I’m hosting a fun giveaway today from my publisher, Chronicle Books. Last year they launched a GIVE BOOKS holiday campaign to encourage people to share the love of books during the holiday season, to support local bookstores and to help promote literacy. And I’m excited that they are doing it again this year. But this year they are doing it bigger. Giving bigger. They’ve joined forces with First Book, a non-profit organization that provides access to new books for children in need. And for every #GiveBooks tweet, pin, and online pledge, Chronicle Books will donate a children’s book to First Book.
Here’s how you can help them reach their goal of giving 10,000 books this holiday with a simple tweet, pin or pledge.
And now let me show you ten books I picked out from Chronicle that I want to give this holiday. They’re cookbooks of course. Sweet ones.
Top Pot Hand-forged Doughnuts
Secrets for the Home Baker
Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey
Desserts for the Serious Sweet Tooth! Every one of the recipes in this book are calling my name.
Cake Pops Holidays
Hmmm… this one looks familiar. I couldn’t resist : )
Pretzel Making at Home
Make your own crunchy, chewy, savory or sweet artisan pretzels. Fried Pretzels with Cinnamon Sugar? Why yes.
Hand-crafted Candy Bars
From-Scratch, All-Natural, Gloriously Grown-Up Confections
Snoopy and Friends Cupcake Kit
Okay, this isn’t a cookbook but you do get to make cupcakes. That counts, right. Besides … it’s Snoopy with adorable liners and flag toppers. Chronicle has the cutest gift items too.
Flour, too
Joanne Chang shares recipes for her Café’s most loved sweets and savories.
Tartine Book No. 3
This soon-to-be-released cookbook is third in a series of collectible titles from Tartine Bakery & Cafe in San Francisco. We’re talking bread baking and pastry making.
The Model Bakery Cookbook
Sensational artisan baked goods including Peach Streusal Pie, Brandied Pumpkin Pie, Amber Ale Bread and their famous english muffins that I can’t wait to try.
The Little Paris Kitchen
Rachel Khoo shares simple, classic French recipes in her cookbook that’s just as charming as she is. Plus there’s French desserts. Win! Win!
Speaking of win. How would you like to win these 10 awesome books? I’m giving them away to one lucky reader and it might be you.
To enter for a chance to win all ten:
- Leave a comment on the blog post and tell me which of these books sounds fun to give or which one you’d like to get the most.
- Deadline to enter is 8:
00 pm ET on Saturday, November 9th, 2013. Sorry, time’s up. Winner announced below. - One winner will be chosen at random and announced sometime Sunday… just in time to receive them for the holidays.
Good luck and of course, I hope you can help #GiveBooks to children this holiday.
P.S. – Receive 30% off + free shipping at ChronicleBooks.com (*excluding personalized products). Promo code GIVEBOOKS (valid through 12/31/13).
Okay – time to announce the winner! And time to give away a bunch of sweet books. Congratulations Katie Z!!!
Cute kitty cat illustration by Gemma Correll.
Love anything bread! So would go with the Tartine book. Thank you for the giveaway :)
I think the Hand-crafted Candy Bars book just blew my mind. But the pretzel one looks awful tempting, too!
Ohhh my goodness what a choice of books!!
Living in the UK we sometimes miss out on lovely goodies like Pretzels unless we travel to London, so my choice would be the Pretzel book.
But as its “Give Books” I think it would be better being the Snoopy one as my daughter has loved Snoopy all her life and would relish this lovely little snoopy treat!!
I’d like pretzel making. I have to make tons in a few weeks for a party, so I think it’s on my mind…
Great finds! I definitely want Hand Forged Doughnuts – my friend Sarah has been trying to find the best doughnuts for a while now so this might be the solution!
Would soooo love to win those books… all of them look great! But I think the pretzel book looks particularly interesting.
Hoping they ship internationally!
Love them all but Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey sounds like so much fun!
Thanks for a chance at one of these great books!
Lisa
I’d love to get the Hand-Crafted Candy Bars Cookbook.
Well of course the Cake Pop book is a given but I have always wanted to try making doughnuts and pretzels so I would be very interested in those also.
Who could choose just one!?! They all look fantastic and I’m sure a number of them will find a way to my bookshelf! I’d have to say I am most excited about Tartine no.3.
Every one of these looks amazing but I’ll say the Model Bakery and of course your Holiday Pops!
Snoopyyy :)
Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey sounds so attractive!
love them all, but I would chose the Cake Pop Holiday looks like so much fun!!
Hi Bakerella,
sure these books do all sound like fun to give and get. But the one that appeals to me most is “The little Paris kitchen”.
Those books look great – some ideas for my Christmas list…
Would love The Little Paris Kitchen – Paris is my favourite place. They have the best food.
I want them ALL, I have a weakness for books especially of the cookery kind. I think I would most like The Little Paris Kitchen, just because I have already heard such wonderful things about it. Best giveaway ever!
They all look so good I never win anything….:( so if I had to choose Flour too or a Little bit of Paris seems interesting as to make lovely meals and treats for family and friends …..hugs
Oh my gosh- The Snoopy and Friends cupcake kit is definitely going on my list for my children and my nieces! Cute stuff! I see more that’ll end up as Merry Christmas gifts to myself (and ultimately Merry Christmas to everyone I share my goodies with!)
I think the Snoopy cupcake liners will be fun to use!
Hand-Crafted Candybars for sure. I’d give it to my old boss. He’s a pastry chef.
Snoopy and Friends Cupcake Kit! I’m definitely adding that to my list for giving for my kids and for my nieces! I’ll probably end up buying many of these for myself too! Thanks for the ideas!!!
It’s hard to choose, but home made pretzels sounds fun!!!!!
I would love to recieve “sticky, chewy, messy, gooey”, and I’m surely sweet toothed children would also love me to recieve it, as it would mean loads of new yummy puddings to try out. XD
I would love to get the Snoopy & Friends cupcake kit!
Firstly – I have put the ‘give books’ badge on both my blogs, it sounds like a great initiative.
Secondly – which book do I like the most? Impossible to choose. Little Paris Kitchen has been on my book list for months. The cupcake cases in the Snoopy kit are sooo cute. The effort and creativity you put into decorating your cake pops astounds me so I would love to have a whole book of them for inspiration. Home Made Candy Bars and Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey – chocolate, enough said. Doughnuts – yum! I could go on but I think you get the jist!! I would love to win them.
The pretzel one! I adore soft pretzels and that would be such a dangerous book!
I would love them all, however Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey sounds great!
Hi. I would love to have The Little Paris Kitchen. Thanks!
If rather get “Pretzel Making At Home” and give “Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey “. but … They ALL sound great!!
Those books are so cool! I really want to bake something now :)
The Candy Bar Book looks great but the Snoopy Cupcake Liners made me squeal:@)
What a great selection! I think the first one I would try is the handcrafted candy bar book:)
Thank you !
Snoopy! or Cake pops holidays! Do i have to pick just one? :)
What a great giveaway! I would love the pretzel making book or the homemade candy bar book!
Ooh pick me, pick me! Ive narrowed it down to The Little Paris Kitchen and Cake Pops :-)
‘Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey’ has been on my wishlist for some time now. I’d give it, I’d ask for it, I’d use it!
I love The Little Paris Kitchen, it looks so cute and classy!
I’m studying pastry and bakery so I want to get my hands on every book I can!
The one I want most is the Tartine or the Model bakery…
Sticky, chewy, messy, gooey sounds like something I could get lost in!!!!!
The little Paris kitchen looks like it would be so much fun!
I love the Charlie Brown cupcake liners! I would probably be tempted to keep those for myself!
Oh! I would LOVE the Snoopy cupcake kit! Ahem.. “Hello, my name is Corone and I’m a Snoopy addict.”
These handcrafted chocolates look ridiculously good!
Tartine number 3 would be awesome
Well I can’t really say I wouldn’t like to get a certain book about cake pops on this site…BUT I’d love the pretzels book. Pretzels are a bit of a rare thing here in England and I’m struggling to find reliable and solid recipes!
Hand Crafted Candy Bars~
I would love to have the book “Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey” :D
I’d love Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey!
I like the sticky, chewy, messy,gooey book,this one grabbed my taste buds.
I’m thinking I’d like The Little Paris Kitchen!
As it sounds impossible to get all of them, I think I’d pick the Snoopy one (I’m a Peanuts lover !)
I would love any of them! I have been on a huge pretzel kick lately so maybe it would be nice to have a book on how to make them myself. I’d probably enjoy that or the homemade candy bars one would also make my day :)
Little Paris Kitchen…love French food, love paris and don’t have a big fancy kitchen!!!
Hand crafted candy bars – yes please!
The Snoopy kit looks amazing!
My boys would go crazy…
:)
Tartine Book No. 3 looks interesting. They ALL look interesting!
I would definitely go for the hand-crafted chocolate bars book. Chocolate = happiness (especially dark chocolate)!
Test
Handcrafted candy bars for sure! I already make a lot of special treats for my daughter who has allergies, this would be an amazing resource! :)
I want them all! The Pretzel making book is especially calling my name though.
YUM.
I love them all but I would realllly love the donut one.
Alisa
Hand forged donuts… Because donuts get a bad wrap in the cop world yet EVERYBODY loves them and homemade is all the better!
Would love to win Little Paris kitchen and of course holiday cake pops! My Dad would love flour too, good Christmas present ;)
my daughters would love the cake pop book. they enjoy baking and making cute things. and when they are happy, I am happy… :)
I love them all, I have yours so I would definitely share it but I would also probably share them all!
How on earth to choose? My daughter is drawn to the Model Bakery book… My dad would fall over giggling at Charlie Brown cupcakes… all of them look like a lot of fun!
Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey looks right up my alley… YUM!
What an incredible collection! The book I’d most like to receive would be Model Baking. The book I’d most likely give would be Cake Pops because it is so inspirational! It makes you want to make those adorable treats! Have a great holiday giving season, Bakerella!
‘Candy Bars’ would love to make some with my daugther for Christmas hollidays.
Homemade chocolate bars!
I would love to receive and give the book: sticky, chewy, messy, gooey… It looks amazing and would be great to have myself of give to any of my friends that also love baking!
Well, I pre-ordered “Cake Pops Holidays” last year for my daughter for an early Christmas gift ~ she’s the family cake pop expert. I would give “Hand-crafted Candy Bars” to my granddaughter for Christmas ~ she’s the newest baker/candy maker in the family.
Thanks for a chance at the giveaway!
Love them all, but cake pops holidays, model bakery and flour, too are great!
Sticky chewy messy gooey sounds right up my street! I love baking anything chocolately and hyped up with sugar, to satisfy my sweet tooth. I also find these kind of recipes allow a lot of imagination and often have best left-over bowl ingredients to lick…mmmm :D
Doughnut or pretzel! Can i have both? Haha!
If I had to pick one I like the most it would be cake pops holidays.
Thanks!!
Little Paris Kitchen because the description read simple, classic recipes and I need SIMPLE!
Doughnut or pretzel! Can i have both? Haha!
I have a friend that wants to learn how to make candies, so probably the homemade candy bar book.
Bonjour~~ definitely The Little Paris Kitchen book attract me!!
Its always cake pops for me!
Snoopy and Friends Cupcake Kit sounds fun to give although I’d love to get the Flour, too! book – can’t go wrong with sweet and savory :)
Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey!!! Yum yum yummy!!!
It’s a toss up between Handmade Candy bars or The Little Paris Kitchen cookbooks though all of them looking likely to add on ten pounds :)
Little paris kitchen!! I love paris!!
All would have been great, but cant have it all sooo I would go for Hand Forged doughnuts(love doughnuts) or sticky chewy messy gooey…..
Flour, too. Joanne Chang sounds great!
The Hand-forged doughnuts book sounds awesome. I’d love to receive and give that book away.
I would LOVE #5 Hand-Crafted Candy Bars!!! I’ve been in the chocolate-making mood lately!
Mmmm…. Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey… the name alone makes my mouth watery :)
I love cookbooks! I would love Tartine #3
Hey,
all those books are great. I’d love to give your book to my nieces, cause they love baking with their aunt and are so creative :)
Oh wow, I’d love to win the Hand-Crafted Candy Bars book! I really love making things from scratch that I would normally buy in a store, so I’d definitely have fun with that one!
Little paris looms yummi
Hand crafted candy bars!!
If I had to pick one I like the most it would be cake pops holidays.
If I had to chose a book, it would be sticky, chewy messy, gooey. BUT those cupcake holders are adorable and would LOVE those to make cupcakes and decorate them with my nieces and nephews!
Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey or the Snoopy cupcake kit!
I would love to have the hand forged Doughnuts one, because my lover would kill for a good doughnut (and it would be a nice present for him to bake some).
Handcrafted candy bar would give provide some good inspirations for Christmas gifts!
I’d give away your book because everyone needs a bit of bakerella in their life, but since I already have it I’d like to have Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey.
Nice giveaway, thanks! I’d love to have the book “Tartine Book No. 3″…
Top Pot Hand Forged Doughnuts
I would love to have the Hand-Crafted Candy Bar book! I would love to give the Snoopy one!
I would give Cake Pops Holidays for my Mom (it is a fun book filled with all kinds of cute goodies, I love my copy) and for myself I would like to get Top Pot Hand-forged Doughnuts – Mmmmm Doughnuts *in my best Homer voice*
All the books would be fun to share with grandma, mom & sister for sure :)
Hand-crafted Candy Bars is the book I’m most excited to see!
The doughnut book sounds yummy!
I know some people who would love to get the Cakepops Holiday as a gift. The Snoopy Kit looks like fun for me! But all ten would make this holiday season full of sweet treats and awesomeness!
Cakepops Holidays by Bakerella <3
I simply crave for: Hand-crafted Candy Bars!!!
Thank You for making this possible!!
Hand crafted candy bars would be my pick!
I live in Alaska. Doughnuts are hard to find. Life is hard up here. I’ve been to Top Pot and their doughnuts are delicious.
I already have a signed Cake Pops book :D So I would definitely love to receive the Pretzel Making at Home book! All of these would make fabulous gifts!
They all look absolutely divine, but if I had to treat myself to just one it would be The Little Paris Kitchen. French desserts? Yes, please!
Most of my friends are bakers, so i would give a bunch of these to them!………. but i wouldn’t mind keeping the tartine one!
I need Tartine!! For the muffins!!!
Little Paris for my friend obsessed with all things French!
Snoopy!
I would LOVE to try the Handcrafted Candy Bars book, although the Flour, too book seems like a much more sensible choice.
Excellent selection!
I would like to give Little Paris Kitchen to my friend Rebekah whom is obsessed with all things French. There’s not one book that I would not want to receive!!
They are all on my list to try, especially Flour, Too (love the first book!)
Tartine would be perfect for my sister. Those pictures are gorgeous!
My fiance and I are getting married THIS SUNDAY (cue gasps) and we absolutely love Flour Bakery – I would love to make him Joanne Chang’s homemade Oreos when we return from our honeymoon :)
Pretzel Making at Home because I have been meaning to try my hand at making homemade pretzels one of these days!
I would love to try the recipes in Flour, too! There are 9 other people I can name off the top of my head who would love to be on the receiving end of those other awesome titles.
Theyre all so good… Ill have to go with sticky, chewy, messy, gooey though
Theyre all so good… Ill have to go with sticky, chewy, messy, gooey though
Hand-crafted Candy Bars!! I would love this book!
Sticky, Chewy, Messy , Gooey! The title alone is yummy!
I would love to receive The Little Paris Kitchen. A few years ago, my hubby and I went on a budget trip to Paris. We had an amazing time site seeing and fell in love with the bakeries and patisseries. Just looking at the cover, reminds me of our wonderful trip.
I’d love to give the pretzel cookbook to about, oh, 3 people off the top of my head. I’d love to receive the new Tartine cookbook. I live in SF and just finally went to Tartine a few weeks ago, and, oh my :)
Hand-Crafted Candy Bars. YUM!
Hand crafted candy bars looks fun. I like them all.
They all sound amazing and of course I want them all! But I’m feeling kind of pretzely at the moment, so I’ll go with Pretzel Making at Home!
Totally want to try the Hand Crafted Candy Bars, looks super yummy! And would love to share Snoopy cupcake kit with my mom, I know she would love to use it with the grandbabies!
I love the Pretzel book and I would love to have your book. It’s on my wish list!
I would love to own the model bakery book the most and I would love to share the cake pops book.
I would love to try the pretzel making book- but they all might have to go on my Christmas list if I don’t win!
Love this giveaway! CAKE POP! CAKE POP!!!
I would love to own the model bakery book the most and I would love to share the cake pops book.
The Snoopy and Friends Cupcake Kit looks like fun.
I would love to own the model bakery book the most and I would love to share the cake pops book.
The pretzel making book!!
The handcrafted candy bars and of course the holiday cake pop book!
I would love to own the model bakery book and I would love to share the cake pops book.
Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey!! It would be amazing to have this book!
I would love to read about making pretzels- how fun! But each one of these books might need to go on my Christmas list if I don’t win!!
The model bakery cookbook! We just visited napa on September and ate there like 4 times. Soooo good
I need the candy bars book!!! :-)
They all look amazing, but I would love to try homemade doughnuts, so I would pick the Hand-Forged Doughnuts!
Your Cake Pops Holiday book is on my wish list, though all the books look amazing! Thanks for this awesome giveaway!
They all look Devine, but I’d start with Pretzel Making and go from there!
Omg, Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey sounds amazing! But the Prerzel-Making at Home is also a fave. Mmm, pretzels…
Hello! I am from Germany and we love Pretzels (Brezel) so I woulld choose this. Greetings over the ocean.
Steph
They all look like such great titles. I think I’d love to try my hands at making delicacies from The Model Bakery Cookbook though!
They all look soooo good, but if I had to choose just one I think it would be Cake Pop Holidays. Not because I’m trying to make brownie points, but because it would bring the best memories with my granddaughters.
Such a tough choice! I’d have to say Snoopy cupcake kit and Cake Pops for the hubby, but definitely the doughnuts for the bestie. I’d love to receive the Sticky, Chewy, Messy Gooey!
They all look utterly de-luscious! I’d of course vote for the Holiday Cake Pops but I already have it- it would be a great gift though! :) Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey looks amazing but the Candy Bars book would probably be the one I’d dive into first.
All of them!!!
The Model Bakery Cookbook!
I would love to receive any and all of these cookbooks! If I had to choose, probably Model Bakery. Or pretzel making… So hard to choose!
SNOOPY! Just because my daughter is on a Snoopy (Sthnoopy) kick right now and it’s so adorable to see her dance around to the Snoopy theme song :)
I would love to treat my friends with something from Hand-Crafted Candy Bars!
The Little Paris Kitchen for sure. The cover photos look so good!
2 because I have a “Serious Sweet Tooth!”
I would give the Snoopy book to my friend who loves Peanuts. I would like to have all of them, but I think I’d really like the candy bar book.
sticky chewy messy gooey
I LOVE the Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey and would love to give a copy to someone else…for me, I would keep the Snoopy Cupcake kit. I am a HUGE Snoopy fan and it would make me and my little red headed boy smile from ear to ear!!
The Hand-Crafted Candy Bar as I have an ongoing affair with chocolate ………….
Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey is the one I would love to have.
Can’t decide between Tartine No. 3 and Flour, Too. Maybe Tartine.
I LOVE ALL OF THEM! I HOPE TO HAVE THE LUCK TO WIN THEM TO SHARE THIS CHRISTMAS YOUR DELIGHTS! :)
I haven’t seen Cake Pops Holiday yet! It looks fab as does Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey! So fun! Thank you!
I love the Tartine book no 3, the color on the cover picture is just so awesome that I just want to make them all …
The Little Paris Kitchen looks great but I could just adore the front cover! flour, too looks really interesting and good too so it’s very difficult to decide…
Sticky, chewy, messy gooey
Well, of course, I love me some Cake Pops Holidays ;) But, the Model Bakery Cookbook looks AWESOME! I love the holidays- it’s beyond me how anyone can be unhappy during a season with this spirit <3
Besides yours? Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey or the Snoopy & Friends Cupcake Kit!
I’d like to receive Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey the most.
Sticky,chewy,messy,gooey!
The Hand-Crafted Candy Bar book looks glorious! Of course, all of them look lovely though :)
Hmm, probably Tartine No. 3 or Flour, too!
Top Pot Hand-forged Doughnuts looks amazing.
Snoopy and Friends Cupcake Kit looks fun to give!
Have to go with “Cakepops for the Holidays” because I just saw those snow globe pops and MUST MAKE THEM. But also Hand-Forged Doughnuts, yum!
Little Paris Kitchen, mmmm
I would love any of them for me but I would love to give my sister (who is a great cook btw) the holiday cakepops book as she loves those things, The pretzel book I would get for hubby as he also likes to bake and this looks geat.
I really want the Holiday Cake Pop book! I have been wanting to buy it for a while but haven’t gotten around to it :( but they all sound amazing!
I would love Hand Crafted Candy Bars. They look yummy!
The homemade candy bar book looks amazing! I also love the Peanuts cupcake kit. I’ve already got your books. :)
I’m super excited for the new Tartine book and would love to be able to share some new baking with some new family members!
It would be a toss up between Hand-Forged Doughnuts and Pretzel-Making at Home!! Two things that I have yet to try as an at-home baker!!
The Model Bakery… I love their English muffins!
Sooo yummy looking — Pretzel Making looks good, as do they all!!
I would LOVE to get the Little Paris Kitchen cookbook – I have the two cookbooks by Julia Child and they look lonely on my kitchen bookshelf. I think they need a friend! :-)
All of them look super fun, but I’ve always wanted sticky, chewy, messy, gooey!
Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey!
I’d give the Snoopy & Friends Cupcake Kit. My mum is a HUGE snoopy fan, she also loves to bake(she does the RSPCA cupcake day every year). She’d think that kit was adorable!
Little Paris Kitchen, I love Rachel Khoo recipes and I want it the most!