Do your kids chop and change their minds about what they will and won’t eat in their school lunches??
My girls will happily eat fruit slice every day for a month, and then suddenly, one day they bring it home untouched declaring that they don’t like it, it’s disgusting and if I ever dare put it in their lunch again their eyes will roll out of their heads in frustration.
What’s with that?
I try hard not to loose my mind and just look for something else to bake to fill up their bottomless pit stomachs and whinging mouths!
This week I tried out a new chocolate chip cookie recipe. Reported to be ‘the fluffiest, chewiest, most amazing chocolate chip cookies ever’ according to Apple a Day blog where I first found the recipe, and she’s not wrong. These are delish and only crumbs came home from school!
These cookies are forgiving when it comes to the mixture (I left out the corn flour by mistake first time and they still came out ok) but they are not forgiving when it comes to cooking. Do not over cook, ten minutes is enough! The cookies will not brown, they stay very blonde. When you see them starting to go slightly brown around the edges, take them out, or they will be crumbly not chewy.
Here is my slightly modified recipe for Big Fat Chocolate Chip Cookies.
Big, Fat, Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe
These giant chocolate chip cookies are a perfect lunch box treat!
Ingredients
- 185 grams of softened butter
- 3/4 of a cup of brown sugar
- 1/4 of a cup of sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 2 cups of self raising flour
- 2 tsp corn flour
- 1 cup of chocolate chips
Instructions
- Pre-heat your oven to 180 degrees Celcius.
- In a medium sized bowl cream the butter and sugar, then add the egg and vanilla and mix well.
- Fold in flour and corn flour and then stir through the chocolate chips.
- Place table spoons (or bigger!) of dough on well greased trays and cook for 7-10 minutes, no longer!
Please note: this recipe uses Australian measurements and temperatures, if you need to convert measurements or temperatures you can find our printable cooking conversion chart here.
sandi garrett says
Snack pocket would be my most wanted item I think!! Or maybe the sandwich wrap.
I think they are an amazing idea & one we should all use!!
Sandi :)
Kristyn says
I so need the snack pockets for her lunch box. I use paper towel now, a bit embarrassing.
Agnes says
Great giveaway. I have been meaning to try these products for a while. Browsing the website, the exfoliating silk towel caught my eye – that will be on my Christmas list.
Rachael says
We have actually been using these wraps for 2 years now!! I wash them nearly everyday and no signs of wear – they really are brilliant!
bubble936 says
4MyEarth® Insulated Lunch bag is the best thing that i liked on their website.great and very innovative idea.
Milika says
Sandwich wrap for the boy’s lunch.
katesaysstuff says
Ooh I’d go a value set in the skater boy print for my skater boy lol.
These looks great! I’m a tupperchick but am sick of the boxes being lost and never returning… I’m thinking these would make some ace Christmas pressies too!
Jodie Van Der Zwan says
I love the snack wraps and pockets for lunches. But I also love the produce bags – I hate getting all those little plastic bags!!!
Jodie says
The butterfly value pack looks pretty good. We are rubbish free now as we use a Nude Food Movers lunch box although I have to keep reminding my husband not to use cling wrap.
Elizabeth Warner says
Love the versatility of these little bags. We use tupperware – so our lunches are pretty much packaging free. However, the fact that these bags can be used to wrap dough, collect loose change (instead of ziplock bags), store pacifiers in addition to wrapping up snacks and sambos has me sold. Great colour range too!
Martine@themodernparent says
My boys love their choc chip cookies chewy so will give these a go tomorrow. I love those lunch wraps too…..and one can never have too many scarves!
Vicki says
The snack pocket looks great as well as the cars logo sandwich wrap.
My eldest just started kindy and I’m not great at lunches yet! These look fantastic.
Jacquie says
Oh these look fantastic. I would def use the snack bags & wraps in either cars or army camo.
Rachael Arnett says
My biggest little man is off to school next year and i’m betting he would love the Cars Logo sandwich pocket. So much easier to open than his kinder lunchbox.
Sarah says
I didn’t know they had lunch bags andd sacks, how cute are they? We’ve got the snack pockets – but only two and now with 3 kids there’s arguments over who gets what!!
Belinda says
My little boy is starting kinder next year and would just love the snack pocket wrap with the combis. He would tell me that they are Fillmore from cars. thanks
Emma says
What a useful nifty product, I would choose the snack pocket. It would be very handy for little treats that only get half eaten when you go out, then when you put the packet in your bag they go everywhere!
Virginia Mason says
Other than the Lunch Wraps which are a fantastic idea to keep my poppet’s food fresh and looking good, I really like the 4My Earth Organic Cotton Scarf’s. I love the bright colours and I think they would feel extra soft against my neck. I will have to try your Chocolate Chip recipe now, they are making me drool…. yummy!
Fionna says
I think the sandwich wrap would be my fav, closely followed by the snack wrap.
Shar says
Love this idea! Have been eyeing off these for ages, think the snack wraps and pockets are brilliant! : )
justine says
I love the bird sandwich wrap & the lunch bags are gorgeous – really like blue3. Think I just solved some Xmas presents!