cookie tins

Holiday biscuit holders

Cookie tins are metal containers originally used for storing or gifting cookies, typically round or rectangular with decorative designs.

They're notorious for being repurposed to hold sewing supplies, buttons, or other small items—a bait-and-switch that disappoints anyone hoping to find actual cookies inside: I opened Grandma's cookie tin and found nothing but thread and needles.

Related

grandmother · grandma's house · sewing · sewing kit · buttons · holiday · shortbread · Danish · round · embossed · vintage · pantry · secret stash · gift · care package · keepsake · stash · clatter

Categories
Opposites
container permanence

cookie tinsplastic wrap

Thin clingy food covering

cellophane bags · paper napkins · aluminum foil · wax paper · ziplock bags

storage purpose

cookie tinsrefrigerated containers

Insulated cooled cargo units

ice chests

Family

cookie, tin, cookies, tins, cook, cooked, cooking, cooker, cooks

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G