on National Cookie Day will receive a free Snowball Classic cookie, a limited-time sugar cookie filled with buttercream and topped with powdered sugar and edible glitter. When you purchase one cookie at each of the cookie chain’s 350 stores, the purple buttercream filling will reveal a prize: a free cookie for a year. (Before making and eating Cookie Monster, please take a photo of the cookie with your receipt, scan the QR code installed in the store, upload the photo, and fill out the application form.)
- Jimmy John: JJ Rewards members can get a free Holiday Magic cookie made with M&Ms on December 4th with any mobile or app purchase of $5 or more.
- Maman: The cafe and bakery chain is offering an upgrade from an 8-cookie box to a 12-cookie box for National Cookie Day on all blue and white boxes purchased online (use code COOKIEDAYUP4).
- Milk bar: The dessert bakery will be giving away free McCormick x Milk Bar Eggnog English Toffee Cookies at its New York City flagship store and three other locations in New York City’s West Village, Los Angeles (7150 Melrose Avenue) and Washington, DC’s Logan Circle. The cookies are available for nationwide shipping until Dec. 31 on Milk Bar’s website, and the recipe is available on McCormick’s website.
- My better batch: Buy one Classic Sugar Cookie Mix online on December 4th and get your second free on December 4th.
- Panera Bread: Members of the MyPanera loyalty program will receive buy one, get one free cookies on December 4th.
- Nestlé toll gate: The baking brand will be giving away cookie taco kits online on a first-come, first-served basis starting December 4th at 2pm ET (while supplies last). The kit includes a $25 gift card that covers additional ingredients such as Nestlé Toll House Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Rolls, semisweet chocolate morsels for additional toppings, a taco stand, and eggs.
Mike Snyder is a national trends news reporter for USA TODAY. You can follow him on Threads, Bluesky, and X, and email him at: mike snyder & @mikegsnider.bsky.social & @mikesnider & msnider@usatoday.com
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