I never jumped on this band wagon because it seemed like it would take so much more time to assemble, cook, and clean up after as well as more room to store the equivalent volume of dessert than compared to the original shape/form. Very cute indeed, but just not worth the trouble for me. I think the above points are also very valid (difficulty in properly cooking).

Oh, for crying out loud! I bake pies in jars all the time and have never run into the problems she describes.

A jar is no different than a cupcake tin or a ramekin. Misuse it, you'll get a bad dessert. Use it well, you'll get a good one.

What I do like about desserts in jars? I can make many and freeze some (pies and cheesecakes freeze beautifully) and I have automatic portion control.

Yeah, and who wants to have to store a bunch of jars later? Plus, with parties I never get to the dishes until the next morning which would mean difficult to wash crusted jars. And honestly, I never really thought it was THAT cute to begin with.

I think they're cute and a good way to exercise portion control. BUT it's time consuming and not something I'm dying to do to all my desserts. Nor do I want to shell out $8 for a tiny jar of dessert when I can get an unjarred version for half the price.

I'm with mhays on this one. If your cupcake in a jar has too much frosting, put less frosting on it. Problem solved. If you find that a particular recipe's cooking directions/style are not suited to being made in a jar, don't make that in a jar. There are plenty of things that are good in jars, and those things are easy to store and travel with, easy to eat, and beautiful to look at.

Much like cake pops, I found this trend to be moronic. Sure, they make for some cute pictures, but I have no wish to eat a cupcake out of a jar--needlessly messy and awkward. Pies are no better, in my opinion, since part of their charm is their appearance right out of the oven in their original form. I would not be sorry to see this trend disappear today.

I never saw the point of this. I rarely eat dessert anyway, so I have no particular desire to twee up the few treats I do make in these silly jars. I mean, if one wants to replace ramekins with jars, great. But I fail to see how it makes the dessert served any more special or original. It makes everything look like baby food, anyway.

I like them for fruit crisps and puddings/parfaits; they make it easy to serve a crowd and are great for picnics and potlucks.

THANK GOD. Not charming in the slightest. The fodder of cutesy foodbloggers and wedding receptions. Not fun in the slightest to dig through my dessert one layer at a time: if I wanted that, I'd eat a parfait - minus the heavy glassware.

I never did it myself, nor have I tried to eat any. They sure are adorable, though.

I like desserts in jars for portion control and portability. I can make a batch of banana pudding in jars, and easily pack one with my lunch. Sure, I could do the same thing with tupperware, but the jars look nicer and don't leak. Of course, I also can/pickle/preserve, so I almost always have empty canning jars on hand.

They only ever made sense for things like parfaits or crumbles, and even then the mouth of the jar would need to be quite wide. The whole cupcake in a jar thing is completely irrational to me.

They were cute but it never seemed to me like the trend would last very long. On to the next!

That's the thing about trends, they pass. Thank god.

The ONLY place I can see this method even coming close to adding something is at a wedding reception or kids party.

Serving this out of a bakery? Ridiculous.

Identifying trends is annoying. Good food is good food no matter what you serve it in.

I think they are still a great idea for stacked desserts (fruit at the bottom, something else in the mid-layer...etc.) and also for more liquid-y desserts. And I agree that it's a good way of portion control.

I see these the same a serving a portion in a cup.

I feel very indifferent towards it actually.

I really like pies in jars. There is something nice about just taking pie for one out of the freezer, baking it for a bit and then having a tiny pie to eat. I also like the idea of giving them as gifts. They store well, last forever, and glass jars are damn pretty. Perhaps it is a silly trend but I find the pies pretty, comforting, and just as tasty as a full size pie. I even like the challenge of putting the crust in the jar evenly. These are fun to make, bake, freeze and easy to clean up after. There are other desserts that are stupid in jars. Pie is not one of them.

I've been making this one jar specific dessert for the better part of five years. It is supposed to go in a jar. Puddings, custards, cremes - yes, put it in a jar! That isn't even trendy, that is just how it's done.

Cupcakes? Pies? That is the trend. And I don't understand that part.

But I also think that people who do it for themselves don't see it as a trend. I saw one recipe for a pie in a jar as an xmas gift a long while ago. It's cute and shouldn't be knocked just because it got popular. It's silly and fun. So why not?

I must've missed that boat.

I like the idea of it because it IS portable and portion controlling. However I myself have never made any, or eaten any (from the jar).

I'm glad I live in the midwest where trends really don't affect us much. I had not even heard of this as a "trend," although a farm to table dinner I was at recently served plum/nectarine cobbler in the 1/4 pint jars with homemade lemon verbena ice cream on top. Now THAT was delicious, and the jar was cute.

I agree, not all desserts were meant to be put in jars, cupcakes etc. But, for desserts like puddings, cobblers, parfaits, Eton mess, they are perfect! Portion control, AND if you have a large volume of people to serve, can look really nice on a table setting for minimal $$. As for the pies in jars, I'd rather just make tarts!

i was at a restaraunt recently that served tiramisu and panna cotta in jars - was perfect since they are somewhere between fast food and regular sit down (a pasta bar), and this was quick - you ordered and they just pulled it out of the fridge ready to go. and it looked pretty.

I think the problem is that most jars are simply not very ergonomic for eating things out of with a spoon or fork. They're just too deep. It's like trying to eat an ice cream sunday out of a really tall, really skinny glass - it's pretty, sure, but really annoying trying to get everything out!

If you do have to stick desserts in jars, might be better to stick with the very very short jars that are more bowl shaped than tall glass shaped.

If it's in a jar, it's not really a pie. Pi R round (not cylindrical).

Thank you, Megan, thank you. And thanks, Emily Luchetti, too.

I think it was a cute idea people went way too far with. Yes, its adorable in small doses but now it seems like every dessert on earth is being crammed in tubes or jars. People who (no joke) have no clue what the real purpose of a canning jar is are buying them up to shove pies in. Everything in moderation.

The most bothersome thing about all of this to me isn't whether someone loves the idea or detests it - but that some food guru has decided the trend is over.

I think the ins and outs of trendy foods have become more prevalent than changes in fashion. I wonder when Ms. Luchetti will deem the cupcake to be passe?

Strange.bird said it... isn't the whole point of a cupcake that it's a hand-held, smaller, ready-to-go portion of a CAKE? Derp, I'm going to stick it in a jar so you have to either dirty an extra utensil or get your fingers stuck trying to ear it!

Jarred desserts: good for Pinterest, bad for eating.

And lol, cremedela, very bad (but funny) pun.

identity crisis. the dessert jar is trying too hard to be a table setting. everyone loves you, dessert! just be yourself. even a cheap paper plate can't stop my eternal love for you.