03/22/2025
Advanced chocolate studies!
Chocolate: From Commodity Crop to Ephemeral Luxury
Chocolate. The word evokes images of rich desserts, steaming bowls of hot cocoa, and artistic displays of delicious truffles. The so-called
08/15/2024
RIP Wally Amos. His innovation, perseverance and love of laughter and educating kids has been such an inspiration.
Did you know he lost the rights to when he sold his company? So many lessons learned and shared.
Wally Amos, Creator of Famous Amos Cookies, Dies at 88 (Gift Article)
With a background as a talent agent, his aunt’s recipe and a winning personality, he built one of the world’s best-known brands of baked goods.
03/06/2024
Thank you Cookie Monster!
Yes, Even Cookie Monster Is Upset About ‘Shrinkflation’
The muppet’s rant against cookie prices sparked political reactions and a response from the White House.
11/04/2023
Did you know they grow sugar in Japan??? This Japanese brown sugar is remarkably unsweet and earthy - no sweet aftertaste!
It calls for a brown sugar tasting!!!
05/16/2023
The only recipe for happiness you'll ever need, best printed in color. Thanks to the genius of Sandra Boynton
03/22/2023
A perfect rainy day science class discussion topic. :)
How Many MIT Scientists Does It Take to Unscrew an Oreo?
A whole team, if you want to study how to twist the cookie apart so creme sticks to both wafers
12/22/2022
Extreme vanilla experiments - it’s time we made cookies with vanilla butter!
How to Make Homemade Vanilla Extract
We tested and found that this homemade vanilla extract is better (and cheaper!) than store-bought.
12/15/2022
Throughline takes you through the horrible history of sugar, just in time to ponder sugar plum fairies...!
400 Years of Sweetness : Throughline
In the 1970s, a savvy CEO named Dwayne Andreas hit on an idea: take surplus corn from America's heartland, process it into a sweetener, and start selling it to anyone who would buy, all in the name of patriotism. Within a decade, high fructose corn syrup dominated the U.S. sweetener market; today, A...
02/10/2022
The ultimate cookie economics lesson learned by the Girl Scouts
Cookie Delays Turn Girl Scouts Into Economics Experts
This year, scouts trying to meet their targets have felt the effects of supply-chain woes and price increases; ‘Do you have cookies you can spare?’
01/10/2022
The economics of butter — a hard lesson for cookie lovers!
Butter prices skyrocket 40% on labor, supply woes: USDA
Decreased cow herds, a driver and worker shortage, and higher packaging costs have led to a huge price hike for the dairy product.
08/04/2021
Nobody says it better than Sandra Boynton 🍪