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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Usually, I’d have to say chocolate chip, but I just tried gingerbread white chocolate chip cookies this weekend, and they are definitely competition.
Oatmeal chocolate chip!
I love banana oatmeal chocolate chip cookies.
plain old chocolate chip.. my grandma’s recipe 🙂
peanut butter chocolate chip or just good old chocolate ship. yummmmaaay
Chocolate chip..slightly underbaked 🙂
M&M cookies are my fav!
I love all kinds of cookies! If I had to choose just one it would have to be peanut butter chocolate chip! Yum!
White chocolate macadamia nut!
such a tough decision to pick just one!! i’d have to say oatmeal toffee or oatmeal butterscotch 🙂
i just love a traditional chocolate chip cookie! they’re my favorite.
Anything with chocolate and peanut butter. Your cookie mix sounds amazing.. love the name!
Peanut butter cookies for me!
Really hoping I win this one, because I am cookie obsessed! I love the basic chocolate chip cookie (toll house reciepe is the best), but also love oatmeal chocolate chip, and peanutbutter with hersheys kiss! Oh and sugar cookie. See… cookie obsessed!
Oatmeal chocolate chip!
My favorite kind of cookie is a good old fashioned chocolate chip cookie right out of the oven!
Oatmeal chocolate chip!
oatmeal chocolate chip! yum
monster cookies are my absolute favorite!
I love dark chocolate chip cookies! Fun giveaway!!
oatmeal chocolate chip and pecan!!
I’m not sure if they count, but I love macaroons!
Chocolate chip peanut butter! cant go wrong!!
Chocolate chip! Sugar cookies are good too.
my favorite cookie is either oatmeal chocolate chip or a good iced sugar cookie! yummmmm
chocolate with white choc chips!
I am definitely a peanut butter and chocolate chip cookie fan!
My favorite cookie is called a garbage cookie. It has bits of everything in it
Too hard to decide! Basically anything with chocolate… lots and lots of chocolate… 🙂
my favorite cookie is definitely what i call “sand cookies’ or as the rest of the world knows them, mexican wedding cookies
but lets be real, i’ll eat pretty much any type of cookie 🙂
give me any cookie with chocolate in it and I’m a happy camper!
Oatmeal chocolate chip! Love the valentine addition
Oatmeal peanut butter!
good ol’ fashioned chocolate chip!!
oatmeal chocolate chip!!
oatmeal with craisins and chocolate chips!
That is so hard to choose! My top three are: Mexican Wedding cookies, peanut butter oatmeal chocolate chip (PB&O Snackers as I call them!) and Chewy Chocolate with walnuts. Divine!!!!
I love love love MONSTER COOKIES! Peanut Butter, Oatmeal, and M&M’s….oh baby!
pb cookies are my favorite!! mmmm 🙂 with a tall glass of milk of course!
Right now I’m really into peanut butter cookies, and I’ve never even liked them in the past.
Warm and gooey chocolate chip.. Yummmmm. Now I need one 🙂
White choc. Mac nut!!!
So hard to choose, but I think Monster Cookies are my all time fave…oatmeal, pb, m&ms…the possibilities are endless!
Buttery cookies with chocolate chips are my favorite.
My favorite is ranger cookies! They have oats, rice krispies, chocolate chips and coconut. Yum!
I love a soft, chewy sugar cookie with sprinkles!!
White chocolate chip cookies are one of my favorites!
Oatmeal with dark chocolate chips and walnuts!
chocolate chip peanut butter!
My favorite is a kind my mom makes, with oatmeal, chocolate chips, raisins…it’s so yummy!