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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Ooey-gooey chocolate chip. Classic!
It’s a tie between sugar cookies and chocolate chip!
Pshhhhhhhhhhh the theme of my LIFE is chocolate.
Anything oatmeal peanut butter!
I looove Magic Cookie Bars!! They count as cookies, right?! So delish! And remind me of the Holidays! (((:
peanut butter cookies are my absolutely favorites… oh, and chocolate. yum!
Chocolate chip with pecans. Delicious 🙂
Lemon cookies all the way!
My favorite is anything that involves PB. If it has chocolate and PB man oh man!
Oatmeal Chocolate Chip!
The sugar cookies from great american cookie company in the mall!! Makes my mouth water thinking about them!
I love Oatmeal raisin cookies!
I love chewy oatmeal chocolate chip!
White chocolate macadamia! Droooooool
favorite kind of cookie? peanut butter, by far! 🙂
Peanutbutter chocolate and peanutbutter chip from smitten kitchen! Incredibly fluffy and rich… My absolute favorite!
White chocolate macadamia nut are my absolute favorite!
My favorite cookies are molasses 🙂 Although, peanut butter chocolate chip are pretty tasty, too!
Mmmm…peanut butter chocolate chip cookies are my fav! Yours look delicious as well!
I m ay be saying this because my fiance’s parents just gave me a box but i love thin mints!!
homemade wise though, my mom made the best classic oatmeal cookies. nothing too special, but i just loved them and would always have to grab one right out of the oven!!
I gotta go with chocolate chip!
Oatmeal or Chocolate chips!! deliciousss
Git in mah belly sounds good too!
I love a standard chocolate chip cookie
I love oatmeal cookies, they don’t even need to have raisins in them. Preferably uncooked 🙂
Chocolate chip cookies are my jam!!
warm chocolate chunk!
Not sure I’ve ever met a cookie I haven’t liked. Newest favorite, pretzle Heath cookies. My sister found the recipe at Christmas. SO good!!
oatmeal chocolate chip! nomnomnom
Cowboy Cookies- aka huge oatmeal cookies with chocolate chips 🙂
love me some white chocolate macadamia nut cookies!
Heath bar cookies or white chocolate macadamia – so tough to choose just one!
I love oatmeal white chocolate chip cookies!
I love all cookies, but especially sugar cookies!
oatmeal raisin with chocolate chip and pretzel
I love supercharge me cookies.
I love peanut butter and oatmeal raisin cookies! … it would be amazing to have a peanut butter oatmeal raisin cookie 😉
Plain and simple… Double chocolate chip
I can’t resist snickerdoodles! I’m also weak against oatmeal raisin cookies and chocolate chip cookies. Mmm!
I love white chocolate chip macadamia nut cookies. I really love all cookies, but I’d have to say that I can never pass these up!
Peanut butter cookies… no question about it!
Chocolate chip.. the more chocolate the better!!!
My favorite cookie takes me back to when I was a child. My mom would let my sister and I make no bake cookies all by ourselves and they are sooo delicious! I could definitely go for one right now 🙂
Thick and chewy Oatmeal Craisin Cookies are my fav!
good old fashioned chocolate chip, please! with crunchy walnuts in the mix and a glass of milk…mmm
I love any sort of white chocolate or peanut butter cookie! Perhaps a peanut butter cookie with white chocolate chips? Drool!
My favorite cookie is oatmeal butterscotch. So yummy!
Always chocolate chip <3
i love classic chocolate chip, and also white chocolate macadamia! and definitely thick and chewy over crispy.
I like oatmeal cookies without raisins with added chocolate chips 🙂
It’s tough to pick, but anything chocolate and peanut butter is a winner to me!