The 2021 Cookie Guessing Contest

Normally, we do try to get this done a little earlier in December.

But since Lisey has moved out now, we had to wait until she came back for a visit. If we did only four cookies, this would be way too easy for you guys and where’s the fun in that?

(4 x 3 x 2 x 1= only 24 possibilities!)

Anyway! If you’re new here, you should know that we have a tradition of decorating Christmas cookies in rather non-traditional ways.

 

Someone even made a Grover cookie this year!

And we also have a tradition of holding a cookie-guessing contest here on the blog each year. The winner gets a $100 Amazon gift card, emailed from me!

Here’s the way this works. I’ll give you a photo of numbered cookies, plus a list of the five cookie artists, and you can leave your guess in a comment.

First, we have a ninja:

Then Beaker, from the Muppets:

Then a pink Christmas tree, which got a little broken before I took a photo:

Next up, Wario, from Mario Kart: (made from a gingerbread cookie cutter shape)

A sad little Christmas tree:

And lastly, a penguin:

A twist to make this tougher!

Someone got the answer shockingly early last year, so to make it slightly harder this year, we have a twist.

We have five cookie artists, listed here in age order:

• Mr. FG
• Kristen
• Lisey
• Sonia
• Zoe

But one of us has entered two cookies into this year’s photo. If I’m doing my probability math right, that means the odds are 5 x 5 x 4 x 3 x 2 x 1= 600 possibilities.

(I could be wrong on this, though, so if you are better at probability math than me, pipe up and tell me where I’ve gotten off-track.)

If this turns out to be impossibly hard and no one figures it out, then I will give the gift card to whoever got the closest first. 😉

So, leave your comment guesses like so, using one person’s name twice:

1-Kristen
2-Mr. FG
3-Zoe
4-Sonia
5-Lisey
6-Sonia

Without further ado, here are the numbered cookies, arranged in no particular order, except how I thought they looked nice:

 

And now it’s time to get guessing.

Alrighty! Off you go!

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED. One entry per person. Amazon gift card is purchased by me. This giveaway is not sponsored by Amazon in any way. Odds of winning depend upon the number of entrants. Winner will be contacted via the email address left in the comment form. Amazon gift card will be delivered via email.