Terms of Use

1. Acceptance of These Terms

By visiting, browsing or otherwise using A Crispy Cookies, you agree to these Terms and to our Privacy Policy, which explains what data we collect and why. These Terms apply to everyone who uses the Site, whether you are reading a recipe, leaving a rating or comment, or sending us a message.

2. Use of Content and Copyright

The text, recipes, photographs, graphics, layout and other material on A Crispy Cookies are protected by copyright and belong to A Crispy Cookies or its licensors, unless a page states otherwise. You are welcome to use the Site's content in the following ways:

• Personal, non-commercial use. Read recipes, print them for your own kitchen, save them, and cook from them at home for yourself, your family and your friends.
• Sharing with a link. You may share a link to any page, and you may quote a short excerpt or share a single image with clear credit and a link back to the original page on acrispycookies.com.

Without our written permission, please do not:

• republish full recipes, full articles or large portions of text on another website, in a newsletter, in a video description or in printed material;
• copy or reuse our photographs without permission;
• use any content for commercial purposes, including selling it, including it in a paid product, or using it to promote a business;
• remove copyright notices or present our content as your own work;
• copy the Site systematically with automated tools or mirror it on another server.

If you would like to ask for permission, use the contact page.

3. Recipe and Nutrition Disclaimer

Recipes on A Crispy Cookies are developed and edited to give clear steps, realistic times and temperatures, ingredient substitutions and food-safety notes. Cooking is still variable, and you remain responsible for how you prepare and serve food. Please keep the following in mind.

Results vary

Ovens run hotter or cooler than their dials say, flour is measured differently from kitchen to kitchen, and ingredient brands, pan sizes, altitude and humidity all change how a bake turns out. Times and temperatures in a recipe are a guide. Use the visual cues in the recipe, adjust to your own equipment, and expect that your results may differ from the photos.

Nutrition values are estimates

Where nutrition information appears, it is an approximation only. Actual values depend on the brands you buy, how you measure, any substitutions you make and the portion size you serve. Nutrition information is not a guarantee of accuracy and should not be relied on for medical or dietary purposes.

Allergens and dietary needs

Many of our recipes contain common allergens such as wheat, eggs, milk, nuts and soy, and packaged ingredients can contain traces of others. Always read the labels of every ingredient you use and check them against your own allergies and those of the people you are feeding.

Substitution suggestions are offered for convenience and are not a promise that a recipe is safe for a particular allergy or diet, including recipes in our gluten-free collections.

Food safety and doneness

Use fresh ingredients, wash your hands and surfaces, and keep raw and cooked foods separate. Cook meat and poultry to safe internal temperatures and confirm doneness with a food thermometer rather than by color or time alone. Chill and store leftovers promptly.

Take particular care with raw or lightly cooked eggs and with cookie dough or batter that is meant to be eaten unbaked, and be especially careful when serving young children, older adults, pregnant women or anyone with a weakened immune system.

Not medical or dietary advice

Nothing on the Site is medical, nutritional or dietary advice. If you have a health condition, a food allergy or a special diet, talk to a qualified professional before changing what you eat.

Copycat recipes

Our copycat recipes are our own versions inspired by well-known restaurant and brand-name foods. They are not the official recipes of those companies, and A Crispy Cookies is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by any restaurant or brand named on the Site. Brand names are used only to describe what a recipe is inspired by and remain the property of their owners.

4. User Submissions

You can send us information in three ways: recipe ratings and comments, and messages through the contact form.

• Ratings and comments. When you post a comment or rating, the name and text you submit are shown on the page. Please be respectful and keep your comments relevant to the recipe or topic.
• Contact messages. Your name, email address and message are used only to reply to you.

You are responsible for what you submit. Please do not post anything unlawful, abusive, threatening, defamatory, obscene or misleading, anything that infringes someone else's rights, spam, or links to malicious or unrelated sites. Please do not include personal information about other people.

You keep ownership of your comments. By posting one, you give A Crispy Cookies a non-exclusive, royalty-free right to display, store and, where needed, edit or shorten it (for example, to fix formatting) in connection with the Site. We may remove or decline to publish any submission at our discretion, including content that breaks these Terms. For how submitted data is handled, see the Privacy Policy.

5. Third-Party Links and Ads

The Site may link to other websites, including our social profile on Pinterest, and may display advertising served by third parties such as Google AdSense. We do not own or control those sites or advertisers and are not responsible for their content, products, services or privacy practices. A link or an ad is not an endorsement.

Your use of third-party sites is subject to their own terms and privacy policies, and any dealings you have with advertisers or other third parties are between you and them.

Information about the cookies used for advertising and your choices is in the Privacy Policy.

6. Acceptable Use

Please use the Site lawfully and considerately. Do not attempt to interfere with its operation, probe or bypass its security, overload it with automated requests, or gain unauthorized access to any part of it.

7. Availability and Accuracy

We work to keep the Site running and its content useful, but we cannot guarantee that it will always be available, error-free or up to date. Recipes, pages and features may be changed, corrected or removed at any time without notice.

8. Limitation of Liability

The Site and everything on it are provided "as is" and "as available", without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, to the extent permitted by law. Cooking involves heat, sharp tools and perishable ingredients, and you prepare and eat food at your own risk.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, A Crispy Cookies and the people who operate it will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages, or for illness, allergic reaction, injury, property damage or other loss arising from your use of the Site, your use of or reliance on any recipe, nutrition estimate or other content, content posted by other users, or third-party websites and advertising.

Nothing in these Terms limits any rights you have under applicable law that cannot be limited.

9. Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time, for example when the Site adds features or when the law changes. The "Last updated" date at the top shows when the current version took effect. If you keep using the Site after an update, you accept the revised Terms.

10. Contact

If you have questions about these Terms, want to request permission to use our content, or want to report a problem with a comment or page, please reach us through the Contact Us page.