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 cookies form a perfect partnership with a

FREE CRAFT SUPPLIES with the Creativity Expo from WholePort

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Do you like FREE?
I like FREE!  Who doesn't?  

Do you like to create, bake, sew, bead, etc?
Read on...

I recently spent the better part of an afternoon browsing through the thousands of craft supplies available through WholePort, mouth agape, getting so inspired and full of ideas that I feared my head might pop.  Perhaps I'm being a bit melodramatic, but here...look...some of the things I've been ogling:



They have soap/candy molds, laces and trims, buttons, beads and cabochons, silicone baking molds, and that's just the start of it.
(They even have real tattoo kits.  I kid you NOT!)


So, here's the scoop, WholePort is offering anyone who has the desire, the opportunity to sample one of their products for free (they even pay the shipping).  Here's how it works...

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Every day, YOU, our customers inspire us with your vibrant ideas and push us to see the beauty, the ingenuity, and the creativity that we would have never otherwise seen ourselves. So we would like to return the favor. We’ll give you the free supplies. We’ll provide the free shipping. All we’d like YOU to do is to go on a Create-a-thon. Use the supplies you receive to help create what you’ve always dreamed of creating. Unleash your inner craftaholic! Let your imagination run WiLd! We can’t wait to see what you come up with.


Contest RULES:
  1. Wholeport wants YOU to go on a create-a-thon! Like us on our facebook page or follow us on twitter in order to receive a package of one of these nine different crafting supplies completely free of charge! You can find descriptions of the nine supplies by clicking on the images above and by visiting this album on our facebookpage.
  2. We want you to incorporate these supplies into the most beautiful, unique, fun, CRAZY crafts you can think of! When you think you’ve made the perfect creation, take a picture of it and then post it on our facebook wall to be entered into a competition for a $50 cash coupon for www.wholeport.com.
  3. We will then upload your pictures into our Creativity Expo Contestants facebook album. The winner will be determined by the picture with the most likes on facebook! So make sure you tell as many of your friends to “like” your creation as you can!
So you want to PARTICIPATE?
  1. Like us on facebook or follow us on twitter and then send us an email at create@wholeport.com saying that you have done so. Make sure you mention in your email which of the nine crafting supplies you would like to receive and include your mailing address.
  2. Create your masterpiece :D
  3. Admire it for a moment.
  4. Then take a picture of it and post it on our facebook wall along with a description of which supply package you used and what you intend your creation to be. We will upload your picture and description into the Creativity Expo Contestants facebook album. Each person to upload a photo of his or her creation will also receive a $2 coupon to www.wholeport.com!
  5. The top 10 creations with the most likes on facebook will each win a $50 cash coupon for www.wholeport.com. So tell your friends, your family, your acquaintances, EvErYOne! The more people that see your lovely work, the merrier!
That pesky little FINE PRINT…
The deadline for requesting one of the nine crafting supply packs is July 14th 2011.
The competition to receive a $50 coupon to www.wholeport.com will continue until August 1st 2011.
Any QUESTIONS?...
...Please quickly check out our Creativity Expo FAQ section. Or if you have even more questions or comments onWholePort, the Creativity Expo, crafting, or life in general, please don’t hesitate to list them in the comments section below or to contact us at create@wholeport.com .

Let's enjoy this beautiful handmade life together!
Wholeport® All the Supplies for Your Beautiful Handmade Life

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