S’more Please!
It’s almost time for… #nationalsmoresday! To celebrate, our cookie chefs are baking up some delicious S’more themed flavors to help us (and YOU) applaud #nationalsmoresday on August 10th!
S’mores Bark
This is a cookie that has a loud bark of deliciousness that goes along with its extremely tasty bite! It is a vanilla dough cookie with our very own Cravory s’mores bark of melted white chocolate and perfectly oozing marshmallow, drizzled with chocolate and dusted with graham cracker crumbs. This cookie will have you tossing your ‘marshmallow on a stick’ to the side the second you lay your eyes on it!
All Chocolate S’mores
Are you that person that add an extra layer of chocolate bar to your s’more? Then THIS is the cookie for you. Made with chocolate graham cracker dough (yes, this is a real thing…amazing!), with chocolate marshmallow folded in, chocolate chips, AND milk chocolate chunks (we warned you chocolate lovers)- we’ve got you taken care of at the Cravory with always adding s’more chocolate!
PB&J S’mores
Peanut butter jelly time! Our bakers have taken s’mores to a new level of yum. This peanut butter and jelly dough is mixed with peanut butter chocolate chips, and swirled with decedent strawberry jelly that will make you wonder why you ever gave up the idea of PB&J after childhood. Topped with a marshmallow before baked, this s’more cookie recreates that unforgettable feeling of eating a PB&J at your favorite summer camp, next to your summer crush.
Is your mouth watering yet?
Visit us at the cookie shop in Point Loma on AUGUST 10th when these amazing limited time flavors are released, to help us celebrate national s’mores day!
Cookies are a dessert past time in America, with 95% of households indulging in them on a regular basis. And no matter where you are in the world, it's likely that the culture and country you're living in has cookie flavors that are beloved region-wide. After all, cookies have been around for centuries with different iterations and under different names. Cookes even earned their name from a Dutch term that means "little cake." Want to know more interesting facts about the cookie recipes you know and love? Read on to find out: America has a cookie obsession. While you may already know this, perhaps these statistics will shock you. Did you know that Americans consume over 200 billion cookies per year? When you break it down, that equals to 300 cookies for each person! And in an American's lifetime, they will eat 35,000 cookies -- half of which are chocolate chip cookies. Christmas traditions center around cookies Who knows Santa Claus' favorite food? Yes, the answer is cookies. Santa loves cookies so much, that estimates suggest that he eats 336,150,386 cookies on Christmas Eve! Cookies break records The biggest cookie would take thousands and thousands of people to eat. According to the Cookie Elf, the biggest cookie was made in 2003 by Immaculate Baking Company is Flat Rock, NC. It weighed over 40,000 pounds and was 102 feet wide! Regions in the United States have specialty cookies In 1989, New Mexico named the bizcochito their official cookie. This is a shortbread biscuit cookies with anise and topped with sugar. Massachusetts, on the other hand, adopted the chocolate chip cookie as its state cookie, due to the fact that it was invented in Massachusetts. Some cookies are downright strange The Unagi Pie is a specialty cookie in Japan where cookies are made with fresh butter, crushed eel bones, eel extract, and garlic. That's not an entirely conventional cookie! Do you know any interesting cookie facts? Let us know in the comments below!
Who doesn't love a good cookie? If there's one thing for sure, it's that the U.S. just can't get enough of them. In fact, Americans consume around 2 billion of them per year and are eaten in approximately 95% of all households. When speaking in terms of definitions, cookies are considered "little cakes" due to their size and shape. However, they do not always have to be consumed in that form. While you can really never have enough cookies, there are plenty of creative ways to eat them that think outside of the cookie box. Check out these ideas below: Make a cookie pie. The only things that America loves just as much as cookies are pies. That being said, why not combine two of the most delicious desserts out there?! When combined with the right ingredients, cookie crumbs make the perfect pie crust. To make a cookie pie, start with your favorite cookie flavor of choice. Typically, this recipe works best with crunchier cookies. If your cookie flavors are softer, simply pop them in the oven for a few minutes in order to dry them out. You need enough cookies to render 2 cups of crumbs. From there, place in a blender or food processor and blend until fine, sandlike crumbs form. Then, add a half stick of melted butter and pulse. Next, take the crumbly mixture and line into a pie pan. Bake for 10 minutes at 350 and when cooled, fill with your favorite pudding or whipped cream and top with even more cookie crumbs. Delicious! Create your own ice cream sandwiches. Perfect for any party or hot summer day, ice cream sandwiches are a satisfying handheld treat that children and adults alike enjoy. To make ice cream sandwiches, find two cookies of choice (if you're classic, go for chocolate chip cookies!). Then, scoop an ice cream of choice and make your sandwich! If you want to get extra fancy, roll the sides with your topping of choice. Freeze for 30 minutes to let it set before serving. Create your own cookie butter. Just when you thought cookies couldn't get any better, they came out with spreadable cookie butter. Now, you can make your own at home! While biscoff cookies are the traditional cookie butter flavor of choice, you can use whatever cookie recipe and flavor you desire. To make cookie butter, you need 2 cups of cookie crumbs of choice, 2 tablespoons brown sugar, 1/4 cup heavy cream, and 1 tablespoon melted unsalted butter. Stir the ingredients together until well combined. Do you like these recipes? How do you like to eat your favorite cookie flavors? Let us know in the comments below!
It has been said that the chocolate chip cookie is an American classic. Most historians agree that Ruth Wakefield can be credited with inventing the chocolate chip cookie, which celebrated its 75th birthday in 2013. To truly appreciate the chocolate cookie, it is important to understand its beginnings and how we grew to love such a classic desert. The Beginning The word cookie is of Dutch origin and the word keokje, meaning "little cake." Culinary historians believe that cookies were first used as test cakes using a small amount of cake better to test oven temperatures. Commonly consumed for snacking or as dessert, cookies are usually organized by how they are made. Preparations include drop, molded, pressed, refrigerated, bar, and rolled. For example, a cookie recipe including molding the dough into a log-like shape, refrigerating until firm, slicing then baking create what are known as refrigerator or icebox cookies. The Many Names of the Cookie There more cookie flavors to choose from than many might think including names to which different places around the world refer to them as. In England, cookies are often referred to as biscuits; in Spain, galletas. In Germany, you may hear someone ask for keks while in Italy, biscotti is the popular name. Believe it or not, Christmas cookies go as far back as European Medieval times with varying recipes. Consumption Each country also has different ways of consuming cookies. For example, in France and Italy, they are consumed with tea or coffee in the morning while in the U.S., they are usually served as dessert. Worldwide, chocolate chip cookies and specialty cookies are used for gift box ideas. Cookie delivery companies create beautiful displays for cookies at events like weddings and parties for guests to enjoy. Many even offer online cookie delivery services for the convenience of customers. Personalized weddings cookies have also grown popular in recent years with couples designing weddings cookies to match their theme. Whether celebrating a milestone, topping off a great meal or simply enjoying a snack, it is agreed that cookies are a universal favorite. Not only do they add joy to any meal, but they also bring people together in more ways than one.