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I
decided when my son was four and started asking for cookies at the
store that it was time for Late July to make cookies! At home, I love
to bake with whole grains, dark chocolate, and Madagascar (Bourbon)
vanilla, so I knew I could create cookies for Late July that I would
feel good sharing with him.
First a
confession, I have a giant sweet tooth and there are two things I
absolutely can't resist - cookies and chocolate so creating our new
cookies was a dream come true for me. To get the recipes right, I
baked different cookies and mixed different fillings for almost my
entire pregnancy with my second son Benjamin. I knew I had to finish
before he was born, so I used that as my deadline.
My new product
development team consists of me and just one other person, Patty so
the two of us were very busy mixing and tasting hundreds of cocoa,
vanilla and other ingredients before we settled on just a few that
were our favorites. Once we narrowed it down, we brought in the rest
of the company to try out different batches of cookies. Towards the
end, we were doing cookie tastings almost daily. Finally after months
of testing, we landed on two recipes that we loved and the rest of the
company agreed.
We mixed up so
much chocolate and tried so many varieties of vanilla that I thought
it might cure me of my sweet tooth. It didn't! I can't resist either
of our Vanilla Bean or Dark Chocolate Sandwich cookies. I'd like to
credit our brilliant recipes with why I love our cookies so much, but
I know the credit should go to our ingredients especially the whole
grains, the Madagascar Vanilla and the dark chocolate.
For our organic
vanilla bean with green tea cookies we selected an irresistible
organic Madagascar Vanilla with the actual bean seeds included because
they add so much flavor. Then we add just a hint of sweet green tea
which adds a subtle flavor that enhances the vanilla. The result is a
filling with a real vanilla flavor and not just a sweet flavor.
For our Organic
Dark Chocolate, we actually created our own chocolate blend for the
filling using organic non-alkalized cocoa, organic chocolate liquor,
organic cocoa butter and a fairly generous amount of organic
Madagascar vanilla. The result is quite a bit different than the
traditional chocolate filled sandwich cookie because our cookies have
a real piece of dark chocolate sandwiched in the middle. These are my
son Stephen's favorites!
Available Sizes:
Along with the take home grocery box (pictured) both cookies are also
available in single serve and 6 CT lunch packs of individually wrapped
4 packs.
Vanilla Bean With Green Tea - Ingredients & Nutrition Facts
Ingredients:
Organic wheat flour, organic powdered evaporated cane juice with
organic corn starch, organic palm oil, organic evaporated cane juice,
organic whole wheat flour, organic cocoa (processed with alkali),
organic brown rice syrup, organic vanilla extract, organic evaporated
cane juice syrup, organic roasted barley, organic chocolate liquor,
sodium bicarbonate, soy lecithin, organic cocoa butter, sea salt,
organic green tea extract.
Allergens:
Contains wheat and soy. Made in a plant that processes milk, eggs,
peanuts and tree nuts.
Nutrition Facts:
Serving Size: 2 Cookies (24g)
Servings Per Container: about 11
Calories 110 Calories From Fat 50
Total
Fat 5g
Saturated Fat 2.5g
Trans
Fat 0g
Monounsaturated Fat 2g
Polyunsaturated Fat 0.5g
Cholesterol 0mg
Sodium
80mg
Total
Carbohydrate 16g
Dietary Fiber 1g
Sugars 8g
Protein 1g
Vitamin A 0%
Vitamin C 0%
Calcium 0%
Iron
2%
Dark Chocolate - Ingredients & Nutrition Facts
Ingredients:
Organic wheat flour, organic evaporated cane juice, organic palm oil,
organic powdered evaporated cane juice with organic corn starch,
organic whole wheat flour, organic cocoa, organic cocoa (processed
with alkali), organic chocolate liquor, organic cocoa butter, organic
brown rice syrup, organic evaporated cane juice syrup organic roasted
barley, organic vanilla extract, sodium bicarbonate, soy lecithin, sea
salt.
Allergens:
Contains wheat and soy. Made in a plant that processes milk, eggs,
peanuts and tree nuts.
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 3 Cookies (33g)
Servings Per Container: 7
Calories 150 Calories From Fat 60
Total
Fat 6g
Saturated Fat 3g
Trans
Fat
0g
Monounsaturated Fat 2g
Polyunsaturated Fat 0.5g
Cholesterol 0mg
Sodium
125mg
Total
Carbohydrate 21g
Dietary Fiber 2g
Sugars 9g
Protein 2g
Vitamin A 0%
Vitamin C 0%
Calcium 0%
Iron
2%