About this Event
Milwaukee, Bring Your Best Batch!
After so much fun partnering with Kelsey Elizabeth Cakes on The Cookie Exchange in Cleveland, we couldn’t wait to bring the tradition to our hometown. Taste of Home’s Milwaukee Cookie Exchange brings hundreds of home bakers together for a celebration of cookies, community and holiday cheer.
Taste cookies from fellow bakers, swap stories and recipes, and finish the night with one giant cookie swap featuring nearly 22,000 cookies. Plus, a few of our bakers will take home the title of Best Cookies of 2026 in our cookie competition!
When: Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2026, 6–9 p.m.
Where: The Gage, West Allis, Wisconsin
Tickets:
- $35 per baker*
- $10 per non-baking guest**
Hurry: Tickets are limited!
What to Bring:
Each baker brings 6 dozen homemade cookies: 2 dozen for tasting, cut in half, and 4 dozen for exchanging. You’ll be asked for the name of your cookie when you buy your ticket, so decide what you’re baking before you check out!
Everyone Enjoys:
🥂 Appetizers and festive bites
🍪 Cookie tastings from hundreds of home bakers
🎁 A Taste of Home + Plugrà swag bag
📖 Delicious recipes to try at home
👋 A chance to meet the Taste of Home team and local tastemakers
🍸 Special holiday drinks (cash bar)
🚗 Free parking
Bakers Also Get:
📦 A box full of cookies to take home
🏆 The chance to win Best Cookies of 2026Bring your cookies.
Bring your love of baking. We’ll bring everyone together.
FAQs:
https://www.tasteofhome.com/milwaukee-cookie-exchange-faq/
*Plus applicable fees
**Plus applicable fees; must accompany a baker; only one non-baking guest per baker
Event venue & nearby stays
The Gage, 1139 South 70th Street, West Allis, United States
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