Why do we always picture ceramic animals with removable heads when it comes to cookie storage? Let's take a look at some streamlined versions of the cookie jar for today's contemporary kitchen, along with a few that still bring along a touch of fun:
FIRST ROW:
• 1. Iittala Large Glass Jar This Finnish-made canister has a sealed lid and 64oz capacity. $100 at Velocity
• 2. Wade Ceramics Ovation Cookie Jar Minimal in white with wooden lid - the lettering is DIY. $30 at cookware.com
• 3. Bauer Cookie Jar These are classic and come in gorgeous colors for everyone (plus white for us purists). $90 at Bauer Pottery Co.
• 4. Silver Kitchen Storage Canisters Looks like these are strictly for biscuits - available in the UK at redcandy
• 5. Handmade Lidded Jar A one-of-a-kind, sculptural beauty. $70 by juditavill on Etsy
SECOND ROW:
• 6. Large Porcelain Cherry Blossom Jar Can you tell we're swooning? Another handmade creation. $150 by kristenkswanson on Etsy
• 7. Georgia Cookie Jar What can we say? Surrealism meets kitchen storage. $225 by Jonathan Adler
• 8. Death Star Cookie Jar When you can't get all the kitsch out of the cookie jar. And even if you aren't a Star Wars fan - that spherical shape is spot on. $50 at the Star Wars Shop
• 9. Bodum Yohki Storage Jar This is a big-un at 85oz, and much more affordable than the similar Iittala above. $45 at Bodum
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No way to all these! I was obsessed with the cookie jar in my Aunt Judy's house all through childhood - it's all the characters of "the cow jumped over the moon" nursery rhyme acting out their parts. The main part of the jar is a yellow, smiling moon and the cow is the handle you grab to take the lid off. I don't know why, but it was so magical to me growing up. I used to ask her if I could go in her kitchen to look at it every time we visited her house. She recently gave it to me because she decided her teen grandchildren can make their own cookies. My daughter is entranced by it too.
None of these cookie jars gives me that "magical" vibe, and really, shouldn't the source of cookie or candy goodness be magical? :)
(Also, the boobs jar is just so ick to me. I've seen his Georgia design before in other contexts and just thought it was not for my house, but thinking about it in this context made me go "bleh".)