However, if you'd rather not trick your friends and family into reaching for the appetizing container only to come up empty-handed, repurpose the vintage cookie jar as a candle instead.

Nobody makes cookies just one at a time, so leftovers are almost guaranteed. If you don't want to feel rushed to eat them ...

Cookie jar collecting grew in the U.S. as many of the big pottery manufacturers like Brush-McCoy and American Bisque slowed down production before eventually shutting down in the 1980s.