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...

Win the Perfect Holiday Dress from Shabby Apple

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*GIVEAWAY HAS ENDED*
Looking for the perfect holiday dress? 

Bombarded by excessive shimmer, glimmer and fluffpuffery in the malls, this is one annual tradition that typically gives me a serious case of  the "bah-humbugs".   Why is it so hard to find a chic little dress that is well made, affordable and versatile enough to outlive the mistletoe and the expiration date on the eggnog?

Well, truth be told, it's not.  And you don't even have to brave the crowds and at the mall.  Shabby Apple is an online boutique offering beautiful, classic, quality and affordable women's dresses.   Their vintage-inspired designs capture the elegance and sophistication of bygone eras ~ smartly updated and fit to flatter.

from the "Tinsel Town" Collection

The Black Oak Dress
from the "Yosemite Collection"

The Freshwater Pearl Dress
from the "South Pacific" Collection

Whether you'll be making merry at a gala evening event, or escaping the winter chill for sunnier climes and sandy shores, the dresses in these collections will take you "from holiday housewarming to spring fashion week with just a change of shoes." Versatile elegance -- what could be more chic?

I'm so thrilled that my friends at Shabby Apple have generously offered to give one lucky Rook No. 17 reader the stunning Bali H'ai Dress:

WIN THIS!
"A simple shift takes on a new form with a lei of tucks, folds and petal-like ruffles along the rounded scoop neck of the Bali Ha'i dress.  Princess seams and careful tailoring keep the shape classic, and the cap sleeves and deep orchid color make it...(a)... perfect stand-alone piece.  This dress is made from a lightweight, delicate fabric." $78

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GIVEAWAY
One lucky reader will be drawn at random on Saturday, November 26 at midnight PST to receive the Bali Ha'i Dress from Shabby Apple.

Mandatory for your FIRST entry (a single comment)
1)  "Follow" Rook No. 17 with Google Friends Connect (click "Follow" under "Birds of a Feather" on the left-hand sidebar).  
2)  "Like" Shabby Apple on Facebook

If you have a "no-reply" account, be sure to leave your email address, so I can contact you if you win.

For Additional Entries 
(leave a separate comment for each additional entry)
1.  Visit Shabby Apple and tell me which shoes you'd pair with the dress.
2.  Follow Shabby Apple on Twitter
3.  Follow Rook No. 17 on Facebook
4.  Follow Rook No. 17 on Twitter
5.  Tweet about this giveaway -- "Win the perfect holiday dress; Enter the Shabby Apple Giveaway at Rook No. 17 http://bit.ly/s8hNkU"


One lucky winner will be drawn by Random.org on after the giveaway closes on Saturday, November 26 at 11:59 PM PST.  
Must be a resident of the U.S.

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