Anonymous
Post 12/11/2023 15:02     Subject: Re:cookie exchange - want to buy cookies
If you don't understand the event


oh good grief
Anonymous
Post 12/11/2023 14:05     Subject: cookie exchange - want to buy cookies
Anonymous wrote:I have never heard of a cookie exchange. Sometimes reading this forum makes me feel like I’m not an American. Has this been a thing for a while?


Yes. They were very common where I grew up in the Midwest. A friend here who is a DC native takes part in one with her family that's apparently been happening for 20yrs.
Anonymous
Post 12/11/2023 13:25     Subject: cookie exchange - want to buy cookies
Anonymous wrote:Well, you better make it perfectly clear -- your expectations. And write, "only homemade treats allowed".


If you don't understand the event isn't the onus on you to call the host and clarify?
Anonymous
Post 12/11/2023 13:20     Subject: cookie exchange - want to buy cookies
I have never heard of a cookie exchange. Sometimes reading this forum makes me feel like I’m not an American. Has this been a thing for a while?
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2023 15:25     Subject: Re:cookie exchange - want to buy cookies
Anonymous wrote:Definetly bow out. People who plan and attend these things are obsessive about it. I thought the purpose was being social, but apparently it is who is the biggest martyr.


Martyr does not mean what you think it does...
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2023 13:26     Subject: cookie exchange - want to buy cookies
Well, you better make it perfectly clear -- your expectations. And write, "only homemade treats allowed".
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2023 12:16     Subject: cookie exchange - want to buy cookies
Anonymous wrote:Some of you all are so ungracious! We have a neighborhood cookie exchange and it includes home bakers of varying skill levels. The point is to come together during the holidays for warmth and companionship. I wouldn’t mind a chocolate cookie or Rice Krispies treats at all. Variety is great! When there are going to be twenty people at Christmas, someone is going to want a simple chocolate chip cookie. Someone is going to want rice krispies treats. It’s great to be able to offer variety without having to make every different type. I hate the idea of a judge competitive show-off cookie exchange.


So you are having a casual neighborhood potluck. That is not a cookie exchange party which does have a level of competition in it! I don’t know how you guys don’t understand the difference. One is casual and you can bring whatever. The other is not intended to be a hangout with random snacks and cookies - the WHOLE POINT is the cookies.
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2023 11:18     Subject: cookie exchange - want to buy cookies
Anonymous wrote:Some of you all are so ungracious! We have a neighborhood cookie exchange and it includes home bakers of varying skill levels. The point is to come together during the holidays for warmth and companionship. I wouldn’t mind a chocolate cookie or Rice Krispies treats at all. Variety is great! When there are going to be twenty people at Christmas, someone is going to want a simple chocolate chip cookie. Someone is going to want rice krispies treats. It’s great to be able to offer variety without having to make every different type. I hate the idea of a judge competitive show-off cookie exchange.

I think there may be a difference between a small cookie exchange among people who actually bake vs. a neighborhood or workplace cookie exchange. When you’re casting the net of invitees that wide, it’s not really about the cookies. Just know which kind of cookie exchange you’re attending.
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2023 11:06     Subject: cookie exchange - want to buy cookies
Some of you all are so ungracious! We have a neighborhood cookie exchange and it includes home bakers of varying skill levels. The point is to come together during the holidays for warmth and companionship. I wouldn’t mind a chocolate cookie or Rice Krispies treats at all. Variety is great! When there are going to be twenty people at Christmas, someone is going to want a simple chocolate chip cookie. Someone is going to want rice krispies treats. It’s great to be able to offer variety without having to make every different type. I hate the idea of a judge competitive show-off cookie exchange.
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2023 10:57     Subject: cookie exchange - want to buy cookies
Anonymous wrote:Normal people might use "Cookie Exchange" to mean ... bring something to share and enjoy a social event.


Disagree. That’s what people like the caramel corn poster think but it’s not. I do not sign up to participate in these because it’s common knowledge you’re signing up to bring a lot of a special cookie and I’m not going to commit to that kind of baking. Those that are sign up believing everyone else is on the same wavelength, not handing off Oreos drizzled in white chocolate
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2023 10:55     Subject: cookie exchange - want to buy cookies
Anonymous wrote:2019 thread!


Who cares? It’s actually relevant at Christmastime since people do these every year and search them up and nobody checks the year of the thread once it’s in recents
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2023 10:37     Subject: cookie exchange - want to buy cookies
Anonymous wrote:Normal people might use "Cookie Exchange" to mean ... bring something to share and enjoy a social event.

People who know what a cookie exchange is will show a little respect for other participants’ time and effort. A social gathering is just that. A cookie exchange is about cookies, but includes socializing.
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2023 10:36     Subject: cookie exchange - want to buy cookies
2019 thread!
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2023 10:33     Subject: cookie exchange - want to buy cookies
^ this !!
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2023 10:31     Subject: cookie exchange - want to buy cookies
Normal people might use "Cookie Exchange" to mean ... bring something to share and enjoy a social event.