Cookiejar Talk

Cookies, pastries, pies, and recipes for all of your favorite sweet baked treats

WhoNu? Nutrition Rich Cookies

It's an Oreo filled with vitamins

After spending a lot of time contemplating these WhoNu chocolate sandwich cookies, I have reached the following conclusions:

1. This is what Cartman's mother would buy him. Except that she would have to file off the "WhoNu?" logo on each cookie, and then repack them inside an Oreo package. Because if Cartman finds out you have been trying to feed him nutritious cookies, the entire town of South Park would suffer his wrath.

Rice Krispies Treats

When I think of foods I really like, I always get that slogan from Chiquita Bananas in my head, “Chiquita bananas…quite possibly the world’s perfect food.” I think it could apply to Rice Krispies treats too. There are few quick and easy homemade treats I love more than Rice K Read more about Rice Krispies Treats

Surprised by Strawberry Cake

My son’s fourth birthday was this week, so of course we baked him a cake to celebrate. This year, he was old enough to pick out his own flavor, and unfortunately for us, it was strawberry. My husband and I gave each other sad looks, knowing we were going to hate his choice but wanting to support him in making his own decision.

Cookie Dough Truffles with Sea Salt

This Recipe Will Definitely Make Your Mouth Water

There are certain desserts that just can’t be ignored, check out this recipe for cookie dough truffles with sea salt. I’m sure you’ll thank me later.

Ingredients

1/2 recipe Chocolate Chip Blondies, recipe follows
2 (12-ounce) bags semisweet chocolate morsels, melted over double boiler for dipping
Fleur de sel, for decoration

Possible ideas for decoration:

White chocolate morsels, melted
Milk chocolate morsels, melted
Sprinkles
Chopped nuts
Cocoa powder
Powdered sugar
Turbinado sugar

Special equipment: toothpicks or wooden skewers

Pepperidge Farm Maui

One thing I have to give Pepperidge Farms credit for: they have really perfected the art of the chocolate chip.

There are times when I go to the grocery store in a state of mind I can only describe as "weakened." Whether it's tired, hungry, strung out from a difficult day, or all three. Such was the case last night, when I ended up buying a bag of Pepperidge Farm cookies called "Maui." The kicker? I don't really like coconut. It's just that the name "Maui" sounded so pleasant, I figured the cookies had to be good. I didn't even look at the ingredients list.

Like I said: weakened.

New Girl Scout Cookie Introduced

Lemon wedge cookie celebrates 100 years of Girl Scouts

Girl Scout Cookies are a brilliant example of a forced scarcity. If thin mints and tagalongs were readily available for purchase on the supermarket shelves, do you really think adults and children from all walks would go out of their heads trying to procure them? They'd just be another sugary treat bought only in moments of weakness, usually passed by, growing stale between the Oreos and the Milanos. But because every box needs to be hand-delivered by a tiny agent of deliciousness--because we can only secure a package in moments of serendipity, when one of our co-workers mentions that her daughter is selling cookies, or when a team of girl scouts rings our doorbell on an unsuspecting afternoon--our hunger for those cookies grows. I once kept a box of thin mints in the freezer for eight whole months, savoring every cookie as if it were my last, just in case fate never brought me another sweet-bearing little girl again. Girl Scout Cookies make us joyfully irrational. And they're about to expand their arsenal of delicious baked goods.

Travel the World with Pepperidge Farm

Each of the Pepperidge Farm cookies are named after a location.

The other day, I was shopping hungry again. I really need to stop doing that! Right there in the center aisle, tantalizingly close and inexpensive, was a box of assorted chocolate delights from Pepperidge Farm. Have you experienced the deliciousness of Pepperidge Farm yet? If not, you are really missing out on cookies that taste like they should cost a lot more than they do. Read more about Travel the World with Pepperidge Farm

A Little Different Spin on Boston Creme Donuts

Check Out This Recipe for Boston Creme Pie

Ever have a craving for Boston crème donuts? Well, check out this recipe for Boston crème pie by Bobby Flay and then you can have it whenever you’d like.

Ingredients

For Sponge Cake:

7 eggs, separated
8 ounces sugar
1 cup flour
1 ounce melted butter

For Assembly:

4 ounces toasted almonds

It's New Year's Resolution Time

With all the talk about sweets and desserts on this blog, you can almost gain weight just by reading. We’ll call it water weight from all the salivating. I think it might be time to talk about the number one New Year’s resolution, weight loss. Read more about It's New Year's Resolution Time