Ok, so I know it’s not quite the weather yet, but just last week I had a special request for cookies that followed an ocean-theme.
Beach-themed parties can be a lot of fun, especially as we start slowly edging towards the warmer months! Spot decorations such as these starfish, seahorse,  and angelfish cookies give any party a “beachy” feel.

The Riverside Arts Market (RAM) is set to start its 4th season on March 3rd, and Flippin’ Good Cookies is counting down the days!

The Riverside Arts Market features local and organic produce, local artists and fresh baked goods for sale each Saturday (March to December) hidden away under the Fuller Warren Bridge in the historic Riverside neighborhood.

A few of the special activities in the works for 2012 include:

• OPENING DAY!  March 3rd (We can’t leave that off the list!)
• River Cleanup Day, March 17th
• Bike Day, May 5th
• Komen’s Revvvin’ Relay Motorcycle Event, May 19th
• River Health Day, June 2nd
• The Hale & Hearty 7K @ RAM, June 2th
• Up the River Celebration, June 9th
• The “Arf Barket” , Aug. 25th
• Sandwich Day, Nov. 3rd
• And MANY others FUN times at RAM!

We love our customers and what better way to get wonderful feedback than when your customers are always coming back for more and more cookies.  Hope to see you at RAM!

The tallest cookie tower measured 1.83 m (6 ft 1/8 in) tall and was constructed by the Girl Scouts of Nassau County (USA) at the Roosevelt Field Mall in Garden City, New York, USA, on 9 January 2010. Now you know!

Flowers only last a week, whereas cookies last…….hmmmmmm…..…ok….if they’re Flippin’ Good Cookies they probably won’t even last that long! We’re off to a bad start…!

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The pilgrims used to send confections, such as sugar wafers, marzipan, and sugar plums, to their affianced. High value was placed on these gifts because they included what was then a rare product, sugar. After the late 1800′s, beet sugar became widely used and more available, and sweet gifts continued to be cherished and enjoyed.

Girls of medieval times ate bizarre foods Valentine’s Day in hopes that it would make them dream of their future spouse.
Since eating flowers is completely out of the question, why not go straight for the cookies…..?

Many people believe the ‘X’ symbol became synonymous with the kiss in medieval times. People who couldn’t write their names signed in front of a witness with an ‘X.’ The ‘X’ was then kissed to show their sincerity.

According to research data, on Valentine’s Day the price for a dozen long-stemmed red roses costs an average of $75, or about 30% more than the normal price of $58. A box of Flippin’ Good Valentine’s Day Cookies will only set you back $17.99!

Why not drop the hint for a box of Valentine’s cookies?

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1. The U.S. leads the world as the biggest cookie bakers and eaters, spending more than $550 million annually on Oreos alone…..ok, you probably knew this one!

2. You will eat about 35,000 cookies in your lifetime…..personally we think that we eat more than that!

3. The first fortune cookie was made in America – the tradition of a fortune with your cookie is Japanese even though most people associate fortune cookies with the Chinese tradition.

4. Cookies were first made in Persia in 7 A.D. – they were more like cookie cakes than the cookies we know today.

5. The story goes that Chocolate Chip were accidentally created by Ruth Wakefield in 1933.  Baking cookies one day, Ruth realized she was all out of nuts but she found some chocolate lying around and gave it a shot!

I just finished baking these custom logo’d sugar cookies for a local branch of Hancock Bank.

Our products are produced in a facility which handles peanuts, tree nuts, eggs, milk, soy, chocolate and wheat.troducing our new cookie flavor “Berry” Good Chocolate Chip

Ghirardelli® Dark Chocolate Chip
The original favorite of all time, with Ghirardelli® Double Chocolate Chips

Ingredients: Ghirardelli® Double Chocolate, Unbleached enriched flour, butter, sugar, molasses, eggs, canola oil, pure vanilla

NEW!  Oatmeal Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip
This combination of oatmeal, chunky peanut butter and chocolate chips, will satisfy any sweet craving.

Ingredients: Unbleached enriched flour, Quaker Oatmeal™, Peanut Butter, semi-sweet chocolate chips, sugar, butter, eggs, canola oil, vanilla, baking soda

“Berry” Good Chocolate Chip
Loaded with dried cranberries, Ghirardelli® white premium chips, semi-sweet chocolate chips and a hint of toffee for added deliciousness

Ingredients: Unbleached enriched flour, butter, sugar, eggs, canola oil, dried cranberries,  Ghirardelli® white premium chips, semi-sweet chocolate, toffee bits, pure vanilla extract, espresso powder, baking soda, salt

Chippy Chocolate Toffee
American classic updated with premium semi-sweet chocolate chunks, semi-sweet chips and toffee bits with a touch of espresso will send your taste buds over the edge

Ingredients: Unbleached enriched flour, butter, sugar, eggs, canola oil, semi-sweet chocolate, toffee bits, pure vanilla extract, espresso powder, baking soda, salt

Oatmeal Brickle Raisin
Old-fashion classic with a tasty twist. Along with plump raisins, we added yummy brickle bits to add another tasteful element that is sure to please the most discriminating palate
Ingredients:  Unbleached enriched flour, Quaker Oatmeal™, Heath Bit ‘o Brickle®, sugar, butter, eggs, canola oil, vanilla, cinnamon, baking soda

Southern Pecan Caramel
Buttery caramel bits with toasted pecans give these cookies a wonderful chewy texture that will leave you wanting more
Ingredients: Unbleached enriched flour, sugar, butter, eggs, canola oil, caramel bits, pecans, pure vanilla extract, baking soda, salt

Additional Info:

Semi-sweet chocolate contains: sugar, chocolate, cocoa butter, milkfat, soy lecithin, vanillin (an artificial flavor), natural flavor.

Enriched flour contains: wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, iron, thiamin, mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid.

Toffee bits contain: sugar, palm oil, dairy butter, almonds, salt; artificial flavor, soy lecithin

Caramel contains: sugar, corn syrup, skim milk, palm oil, butter, salt, emulsifiers, vegetable mono and diglycerides, soy lecithin, natural flavor

Ghirardelli® White Chips:  sugar, palm kernel oil, whole milk powder, nonfat dry milk, palm oil, soy lecithin, vanilla

Ghirardelli® Double Chocolate Chips: Bittersweet Chocolate (unsweetened chocolate, sugar, cocoa butter, 2% or less vanilla, soy lecithin)