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Cookie Baker Information & Registration


 

The main feature of Cookie Tables and Cocktails is the highly-acclaimed Cookie Contest. Amateur and Professional bakers vie for First Place, Second Place, Third Place, and Honorable Mention in each division. Other categories include Best Chocolate Cookie, Best Use of a Unique Ingredient, Best Heritage Cookie.  Non-competitive entries are also welcome.

Your involvement as a Cookie Baker will help make this celebration complete. It’s a great opportunity to showcase a unique Valley tradition as well as support the Historical Society’s mission. Please consider joining us this year as a Cookie Baker and continuing the legacy of this wonderful event. If you are interested in baking, please complete the form below asap as we must limit the competition to 95 bakers. Registration is online only. If you are in need of a paper copy please email Traci Manning at .

Professional and Amateur Division Judging Criteria


  • Taste and Flavor
  • Uniformity
  • Texture

Details


Drop off cookies at Tyler History Center
Thursday, February 19, 2026
3:00-6:00pm
or
Friday, February 20, 2026
9:00am–2:00pm

325 W. Federal Street
Youngstown

(Please bring cookies in disposable packaging, including the 1 dozen separately plated for judging, clearly marked with contestant name and cookie type.)

Click Here to download the Baker Letter. 


Each Cookie Baker receives ONE complimentary ticket.

Name
You MUST provide an email
What type of Baker?
In addition to the Judges' First Place, Second Place, Third Place, Honorable Mention in Amateur and Professional, you may choose one category for judging.
Category 1
Category 2
Category 3
Please list the names of those you would like to be seated with at the event. Bakers receive 1 complimentary ticket to the event. If you are wishing to sit with paying guests you MUST list those names here.