Vote for your favorite cookie in the Tribune Holiday Cookie Contest to decide which finalists we’ll bake and judge
Among an absolutely delectable-sounding array of cookies, one winner awaits its crown — but it’ll be up to you to help us decide.
The Chicago Tribune’s 36th annual Holiday Cookie Contest received 35 entries this year, and voting begins Tuesday for narrowing the field down to 12 finalists. Readers can vote once a day below for the recipes they want to compete for three cash prizes for first ($250), second ($150) and third ($50) place.
After voting ends, the top 12 recipes (with an option to turn it into a baker’s dozen of finalists, should our team feel one recipe merits the addition) will be baked and judged by Tribune journalists and dedicated cookie lovers.
We’ll announce the winners online and in print Nov. 30.
Going strong since 1986 (except for a blip in 1999), the cookie contest seeks out the best, the most scrumptious, and the most deliciously creative cookies in the Chicago area. Last year’s competition, coincidentally, also had 35 entrants vying for our cash prize and induction into cookie celebrity. The winner? An inventive, perfectly buttery Mint Pistachio Choco-Chunk Shortbread Cookie.
This year, the finalists are in your hands — and there are a number of options to choose from, submitted by bakers from Chicago, northwest Indiana and many other pockets of the Chicagoland region. Some entries feature time-tested family recipes passed down through generations, while others are the result of a devoted baker determined to fine-tune a recipe to perfection.
Vote below until 11:59 p.m. Friday, Oct. 28.
Find the recipes for last year’s cookie contest winners here. »
If you don’t see the voting form below, click here.
