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...

"Soft Serve" Ice Cream Cone Cupcakes & Kupcake Konz Pan Giveaway!

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Saturday morning cartoons, a shiny metal lunchbox, loudly belting misinterpreted song lyrics, and soft serve ice cream cones dipped in chocolate -- memories from my childhood that never fail to evoke a warm glow from my heart light.  It's the latter that inspired today's creative cake fake-out.


Photo credit:  Becheery/Flickr
You have, no doubt, seen the clever hand-held cake creation that is the Cupcake Cone, no? If you've ever tried to make them perhaps you've run in to the common pitfalls of tipping cones, batter that runneth over, and cones that come out lumpenly deformed? Enter, my hero, the Kupcake Konz pan:



I was introduced to this marvelous pan more than a year ago when I came across a blog that was giving one away. I didn't win the giveaway, but (with a nod to the power of blog advertising through giveaways), I immediately ordered a Large Family Size Kupcake Konz pan for myself.  Since then I've used it more times than I can count for all types of whimsical cupcake cone creations.

Easter Basket Cupcake Cones (not my creation)
Photo courtesy of Kupcake Konz 
Kupcake Konz pans come in many sizes. They have pans to hold large quantities, or just a small batch. They make pans to hold mini cones as well as the standard cones you find in your local grocery store. They even have a party pack that is perfect for a cupcake cone decorating party!

Kids Party Pack, photo courtesy of Kupcake Konz
Here's what I love most about this pan: 

1)  It makes baking cupcake cones a cinch.  Simply insert cones, dispense batter and bake!
2)  It doubles as a carrier/server.  Perfect!  You don't have to worry about your creations tipping over during transport, or when being served.
3)  It's easy to clean.
4)  It's affordable.
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Want One?
You can enter for an opportunity to win one after the recipe below!
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The generous folks at Kupcake Konz have offered to give one lucky Rook No. 17 reader a Large Family Size Pan (makes 3 dozen cones) plus a 32 oz. batter dispenser.  To celebrate, I've whipped-up a nostalgia inspired cupcake cone creation:


Soft Serve Cupcake Cone Recipe/Tutorial
If you run in to any trouble downloading this recipe, please contact me and I will be happy to send it to you.



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GIVEAWAY!
Enter for a chance to win a Large Family Size Kupcake Konz pan and 32 oz. batter dispenser:


Mandatory entry:  Follow Rook No. 17, then leave a comment telling me what you'd like to create with a Kupcake Konz pan.

For additional entries (leave a separate comment for each)
1)  Follow Kupcake Konz on Facebook and be sure to leave a friendly hello on their wall.
2)  Visit the Kupcake Konz website and tell me which product you most like.
5)  Tweet this:  "I entered to win a Kupcake Konz pan at Rookno17. Have you? http://bit.ly/qxx9GM" 

One winner will be drawn at random on Friday, October 21 at midnight PST.
Open to residents of the U.S.

Disclosure:  I am not receiving any sort of compensation for this review.  The opinions and accolades shared herein are genuine and are my own.

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