Country Cones

Get your mind outta the gutter! I’m talking about ice cream cones here! Oh, you knew what I was talking about? Well, I guess I’m the only one that thinks cones belong on a road. Construct cones…ya know the orange ones.

Anyways, to end the awkward silence, a couple months ago, I posted about Blue Bell ice cream, which by the way is theย  best, most yummy ice cream in the world. OK, maybe second best, I’d have to say that Caliches in Las Cruces is the best, but that’s a whole different post.

My most recent discovery, or should I say the sweetie’s most recent discovery, as he does all the grocery shopping (Yeah, I know, he’s a gem, and he’s mine, and no you may not borrow him!), Mini Country Cones by Blue Bell Ice Cream.

Aren’t they cute?

They are 90 calories a cone, and have vanilla dipped in chocolate with walnuts on top, there’s even chocolate at the bottom of the cone! Needless to say, I was one happy camper. And at only 90 calories a cone, that means they are good for you and you can eat more of them right?!

It’s that kind of thinking that can get a girl into bigger jeans! I think mine just whimpered a little.

But I digress, the Country Cones are awesome if you are like me and need to watch a waist line, just be sure to only eat one.ย  And no, not one every hour!

Here’s the box if you are in the area and would like to buy some of these cute little mini’s for yourself:

No, that’s not me, but I do occasionally wear a cowboy hat and coordinating vest around the house. But only during fair season ๐Ÿ˜‰

Cookies..nom..nom

Recently, the sweetie was being his normal sweet self, and baked some of his famous dark chocolate chip cookies.

And of course I ate my cookies without any inhibitions, because come on, a girls got to have her dark chocolate chip pecan cookies.

Nom, nom, nom, nom, nom, nom….

Here’s the recipe he use’s, which he has committed to memory, how impressive is that?! The sweetie originally found the recipe on the Joy of Baking website:

Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe:

1 cup (2 sticks) (226 grams) unsalted butter, room temperature

3/4 cup (150 grams) granulated white sugar

3/4 cup (160 grams) firmly packed light brown sugar

2 large eggs

1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

2 1/4 cups (295 grams) all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 1/2 cups (270 grams) semisweet chocolate chips

1 cup (100 grams) walnuts or pecans, coarsely chopped (optional)

And here is his version:

Jโ€™s Chocolate Chip Cookies

3-3/4c flour,

3/4 sugar,

1-1/4c brown sugar,

1c butter,

1-1/4 tsp baking powder,

1tsp baking soda,

2 eggs,

1tsp vanilla,

chocolate chips

Dash of Salt
Enjoy with a glass of milk!!