For too long, cookies have been relegated to a supportive capacity, holding together ice-cream sandwiches or giving their lives to make milk chunkier. Give cookies a well-deserved starring role with today's deal: for $20, you get $40 worth of cookies from Carol's Cookies' online store.

Carol's humble origins belie her boastfully big homemade cookies, which weigh nearly half a pound each. The all-natural Santa bribers come in 13 flavors, including classics such as Chocolate Chip and Old-Fashioned Sugar, as well as newer creations such as the Turtle Fudge Brownie—which lures shy tongues from their mouth shells with the promise of rich toffee and pecans. Gift the gift of a small gift tin, which includes seven of these handcrafted biscuit shamers in assorted flavors ($26), or upgrade to the large to romance a full dozen ($34). Each gift tin from Carol's Cookies is guaranteed to arrive fresh at your door in a bronze-hued keepsake container ideal for storing old love letters or smaller bronze-hued keepsake containers.

Reviews

Numerous publications have featured Carol’s Cookies, including Northshore Magazine and the Chicago Tribune; Yelpers give Carol’s Cookies an average of 4.5 stars.

• Grab a big glass of milk and enjoy. – Maggie Allen, Northshore Magazine
• Carol's Cookies are by far, the best, most sinful things I have ever eaten. I grew up on Carol's Cookies, having lived in the town where they are located. They are full of sugar and butter and all sorts of dreamy things that make your eyes cross and your toes curl. Most recent find: the toffee and chocolate chip cookie. Oh. My. Gawd. –Kate G., Yelp