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Ammit · Nov 27, 2025 10:16 PM

Our 2025 theme of Cookie Exchange is not just symbolic. It's also litteral. We are having an actual cookie exchange between now and New Year's.

To participate all you need to do is make some cookies to share with us. Once you have made your cookies post here with the recipe and a photo taken by you with proof in the that you made them for this event. Everyone who posts will get 2 golden tokens.

After you share your recipe, you can choose to make a recipe another player has posted. If you make their recipe and post photo proof, I will send you a bonus Golden Token on top of the original 2. You can do this up to 2 times for a total of 4 Golden Tokens.

::Rules::

You do not have to make litteral cookies. Candies or savory snacks are also welcome! Just has to be a snack to share.
All entries must be posted before midnight on New Years Eve.
Everyone who posts something will be given 2 Golden Tokens for participating.
You can earn up two 2 additional Golden Tokens by making other member's recipes.
You must make the cookies (or snacks) yourself (or with help) to qualify.
All posts must have proof in the image to count.
- Proof can be your username and the date on a slip of paper in the photo.
- You can hold your cookies up in front of this post and take a photo.
- You can include today's newspaper and a cryptic puzzle that leads us to your identity.
- You can spell out HGG 2025 in powdered sugar.
- The specific way you provide proof that you made these for this event is unimportant, just that you show you actually did make the cookies.
Limit of one recipe post per server per player.
If you have multiple accounts please only post on one of them.
You can post on multiple servers but please provide a unique recipe and photo for each server.
Same is true for creating other member's recipes, you must make a unique post for each. No cross server posting.

If you see a recipe you like from another server, you are welcome to post your results on any server, just let us know where it came from.

How to enter:
-Post a full recipe for your cookie, including ingredients and baking instructions.
-Tell us where the recipe comes from. Your creation? Family heirloom? Back of the flour bag? If you got it off a website post the link.
-Post a photo of your results with the proof in the photo

If you would like you can also add the terms "gluten free", "nut free", "vegan", etc in your post to help our members with dietary restriction. This is not required.

How to make a bonus post:
-Tell which user's recipe you are making.
-Include your photo with proof.

Click here to learn more about how to post images on the forum

I will send out tokens in stages as the month progresses. I can't wait to see all the fun treats everyone makes. :x

Fiddler · Nov 28, 2025 8:05 AM

Today is my birthday! I made cupcakes to celebrate
My recipe is out of a box. My proof is my horse!
One box Duncan Hines lemon cake,
1 cup water, 3 large eggs,1/2 cup vegetable oil
Bake at 350 for 18 minute
After they were done, I iced them with chocolate icing

Visions · Nov 30, 2025 11:01 AM

In honor of the game, I made Butterscotch Haystack Cookies!
I was given this recipe 20 years ago in a workplace cookie exchange.

1 - 5 oz can of crunchy Chinese noodles
1 - 11 oz bag of butterscotch chips
1/2 cup of salted peanuts
OR a pinch of salt for those who cannot have nuts
Sprinkles optional

Melt the chips in a double boiler or in the microwave. If using the microwave, use 30-second intervals, stirring well between each until melted.

Fold in noodles and peanuts.

On a wax paper lined cookie sheet, drop cookies using a spoon. While still maliable, add sprinkles. Put in the refrigerator for a half hour until set.

Yields 2 dozen.

I made these today for our church Christmas Bazaar on Saturday.

Gnufnu · Nov 30, 2025 3:09 PM

Well I decided to try an untested recipe off the internet… and despite thinking this recipe didn’t seem right stuck with the instructions as in the past I have messed up second guessing new recipes. No the recipe doesn’t work, it burnt out the mixer as the liquid to dry was massively off. So new mixer ordered… recipe will be adjusted to what I think it should be not what the original says and I will try again. Hubby has to wait to do his cookies too as the mixer went poof. But we will make cookies! lol

Ammit · Nov 30, 2025 9:50 PM

I removed some posts from this thread to keep things readable.

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MackZ · Dec 1, 2025 7:04 AM

Brownie Cupcakes

1/4 cup water
1/2 cup melted butter
2 eggs
Boxed Brownie mix (I used the dark chocolate mix by Betty Crocker)

Preheat oven to 350°F
Combine all ingredients and divide into twelve lightly greased muffin tin wells.
Bake for 28-30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into center of brownies comes out almost clean. Allow brownies to cool slightly before removing from tins and transferring to cooling rack.

Optional:
Chocolate chips or chunks
Vanilla extract or other alcohol-based flavors (I added a splash of Vanilla extract, Kahlua, and Amaretto)
Frosting or whipped cream as topping

Recipe source:
Back of the brownie box, with some tweaks.

Pagan · Dec 2, 2025 3:21 AM

These a a very quick and easy snack that are both sweet and savoury. measure with your heart. There are so many different ways to tweak this.

I found this recipe on Instagram

You need:

Coco Pops (or Choco Krispis, Choco Krispies, Coco Pops, Choco Pops depending on region)
Dessicated coconut or sprinkles. I used dessicated coconut.
Dark chocolate melts
mini jatz (or ritz crackers). I used mini jatz with sea salt.

Spread coco pops in a baking dish.
Lightly sprinkle coconut over top.
Place chocolate buttons on top of cocopops and melt in low temp oven until chocolate is melted.
Place mini jatz in top of chocolate and lightly press down. Place in refrigerator until cool

https://postimg.cc/gallery/GvBdP2T

Pagan · Dec 2, 2025 3:30 AM

@Visions,

I'm wanting to try your recipe, but I am unable to source butterscotch chips. Do you think peanut butter chips would work?

Maybe I could use white chocolate and add butterscotch essence to it? Hmmm

Ammit · Dec 2, 2025 4:43 AM

Peanut butter is nothing like butterscotch but I bet it would taste amazing anyways!

Visions · Dec 2, 2025 4:54 AM

I bet peanutbutter chips will be amazing with it! I may try that for the next batch.

Fiddler · Dec 2, 2025 4:54 AM

@visions, never mind, picture is above

kgstable · Dec 2, 2025 10:56 AM

Brownies are by far my favorite dessert! I've tried lots of different recipes but lately I've used a basic recipe and added my own things to it.

https://gimmedelicious.com/easy-one-bowl-fudgy-cocoa-brownies/#wprm-recipe-container-13196 This is my base recipe I normally use.

Ingredients:
▢1/2 cup butter, or oil (I use salted butter!)
▢1 cup sugar (For this batch I did half brown sugar, not packed, just spooned into measuring cup, and half white sugar)
▢1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
▢2 large eggs
▢1 teaspoon vanilla
▢1/4 cup flour
▢1/4 tsp salt (I still put this in even if i use salted butter becuase I like how it complements the chocolate, but feel free to skip this if you use salted butter)
▢1/2 cup favorite adds-ins (I didn't add anything in the batter, but I did spread melted chocolate chips on top. My favorite is to swirl some melted peanut butter in before baking, but my hubby isn't a fan of chocolate/PB combo so I omitted it this time since I was sharing while he's working from home this month)

Just a lil update: I put these in the fridge covered with plastic wrap and they are STILL SO fudgy a day later, I almost prefer it chilled to the warm fresh from the oven slice I had

MackZ · Dec 2, 2025 5:37 PM

I made kgstable's brownies. They are so fantastically fudgy and gooey, just how I like them!
I lightly dusted mine with powdered sugar so they would pop better on camera, but the only thing I added to the recipe was dark chocolate chips. I'm going to take these to our weekly family dinner tomorrow night. :-)

Edit: I did a single batch and baked it in a 9x5 loaf pan, using the instructions on the recipe link.

kgstable · Dec 3, 2025 10:14 AM

@MackZ Yay! I'm so glad they came out good, honestly it's such a solid recipe and so easy to modify however you need to! They look DELISH :P

WitchwaterAcres · Dec 3, 2025 6:57 PM

I made a brownie cookie, based off the recipe on this website: https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/222721/easy-brownie-mix-cookies/

Recipe:
1 (18.3 ounce) package brownie mix
1/3 cup vegetable oil
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour, or more as needed
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350.
Mix all ingredients, fold in chocolate chips. Line a baking sheet with wax paper and drop dough 2 inches apart. Cookies should be on the middle rack. Bake for 10 minutes.

I added some chocolate frosting with sprinkles to a few, but they really didn't need them.

(I have no idea why the picture showed up so large, I'm doing all this from my phone which complicates things)

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