Christopher Garren's and a Giveaway!

My friend over at Eating My Way Through OC let me know I needed to try out Christopher Garren's in the South Coast Collection. Fantastic recommendation! I picked out three of their cookies (chocolate chip, ultimate chocolate chip, and chocolate decadence). The cookies come in two sizes (90 cents for an average size cookie that you would bake at home and $3.50 for a jumbo cookie). All three cookies were buttery, soft and chewy. The chocolate decadence (dark chocolate cookie with mini chocolate chips and white chocolate chunks) was my favorite. The chocolate chip was well-executed, and the ultimate chocolate chip was a perfect "everything" cookie with nuts, oatmeal, and coconut in addition to the mini chocolate chips.

If you can't make it to Costa Mesa, have cookies delivered to your home. Gourmet Cookie Bouquets is hosting a summer cookie giveaway. Visit their website for a chance to win one of two beautiful cookie arrangements. (The sock monkey bouquet is especially cute!) Enter the contest before July 7th.