Free offers and special cookies on Wednesday

On December 5, 2024By Littum

If you love cookies – and come on, who doesn’t? – Wednesday is a special day, National Cookie Day. You can celebrate by baking or getting free cookies or enjoying special cookies.

For some of us, any day is a good day for a cookie. You have an excuse on Wednesday because it’s National Cookie Day.

Every year, National Cookie Day is celebrated on December 4th, however The National Day Calendar website does not give this date any historical significance in the annals of cookiedom. The site notes that the word “cookie” is derived from the Dutch word “koekie” meaning “small cake”.

But which cookie should you choose on this special day? When it comes to making holiday cookies, frosted sugar cookies emerged as the top choice (32%) in a December 2023 poll of 803 US adults conducted by Monmouth Universitywith gingerbread (12%) and chocolate chip cookies (11%) rounding out the top three.

Whatever your favorite cookie, you can choose to make your own or take advantage of deals and offers as part of National Cookie Day. Here’s a batch of them—and don’t forget to check your local bakeries and sweet shops’ social media accounts for additional deals.

Subway: National Cookie Day giveaways

For National Cookie Day, the sandwich chain is giving 10,000 customers a chance to win a free cookie every day until the end of the year. Members of Subway MVP Rewards Loyalty Program can go to SubwayCookieClub.com through Wednesday to participate in the Subway Cookie Club (you can sign up for rewards at the same time). Winning members will have a free cookie coupon deposited into their rewards account daily 9-31. December.

You can also get a free Footlong Cookie on National Cookie Day and beyond by ordering from popular delivery services:

DoorDash: Get a free Footlong Cookie with your $20 Subway order on Wednesday and Friday-Sunday 6-8. December. Also subscribers to the delivery service DashPass plan (starts at $9.99 monthly or $96 annually; you get unlimited $0 delivery fees and lower service fees on qualifying orders) can also get a free Footlong Cookie Wednesday and Thursday with every $15 order.
GrubHub: GrubHub users can get a free Footlong Cookie with every $20 Subway order Wednesday through Tuesday, December 10. Members of the delivery service GrubHub+ ($9.99 monthly; you get $0 delivery fees, lower service fees and other offers) get a free Footlong Cookie from 4-10 December for every $15 order.
Uber Eats: With your Subway order of $20 or more, get a free Double Chocolate Peppermint Footlong Cookie through Sunday, December 8th. Subscribers to the delivery service Uber One plan ($9.99 monthly or $96 annually; gives you $0 delivery fees and 10% off orders at certain restaurants and non-grocery stores) can get a free Double Chocolate Peppermint Footlong Cookie with every $15 order during the same period.

Milk Bar and McCormick National Cookie Day Baking Contest

Pastry chef Christina Tosi and her Milk Bar bakery – you might remember their cake too Taylor Swift’s birthday went viral last December—teaming up with McCormick spices on a special Candy Cane Pretzel Bark Cookie. The first 100 customers at the New York, Los Angeles and Washington, DC bakery locations will get one free as part of a giveaway starting at

In addition, you can participate in a virtual holiday cookie recipe exchange for a chance to win $10,000 and the title of Best Holiday Cookie Recipe. You just need to upload a video of your recipe on Instagram (you tag @mccormicspice; for the rest of the rules, click here). Entries must be received by Sunday 8 December at the latest.

National Cookie Day deals and specials

Circle K: For National Cookie Day, Circle K customers can get a free fresh-baked cookie with an offer through Circle K Circle app at participating grocery stores. (Offer good while stocks last.)

Crumble: The cookie chain has teamed up with NBC’s Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon for a limited-time treat, Jimmy Fallon’s Holiday Seasoning Candy Cane Brownie, available through Saturday, December 7. It is timed for the release of inspired by Fallon’s new Holiday Seasoning albumwhich has a deluxe version out on Friday. Enter to win a signed copy of the album and a $100 Crumbl gift card on Instagram (@ Crumb).

Dunkin’: The donut chain is launching its first-ever holiday sugar cookie, the Decorated Shortbread Cookie, on Wednesday. The doughnut-shaped cookies — topped with pink frosting and rainbow sprinkles — resemble Dunkin’s Strawberry Frosted Sprinkles donut. You can pair one with a medium hot or iced $3 Signature Latte through December 9th.

Great American Cookies: On Wednesday, when you buy a cookie slice, you get one free.
Happy Joe’s Pizza: Get a pizza – a cookie pizza – for National Cookie Day. Happy Joe’s Big Cookie Pizza ($10.99) is available at participating locations.
Insomnia Cookies: Members of Insomnia Rewards loyalty program on Wednesday can get a Classic Cookie for free and a Deluxe Cookie for $1 in stores (no additional purchase required) and online with any in-app pickup or delivery order (minimum delivery purchase required).
Jimmy John’s: When you buy a limited edition Chocolate Peppermint Cookie made with Oreo cookie pieces on National Cookie Day through December 8, 50 cents will go to the Jimmy John’s Foundation, which partners with the Boys & Girls Clubs of America (donation up to $150,000).

Keebler: For National Cookie Day, you can win a variety of Keebler’s iconic cookies, including Sandies, Fudge Stripes, EL Fudge and more. Just head to the Keebler Instagram page (@keebler) and like one of the giveaway posts and tag a friend for a chance to win before December 6th.

Quiznos: Get a free cookie with any $5 purchase on Wednesday.
Tim Hortons: On National Cookie Day, you get a limited-time menu item Holiday Sugar Dream Cookie, a white chocolate chip sugar cookie made with red and green sprinkles, vanilla frosting, peppermint bark crumbles and topped with a mini gingerbread man cookie.

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