Unlike most major league sports, baseball seems to harken us back to a more nostalgic time. Whether you have grandkids visiting or are gathered with friends at your senior living community, we can’t think of a better way to enjoy the World Series than by baking cookies while watching the game. 

Check out our favorite recipes (and we've tested many!), then pair your baking with a classic baseball flick before the games begin. Remember, baseball games seem to go on forever… so you’ll need a lot of cookies!

Back to the Sandlot

Only a handful of movies seem to perfectly capture the nostalgia of a baseball era gone-by. Movies like A League of Their Own, Field of Dreams, The Bad News Bears, Angels in the Outfield, and (of course) The Sandlot come to mind. These are wonderful movies to watch while the cookie-making is getting done… sparking memories and stories to come back to life, to be passed on from one generation of baseball fans to the next.

3 World Series Cookie Recipes to Make with Older Adults 

The Sandlot “Chocolate Dirt” Cookie Recipe—like the famous baseball in this movie, which spends most of its time covered in dirt, this scrumptious chocolate cookie will delight just about every baseball fan. 

If chocolate doesn’t hit a homerun for your group, then sweeten-up things up with Baseball Sugar Cookies prepared in fun baseball gear shapes. Making (and eating) these cookies will be a big hit among your little leaguers and big leaguers alike! 

If you have a particularly picky crowd for the big games, you might need to break out an extra special baseball cookie recipe. These White Chocolate Baseball cookies elevate the oreo-style cookie to a whole new level in the cookie game! Pairing white chocolate, vanilla crème and/or chocolate crème filled cookies, this recipe delivers on being fun to make and delicious to eat.

Make Baseball Cookie Making a Team Event 

Now that you’ve got your recipes, gather your friends and loved ones into teams and have them decorate the cookies with the colors or logos of the teams their rooting for. 

While everyone’s hands are busy, fill hearts with baseball stories, historic moments, and Hall of Fame players that you look up to. Go around the room and have everyone share a favorite baseball moment—historic or personal. We will bet there is someone in your group who has a “sandlot story” of their own to tell.