Taste of Home provided me with a subscription box to review. All opinions are my own.
I was given the fun opportunity to review one of Taste of Home’s seasonal subscription boxes. I received the Fall box. In this day of technology it’s always fun to get snail mail, especially when it’s in the form of a box of goodies. I open the box to find a Taste of Home Holidays & Celebrations cookbook, which I immediately start thumbing through and landed on this recipe for quadruple chocolate chunk cookies. I knew right away these would be a hit with my family. We all love Oreos and who couldn’t love a cookie packed full of chocolate in the form of white chocolate, semi-sweet and white chips? Because this recipe makes almost 8 dozen cookies, I took some to a meeting at school. They were quickly devoured and many at the meeting asked for the recipe.
The subscription box also included cinnamon sticks, a turkey brine kit, which if you’ve never brined a turkey you don’t know what you’re missing, lemon rosemary sea salt, recipe cards, a pie crust cutter, a pastry blender and a small silicone baking mat all in addition to the Taste of Home cookbook. While all of the items in the box were great and I feel the quality is certainly up to par. I was really most impressed with the thoughtfulness that went in to selecting the items for the box. For example, some of the recipes included in the subscription box utilize the other items. Use the pie crust cutter on the apple pie recipe, use the silicone baking liner with the cookie recipe and the cinnamon sticks with the cherry cider. Either a single box or a subscription would be a nice gift for your favorite home cook. See below for ordering information and a free shipping code.
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup cocoa
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup white baking chips, chopped
- 1 cup mini semisweet chocolate chips
- 1 cup chopped Oreo cookies (about 10 cookies)
- 1 Hershey's cookies and cream candy bar (1.55 ounces) OR 8 snack sized, chopped
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with a non-stick baking liner (I used one from Kitchen Envy that was included in the subscription box) or parchment paper. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, cream together butter, sugar and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs and vanilla.
- In a separate bowl, whisk flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt; gradually beat into creamed mixture. Stir in baking chips, chocolate chips and chopped Oreos and candy bars.
- Using a cookie scoop, drop by tablespoonfuls 2 inches apart onto greased baking sheets.
- Bake 6-8 minutes or until set. Cool on pans 1 minute. Remove to wire racks to cool completely.
- Store in an airtight container.
Notes
If you don't have mini chocolate chips, chop regular sized chocolate chips as you did the white chocolate baking chips.
The subscription boxes are available through Shop Taste of Home. If you order through the link you can receive free shipping by using the code FREESHIP. Each box is seasonal unique but will include a Taste of Home cookbook, exclusive 4×6 recipe cards that fit nicely into a recipe box, fun kitchen gadgets plus a surprise assortment of spices and gadgets. You can purchase a single box as a gift or to try it out or a year’s subscription, which is 4 boxes. They ship March, July, September and December around the 15th of the month.
When it comes to back to school, I’m following in my Mom’s footsteps. For the first day of school, the last day of school, and many days in between she would surprise me with various treats. For my lunchbox, after school, report card day, you name it and she was making it special. That’s just what she did. Have I mentioned she was a great cook? I come by my love of cooking and baking naturally.
It’s National Peanut Butter day and this peanut butter cookie post was ready for some new love. It is one of the first recipes posted on my blog way back in 2010. I did not include a photo and I did not write much copy for it. So for this event with my Festive Foodie blogger friends I have made this post better! (I hope) Be sure to check out more great recipes using peanut butter at the end of the post.
Needless to say they were thrilled to receive their cookie packages. I love this cookie recipe. It’s full of peanut butter flavor and my son’s suggestions make them even better. My boys are now old enough they can make these cookies by themselves. Sometimes the fork will stick when you try to do the criss cross, so gently dip it in sugar before each press. If you love peanut butter cookies but are looking for a gluten-free version try these 
