The theme of the day is chocolate!
I cannot get enough of the sweet stuff. From hot chocolate to pieces of a dark chocolate to my lunch to cookies, my day had been full of delicious cocoa.
Lunch
Today’s lunch included chocolate in the form of chocolate hazelnut butter, spread on a toasted Thomas’ whole wheat bagel with raspberry jelly.
A sliced apple and more Justin’s chocolate hazelnut butter served as my sides.
And then it was time for a chocolate-fueled hike!
Ryan and I bundled up and took Sadie on a five-mile hike on the trails near our house. It felt good to get some fresh air and move around a bit after spending the morning cooped up inside working on an article.
Remember how Sadie chased after a black bear before?
(When I read that sign aloud to Ryan today I inserted the word “humans” after “small mammals” to see if he was paying attention. Muhaha!)
Well, it turns out Sadie is not as brave as we thought.
She stopped in the middle of the trail and had a barking fit over an ominous palm.
Haven’t you heard? Rogue palms are very dangerous. Ryan naturally sprinted ahead and jumped on it, which absolutely thrilled Sadie. I swear they speak the same language sometimes.
After our hike, the chocolate fun continued… and this time it involves you! 
Mason Jar Cookie Giveaway
A couple of weeks ago I was sent a jar of ingredients for a special cookie recipe… one that I created!
The Mason Jar Cookie Company is a company that provides you with all of the ingredients you need (with the exception of egg and butter) to make cookies that you create through their website.
I named my mix “Git in Mah Belly.”
To an oatmeal cookie base I added:
- Valentine’s Day M&Ms
- Pecans
- Toffee
This afternoon, Ryan and I were craving warm, gooey cookies after our chilly hike, so I used my “Git in Mah Belly” mix to make us a batch of oatmeal, toffee, M&M and pecan cookies.
I’m not sure why my cookies didn’t seem to rise, but at least they tasted great!
I prefer chewy, thin cookies over dry and cake-like cookies any day.
The best news is that The Mason Jar Cookie Company is giving away one of their jars of cookie mix to one of you!
One winner will be able to create their own cookie mix though the company’s website to have sent directly to them ASAP!
To enter this giveaway, simply comment below telling me about your favorite kind of cookie. I’ll randomly select a winner tomorrow morning.
Good luck!
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I Love the idea of putting toffee in cookies, I think that’s what I would do if I won!
Those cookies look perfect to me. I love love love thin crunchy cookies….especially chocolate chip.
I love chewy oatmeal chocolate chip! 🙂
I love oatmeal ‘scotchies!
Tie between oatmeal chocolate chip and peanut butter chocolate chip…although anything with chocolate is usually a win.
oatmeal chocolate chip!
gooey, chocolate chip are always delish!!!
Your cookies look delicious!
My all time favorites are chewy Molasses cookies, but Oatmeal Chocolate Chip are a close second!
I absolutely love oatmeal cookies! I love them with butterscotch chips, chocolate chips and even raisins. They are definitely my favorite especially the dough 🙂
I love the classic chocolate chip cookie!
I am really feeling the oatmeal, chocolate, cherry combos lately. But who am I kidding, I’ll gladly take any cookie!
Oatmeal raisin !
I don’t know about my favorite cookie to eat.. Chocolate chip cookies are super fun and easy to make though! 🙂
Standard chocolate chip for me!
Pre-baked anything cookie ; ) I much prefer the dough to the cooked product!
Oatmeal cookies with raisins and nuts. Yum yum yum
love chocolate cookies with peanut butter chips
My favorite kind of cookies are sugar cookies!
What a cute give away! My fav cookies are the white chocolate macadamia nut cookies from Costco. Why are they so delicious?!
It’s a toss up between oatmeal raisin and peanut butter! I definitely agree on liking thin and chewy cookies over thick and cakey!
Oatmeal chocolate chip peanut butter!
What an awesome idea!! I love cookies with M&Ms in them!! 🙂
Peanut butter chocolate chip!
Although I adore the two-ingredient pumpkin spice cookies, I can’t resist my grandma’s paper-thin chocolate chip cookies!
Nothing like a classic chocolate chip cookie right out of the oven!
I love butterscotch chip cookies!! So good!
Snicker-doodles all the way!!!
My favorite cookie is one involving chocolate and peanut butter that’s super chewy and thick! Mmm!
chocolate ginger!
Oatmeal chocolate chip is my fav! Especially with some pecans, walnuts, etc thrown in 🙂
Chocolate chip. YUM!!!
I love oatmeal raisin cookies.. but snickerdoodles are delicious as well! 🙂
M&M cookies! or PB choc chip
I love so many kinds of cookies that it’s hard to choose a favorite, but I would say that my grandma’s sour cream cookies are ones that I could just not live without. They’re soft and fluffy and have a delicious icing – soooo good. Your mix sounds great, and I love the Valentine’s Day M&Ms! Very cute.
sounds like a weird combo, but chocolate chip cookies with pretzel bits are actually really good!! although I end up eating most of the dough before actually baking them 🙂
oh my gosh, those cookies look so good!
My favorite kind of cookie is chocolate chip, for sure.
Thanks for the fun giveaway!
chocolate chip cookies with lots of other add-ins like m&ms and raisins and snicker pieces! yummmmy!
aww sadie is precious! i love “kitchen sink” cookies… aka a little bit of everything!! butterscotch, raisins, cranberries, chocolate chips, oatmeal base, etc… it’s like a giant party in your mouth!!
Variations on the classic chocolate chip are usually my fav. Oatmeal chocolate chip, peanut butter chocolate chip, toffee chocolate chip. YUM.
I love oatmeal based cookies too! Chocolate and p’nut butter make everything better, too.
I love monster cookies – peanut m&ms, chocolate chips, oatmeal, raisins…basically everything that’s laying around the house!
peanut butter oatmeal cookies with as much added chunky goodness as possible.
any kind of nut butter chocolate chip cookie really does it for me!
Chocolate chip is definitely my favorite!
Brownie Mix cookies!
Good ol’ chocolate cookies, I just can’t resist them!
Chocolate chip, you can never go wrong 🙂
I love all cookies that have chocolate chips in them. Please keep raisins out of my cookies….gag.
love oatmeal peanut butter chocolate chip!
Oatmeal chocolate chip, but your combo sounds pretty darn delicious as well!