Chonky Boys: The Chocolate Chip Cookie Ice Cream Sandwiches that Scream Summer!

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Featuring my thick and nuggy Chonky Boy Chocolate Chip Cookies, these ice cream sandwiches are the stuff that summer dreams are made of.  If you've ever had the Cookie Ice Cream Sandwich at Disneyland , you are going to LOVE these!  These big and bold chocolate chip cookies are based on a recipe from my culinary school studies at Auguste Escoffier, but with a few modifications to give them that Jennuine touch.  They make the perfectas book for a fat slice of real vanilla bean ice cream.  And those mini chips?  You just gotta have that extra cronch! Thank goodness this recipe only makes 8 sandwiches, otherwise I would be eating them for breakfast lunch and dinner.  This way, my big family can help save me from my inner child diet-saboteur.   Print With Image Without Image Chonky Boy Chocolate Chip Cookie Ice Cream Sandwiches Yield: 8 Author: Jenn Erickson Loaded with chocolate chips and buttery, brown-sugary vanilla flavor, these mall-sized cookie...

LOCAL SPOTLIGHT

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LOOKING FOR WAYS TO SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES? AVOID THE BIG-BOX STORES? GET GOOD VALUE FOR YOUR MONEY? TIRED OF GIVING THE SAME OLD JUNKY TOYS AS BIRTHDAY GIFTS, KNOWING THAT THEY'LL BE AT THE BOTTOM OF A CLOSET BY NEXT WEEK? TRY ROOK NO. 17'S TOP PICKS FOR DOWNTOWN PACIFIC GROVE BUSINESSES THAT YOU SHOULDN'T MISS:



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TESSUTI ZOO ~ 171 FOREST AVENUE, PACIFIC GROVE, 831.648.1725 ~ COLORFUL, IMAGINATIVE, A TREAT TO THE SENSES! TESSUTI ZOO FEATURES UNIQUE GIFTS FOR ALL AGES, ORIGINAL ARTWORK AND VISUAL FUN! THIS WHIMSICAL IRREVERENT SHOP IS THE CREATION OF ARTISTS EMILY OWENS AND MARY TROUP. WE LOVE EMILY & MARY FOR THE WARMTH AND VIBRANCY THEY BRINGS TO PACIFIC GROVE. THERE'S ALWAYS A SKIP IN OUR STEP AS WE WALK OUT WITH OUR ZEBRA PRINT BAGS (ADORNED WITH WAND-LIKE LOLLIES) IN HAND. FOR A GREAT ARTICLE ON TESSUTI ZOO, CHECK OUT THE CEDAR STREET TIMES.

I'M PUZZLED! ~ CORNER OF LAUREL AND GRAND AVENUES, PACIFIC GROVE, 831.655.1677 ~ HERE'S ANOTHER CASE WHERE YOU COULD POSSIBLY WALK BY THINKING, "I DON'T DO PUZZLES," AND KEEP ON WALKING WITH YOUR SNOOT IN THE AIR. AND AGAIN YOU WOULD BE MISSING OUT ON SOMETHING SPECIAL. WALK IN AND YOU ARE WARMLY GREETED BY THE OWNER, MARY. SHE AND HER STAFF ARE GENUINE, KNOWLEDGEABLE AND HELPFUL. THERE IS COMPLIMENTARY COFFEE AND COOKIES. IT JUST FEELS DOWNRIGHT NEIGHBORLY. THEY HAVE SO MANY TYPES OF PUZZLES AND GAMES THAT EVEN THE BIGGEST PUZZLEPHOBE WOULD BE TEMPTED AND THE GREATEST PUZZLE CONNOISSEUR WOULD BE PLEASED. BUT, IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A SPECIAL GIFT FOR A CHILD; SOMETHING EDUCATIONAL; SOMETHING OF QUALITY -- YOU HAVE HIT THE MOTHERLODE. RUNNING LATE TO A BIRTHDAY PARTY? NO GIFT? STOP BY I'M PUZZLED YOU'LL FIND SOMETHING GREAT IN NO TIME FLAT AND WILL LOVE THE CREATIVE COMPLIMENTARY GIFT WRAP AND GIFT CARDS (ADORNED WITH A REAL, TINY PUZZLE PIECE!). HERE YOU CAN FIND UNIQUE GAMES, KITS, AND TOYS. BE SURE TO SAY HELLO TO WALLY THE SHOP DOG!

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