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I made these super awesome, ecstatically delicious chocolate cookies today. Recipe is from Better Homes and Gardens' Biggest Book of Cookies.

Makes: about 36 cookies
Oven: 350F

Ingredients:
1 12-oz. package (2 cups) semisweet chocolate pieces
2 oz. unsweetened chocolate, chopped
2 Tbsp. butter
2 eggs
2/3 cup sugar
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup chopped nuts (I left these out)

1. Grease a large cookie sheet; set aside. In a medium heave saucepan heat 1 cup of the chocolate pieces, the unsweetened chocolate, and butter until melted, stirring constantly. Remove from heat; add eggs, sugar, flour, vanilla, and baking powder. Beat with a wooden spoon until combined, scraping sides of pan occasionally. Stir in remaining 1 cup chocolate pieces and nuts. (Yes, that was all Step 1. I didn't write the recipe.)

2. Drop dough by rounded teaspoons 2 inches apart onto the prepared cookie sheet. Bake in a 350 degree oven for 8 to 10 minutes or until edges are firm and surfaces are dull and crackled. Transfer cookies to a wire rack and let cool.

My notes: The cookies will actually still be a bit shiny; just stick a toothpick in one, and if it comes out clean, the cookies are done. Also, the cookie sheets I have are darker, so I set the oven temperature to 325 and baked the cookies for 10 minutes, and they are perfect.
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(x-posted to LJ community trashy_eats)

Four words: Daily's Ready to Drink. Scroll down to "Frozen Pouches."

"You rip open the top and pour a slushy cocktail, created by America’s premier cocktail experts…into your glass, or right into your mouth."

Walmart had an elaborate display for these things, a sort of tiki bar with a bunch of coolers containing the goods. My husband and I picked out one pouch each of Strawberry Daiquiri and Peach Daiquiri. We started by drinking straight from the pouch, because we're classy like that. They were sort of like alcoholic ice pops or frozen Arbor Mist. They got hard to drink/eat out of the pouch after they thawed a little, so we ended up pouring them into glasses.

While the Strawberry actually has strawberry in it, the Peach has no peaches whatsoever (pear concentrate instead), but that didn't keep it from being pretty damn good for a cheap drink. I wish these had existed when I was in college. I would have taken them to parties, one for each hand.

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