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Heath Bar Crunch Cookies

Maris Callahan — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 22:55:19 +0000

The holiday season might be the most wonderful time of the year but my the second most wonderful time of year is the time of year when cookies, like these Heath Bar Crunch Cookies, is bake sale season. On Saturday, April 28, bloggers across the country will host the Third Annual National Food Blogger Bake Sale. Last year, I organized the sale in Chicago at The Poison Cup, which raised over $1,000 that contributed to a national total of $25,000 through 26 bake sales. This year our national goal is to raise $50,000 for Share Our Strength’s Great American Bake Sale campaign to help alleviate childhood hunger in America. Like last year, we are hosting Chicago’s sale at The Poison Cup and this year, we have a few exciting plans up our sleeve to make this sale the best yet. As always, we need bakers and volunteers for the sale. Chicago friends, if you are interested in contributing some sweet treats or volunteering a few hours of your time to help at the sale, shoot me a note at mariscallahan @ gmail . com (remove spaces). The sale is always a great deal of fun and I don’t want to ruin any surprises here, […]

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Chicago Food Blogger Bake Sale

Maris Callahan — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 19:47:56 +0000

I’m still recovering from yesterday’s food blogger bake sale in Chicago. It was a great day that started with a 6:15 AM segment on NBC 5 about the Chicago Food Blogger Bake Sale and ended after hours of brownies, cookies, cupcakes and of course: $885.00 raised for Share Our Strength to help fight childhood hunger in the US. Even though I used last night (and okay, most of this morning…and part of the afternoon) to catch up on the sleep I opted to forgo in lieu of baking for the past few nights, I’m still not entirely confident in my ability to form a logical, coherent thoughts. So, here are some photos from the bake sale, (all courtesy of Allie Osmar) that sum up the afternoon nicely. The location, Smash Cake Bakery was perfect, half-dozen hardworking volunteers lent support on-site and more than fifteen bakers helped make the day a success. It was also so much fun! I’ve said it before, but thank you to all of the volunteers. I’ve never been a part of an event that so many people participated in because they wanted to and not because it was required. The day reminded me how much I […]

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