Alternative Baking Company Cookies Giveaway
Do you like cookies?
Ha! What kind of a question is that? Who doesn’t like cookies?!
Have you heard of the Alternative Baking Company? They are based in California and make gourmet, vegan cookies that don’t contain dairy, eggs, trans fats, hydrogenated oils, cholesterol, animal ingredients, artificial ingredients, or refined sugar. They make their cookies in small batches using organic flour, organic sugar, and natural ingredients. They even have wheat-free cookies.
And they are so delicious, soft and chewy! I wish I could replicate them at home!
I love their cookies (especially Luscious Lemon Poppyseed) so much that I wrote to them asking if they would provide me a sampler pack to share with a blogger!
MY FAVORITE!!!
And here is what I have to share with one blogger friend (see photo below):
- one Luscious Lemon Poppyseed Cookie
- one Colossal Chocolate Chip Cookie
- one Outrageous Oatmeal Raisin Cookie with Walnuts
- one Double Chocolate Decadence Cookie
Yum, oh, yum! I was going to hold off on giving these away for awhile… but if they hang around the house any longer they might disappear!
Thank you for providing these, Alternative Baking Company!
Contest Rules:
- To enter the contest, visit Alternative Baking Company’s website and leave a comment telling me which cookie you would love to try the most.
- To get an extra entry, link to the giveaway in your blog, and leave me another comment linking to your post.
- To get a bonus extra entry share one of your favorite cookie recipes with me in another comment.
- This contest is open until 5:00 PM CST on Sunday, March 7th. I will probably use the old “name out of a hat” drawing to select a winner on Sunday evening. I will announce the winner on Monday, March 8th.
- This contest is open to readers everywhere.
Themocracy
So, I think I would want to try the Luscious Lemon Poppyseed flavor the most. I’ve already tried the Pumpkin Spice and it was seriously AMAZING. And the first vegan cookie I had ever had 🙂
I LOVE their cookies!!! They’re all so delicious and chewy! Their pumpkin ones are my favorite in the fall 🙂
And for an extra entry, here is a link to one of the best cookie recipes I ever came up with! I’m normally not a baker at all, but these were DANG good, if I do say so myself 😉
http://newlywednewlyveg.com/2009/12/03/sometimes-you-feel-like-a-health-nut/
Since you love the Luscious Lemon Poppyseed one so much, I’m going to have to go with that one! I love all things lemon poppyseed 🙂 but I’ve never tried a cookie of that flavor!
Have you been reading my mind or something? I have been craaaaaving cookies for like the past month! haha. That craving would probably go away if I give my body what it wants, but I’m not usually one for buying myself cookies lol.
Totally the Outrageous Oatmeal Raisin. While the rest are also good flavors in concept, few things can top a well-made oatmeal raisin cookie. But therein lies the rub, it’s gotta be a good one. Very few companies can lay claim to that. The other great thing about this type of cookie is it’s one that both Katie and I love to no rnf. Sure, we both like chocolate chip and whatnot, but Katie gets “sweeted out” by too much chocolate sometimes. And so many companies are so quick to overload on chocolate and the like to make their cookies standout that she can only eat maybe a half of one. So a good oatmeal raisin is great to counter that.
Oooh these look like lovely big cookies! The best kind!
I would love to try the phenomenal pumpkin spice!
OOh! These look absolutely delicious. I would love to try Double Chocolate Decadence.
I linked this comment to a post on my blog:
http://tworunnersandabrowndog.blogspot.com/2010/03/welcome-march.html
These look scrumptious! Also: The logo is so cute!!
I would love to try the chocolate decadence cookie because chocolate will forever be my weakness. Sigh. 😉
Great giveaway!
Ooh! The Phenomenal Pumpkin Spice sounds incredible. I used to get their cookies daily during my lunch break in college. So delicious. Thank you!
Put me in for an entry. It would have to be the cookie of the month: peanut butter chocolate chip for me.
I would love to try their peanut butter chocolate chip but I don’t think I can since they aren’t gluten-free. However, I wouldn’t mind sharing some of these with Maya. Maybe I could get on her good side again.
I wanna try Mac the Chip, but I also want to try the Luscious Lemon..the name makes my mouth water! I’ll pass this site along to some of my vegan friends in the office. Thanks, Kim!
I am starving right now so all of them sound wonderful. I am a sucker for anything peanut butter and chocolate, so I would have to say the peanut butter chocolate chip. Or the lemon because you like it so much.
I passed this site along to a friend! I think she is going to love it. I, on the other hand, still have an addiction to Girl Scout Cookies I need to get over LOL
The peanut butter chocolate chip!
woot woot for CA companies!! i’ve seen those in stores but have never had one. let’s see if my giveaway charm works this time 🙂 i’d either go with the pb choc chip or the pumpkin. or the lemon poppyseed. shoot, must i choose?
OMG those look glorious! Honestly they all look so good it’s hard to pick. I’ll go with the chocolate chip. Or maybe the espresso…
I am linking you on my blog
i don’t really have a fave cookie recipe but i tried this one recently and people loved it. i tweaked it a little, cut back on the oil. http://vegweb.com/index.php?topic=11729.0
you’re vegan right? i have a slew of nonvegan cookie recipes but there’s no point in sharing them if you can’t eat em!
Um, is it wrong to say that I want to try them all?! These cookies look amazing, I would love to taste them. Thanks for the giveaway!
peanut butter chip! i’ve always wanted to try these cookies!
linked back here:
http://theactorsdiet.wordpress.com/giveaways/
OK – I love this giveaway! I am such a cookie fan! I would want to try the explosive espresso chip!
You are linked on the side bar of my blog!
I can’t pick just one sorry… I am never good at picking.. when it comes to sweets I want it all 🙂 so I would love to try all of these;
Lemon Poppyseed
Explosive Espreso Chip
Phenomenal Pumpkin Spice
Outrageous Oatmeal Raisin
Cranberry Orange
expresso choco chip
pumpkin spice
lemon poppyseed!=D
I think I’ve seen these before back in Minnesota for undergrad. I can’t remember if I’ve ever tried them though. I would love to try the colossal chocolate chip, the double chocolate decadence, and the wheat-free peanut butter chocolate chip. Awesome giveaway!
My husband LOVES vegan cookies, though he’s not even close to vegan. Ha. I’d love to try the colossal chocolate chip! Yum!
Woah, a giveaway I could share with Sweets? A giveaway that might make Sweets like you a little more? Oh yeah, count me in.
My first choice would be to try peanut butter persuasion. OMG, so yummy.
i would try the pumpkin first! that sounds SO good
I LOVE those cookies! I pick them up every time I go to the health food store. My favorite is the PB!
I’d love to try these! Especially the Phenomenal Pumpkin Spice!
To be completely honest after I saw your list of what was NOT in the cookies I thought YUCK, what else could make a good cookie. I am obviously not a very thoughtful baker! The peanut butter ones would be my fave, for sure.
COOKIES!!!!!!
Yum … I am all over the Phenomenal Pumpkin Spice. They sound delicous
here’s my link:
http://justmeandthebirds.blogspot.com/2010/03/another-great-giveaway.html
I want to try the lemon poppy seed one since you say it’s so good. 🙂
I linked here: http://justaudreyblog.blogspot.com/2010/02/my-kooky-cookie-escapades.html
I love this cookie recipe (from VegWeb), which I posted about here: http://justaudreyblog.blogspot.com/2010/02/my-kooky-cookie-escapades.html
i linked back!
Long time no see!
Alternative Baking Co. Cookies are my absolute FAVE and I love that they are made right here where I live in Sacramento! I get that at the Whole Foods here all the time!
I’d love to try the Double Chocolate Decadence – I’ve never tried that one before!
I’d love to try the pumpkin spice!
PEANUT BUTTER PERSUASION since i’m on a PBROLL yay!!
(although i was almost equally tempted by that OATMEAL RAISON WALNUT COMBO YUM)
Louisa
Hi!
I would like to try the Lemon Poppyseed!! I never had anything poppyseed, so that’s why 🙂
I linked you back 🙂
http://babyvanilla.wordpress.com/2010/03/01/why-im-not-vegan/
Here my favourite ‘classic’ chocolate chip cookies:
http://viveleveganrecipes.blogspot.com/2006/01/homestyle-chocolate-chip-cookies.html
*I love the use of maple syrup and how it only makes a small batch*
Another one is the White chocolate coconut blondies, okay it’s not ‘cookies’, but it enter the category ‘delicious sweet snack food’ 🙂
http://babyvanilla.wordpress.com/recipes/cookiesbarsbrowniesblondies-babies/white-chocolate-coconut-blondies/
Explosive espresso chip–YUM 🙂
I would LOVE to try the Dark Chocolate Decadence cookie!! I’ve had their seasonal pumpkin one before and it was glorious!!
Here’s ONE of my favorite cookie recipes… nothing really healthy about it but they turn out SO chewy and so delicious!!
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Big-Soft-Ginger-Cookies/Detail.aspx
And I just posted about the giveaway here:
http://healthyontherun.wordpress.com/2010/03/02/busy-busy-bee-ill-be-back/
Yay thanks for hosting it!!
Oh yum-o!! They all look good!! I think I would like to try the Colossal Chocolate Chip Cookie and I want it even more right now bc work is making me mad!!
Double Chocolate Decadance. DUH!
Oh lord I’m SO glad I found this contest, because a) I get to check out a cool new blog, and b) I get a *chance* to win some of the worlds greatest cookies!! Hahha not an overstatement, and I bet you can attest to that.
I LOVE the Pumpkin Spice cookie!! But since I have tried that (many many times… 😉 ) I think I would most *like* to try the Snickerdoodle!
Entry #2!! Carrot Cake Breakfast Cookies! Here’s a link to the recipe: http://www.cookiemadness.net/?p=1571 Cookie Madness is definitely my go-to site for all cookie goodness 😀
double chocolate decadence all the way!
favorite recipe: http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Best-Breakfast-Cookie/Detail.aspx
but i replace the raisins with chocolate chips 😉
id love to try the lemon poppyseed!
Anything with peanut butter and chocolate chips is a go for me! So I’d love to try the Cookie of the Season!
I linked to the giveaway in my Monthly Wrap Up Post: http://eri-thon.blogspot.com/2010/03/february-wrap-up.html
And speaking of pumpkin cookies, I had a recipe that I got from my mom awhile back that was for iced pumpkin cookies. They are SO GOOD. I can’t find the recipe right now so here’s a similar one: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/iced-pumpkin-cookies-recipe/index.html (except my recipe doesn’t have raisins in it)
I also made these Orange Vanilla cookies this summer and they were a huge hit:
Orange Vanilla Chip Cookies
These cookies were inspired by a recipe in Country Living magazine. It’s rather unique and reminds us of eating Creamsicles. People’s mouths water over these! If you can’t find vanilla chips, use white chocolate chips.
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
1 large egg, at room temperature
1 tablespoon freshly grated orange zest
1 cup vanilla chips
*Preheat oven to 350 degrees
*In a large bowl, sift together the flower, the baking soda, and the salt. Set aside.
*In large bowl, cream the butter with the sugars until smooth, about 3 minutes. Add the egg and mix well. Add the flower mixtures and beat thoroughly. Stir in the orange zest and the vanilla chips. Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets, leaving several inches between for expansion. Bake for 10-12 minutes or until lightly golden brown.
*Cool the cookies on the sheets for 1 minute, then remove to a rack to cool completely.
OMG I’ve tried the choc chip variety and these cookies are AMAZING! But I haven’t been able to find them recently and got really sad!!!! I would looooove to try the lemon poppyseed kind since I love all things lemon poppyseed and I know the ABC cookie would not disappoint!
As for a favorite cookie recipe, this date pinwheels are to die for. They’re pretty easy to make too, but they look fancier and more impressive than they actually are. I definitely recommend giving them a try!
http://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/date-pinwheels-and-their-cranberry-cousins-recipe
they have amazing wheat free cookies and I would love any of those, or any in general 🙂
my own high raw no bake vegan choc chip cookie dough balls!
http://www.loveveggiesandyoga.com/2009/10/raw-vegan-chocolate-chip-cookie-dough.html
which you can also bake if you wish.
lemon poppyseed cookie fo sho!!!
xoxo
lolo
Mmmm. I’m traditional. Chocolate Chip all the way! 🙂
I would love to try the double chocolate cookie!
Thanks for the opportunity! I’d love to try thier Mac the Chip flavor!
My favorite cookie recipe is definitely Dreena’s Super Charge Me cookies!! I love to eat them straight from the freezer!! http://viveleveganrecipes.blogspot.com/2009/04/super-charge-me-cookies.html
I would lurve to try the oatmeal raisin cookie.
so log is sooo cute 😀
I love to try that Pumpkin Spice one!
I linked back to this giveaway
I’m an oatmeal rais walnut kind of girl!!
I LOVE chocolate, so definitely the double chocolate chip!
I am also really into protein, so these cookies always make my day:
http://caloriecount.about.com/chocolate-chip-protein-cookies-recipe-r211001
http://cleanpalate.wordpress.com/2010/03/02/giveaways-galore/
I linked back to your site! =]
I think I’d love the outrageous oatmeal raisin!!
No doubt the double chocolate! Was their even a choice?! They all look great : )
Which one do I want to try most? How about all of them! If I had to pick then I would say the Colossal Chocolate Chip or Expresso Chip.. or all of them. 😉
Just updated my post and linked back to you in my blog. 🙂
My favorite cookie? Any homemade chocolate chip cookie straight out of the oven. Feed me that and I’ll be your best, most loyal friend ever.
Mmmm, Double Chocolate Decadence Cookie!!!
ohhh man I have seen these at the store and wasn’t sure about the taste, so I’m very excited! Honestly I LOOOOVE Chocolate chip so that would be my first choice
Link love has been spread! http://runtothefinish.blogspot.com/2010/03/mental-marathon-long-run-routine.html
I would love the lemonseed poppy..makes me think of lemon girl scout cookies. 😉
I would love to try the Colossal Chocolate Chip Cookie!
Luscious Lemon Poppyseed, I hope I get to try it num, num, num. I like the website goal “Our goal is to make the best cookie in the Galaxy!” I wish I could make something the best in the Galaxy. You should send Aunt Linda this website she would love it.
Explosive Espresso Chip. definitely sounds like a great choice :]
Peanut Butter Persuasion hands down!!!
Thank you so much for the generous giveaway! I would love to try the outrageous oatmeal raisin!
I blogged about it too
http://lilearthmuffin.wordpress.com/2010/03/04/its-crunch-time/
I love making raw cookis using this recipe I created…
1/4 cup cashews
1/2 cup pitted dates
1/2 teaspoon agave
2 tbsp dried cranberries
8 drops vanilla crème stevia (optional)*
Place cashews in your food processor and process until small pieces. Chop your dates and all them processing until mixture is formed. Add your agave, cranberries and your liquid stevia and process again. It should have a sticky consistency. Roll out your dough on a cutting board and form into little balls, or cut with a cookie cutter.
Eat away! ♥
Mmm…cookies! I would love to try the Peanut Butter Persuasion.
Linked back!
http://thebalancebroad.wordpress.com/2010/03/04/all-things-pumpkin/
This is my favorite cookie recipe…or at least in the top 3. 🙂
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/peanut-butter-cup-cookies/detail.aspx
pumpkin spice sounds awesome!!
I’m really interested in their pumpkin spice cookie! Or their classic peanut butter variety! Yumm!
I’ve linked your contest to my blog! 😀
I just made this recipe the other day! It didn’t take long for my hubby, my mom, and myself to eat up all 28 cookies! Oh dear! 😀 Here’s the link to my Rich Chocolate Chip Cookies blog post:
http://veganvalerie.blogspot.com/2009/11/rich-chocolate-chip-cookies.html
The Luscious Lemon Poppyseed sounds fantastic!
I’d love to try the Double Chocolate Decadence!
My favorite cookie recipe:
Snow-Dusted Cookies
Heat oven to 350°F. Combine flour and pecans; set aside. Mix butter and sugar until well blended. Add water, vanilla and salt; mix well. Gradually add flour mixture, stirring until well blended after each addition. Shape into 1-inch balls; place on ungreased baking sheets.
Bake 20 min. or until edges are golden brown. Cool on wire racks.
Melt semi-sweet chocolate as directed on package. Dip each cookie halfway into melted chocolate, then press top lightly into grated white chocolate to create a snowy appearance. Let stand until set.
Mmmm the pumpkin spice sounds good!
They sells these at my local market and I’ve been wanting to try them…I think the lemon-poppy looks amazing! I love anything lemon:)
Hi! I just found your blog and love it! I’d definitely want to try the lemon poppyseed! Lemon cookies/cakes are my favorite! Thanks for holding the giveaway!
Ohhh…they all look divine! The Lemon Poppyseed, CHocolate Decadence and Snickerdoodle really caught my eye! 😀
Glad to have found your blog through this giveaway!
I linked back:
http://nutritiousisdelicious.blogspot.com/2010/03/sunny-choice.html
hmmm favorite cookie recipe? I made some rockin’ biscotti over Christmas break! Check it out here: http://nutritiousisdelicious.blogspot.com/2009/12/ive-got-mission.html
Those oatmeal cookies are really yummy too!
linked you 🙂 http://saltandhumor.com/2010/03/04/interruption/
I would have to say any “healthy” version of pumpkin-chocolate chip would be my favorite!
I posted about this today: http://somispeaks.com/2010/03/05/replay-34/
The peanut butter one- hands down!
Double chocolate decadence please! Yummmy!!
Well I don’t have a shot in hell on winning this given the comments but um, Chocolate Decadence yes, please! That’s my favorite combination by far. =)
(Sorry I’ve been MIA lately. Life happened this week. Sure you know how that goes!)
Peanut Butter Persuasion sounds delicious!! So does the Cranberry Orange:)
Great giveaway! The peanutbutter persuasion cookie sounds yummy!
Seasidesmitten@aol.com
It would be lemon poppyseed for me for sure. I love anything lemon! Savory or sweet 🙂
I love Alternative Baking Company’s cookies, especially Luscious Lemon Poppyseed! For some reason I have not yet tried Peanut Butter Persuasion, so that’s the type I’m most eager to try.
I linked to your fabulous giveaway on my blog:
http://breadwithoutbutter.blogspot.com/2010/03/cookie-giveaway.html
Thanks for hosting this!
AND…here’s a link to one of my cookie recipes (which happens to be based upon my love for Luscious Lemon Poppyseed)!
http://breadwithoutbutter.blogspot.com/2009/11/so-many-lemons.html
Thank you for hosting the giveaway! Mmm, the explosive expresso chip sounds decadent!
mmm colossal chocolate chip!
My first vegan cookie love affair was with the Phenomenal Pumpkin Spice. Gradually I branched out…to Luscious Lemon Poppyseed, and then Mac the Chip. My current paramour is Outrageous Oatmeal Raisin. Mmmm…!!
I eat a ton of these but have never had oatmeal raisin!
Double chocolate decadence and peanut butter persuasion sounds really tasty!!!
I’ve never tried any of these cookies but I’d love to sample the Colossal Chocolate Chip. Everything sounds so amazing!
I posted about my favorite cookie recipe here: http://thewideworldof.blogspot.com/2010/01/cinnamon-chocolate-chip-cookie-baking.html
Phenominal is all I have to say about these cookies. Volumes of taste, a great texture and I didn’t experience a sugar low later (important). I’m a dieter and looking to replace the junk I eat with something better. I’ve incorporated a cookie a week into my diet as a reward and what a lucious reward it is too. So far I’ve enjoyed the Pumpkin Spice and the Espresso Choc Chip. Can’t say enough about the flavor of these wonderful cookies. May have ruined me entirely for other store bought cookies forever.