Cookie Pedalers

new website

2010-03-25T23:12:00.000-07:00

We have our updated website up and running! Head over to http://www.cookiepedalers.com to check out our menu, complete with full size pictures. You will also find ordering details, as well as an order form for easy ordering!

Don't be fooled by the lack of updates, we are just so busy with all we are working on that we find ourselves with little time to blog! Check out our website to learn more about who we are and what we are doing. For the most up-to-date information add us as a friend on facebook or follow us on twitter @cookiepedalers

VEGAN COOKIES! And more!

2010-03-11T10:57:00.000-08:00

First things first! We have perfected our vegan cookie, and it's a hit with vegans...and everyone else! They are a play on the "Samoa" Girl Scout cookie. We take a shortbread cookie and top it with a sweet curry-coconut carmel sauce. If you like curry, and you like coconut this cookie is for you. We then top the cookie with a 72% dark chocolate infused with coconut oil, it creates a delicious chocolate sauce that will make your mouth water! We are so happy to finally have created a vegan cookie that meets our Cookie Pedaler approval, and we think it's another creative hit. Thanks to everyone who's been helping us create this cookie along the way, we love out vegan friends!

Oh, and the name you ask? We've decided to call it "The Boom King." It's a pop-culture reference, can you figure it out without googling it?

This cookie, like The Pascal, is $15 for a dozen, but we believe it's well worth it, and we hope you do too!

We are also very excited to be honored as a Portland Pick this month. Visit www.portlandpicks.com and subscribe to their site. Every Friday they post 5-10 cool things in Portland, and in the next few weeks, one of them is going to be us! we can't wait!

We are really excited that Jeff Bridges finally won an Oscar! So excited that we put "The Dude" on special till the end of this week. Instead of 15 cookies for $10, we're giving you 20 White Russian Tea Cookies; infused with cream, hiding a chocolate covered espresso bean, and covered in a Kahlua espresso glaze, this cookie isn't to be missed!

And in case you somehow missed it, we're on twitter now. Follow us at Twitter.com/cookiepedalers. We update there much more, and we include more pictures on there too.

Thats all for now!

-M

Blogging from a phone

2010-02-16T11:44:00.000-08:00

So we have now entered the 21st century and got new phones that have internet, which means we can now do quick updates while doing other things like waiting in lines or waiting for that last batch of cookies to bake off...basically blogging, tweeting, and all other social networking just got a whole lot better. we still need an intern for doing dishes though, it's the one thing our phones don't do.

VALENTINE'S DAY SPECIALS

2010-02-02T10:25:00.001-08:00

Show that special person you care with the gift of COOKIES!

In addition to our other cookies, we have created TWO Valentine's specials.

1: a Giant heart-shaped Pascal. We think these cookies are pretty giant normally, but this cookie is 2.5 pounds, over a pound of which is three kinds of chocolate: dark, milk and white. We will include a special handmade Valentine card AND throw in delivery all for only $25. This is no ordinary giant cookie - it is DELICIOUS! Soft on the inside, crunchy on the top. If you love our Pascals, you will love this cookie!

2: Our Chai Sugar cookie. A classic sugar cookie with the twist of Chai. Perfectly white cookie, beautiful pink icing - the chai spice throws in a delightful surprise as these look deceivingly like a traditional sugar cookie. Also includes a homemade Valentine card and delivery for $20!

Our cookies sure beat the standard flowers or candy, AND you are supporting a small local bike-based business. The perfect Portland Valentine! Plus, everyone LOVES cookies.

Get your orders in by FRIDAY FEBRUARY 12!

We will be delivering these specials to home, office, or wherever else, February 12-15 (Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday). Sunday, Valentine's Day, we ask all deliveries to be scheduled before 6pm.

help us and win cookies!

2010-01-28T19:45:00.001-08:00

Let's play the name game! We have two new cookies that both need names.

1: pumpkin, oatmeal, dark chocolate, ginger pieces.

2: VEGAN curry coconut macaroon dipped in dark chocolate.

Give us your suggestions. If we use yours, you win cookies!

update and BEYOND

2010-01-26T10:26:00.000-08:00

Sorry, guys. We keep meaning to be better at this whole blogging thing. We're not bloggers by nature, so it takes a little bit to get us here. We're not tweeters, either... but we like to blame our lack of internet phones for that one.

You'd be surprised at how low-tech we are (don't let our obsessive facebooking fool you). We are still pretty content with our hand written notebooks and wall of white boards for organization purposes.

Things are coming along pretty nicely here in CPland. We were able to make our second official Costco trip - this time totally funded by the sale of our cookies, which was an amazing feeling. We are now fully restocked, complete with new storage bins and a sweet shelving unit. Hopefully that will last the next month or so...It is incredible how fast 50 pounds of flour and 50 pounds of sugars go when baking at this level.

December was an awesome month for us. We really got the word out there and it boosted our confidence in the whole operation. We went "facebook public" at the beginning of December, and today we have over 430 friends and have received many orders from people we likely would not have reached otherwise. Social networking is working wonders for this small business!

Things we are looking forward to:

-> Our VEGAN macaroon. We are working on it today and will keep you posted with the results.

-> Our NEW cookie: pumpkin, oatmeal, dark chocolate and candied ginger. It really needs a name. And more ginger. But it is DELICIOUS.

-> Monday delivery to the SoupCycle crew to celebrate their 10,000th (!!!!) delivery. We had coffee with SoupMan Jed last month and walked away with some great ideas and a restored sense of purpose. We are thrilled they thought of us to mark this amazing milestone: we can only hope that some day we will get there too!

-> Cross promotion with local independent movie, Tandem Hearts: look for Cookie Pedalers to be out delivering cookies on a Tandem bicycle. We are even putting together a Tandem Hearts cookie: Stay tuned! For more on the movie check out http://tandemheartsmovie.com

-> T-shirts. Yes! Some day soon not only will we be donning fabulous Cookie Pedalers shirts, you can be too!

-> VALENTINE'S DAY! We are putting together some amazing ideas for Valentine's deals. Check here or on our facebook around the 1st to see what we will offer this year. Remember, we take PayPal, which means we can charge your credit card and deliver to someone else (offices, stores, homes, parties - the options are pretty limit-less). Cookies make a great surprise any time, but especially as a Valentine - and we are no doubt far cheaper than sending flowers or chocolates! Tastier, too. It's a winning combo. PLUS, bicycle delivery! C'mon Portland, what more could you want??

There are about a million other things we are looking forward, but that is all I can think of off the top of my head. As you can imagine, we have been quite busy these last two months, but we can't imagine being happier or more excited about this venture!

That is all for now. THANK YOU all for your support, we hope to see you out there on a delivery soon!

-Teal

Quick update, and some thank you's!

2009-12-09T12:59:00.000-08:00

Sorry we haven't updated much we've been a little busy lately, in the best possible way! Our Facebook page and fan page has really blown up quick thanks to all our friends who have have been supporting us. Apparently a good idea, plus a free social networking site is the best way to start up a business! So we've been busy, because we've been getting orders! After 1 week we have orders in for the next two weeks, and it's for over $150. Can't pay the rent with it yet, but we're working on it!

We have had a lot of cookie breakthroughs lately, and the response from people at our "real" jobs have been really positive, so it's encouraging, plus we have come to learn that we are addicted to our own cookies, and that's always a good sign!

I have to run of to said real job now, but before I do I really want to thank some people who have been helping us out. Our families, of course. They have been supportive since day one, and are probably our number one fans right now.

Our friend Rebecca Teran has been our #1 fan in Portland since the first batch of cookies we made. She's always there to give us an honest opinion, and thankfully, rides to Costco and Ikea for supplies (you can't do everything on bike!)

We have had friends who have donated equipment like a Kitchen Aid Mixer, and professional bake pans. Most of what we use to bake on and with, aside from ingredients, have been donated or given as birthday gifts by friends.

Our friend Dustin Dybevik had been gracious enough to be our graphic designer for not much more than cookies, but we promised to pimp his skills out, and soon you will see his work up on our Facebook, and someday website (check out his work now at bloodtoe.com)

And last we want to thank every friend and family member who has been with us from the start since last February, and all our new friends and family who are learning about this, and supporting us for the first time. We have had an overwhelmingly positive response to our Facebook fan and friend page, people have been telling everyone they know about us, and it's been working! Thank you all so much for all your help, and remember, get your cookie orders in, cause our schedules filling up fast!

-M

The Dude

2009-12-04T00:21:00.000-08:00

Today we perfected our white-russian teacake. Get this: it is a creamy spin on the classic teacake, with a hidden chocolate covered espresso bean in the middle... and then we dip it in a Kahlua glaze. It is unreal! The first taste tester was blown away and we cannot stop eating them. Looking forward to sharing them with all of you!! Pictures to come!

Facebook Part 2!

2009-12-04T00:18:00.000-08:00

Now you can be our friend on facebook! Find us at: http://www.facebook.com/cookiepedalers

It's the best place to keep up with what is going on, and you can message us your orders!

-T

Facebook!

2009-11-30T11:07:00.001-08:00

We finally got our Facebook page up and running, you can become our fans here: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Portland-OR/Cookie-Pedalers/52463323425?ref=ts

Become our friends, tell everyone you know about it, and win free cookies!

Test cookies tonight, it should be a good day!

Get Your Holiday Orders In!

2009-11-21T16:35:00.000-08:00

Here's a menu of cookies available to order now! The more you buy, the more you save. We don't have set prices right now, but it's about $10 dozen, and chances are we'll cut you a pretty sweet deal!

-The Pascal: The most perfect Chocolate Chip Cookie you've ever had. So what's so special about a Chocolate Chip Cookie? Our cookie has triple chocolate chunks in them: White, Milk, and Dark. Did we mention this cookie is HUGE?

-The 39th Ave. Cookie: We have to give it up to Trader Joe's for this cookie, the inspiration was all them, and the surrounding area of course. We took the boring chocolate chip cookie, and gave it a face lift. Instead of chocolate chips, we add mini peanut butter cups (Thanks TJ's!), we use half flour, half ground up oatmeal, and add a slight dash of Cinnamon to round it all out. Yeah, it's pretty much the best cookie ever... and also why we had to give it it's own name, cause that description is a mouth full

-Chai Oatmeal Cookies: This is the cookie that started it all! A chewy oatmeal cookie, a little sweet, and a lot of spice, this cookie is good in the morning with a cup of coffee...or a hot cup of Chai perhaps?

-Chai Sugar Cookies, with a Chai Glaze: Don't worry, not every cookie has Chai Tea in it, but we couldn't resist using it again since it worked so well the first time. This cookie is sugar, and spice, and everything nice, for real.

-The Whopper-Doodle: Take the classic Snicker Doodle, add some ground up Whopper candy to the dough, roll it in ground up whopper candy, sugar, and cinnamon. Enjoy

Cookies For A Cause!

2009-05-08T16:24:00.000-07:00

We donated some cookies to my co-worker Walter, who will be selling cookie pedalers sweet treats tomorrow to raise money to pay off some vet bills for his dog (who's so cute!) Stop by the garage/bake sale tomorrow: 4819 ne Cleveland blvd. He'll be selling the Pascal and the Chai Oatmeal...get them before they're gone!

-M

Whoa Cookies!

2009-05-07T10:24:00.000-07:00

This has been a crazy week!

Cookie Pedalers are about to hit the ground running. I put in my two weeks notice a few days ago, so that Teal and I can really get Cookie Pedalers going (and for other reasons).

Our good friends Nitiya and Malia got Teal baking supplies for her birthday, so we're really just waiting to figure out where the money's going to come from for ingredients, and we're set!

I have to run to work, but I just wanted to give a short update.

Love and Cookies!

-M

What a week!

2009-04-29T09:33:00.000-07:00

Things were a little crazy around here for us this past week.

First off, our amazing friend Malia placed an order with us to provide cookies for the April Architects Without Borders meeting. We sent our Chai Oatmeal, 39th Ave., and The Pascal. Things went quite well...the Pascal disappeared immediately! It also resulted in our very first paying order!

Thursday-Sunday Cookie Pedalers was at Bridgetown Comedy Festival providing cookies to comics and volunteers to rave reviews.

We are still trying to figure many legal things out and are still working on fine-tuning recipes and such, but we are feeling more confident with each endeavor and are looking forward to our next steps.

-T

The Pascal

2009-04-04T12:45:00.001-07:00

On Thursday Teal and I made some crazy insane chocolate chunk cookies, AKA The Pascal. This cookie came out better then I could have ever imagined. First off, it was as big as my fist, and it had chocolate chunks in it of all sizes, some of which were as big as my nose. This isn't your average snacking cookie, this is dessert in cookie form, an indulgence everyone should get a taste of.

We also tried out the Peanut Butter Pretzel cookie dipped in Chocolate (someone please come up with a name for this one!) It came out pretty well, we still have some more testing to do on that one, so if you're interested in trying them, or any other cookie, let us know. Like Teal wrote in the last post, we're always looking for people who want to try out our test batches. If you want to be a cookie tester, leave a comment, or write us a message on Myspace.

Pictures of both cookies are still to come!

-M

a little something to whet your appetite

2009-03-28T17:31:00.000-07:00

These ought to get your taste buds buzzin...

Chai Sugar cookies, at Valentine's Day

The 39th on the left, Chai Oatmeal on the right

The Dude: complete with coffee glaze

The Dude, close up

The malted-doodle

Check out that malted glimmery goodness!

Another batch of the much requested Chai Oatmeal

Gooey yet cripsy

Give us a shout out if you are hankering for a cookie -- you just might be surprised with a test batch!

-T

Cookie Flavors!

2009-03-26T00:04:00.000-07:00

If you think these sound good, wait till you taste them! Some of them have names, others we're still working on names for. Feel free to throw your ideas for names into the ring.

Current Flavors:

-Chai Oatmeal Cookies: This is the cookie that started it all! Teal and I were watching a show on the food network where they were making cookies, and decided we wanted some. We only had ingredients for Oatmeal cookies, but thought that would be too boring, so we rummaged around the pantry, found some Chai Tea, and the rest is history.

-The 39th Ave. Cookie: We have to give it up to Trader Joe's for this cookie, the inspiration was all them, and the surrounding area of course. This cookie is a bit wacky (as it should be). It is like a Chocolate Chip Cookie, if you were to take out the chocolate chips, replace them with Mini Peanut Butter Cups (Thanks Trader Joe's for that awesome creation!), then add some ground up oatmeal and a dash of cinnamon. Yeah, it's pretty much the best cookie ever... and also why we had to give it it's own name, cause that description is a mouth full

-The Dude: Fit for The Dude himself, we've created a White Russian Tea Cookie. A Russian Tea Cookie, with cream added in, and a coffee/Kahlua glaze, made in popable bite size pieces, because lets face it, what dude want to be seen munching on a Tea Cake?

-Malted Snicker-doodle: This cookie was another happy accident. We wanted to make a snicker-doodle, but the flavor ideas we had, had already been done by others, and we feel the need to be original (can you tell?) So looking around the kitchen we saw a box of malted milk balls on the top of the microwave, and it was like a lightbulb went off over both our heads at the same time. We crushed the balls (hehe), added them to the cookie, and another Cookie Pedaler creation was born.

-Curry Macaroons Dipped in Chocolate: Curry and Coconut-delish! Coconut and Chocolate-yum! But Curry, Coconut, and Chocolate together? It's a flavor explosion of almost epic proportions. The sweet curry and the chocolate are wonderful compliments to each other, if you like Thai food, and have a sweet tooth, this cookie is for you!

-The Pascal: The most perfect Chocolate Chip Cookie you've ever had. So what's so special about a Chocolate Chip Cookie? Our cookie has triple chocolate chunks in them, White, Milk, and Dark, and it's almost as big as your face (k, not that huge, but it's a big cookie) We named the cookie after Ana Pascal, a character in the movie Stranger Then Fiction. She wants to make the world a better place, and does it through baking. She's our Hero, and we want to follow in her footsteps.

Flavors in The Works

-Green Tea Shortbread with Almond Slivers and raspberry glaze

-Peanut butter cookie with pretzel, dipped in chocolate

-Cafe Au Lait Cookie

-Wine Soaked Dried Fruit Bar (The Suburban House Wife)

And for summer, we'll have ice cream sandwiches too...if we can figure out a way to deliver them!

-M

Who We Are, And What We're Doing

2009-03-25T23:49:00.000-07:00

Well, if you're reading this, there's a good chance you know who we are, and what we do, but if not, let me introduce us.

We are the Cookie Pedalers, we make creative cookies, and deliver them my bike in SE Portland (Oregon). Right now we're still in the planning phase. We have our name, our blog, a MySpace, and a Facebook. We have about 5 solid cookie recipes, and over a dozen other ideas that we have yet to try out.

So what's stopping us? Who else? The Man. Cookie Pedalers is just my roommate and I. All we want to do is make a little money while the economy sucks, by doing something we like, and maybe employing some of our unemployed friends. The Problem is we can't get a licensed kitchen to bake in. We just need someone to give us a chance, someone who really needed help when they were starting out. We can't really pay anyone for use of the kitchen, but we will advertise our butts off for anyone who can lend us a kitchen. We have pretty much everything else planned out, but we can't get anything really off the ground till we have a kitchen...So if you know anyone...

Anyway.

There will be two of us blogging from time to time. I'm Molly, and Teal is my my roommate/ Business Partner in Crime. My Blog will always be in Purple, and I hope you enjoy them!

Coming up next on our Blog Spot: Cookie Flavors, let us know what sounds good, what sounds gross, or tell us a cookie flavor you'd like to see on the Cookie Pedalers Menu.

-M

2009-02-17T12:07:00.001-08:00

Coming Soon...