help us and win cookies!

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

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!

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

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!

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!

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!

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