With kitchenware, what you see is usually what you get. A deep round-bottomed cooking pan is a wok, a narrow cylindrical beaker equipped with a metal or plastic lid and plunger is a French press, and a bottle of wine is the best stress reliever after a long, hard day.
However, when it comes to cookie cutters, things become a little tricky. They come in so many shapes and sizes that it’s easy to get confused about what they’re supposed to represent. Luckily, there’s a way to get to the bottom of it.
The Facebook group ‘Cookie Cutter Identification’ or ‘CCID’ has 144,000 members, all of whom are ready to help interpret the weirdest of these weird tools. Many even go beyond mere speculation; they take the challenge to the next level by creating drawings of their versions.
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#1 My Mom Has A Cookie Cutter We Can’t Figure Out
Image source: Alicia Blazek
#2
Image source: Janiece Manciet
#3 It Kinda Looks Like A Mitten, But Then It Would Have 2… Pointy Thumbs?
Image source: Leigh-Anne Clabby
#4
Image source: Julia Szawan
#5 Found This At Goodwill Not Sure What It’s Actually Supposed To Be
Image source: Marissa Tirk
#6 Ok, Big Debate Over Here On What This Is…seal? Dino? Help! It Is Hard Plastic And Not Deformed On Any Way
Image source: Kristy Leigh Troxler
#7 I Know What This Is, Love To See What You’ll Think..
Image source: Carina Roos
#8 I Saw This At A Kitchen Thrift Shop Today And Was Baffled
Image source: Jennifer Sprofera
#9 My Dil Brought Me This Gingerbread Man With A Wedgie She Didn’t Know What To Do With. Then We Realized It Is To Make A Cookie That Sits On The Side Of A Mug
Image source: Diane Lyles
#10 This Has Been A Mystery For More Than 50 Years. Just What In Tarnation Is This?
Image source: Kristine Ismaeil
#11 Help… I Can’t Find A Way
Image source: Jessica Esparza Guevara
#12 This One Has Been In The Family For Years. Any Ideas??
Image source: Lindsey Larson
#13 I Just Tried Googling Someone Else’s Posted On Here And Found Whatever The F This Is
Image source: John Thacker
#14
Image source: Gerri Napoli
#15 My Aunt And My Mom Say It’s A Candle But I Really Don’t See It… What Is It! I Was Saying It’s A Sail Boat
Image source: Robyn Fuller
#16 I’m Very Confused Of What This Could Be. Any Suggestions?
Image source: Lina Åkerblad
#17 Saw This At An Antique Mall In One Of The Booths. Couldn’t Figure Out What It Was. I’m Thinking It May Be An Animal Of Some Sort
Image source: Lexi Stevens
#18
Image source: Carl Rhodin
#19 What Is This?
Image source: Tamara Morton
#20 We Have A Minor Controversy Over Here: I Say “Swan” While Mom And 8yo Say “Sleigh”
Image source: Daniel Simms
#21 I’ve Had This For Years And Never Known What It Was. It Came As A Freebie When I Ordered Cutters Once
Image source: Betsy Klingler Burke
#22 This Is Probably An Animal, But Other Than That… I Have No Idea. A Shoebill? Why Would You Make A Cookie Cutter Of That??
Image source: Lindsay Suddaby
#23 This One Has Bugged Me For Years. From The Bakery I Used To Work At, A Coworker And I Had A Long Running Joke That It Was Mc Hammer
Image source: Laura Anzalone
#24 Music Note – Turned On Side
Image source: Schantel Smith
#25 This One Was In A Box Of Slightly Squished Cookie Cutters, So It Is Definitely Not Supposed To Be Anything
Image source: Sarah Grønvold
#26 Somebody?
Image source: Carina Roos
#27 Cant Seem To Figure This One Up … It Always Ends Up Being À Lil Ghost
Image source: Clementine Langlais
#28 This One Confuses Me Every Year. It’s In The Same Box As All The Christmas Cutters, But It May Have Gotten Misplaced
Image source: Isla Howard
#29 I Thought Humming Bird, Someone Else Thought It Was Marilyn, Another Thought It Was A Ballerina But None Really Fit
Image source: Phoenix Anne O'Neil
#30 Mystery
Image source: Laura Hilburn
#31 My Friend Found This The Other Day Cleaning Her Kitchen. Any Ideas?? Maybe A Wing? A Cloud? Who Knows
Image source: Caroline Matzdorff
#32 My Mum Found This And Can’t Work Out What It Is. Says She Has Been Like It For Years. Thought It Might Be A Holly Leaf Or Something
Image source: Beth Dogherty
#33 It Has A Smaller Version I Found With It. Exact Same Just Smaller. Like It Was A 2 Piece Set
Image source: Stephanie Franklin
#34 Please Help!!
Image source: Ashleigh Hammar
#35 Any Guesses On This One. We Think It Belongs With The Christmas Stuff But Not Sure
Image source: Christopher Powers
#36 Thoughts? I’m Thinking A Dog But Cannot Think Of How To Decorate It
Image source: Danielle Sherman
#37 This Came From My Mom & We Have Been Trying To Identify It For Over 20 Years!
Image source: Heidi Swanson
#38 Found This At An Antique Mall In Dahlonega Yesterday ???
Image source: RockCandy Fan
#39 My Mother Hates This One And Doesn’t Let Us Cut Any Cookies With This. Help Me, So I Could Finally Explain Her What It Is And Cut My First Cookie With This After 30 Years
Image source: Joanna Borysowicz
#40 I Was Making Gingerbread Cookies For My Nephews Yesterday And We Were All Trying To Work Out What On Earth This Cutter Is…
Image source: Hetty Jalapeño McMeerkat
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