Day at the Zoo Brownies

If you follow along at home, you'll know that there were Brownie giveaways galore this week. I donated some brownies for ZWR's Great Brownie Scholarship, and then decided I'd give away ANIMAL SHAPED brownies to 2 of you lucky readers. (As you'll see from the pictures below, animal shaped brownies are a great idea, but difficult to execute on brownies with a crunchy/flaky top. Hopefully what they lack in looks they make up for in DELICIOUSNESS.)

ZWR announced his winner yesterday, and today I sent out some appropriately themed brownies for the lucky winner, and a seperate 'thank you' package for some donkey that runs the show over there. Hope you guys enjoy your Blanton BUTTERED brownies. (The weird blobby thing is supposed to be a Penguin wearing a hat. I noes, right? A for effort.)

I bet you're wondering if you won the FREE ANIMAL BROWNIE contest over here. 

The lucky winners are: Brianne from Iron Chef Mommy and The nosh guy from Food Rulez. I used random.org to pick the winners, but I'm not computer savvy enough to know how to do a screen capture on my Mac. (It makes me feel really old when I can't figure out how to do things on my computer... :::sigh:::). So you'll just have to believe me. 

Since the nosh guy lives in Philly, I dropped off his doggy brownie tonight. He just might post about it on his site later, so check it out!

Brie, yours is in the mail. I made a seahorse shaped one for your little lady. Hopefully it still looks like a seahorse when you get it!

I'll be talking more about brownies in the near future. Pinky Swear. Thanks to everyone who entered the contest! Keep checking back, as I hope to have more soon!

And YOU get a Brownie! And YOU get a Brownie!

Guys. Serious news here. Know how the other day I mentioned the contest I'm doing with the greatest website about wanting to go to the zoo with Roy Halladay? Tomorrow's the last day to get your entry in. But I know not all of you are Phillies fans, or MS Paint Picassos. And I decided that it was really unfair to leave you guys out. (And I'm going to be going to the post office this week anyways, so it's no extra work for me.) 

So I'm going to be giving away a brownie each to 2 of you lucky readers. (2?! Better Odds?! Zoinks!)

And not just any brownies. Animal shaped brownies. 

I just got my hands on a MEGA BUCKET of animal cookie cutters. There's 50 of them in there. Including an Octopus. An OCTOPUS, people. And a squirrel. My mind is spinning with all of the ridiculous snacks I'll be making with these. I plan on making cookies, and cutting brownies, and I'll probably use them to make silly shaped sandwiches. I might start making lunch for Ken just so I can make him dinosaur shaped sandwiches that all the doods at work will envy. For realsies. 

But as for you, all you have to do is leave a comment telling me your favorite animal, and whether or not you're vegan. (I'm making both vegan and non-vegan brownies this week, so I'll need to know which to send you.) THAT'S IT. Simple, right? This contest will have a quick turnaround too. I'll be closing entries at the end of the day on this Wednesday May 12, 2010 and posting the winner and shipping the next day. Tell your friends!

Have you heard about ZWR?

So, around these parts you might have heard me talk about an awesome site called "I want to go to the zoo with Roy Halladay." It's pretty much the greatest way to waste time since the internet was invented if you're a Phillies fan. Or if you don't care about baseball but love animals, MS Paint and silliness.  If you haven't checked it out yet, head over there immediately. Click on some ads and buy a t-shirt while you're at it. (His t-shirts are the bestest). 

If you follow ZWR's blog, then you'll know that I was recently named 'the official bakery of ZWR.' Pretty awesome stuff. It's cuz I'm donating some brownies to a contest he's having. If you've got some graphic skills, some very awesome custom brownies could be yours! Head over and check it out. 

And if you needed more reason, there's stuff like this over there: