Friday, 13 May 2016

TOP 4 COOKIE FLAVOURS

FAVOURITE TOOWOOMBA COOKIES FLAVOURS

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Mmmm. Everyone seems to love chocolate. 
Except my wife who is not meant to eat chocolate (specifically the cocoa).. 

So, the TOP 4 COOKIE FLAVOURS from what our customers tell us (and what sells out the fastest): 


1. M&M 
Cookies with M&Ms


Kids love colours, and adults enjoy eating cookies that look enticing too. 
I put peanut M&Ms in some cookies, and they sold well too. 
I didn't get to try any myself, so I don't know yet how they taste. 

I like using M&Ms in cookies, because they are ready to go straight in the cookie (no cutting is required).... although you can crush the M&Ms before sticking them in the cookie dough to add a bit of a colour sprinkle. But you should keep some M&Ms for putting on the surface as well. 

2. Choc chip



choc chip cookies on a plate with milk

Classic, and long-term favourite among many people. 
I don't add cocoa to the cookie dough, so the cookie is a nice contrast to the choc chips. 
I also like the choc chips to be nice and chunky, so you don't get little scraps of chocolate, but a whole taste of real chocolate in your mouth. 
Sometimes I put a whole piece of a chocolate block in a cookie, and that is really cool to bite into. 
I made some with my own block of Cadbury Black Forest chocolate, and loved them :) So then I made a batch for Toowoomba Cookies customers. 



milk + dark choc chip cookies
I prefer to use the choc chips made with a pointy top on them, so I can count them better (by feeling the pointy tops sticking out of the cookie dough). 
My wife thinks I make faces out of the choc chips. 
Just for fun. 


3. White choc macadamia
White chocolate macadamia cookies


Sometimes white choc macadamia is the fastest selling flavour of the day... 
My wife toasts the macadamias, to bring out a richer flavour of the nut. 
I make sure each Toowoomba Cookie has enough chocolate and enough macadamias in each cookie I bake. So no-one misses out. 
Have you ever eaten a cookie that was supposed to have a certain ingredient in it, to find that you had eaten the whole thing without noticing that particular ingredient? It's disappointing isn't it.  


4. ANZAC
ANZAC biscuits on a plate

ANZAC biscuits


Who wouldn't enjoy a nice lovely chewy ANZAC cookie, or biscuit, or whatever you want to call it. 
Actually, some customers think it's very important 'what you call it', because they grew up calling biscuits 'biscuits' and 'cookies' was the American term, not used as much in Australia.
Being from New Zealand, I still 'translate' for my wife some words :) like chilly bin or jatter bar.... 
Are there any other cookie flavours that you think should be on our list? 

What's your favourite cookie flavour? 


Tuesday, 3 May 2016

OVER 100 TOOWOOMBA COOKIES!



Today I baked 104 Toowoomba Cookies and really felt like I had achieved something. 

Just like a blind cricket player who wants to get to a century. 
And looking forward to your letter from the Queen...

There are certain milestones to really celebrate.  

100 cookies in one day seemed impossible a few weeks ago. 

The daily total would be 94, 91, 95, but never 100 or more. 
Some days I am more focused on selling or despatch and have a day off baking or just do one ‘triple batch’. 

My eyes get tired after a few hours of focusing on putting chocolate pieces inside the cookie dough. 

But 'at the end of the day' after I bagged up all 104 cookies for my customers, I enjoyed having a rest and thinking about who will be lucky enough to buy them. 


104 Toowoomba Cookies in stacks of 5
Chunky Choc Chip and Banana Choc Toowoomba Cookies



This morning my wife saw on the msn website that a man named Alf Date Passed away aged 110!... I think he deserves every day off from now on :)