Celebrate National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day With Angry Birds at Mrs. Fields

Not many people know that my first "real" job out of college was at a cookie bakery. So obviously National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day, which is this Thursday, May 15th, is a holiday that resonates with me. Okay, fine, it would have been a great holiday to celebrate even before I was a professional cookie baker. I love me some chocolate chip cookies.

Mrs. Field's was my entree into gourmet cookies as a kid and I love that they helped pioneer the cookie "cake." How much would your little people love to see their Angry Bird version?

The beloved cookie makers recently partnered with Rovio Entertainment to offer party size cookie cakes and very kid-friendly Angry Birds cookie boxes - perfect for an after school treat. Oh, the cuteness! I would have to say they look mighty mom-friendly, too.

As a sweet treat for National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day, Mrs. Fields is offering 20% off (valid May 15-20) with the promo code NCCCD. There's your excuse, people. 

Girl Scout Cookies - Coming Soon!

It's almost time. On February 2nd, Roo will start selling Girl Scout Cookies for her Brownie troop. This year, our Council is trying something new– we'll have the merchandise on hand when we go door-to-door, so there will be immediate gratification for customers and I won't have to keep doubling back to deliver. Yay! 

Thin Mints are the universal favorite but everyone seems to have their own top picks. Interestingly, some of the cookies have different names depending on which region you live in. For instance, I grew up with Samoas but here in Kansas they are called Caramel deLites. Same thing with the Peanut Butter Sandwiches, which I knew as Dos-i-dos. This year's special limited edition cookie is Mango Cremes and feature something called Nutrifusion that is supposed to be healthy, if that sort of thing floats your boat. I wouldn't advise eating the entire box in one sitting to harness that nutritional oomph but, hey, if you're buying, you can do whatever you want with 'em…

If you're cookie-phobic (blasphemy!), you can even choose the Cookie Share option, which sends your cookies to our troops. You can imagine how well that goes over!

Anyway, start thinking about what you'd like to order and Roo will be happy to sell you some cookies in just a few short week.