It's Girl Scout Cookie Time & There's A New Cookie - ToastYay is added to the line up. Plus #Giveaway #girlscoutcookies

Happy Cookie Season... Girl Scout Cookies are back end of this month! 

This only happens once a year & you do not want to miss it! 

We love this time of year & things are a bit different to keep everyone healthy & safe during Covid19.

As a girl scout mom, my favorite time is time with my daughter... we like to sign up for mom and daughter booths, we get to hang out and sell together. This year we can not do that thus far so we're a bit bummed but there are other creative ways we're teaming up to sell these cookies!

 

My daughter has been in Girl Scouts since she was 5, she is now 13 & she still loves it as much as she did back then. So do I.

When I ask her what she loves about being a Girl Scout she always tells me the same things year after year. She loves to help others, volunteer, learn new things, give back and gain confidence. (I love the thin mints I store in my Freezer...)

 

All of these things she notices about herself are well noticed by her family and friends as well. So proud of her. Last year she was able to volunteer over 100 hours of service & wants to do more.

These lessons that are learned about life, teamwork, togetherness, commitment, responsibility, confidence and so much more are all part of growing up in her troop with her amazing leader Kelly. 

What I have really loved is seeing my baby girl grow into a respectful, responsible, empathetic, caring, smart, athletic young lady. Girl scouts support these girls doing their best in everything they do. 

Our troop is ready for cookie season... are you?! We work very hard at selling during cookie season. A portion of the sales comes directly back to the troop.

Our troop has used these funds to adopt sea lions, make blankets for shelters, create an adopt don't shop campaign, earning a Bronze Award and so much more.

Here are some tips and fun facts about cookie season and the cookies this year. 

Girl Scout Cookie Season begins NOW in Orange County. 

 

The Girl Scout Cookie Program helps girls to develop five essential life skills:

 

·         Goal Setting

·         Decision Making

·         Money Management

·         People Skills

·         Business Ethics

Through the Cookie Program, Girl Scouts earn money to power their own leadership opportunities and adventures. 

 

Troops work together to decide how their troop’s proceeds will be spent. Plus, all the revenue earned from our Cookie Program stays within Orange County to support life-changing programs for nearly 20,000 girls.

 

 

Cookie prices...The price of Girl Scout cookies in Orange County is $5.00 per package. Gluten-free cookies in Orange County are $6.00 per package.

New flavor this year!!! The ToastYay is delish. We love the cinnamon sugar crunch. Check out our video tasting them for rhe first time here.

Vegan cookie flavors: Lemonades, Thin Mints, Peanut Butter Patties & S’mores

Gluten-Free: Caramel Chocolate Chip cookies (limited availability)

 

Cookie finder information where you can locate a Girl Scout selling cookies near you.

http://www.girlscoutsoc.org/en/cookies/find-cookies.html

My daughters personal link is  

 https://app.abcsmartcookies.com/#/social-link-landing/3ae9a727-9f45-4515-bd54-f9b5ec94d5aa

 

Overall we are extremely happy with our experience in Girl Scouts and strive to help support our girl and her troop. 

 

Five skills girls develop through the program: Goal Setting, Decision Making, Money Management, People Skills, Business Ethics.

To join Girl Scouts or learn more about volunteering, please visit:   www.girlscouts.org/join.

 

As a kick off to Cookie Season we are doing a giveaway with Girl Scouts OC for a cookie pack of each of the 9 flavors offered.

Enter below and good luck!

It's Cookie Time...

Enter Giveaway

It's Cookie Time... Girl Scout Cookies Are Here! Plus #Giveaway #GirlScoutsOC

Happy Cookie Season... Girl Scout Cookies are back end of this month! 

This only happens once a year & you do not want to miss it! 

We love this time of year. As a girl scout mom, my favorite time is time with my daughter... we like to sign up for mom and daughter booths, we get to hang out and sell together.

 

My daughter has been in Girl Scouts since she was 5, she is now 12.5, she still loves it as much as she did back then. So do we. 

When I ask her what she loves about being a Girl Scout she always tells me the same things year after year. She loves to help others, volunteer, learn new things, give back and gain confidence. (I love the thin mints I store in my Freezer...)

 

All of these things she notices about herself are well noticed by her family and friends as well. So proud of her.

With the commitment she has to her troop and to serve others, she has gained over 100 volunteer hours for herself, and wants to do more. 

These lessons that are learned about life, teamwork, togetherness, commitment, responsibility, confidence and so much more are all part of growing up in her troop with her amazing leader Kelly. 

What I have really loved is seeing my baby girl grow into a respectful, responsible, empathetic, caring, smart, athletic young lady. Girl scouts support these girls doing their best in everything they do. 

Our troop is ready for cookie season... are you?! We work very hard at selling during cookie season. A portion of the sales comes directly back to the troop.

Our troop has used these funds to adopt sea lions, make blankets for shelters, create an adopt don't shop campaign, earning a Bronze Award and so much more.

Here are some tips and fun facts about cookie season and the cookies this year. 

Sugar Rush in the OC was a Burst of Sweetness!

The OC was Filled With Sweets this weekend at the OC Fairgrounds and Events center!

Big Bite events put on a Sweet event with creative and crafty baking vendors at Sugar Rush this weekend!

We were there to test, taste and see all the sweet treats. The holidays always bring out the extra baking urge in me. 

It was awesome to see all the creations and hours put into the work of each cake pop, cookie, baked goods and more. 

What I liked most is that these people are really dedicated to their passion. Whatever that is for each person, it is important to follow your dream. With sweets involved it must be a SUGAR RUSH to see how your efforts come out and the smile it gives to others seeing and eating it!

I have to say that I love +Paige's Cake Pops - they are always so good and the designs are the most creative and festive. Check out these sweets she had at Sugar Rush! Perfection! 

Paige's Cake Pops are the best!

Here are more of the fun sweets we tried that are not to be missed.

Dunkin Donuts - Very Holiday Festive and so Good

These amazingly beautiful Lion King Cookies are part of a Disney cookie set.

What I thought was super sweet, a beer/wine with chocolate pairing tasters. I chose wine and chocolate and each was delish! My favorite was the Pinot with a salted Maple Caramel. 

Wine and Chocolate Pairing 

My favorite taste was the Green Tea Croissant. It was fluffy, soft and sweet but had a crunch on the outside. Yes, I totally brought a whole one home to have my family taste it too! This amazing treat comes from SunMerry Cali, a fresh little bakery, in Irvine.

Green Tea Croissant - a must try! 

Another favorite, and I have tasted his beautiful sweets before, were the custom tiered stands with Star Wars pops, Albert's Petite Sweets had on display. So detailed and by the way, they taste delish! He is one of my favs! Go Albert! Get all the details on Albert's sweets here.

Beautiful details on these Star Wars pops

Something I thought was super fun - the cookie decorating and the demonstrations. These are not only fun to watch and try but it is educational to see how much effort, time, design and implementing goes into the masterpieces that will be devoured sweetly, hehe!

Cute and Tasty creative cookies and cakes.

One of our most favorite vendors and amazing pound cake bakers is Orange Clementine, she even ships her fine gifts from California all over! Check her out here. She is a doll and does an amazing job!

              

What a better way to wash down some sweets - Joe's Ice was on hand to serve up some free Italian Ice. This is our favorite Italian Ice. I lived off of it when I was pregnant with BOTH kids and the natural fruits make all the difference in the fresh flavor that we love to take home by the quart! Yes by the quart! Visit Joe's Italian ice on line here and see whats up for their flavors of ice for each day.

Joe's Italian Ice is the best!

We came across these hand crafted and designed macaroons made by Puffect Bakery Cafe, they are located in Walnut. There is some serious artistic talent over there!  

Fell in love with these cute macaroons

On of the sweetest vendors I came across at Sugar Rush was Dominic, a lovely baker, that has her head in the pies! She creates the most wonderful tasting VEGAN and GLUTEN FREE pies! 

Pies that are sweet and on the healthier side of sweet!

We had a blast at Sugar Rush! My girl had so much fun tasting and trying out some of the creating and sweet fun. She was able to make her own sugar sticks to take home too and I love that she made an extra for her brother! 

Thank you Sugar Rush for the burst of sweetness we needed last weekend! 

Hope to see you and many more creative vendors next year for more Sugar Rush fun and tastes! Thank you for our gift bags too! We are very grateful and had a Sweet Treat of a time at +BigBite Sugar Rush this year!

Sugary Sweet Gift Bags

*We were given admission to Sugar Rush, all thoughts and opinions are my own.* #SugarRush #BigBite #Sweets #Cake #CakePops #Decorating #Creating #Sugar #SugarRushOC #wine #beer #Chocolate #Baking 

Get Your SUGAR RUSH On at the OC Fair Grounds Dec 5th and 6th

SUGAR RUSH IS COMING TO TOWN !!!!

The Sweetest event you will ever TASTE is headed our way. 

PC Sugar Rush

+BigBite entertainment bring us this Sweet event - Sugar Rush !

If you love sweets and more this is the event for you. I can not wait to attend and taste all of the amazing sweets that will be showcased! 

Here is what you can look forward to for the 2 day event! Detyails are hot off the press!

 Still sizzling from the success of the recent Big Bite Bacon Fest in Long Beach, Big Bite Events is pleased to unveil their newest foodtainment concept, Sugar Rush. The sweetest event you will ever taste will debut Saturday, December 5 and Sunday, December 6, 2015 at the OC Fair & Event Center in Costa Mesa.

Sugar Rush will be a one-of-a kind dessert showcase and sweet market experience packed with entertainment, competitions, demonstrations, walk-about tastings of decadent and delicious sweet treats and shopping from dozens of the best pastry chefs and confectioners in Southern California. Foodie enthusiasts will satisfy their sweet tooth with an overload of artisan desserts in an unparalleledsugar shoppe environment as they prepare for the holiday season.

In celebration of National Cookie Cutter week, Sugar Rush is inviting both professional confectionery and pastry chefs along with amateur dessert artisans to participate in the Sugar Rush Cookie Competition. The Sugar Rush Cookie Competition will offer everyone a chance to put a favorite family cookie recipe to the ultimate test. In addition, the Sugar Cookie Art Display Competition will bring together a cookie, an artist and a cause to battle for the best sugar cookie art display. All entries will be put on display for the festivalgoers to bid on via a silent auction. 100% of the auction proceeds will be donated to a local charity.

Festivalgoers will also enjoy chef demonstrations, live entertainment, games and crafts for kids. As with all Big Bite Event productions, there will be plenty of fun themed games and entertainment to keep eventgoers busy!

Tickets for Sugar Rush are on sale now! VIP tickets are available and include one-hour early admission before general admission guests, a VIP swag bag, chocolate and spirits pairing and access to the VIP Sugar Lounge. The event will open at 11 a.m. for VIP, 12 p.m. for general admission and continue until 5 p.m. daily.

For more information about this one-of-a-kind sweet experience and to purchase tickets visit www.SugarRushOC.com.

We will see you there, mouths full of sweets and treats!!

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