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What Are Jinglebread Cookies And How Can You Get Them?

Author Phil Harris
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 03: A pedestrian walks by an Insomnia Cookies store on October 03, 2023 in San Francisco, California. Doughnut company Krispy Kreme is looking to sell its majority stake in cookie bakery Insomnia Cookies. The chain of cookie bakeries has over 250 storefronts in three countries and is expected to have revenues of nearly $230 million in fiscal year 2023. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Jinglebread is back for the 2023 holidays season. If you’re unfamiliar with this festive-sounding word, Jinglebread is a cookie collection from Insomnia Cookies. The limited-edition lineup goes all-in on the flavors of sugar and spice. Think gingerbread with a little something extra.

According to Chew Boom, the Jinglebread Collection is available through December 31st or while supplies last at participating Insomnia Cookies locations nationwide. They also ship and, no, you don’t have to be an insomniac to enjoy them. Here are the details on the collection:

  • Jinglebread Classic – Ginger and molasses dough blended together with a cinnamon sprinkle.
  • Jinglebread Classic Mini – a bite-sized version of Classic Jinglebread with blended ginger and molasses dough with a sprinkle of cinnamon.
  • Jinglebread Blondie – a gingerbread-flavored blondie base with cream cheese swirl throughout.
  • Jinglebread Lil’ Dipper – twelve Jinglebread Classic Minis with a side of cream cheese icing.
  • Jinglebread Big Dipper – four Classic Jinglebread cookies with cream cheese icing.
  • Featured Jinglebread 10” Cookie Cake – a classic Jinglebread cookie with your choice of 4 holiday cake center messages applies with buttercream icing and your choice of decorative icing. The cake is served in a festive holiday box sleeve.

In addition to the Jinglebread Collection, Insomnia Cookies is introducing a seasonal ice cream flavor that sounds like something Buddy the Elf might have invented. The new Hot Cocoa Ice Cream features double chocolate chunk cookies that are mixed in with chocolate marshmallow ice cream, chocolate-coated marshmallows, and a marshmallow swirl. The new flavor is available for a limited time at participating locations while supplies last.

Phil Harris is 50% of "Phil & Mel in the Afternoon" on K104.7. He has been with the station since 2013 and on the air in Charlotte since 2000. Before coming to the Queen City, Phil worked for radio stations in Pittsburgh, Austin, and Seattle. In addition to the weekly "Throwback Threesome" music video feature, Phil writes about things that matter to Charlotte sports fans and pet owners. He happens to be both.

'Jingle Bells': The Drinking Song That Became A Christmas Classic

It’s one of the first songs that comes to mind when anyone thinks of Christmas music, but it started out as something else. In this Throwback Threesome, we’re dashing through the history of “Jingle Bells,” which is a little murky. The classic holiday song was written by James Lord Pierpont (1822–1893) purportedly at Simpson Tavern in Medford, Massachusetts. Pierpont, who was the uncle of famous financier and industrialist J. P. Morgan, originally copyrighted the song with the title “The One Horse Open Sleigh” on September 16, 1857.

“Jingle Bells” didn’t become a Christmas song until decades after it was first performed. In the 1850s, Pierpont was the music director for a Unitarian Church in Savannah, Georgia, where his song was introduce to the congregation during a Thanksgiving service. However, as a somewhat racy-for-its-time drinking song, it was a bit inappropriate for church. The lyrics describe reckless, alcohol-fueled sleigh racing. “Jingle Bells” became associated with winter and Christmas music in the 1860s and 1870s.

Did you know “Jingle Bells” was the first song played in outer space? According to Songfacts, Gemini 6 astronauts Wally Schirra and Tom Stafford played it for Mission Control on their smuggled harmonica and bells, respectively, on December 16, 1965. Both of the instruments are on display at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.

Throwback Threesome: ‘Jingle Bells’

  • 'Jingle Bells' - Frank Sinatra (1946)

    Frank Sinatra released a couple of versions of “Jingle Bells,” including this one recorded on a hot August night in 1946. An official video was released in 2019. In the animated clip, the Ol’ Blue Eyes hitches a ride on Santa’s sleigh for his Christmas Eve flight. Along the way, they see the iconic Capitol Records building, London, Rio de Janeiro, Paris and, finally, the Las Vegas Strip.

  • 'Jingle Bells' - The Singing Dogs (1955)

    While recording the sounds of birds in the 1950s, Danish ornithologist Carl Weismann ended up with many recordings that were spoiled by dogs barking. He found a new use for these tainted takes by splicing together the dog barks into song patterns. He teamed up with Don Charles, a record producer working in Copenhagen, to create the Singing Dogs. Their stirring rendition of “Jingle Bells” was originally on the B-side of the group’s first single, “Oh! Susanna,” in 1955. In 1971, RCA reissued “Jingle Bells” as a single and it went all the way to number one on the Billboard Christmas Singles chart in 1972. Unfortunately, there isn’t any video footage of the canine quartet but we can all still enjoy the musical stylings of Dolly (poodle), Pearl (terrier), Caesar (shepherd), and King (shepherd).

  • 'Jingle Bells' - The Brian Setzer Orchestra (1996)

    Stray Cats frontman Brian Setzer recorded a raucous rockabilly version with his Brian Setzer Orchestra in 1996 for the Christmas comedy Jingle All the Way, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. It later showed up on Setzer’s 2002 album, Boogie Woogie Christmas, and in the 2018 animated version of The Grinch.

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