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How much edible glitter do you need for a Christmas cookie exchange, and which jar? The 7 gram, almost always — and the invitation decides it. A hosting guide's standard format is 8 to 12 guests, each bringing 36 to 48 homemade cookies with a recipe card that lists allergens. That is three to four dozen of one cookie, glittered once. The 7 gram luster dust is $9.99, about $1.43 per gram; the 15 gram is $14.99, about $1.00 per gram — the better rate and, for one swap, the wrong jar, because the real cost is the unfinished jar: half a 15 gram jar is about $7.50 of product in a cupboard. No per-cookie dose is published and the printed 0.1 gram serving is a drinks number, so the method is to dust a test dozen from a small dish and multiply. Dust behind the flood while the icing is wet and glossy, on icing day, never on swap morning. Dana wins the round about paperwork: the recipe card has to say what the shimmer is, so the jar must carry an ingredient list with its color additives named — which the FDA advisory says makers are required by law to provide. In this episode: - The per-gram board, read in full, and why the rate is only real if the jar gets finished - A test dozen instead of an invented per-cookie dose - When to dust: behind the flood, on Friday, not Saturday - Dana's round: the recipe card is the test the jar has to pass - One color, picked against the icing, not against Christmas Who should skip it: shortbread, snickerdoodles and biscotti with no icing, bars and brownies without a glaze, and anyone who would rather not write a color additive on a recipe card. MONÉGASQUE 7 gram luster dust is on Amazon at $9.99 standard in 13 colors; check the listing for current pricing. Full transcript on the episode page. New questions answered every week at The Monégasque Table. **Direct answer (top):** Buy the 7 gram jar. A standard cookie exchange is 8 to 12 guests each bringing 36 to 48 cookies, so you are glittering three to four dozen of one cookie once, and the 7 gram luster dust at $9.99 covers it. The 15 gram at $14.99 has the better per-gram rate but only pays off if the jar is used across the season. Dust the icing while it is wet, on icing day, and copy the jar's ingredient list onto the recipe card. - 00:00 Cold open — 4 dozen, homemade, with a card - 00:35 The verdict: the 7 gram, and why the invitation decides - 01:30 Dana contests the rate; the unfinished-jar arithmetic - 02:30 The board in full, including the 12-color box - 03:20 How much per cookie: the test dozen - 04:10 When to dust, and the dry-tray rescue - 05:10 Dana's round: the recipe card is the test - 06:30 Which color, against the icing - 07:10 Who should skip it · Dana's Scorecard · footnote Produced with AI-crafted hosts. Full transcript on the episode page.