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.
Oh these are all amazing… I have Joanne’s Flour cookbook and have loved everything I’ve made from there and would be so excited to get her latest, and having lived in San Francisco, I loved going to Tartine…I think I could rave about each one of these books. I would be so excited to send the snoopy cupcakes kit to a friend of mine for her and her two kids…It would be so fantastic to win!!! :-)
Loving the sound of sticky, chewy, messy gooey! Happy Holidays!!
I swear I’ve had “Sticky, Chewy, Messy” on my Amazon wish list for as long as I can remember. If I’m not lucky enough to win this amazing stack of books, I’m off to finally buy it for myself!
The Little Paris kitchen book looks so pretty and yummy. Whatever those things are on the cover, I need to make them!
They all look wonderful but Hand-Forged Doughnuts is the one I would love to have and the Snoopy cupcake set!!
I’d love the Little Paris Kitchen cookbook, because I’ve always been a big fan of Parisian culture and cuisine!
The Little Paris Kitchen – my sister introduced me to Rachel’s show when it was on YouTube (before it was picked up by BBC), and I’d love to give her this book in return.
dare i say all of them???
flour, too caught my eye.
The hand-crafted candy bars book makes me want to go right home and make them! Yumm.
Hand-forged doughnuts looks fun! Always wanted to know how to make good doughnuts at home!
I want them all!!!
I would like to have “Cakepops for the Holidays” because I love cakepops and it would be great inspiration for Christmas gifts.
I love cookbooks. Can sit and read them all day. The pretzel one and tartine books look especially interesting.
I think I’d like Model Bakery for myself and the Candy Bar book to give away!
I would love to get the Handcrafted Candy Bars cookbook! Candy making is a little intimidating, so I would love to have this book as a reference.
Hand Crafted Candy Bars! I’ve always wanted to learn about making candy.
I would love the candy bar one
all of them? Totally torn between prezels and candy!
Sticky, messy, chewy, gooey just because it sounds so yummy!
I’d love to have and give the peanuts cupcake kit!! That is just too cute! Love me some Charlie Brown!! :)
You always make us choose amongst the most difficult choices!! If I had to choose one, it would be Model Bakery (but I am so tempted by the Handcrafted Candy Bar, and …). Thank you, as always for the inspiration!
I would love to receive Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey or Hand-crafted Candy Bars. I also love that the promo code is code for another month and a half!
Do I have to pick just one? They all sound soooo yummy!!! Tartine for me, please.
My mil is an excellent baker!! She would love The Little Paris kitchen. And id love to eat what she makes!
I would want to keep the donut book! I love donut and want to know how to make them! I would definitely gift a book to my mom, mother in law, and grandma.
I’d love Tartine #3
I would love the Snoopy and Friends Kit–I would have soo much fun with my granddaughters who love to bake!
Oh my gosh – I love ALL these books! I think the one I’d love the most would be handcrafted candy bars since we do a lot of baking around the holidays & that would be a great thing to make for family and friends!
Thank you for hosting another great giveaway, Bakerella!
Oh my god, definitely the Snoopy one! It’s so cute ?
Tartine! I love their books…
I want them all! Just loved this post! <3
I would love to be gifted “Flour, Too” and give the rest away!
Wow! All these look fabulous! I’d really like to read the Hand-Crafted Candy Bars cookbook.
Hand-crafted Candy Bars sounds fun! Not something I usually make.
Hand-Crafted Candy Bars
So I’d love to give Cake Pops Holidays to my mom! It’d be fun to make them together and I think she’d enjoy it a lot! :)
And as long as I love french food I’d like to get The Little Paris Kitchen and learn how to make my favourites my myself :)
I love — Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey!
Ahh! I HAVE to have Flour, too!!!
Oh, I need the Handcrafted Candy Bar book. And the Peanuts cupcake kit. :) Bakerella, you rock!
Flour, too would be great! And of course the Peanuts cupcake set.
The Tartine book looks good, but they all look fabulous!
They all look wonderful to give but for myself the Hand Crafted Candy Bar book looks the most exciting!
Tartine please! I’ve love visiting them whenever I’m in San Francisco, and would love to make so of their breads/treats at home!
Pretzel Making…I just added making a fresh homemade pretzels to my cooking bucket list. YAY!
I have never made doughnuts and would love to try the recipes in Hand Forged Doughnuts! They would be a perfect Thanksgiving morning treat.
It’s almost too hard to choose. I think the Handcrafted Candy Bars book would be fun.
Charlie brown kit would make a wonderful gift or a beautiful display!
Pretzel Making — although I know a couple of little readers who would love the cupcake kit!
The Little Paris Kitchen – for my brother and sister-in-law.
Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey so SCREAMS MY NAME! Truly, that is a component I seek out in my sweet baking! But, going to Paris next June for the first time, so I’m intrigued by the Little Paris Kitchen as well. Nice giveaway. Thanks!
I don’t think I could pick just one! If it has chocolate it has my name on it!
I have a whole Xmas gift pile growing upstairs and am stocking up on cute cupcake pans, kettles, cookbooks, baking supplies!
They all look wonderful but the Handcrafted Candy Bar book looks delish!!
What an awesome giveaway!! I Pretzel Making at Home would be my pick. I’ve been wanting to try my hand at pretzels for awhile now.
All of these books look amazing. If I HAD to choose it would be between Pretzel Making or Hand Crafted Candy Bars.
Love this idea! I would give the Tartine book to my husband. He loves making breads. I would have to dig into the Flour, too. Of course Snoopy is always a good choice with two little boys in the house!
Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey! Great title for a cookbook. :)
i would have to say the homemade chocolate cookbook…hae a friend who enjoys making choloates and i think she would really appreciate it…
The Model Bakery would be wonderful for the holidays!
These all look so gorgeous and like so much fun! I’d love to try something from The Model Bakery or the Little Kitchen Paris!
I would give the snoopy one to me. Huge fan and the cake pop one to my sister n law
I would absolute love Tartine Bakery. Been there in SF and it was amazing! Line out the door and pastries were divine. I’d like that book to bake a little deliciousness into everyone’s life.
Zomg, there’s more than one that I’d like! Tough decision! But I guess the one I’d want the most is Tartine Book No 3.
Can hardly go wrong with good ole rustic desserts. They make EVERYONE happy. And everyone being happy is a joyous thing!
Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey or the Hand Crafted Candy would be what I would want. I’d give the Snoopy Cupcake kit to my neice, and i’d give Tartine to a good friend of mine that has a new cookbook obsession! They all look fun ;) Yum! Let the holiday baking begin!
Flour, too sounds like a good compromise between sweet and savory (at least that’s what i’d tell my dont-like-dessert hubby!)
I like both the snoopy and the gooey chewy books
Hand Crafted Candy Bars. No, wait, Flour too. Wait, Little Paris. Snoopy kit! Oh, I’d be happy with anything!! =)
My friend and I are nuts for doughnuts so I’d love that first book!
I have a granddaughter who would be very happy with the Pretzel Cookbook!
I know it’s not a cookbook, but I would love the Snoopy cupcake
book, my whole family are huge peanuts fan, and all will be
here for Christmas so would love to make cupcakes or muffins
with these!!
Well, since I already have your book, I have to say that anything called “Sticky Messy Gooey” is right up my alley!
I would love to give the donut book as a gift.
Hugs :)
Gosh, all of the books look fun! I would love to try my hand at making doughnuts! :)
The book that I was drawn to first was Top Pot Hand-forged Doughnuts. My mom would love to receive the book Pretzel Making at Home. My mom taught me my love for baking and these books would be wonderful for us to go through and share and bake together!
Id love them all but Tartine especially!
Ooo the Pretzel Making one sounds so cool. They all look like they’d have so many delicious ideas in them though.
I love Chronicle Books and admire them for supporting such a good cause. “Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey” sounds like it was written with me in mind. These books all look good and I would be ecstatic if I won your giveaway.
I just love FLOUR (1) and use it quite a bit. The ginger scones will make ANYONE sit back and say AHHHHHHHHHH THANKYOU! They are divine – with 3 kinds (Powdered, crystalized and fresh) ginger – with a good amount of lemon. A wonderful gift for someone who is not feeling so well! I am hopeful to receive FLOUR 2 as a gift this year :) and The Model book and wait, those super cute cupcake papers! How to choose . . ..
Such a hard choice, but probably Tartine Book No 3
So many great books! I think the Cake Pops Book would be the book to give. I have gifted it several times already and it is always a hit!
I would love to give the donut book to a friend.
Thanks for the opportunity to win all 10 :)
I’d love to either give or receive the Hand-forged Doughnuts book, but they all look fantastic!
In the spirit of christmas, I would love the tartine no 3 book…to send to my friends in Texas. I met them earlier in the year for a dream trip to Napa and they raved about Tartine then…this would be a perfect reminder of our adventure together :)
Little Paris Kitchen (other then yours of course…). My 12 year old daughter has watched her cooking show on youtube and that book is on the top of her Christmas list!
I would LOVE to give Tartine Book No. 3 to my mom. She is just finished remodeling her kitchen and is looking for some new cookbooks and was just asking me for a suggestion for a baking book. Personally, I would want to keep either the Snoopy cupcake liners or Sticky, Chewy, Messy Gooey. Looks super yummy!
It’s hard to pick just one favorite! I love cookbooks (as evidenced by the collection taking over the house). If I had to pick just one, I think it would be the Tartine No. 3.
And I always give books for the holidays. We are a family of readers!
I would love all of them but my favorite would be yours :)
Ooooh there are two on here that sound really fun to me: Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey & Pretzel Making at Home.
Handcrafted candy bar is the one that I would love to have. I’d use the Snoopy Cupcake Kit and make cupcakes for my hubs, he loves snoopy. My younger cousin (she’s 12) loves cake pops so she’d get your cake pop book. and I’d give Flour, too to my best friend, it has both sweet and savory in it, she’s a great beaker and excellent cook. I am so blessed to have so many people in my life that I can share this wonderful gift with. I for sure will be giving books this season.
Wow! They all look so good! I think the best one for me would be the pretzel making at home book! Sticky chewy gooey would be second place though! Xx
They are all super duper amazeballs. I would probably crack open Cake Pops and Hand-crafted Candy Bars first.
Tartine and Model are looking irresistible!
Top Pot Hand-Forged Doughnuts has my name written ALL over it. Fingers crossed!
All of these books would provide great ideas for homemade christmas presents. Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey is hands down my favorite.
Hand-Forged Doughnuts!
The Snoopy cupcake book – I know exactly who’d get the book, too!
“Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey” would be fun to give my sister as a gift (then I could ‘borrow’ it forever!!!)
The Paris Bakery cook books sounds lovely!
OMG all of these books sound yummy. However, Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey would be something my entire family would be into.
I would love to have the Hand Crafted Candy Bar book, talk about some great Christmas presents that could come out of it.
I would love to make pretzels, ho I wiss Pittsburgh!
I would love to give Snoopy cupcake kit for sure!!!
These all look great. My mom is a big Peanuts fan, she would love that Snoopy kit!
Tartine Book No. 3 for myself and Cake Pops for my friend. (Since I already have that one!)
How on earth to pick! eek! I guess I would probably give Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey as we have so many sweet tooths in the family. I would love to receive Holiday Cake Pops or Hand Crafted Candy Bars so I could make them as gifts for everyone.
Love them all. Awesome collection for my cookbook shelf.
These all look FANTASTIC! Not to sound like an ad but it seems like every time I pick up a cutie pie book, it’s by Chronicle!
If I was forced to choose I think I would most want the pretzel book or maybe the doughnut book. Oh boy I’m hungry now.
what a fun giveaway! the tartine no 3 or model bakery books sound amazing. thanks!
I am an avid reader and love giving books. My grandson gets books from me every holiday, not just Christmas. I would love to have the Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey cookbook and my daughter would enjoy Tartine Book No. 3. A favorite of hers when she is in San Francisco.
Little Paris Kitchen looks awesome!!!!
I can’t pick just one. I think they would all look great on my cook book shelf!
Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey sounds right up my alley. I loved Flour, though, so I bet I would like Flour, too.
I love Snoopy, but the Bretzel Book would be great to give also the Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey sounds good.
I definitely will be picking up Hand-crafted Candy Bars (if I don’t win of course). My friend has a food blog and she would LOVE the Pretzel Making at Home!
Definitely Hand Crafted Candy Bars – great gift ideas and I’d get to sample them before sharing!
Books are one of my favorite gifts to get and give! I am torn between the doughnuts and pretzel books! Two of my absolute favorite things, and two things I have never tried baking (shocking!!!). The Snoopy cupcake set would be perfect for many of the little kids I know. So cute!
Dear Bakerella, I would love to be able to review all the books. At this time, I would give all the books to my daughter’s cookbook collection…which happens to be my cookbook collection also! I would buy an extra set of each to give to my talented sister – in – law. I would definately find inspiration in the Little Paris cookbook!
I would love to have all but I make donuts a lot at home so that one would be great. Not kidding about this-the Cake Pops would be my second but I will buy it for my daughter if I don’t win it!
already have the christmas cake pop book but would love to give as gift!! the little paris book looks so so fun!!!!
I’d like to get The Little Paris Kitchen. I’ve heard so much about it, but haven’t read it yet!
Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey sounds wonderful!!! Would love to win them all!
That candy bar book looks ab fab! TFS!!!
Flour, too!!
How can I resist a title like Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey?
All of them! But if I had to pick just one it would be your holiday cake pop book for sure either as a gift or to keep for myself :)
Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey– Sounds like fun!
I’d love the Little Paris French Cookbook or Tartine No 3
Since I already have your Cake Pops book, my favorite would be Hand Crafted Candy Bars. Perfect for making treats for Christmas giving.
Handcrafted Candy Bars – Ohmygosh! That would be an awesome gift for anyone and ME!
Wow, hard choice. I would love the Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey!! I would love to give the Snoopy Kit to give to neices!!
Snoopy and Friends! Love it!
I am so excited to check out “Sticky, Chewy, Messy, and Gooey” because I am known to create quite the mess when I cook! I can’t resist a tasty sticky mess!
they all look so yum!!
The Little Paris Kitchen sounds like a lovely book. I love simple French food and would love to make it at home.
The Little Paris Kitchen – because I’ve watched the show and it’s amazing what she can do in her tiny little kitchen!
Top Pot Doughnuts…Love their baking!
Cake Pops Holidays of course :o)
The tartine book would be awesome since I’ll be going to San Francisco this winter break to visit the bakery itself! Having a book to remember them by would be fantastic.
Who in the world would not LOVE to have your book.
However, I would enjoy all the others too. Thank you
Well yours is the best one of course! The Peanuts cupcake kit would be perfect for my nieces and nephews, the Paris cookbook for my sister, and the Gooey Chewy one for me! (I’m a sucker for a cute rhyme!)
I love the cake pop holiday books. I am having company for Christmas dinner and the holiday season so I will be making special deserts!!
Thank you!
The Little Paris Kitchen
I love French pastryand french desserts.I have a book by Dorie Greenspan French pastry and loved. I think I love this book.
All books are very good
I would love to have Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey! I give the Cake Pops Holidays to my sister!
I would definitely have to go with the Hand Crafted Candy Bars, for myself and to give away. I just love playing with chocolate and the like!
Great selection of books! I would love to own the Tartine and Model Bakery books.
Snoopy is too too cute! I would like flour, too.
Handcraft candy bars looked so yummy. I wouldn’t mind giving this to a friend so she can learn and make these yummy treats for my tummy :)
I’d love to the little Paris kitchen book, I love all things French!
Wow! How to pick? It think that the “The Little Paris Kitchen” would be awesome. Gerat giveaway, thanks!
I think Cake Pops Holidays would be the most fun to give! Who wouldn’t enjoy making adorable cake pops for the holidays?
I think the doughnut one would be awesome bc we are obsessed w doughnuts but every time it try to make them they aren’t good. But little Paris is close behind as i spent a yr in France and would love to indulge my children in some simple French cuisine! To give away: the Tart one book or homemade candy bars!!
Number 3, donuts or number 8 Tartine. :)
Thank you for the giveaway. I would love the Little Paris Kitchen.
Little Paris Kitchen and Tartine 3 would be perfect for gift giving! Of course I would love to have all 10 for me :-)
I would give the little Paris kitchen to my French sister in law. And I would be so excited to receive the pretzel making book! Soft pretzels are one of my top 5 favorite foods!
Snoopy cupcake kit.
I think I would have such a good time with the Tartine Book. And my home would smell heavenly!!
Flour, too. Love Ms. Chang!
the one i would love to have the most is Hand-Crafted Candy Bars, my familly like it when i make candy and also the cake pop holiday book because i never got the chance to make cake pops so i think it would be awesome to make them =)
I’ve wanted Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey for a long time! If I won I would give the cupcake kit to my old babysitter bc she always would bake for us and she loves Snoopy. (And if I don’t win, I might just buy them both for us for Christmas!)
Tartine Book No. 3
I love homemade bread!
I’d love to learn how to make pretzels!! I’d give any one of these books…especially the Snoopy and Friends cupcake kit!
The candybars book looks like fun for the holidays! And the cakepops one, too (naturally!) :)
Such a difficult task! Tartine 3 would be a joy!
I’d love to give away the Snoopy Cupcake Kit — that would make some little kids very happy :) And I would love to receive The Little Paris Kitchen — that would make me very happy!
I’d love to get The Model Bakery!!
Wow I love cookbooks, there are a few in the set I’ve been drooling over getting my flour covered hands on.
“Top pot Hand Forged Doughnuts” sounds like that would be a lot fun (but my waistline would have a different response if it could talk)!
I would love the Paris Kitchen Cookbook (although my kids would prefer the snoopy cupcakes!)
My daughter would love making Top Pot doughnuts at home – we had breakfast there two days in a row in our last trip to Seattle.
Hand Crafted Candy Bars sounds right up my alley!!
Ah wauw what a very nice give-away!
I like to get all of these very nice books. But if I have to choose I like Little Paris Kitchen or Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey.
Greetings Rensina.
“Hand-crafted Candy Bars” sounds like so much fun! And of course, “Cake Pops Holiday” would be fun too! ;)
I adore snoopy so my choice would be the snoopy and friends cupcake kit!
It’s definitely difficult to choose just one. My top three would be Snoopy, Tartine and the Model Bakery.
I’d love to have the Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey! It looks amazing! :) And I would give the Cake Pops Holiday book because I already bought it so I could make Christmas cake pops as gifts for my family!
ooh Little Paris Kitchen sounds yummy though I know a friend who would love Hand Forged Donuts.
I would love the Hand Forged Doughnuts book! Love your blog!!! Love my cake pops book!!
Sticky, messy, chewy, gooey! Desserts for the sweet tooth all the wayyyyyyy!
The Handcrafted Candy Bars book sounds amazing. I’d love to take a peek inside! :)
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Handcrafted candy bars looks so cool!! I would love to make some for holiday gifts!
I’m torn between the Handcrafted Candy Bars and Pretzelmaking. Salty and sweet!
Tartine, Pretzel Making at Home, Sticky, Chewy, Messy Gooey!
I want them all! But especially want Cake Pops Holidays by Bakerella since Im teaching my 8 year old granddaughter to bake (and she’s loving it !)
I think the Handcrafted Candy Bar book would be a great gift as well as Cake Pops. I think I love them all though!
Being Austrian I was always thinking of trying to make pretzels myself one day, but never dared due to the lack of proper recipes/instructions…so you can guess which one would come in handy for me and make me happy! Greets from Ireland. :-)
The Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey looks amazing!
Oooh! The Little Paris Kitchen!
Definitely the Doughnut book! Something I haven’t tried making at home that often
Sticky, chewy, messy, gooey!
I would love to give the Snoopy cupcake kit to my niece for Hanukkah! She just had twins, and is going to need some fun activities to keep their big brother and two older sisters busy and happy during the holidays!
I’d love that pretzel book!
The Pretzel Making at Home looks fun!
Snoopy and Friends Cupcake Kit for the kids and Top Pot Hand-forged Doughnuts for me! Happy Holidays!
I really want to learn how to make donuts (I love them!) so I would love to have that cookbook!
I’d love your Cake Pops Holidays!!
I would love The Model Bakery, but they all look simply amazing! What a fun giveaway :)
Having a hard time picking one they are all amazing! Little Paris Kitchen :)
Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey sounds right up my alley :)
oOo i’d love to add the next Tartine book to my collection.
thanks for the giveaways!!
Tartine Book No. 3. Thanks.
I’d love the doughnut book!!