The Cookie Challenge (2024)

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What is a cookie challenge? ›

Have you heard of The Cookie Challenge? The rules are simple, but winning is difficult. To start, tilt your head back and place your favorite cookie on your forhead. In less than 60 seconds, can you navigate the cookie down your face and into your mouth - without using your hands.

Stephanie Urlando, the owner of Little Rose Baking Co., took home the grand prize of $10,000 for her Elf-themed cookie creations. Baking was always a love language in my family.

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Place a cookie in the center of your forehead, not touching the eyebrows. Use only your face to move the cookie from your forehead to your mouth. The cookie must remain in contact with your face, so you can't try to toss it from your forehead and catch it in your mouth.

Place a cookie (or other chosen food item) on each person's forehead. Set a timer for one minute and say “On your mark, get set, go!” See who can get the cookie from their forehead to their mouth first — but no hands! Players can only use their facial muscles to move their cookies.

Behind the Scenes of Christmas Cookie Challenge

Get an exclusive look at the making of the new season with hosts Ree Drummond and Eddie Jackson.

Many simple cookies sell for between $2.00 and $5.00 each, but it's not uncommon to see a dozen cookies cost $55 or more depending on the time and ingredients that went into making them. Some people charge $10 or more per cookie because of their decorative, custom designs.

This year's prizes are a Chocolate Peppermint Sundae in a keepsake (plastic) cup, and a wrapped Star cookie (from the movie Wish)! There are two more really important things to know. First, you don't have to do it all in one day.

Based on this data from General Mills, Peanut Butter Blossoms are the most popular Christmas cookie in the country; it's the most-visited cookie recipe in seven states, which means it's the most common favorite cookie in the U.S. That's a pretty high honor!

Judges James Briscione, Ree Drummond and Jordan Pilarski select which three bakers will slide into the second round and which two will slip out of the competition. The party continues in the display round as the final three each prepare an entirely edible cookie platter, complete with edible shot glasses.

Who won Season 5 episode 8 of Christmas Cookie Challenge? ›

Marietta resident and winner of the “Christmas Cookie Challenge” Season 5, Episode 8 Reindeer Auditions on the Food Network, Sam Opdenbosch, owner of Sam's Cookie Company, donated half of her winnings to a staff support fund at Piedmont Atlanta Hospital.

Five cookie bakers have to prove their skills in two rounds, while the jury decides which baker celebrates the best Christmas ever and is rewarded with prize money of 10,000 dollars.

Cookie Decorating Contest Award Ideas

You can obviously create any categories you want but we made these awards: least icing, most icing, most festive, most unique, reddest cookie, most colorful, most sprinkles, most creative, most likely to be on pinterest, least likely to be on pinterest.

The game begins with the children sitting or standing, arranged in an inward-facing circle. The song usually begins with the group leader asking who stole a cookie from an imaginary (or sometimes real) cookie jar, followed by the name of one of the children in the circle.