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How to Get Free Organic Chocolate Chip Cookies
It's hard to find a person out there who doesn't like cookies. And it's even harder to find someone who will turn down a free one. So what if I tell you that over the next few days at several Los Angeles-area Whole Foods Markets you can get yourself a free sample of an organic Crummy Brothers Chocolate Chip cookie? I think you just might say "Hell yes!"
So what's the deal with Crummy Brothers' cookies? Well, they bill their four varieties of chocolate chip cookes as "a decidedly grown-up delicacy - with depth, character, and the highest quality organic ingredients" and they stand behind their Crummy Credo--that their cookies all live up to the Three S's test. The Three s's are See, Smell, and Savor--three things you definitely want your cookie to exemplify, no? Anyhow, they are super excited to be getting their cookies on the shelves of Whole Foods Markets, and, ideally, into your stomachs.
But the first stop on the stomach-bound journey is the mouth; you're probably wondering how they taste, right? We were lucky enough to have some sneak peaks (and nibbles!) of all four flavors: Original, Chocolate, Lemon Ginger, and Orange Blossom. My personal favorites are the citrus ones; the Lemon Ginger smells fantastic, and the ginger brings a spicy finish to each bite. The Orange Blossom has a heady, almost liquer-like fragrance (as does the Chocolate one) but has a nice balance of fruit and chocolate. I've always been a sucker for orange and chocolate mixed, though; am I the only person who misses Starbucks' Mocha Valencia? Mmmm. And while those two are my top picks, the other two offerings are still, delish, especially when dunked quickly into a cup of coffee. The chocolate is noticeably more complex and flavorful than your run of the mill store-bought cookie, and the cookies have a crunchy texture that doesn't veer off into the land of too-hard-to-bite into.
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Okay, but seriously...we're just dangling the carrot--uh, cookie, I mean--here. If you're making the grocery rounds at a Whole Foods in the next week, keep your eye out for the nice folks at Crummy Brothers. A full list of stores and dates follows after the jump.
And, yes...the brothers' last name really is Crummy!
Crummy Brothers Cookies LA Tour
(Check with each location for times, if none indicated.)
Thurs Oct 11
Beverly Hills
Whole Foods Market
239 North Crescent Dr.
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
Fri Oct 12th (11am - 2pm)
Santa Monica
Whole Foods Market
2201 Wilshire Blvd.
Santa Monica, CA 90403
Fri Oct 12th (5pm-10pm)
Fairfax
Whole Foods Market
6350 West 3rd Street
Los Angeles, CA 90036
Sat Oct 13th
El Segundo
Whole Foods Market
760 South Sepulveda Blvd
El Segundo, CA 90245
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Sun Oct 14th
Glendale
Whole Foods Market
331 North Glendale Avenue
Glendale, CA 91206
Mon Oct 15th
West Hollywood
Whole Foods Market
7871 West Santa Monica Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90046
Tues Oct 16th
Brentwood
Whole Foods Market
11737 San Vicente Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90049
Wed Oct 17th
West Los Angeles
Whole Foods Market
11666 National Boulevard
(corner of National & Barrington)
Los Angeles, CA 90064
Thurs Oct 18th
Westwood
Whole Foods Market
1050 S. Gayley
Los Angeles, CA 90024
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