Super Bowl Cookies

Like I need much of an excuse to make cookies. This weekend it's the super bowl. The whole family is coming over; it's just a reason for me to make cookies and a reason for everyone to see the new kitchen. I looked through my book and it has Easter cookies, valentines cookies, back to school cookies, but no Super Bowl cookies. I looked for cookies that would relate to the Giants or July 4th cookies for the Patriots, but there was nothing. You'd think there would be something for Super Bowl among the 623 recipes, but no. So I skipped the theme and made two recipes just for the heck of it. #24: Brownies in a cone 2/5/12 These are brownies, not cookies - but remember, my book has brownies and bars in it as well. These just looked like fun. It only makes about a dozen in a half, the family is 17 people big, so I thought "perfect"! These are possibly the cutest dessert I've made that doesn't require Martha Stewart craziness. Basically, the average person can make these in less than an hour and not go crazy (unlike those stupid ghost sandwich cookies I made at Halloween). This dessert is harder than brownies from a box but easier than a batch of cookies. You make the brownie batter, pour some into each ice cream cone and bake it. After they're cooled, you dip them in some chocolate sauce (made from melted choc. chips and shortening) and top it with sprinkles. I liked the idea of having an ice cream buster party (my grandparents used to have those for us kids when we were little) without the cold ice cream in the month of February. I plan to let the kids top it with cool whip and a cherry. We'll see how it turns out this afternoon. #25: Giant Peanut Brittle Cookies 2/5/12 These are my Super Bowl Themed Cookies because they are "GIANT". These are large peanut butter cookies with melted peanut butter chips spread on top of 1/2 the cookie with peanut brittle sprinkled on top. This batch also makes about a dozen in a half. This way I shouldn't have any leftovers and they won't be all be eaten by Mike and me. So I guess I'll just forget the Patriots today. That's alright - I really don't like Brady anyways. The Patriots just seem like a snobby sort of team; like the Edina of football teams. They think they're better than everyone else. Plus, the Mannings are like football royalty, I think I'll root for them. Go Giants! Really, I'm just watching the game for the commercials. Go commercials!