Victory is SWEET!

(sorry, somehow i erased the previous post..here it is...again)

I've done it, friends.

I've brought home the gold.

The blue ribbon is mine.

I've had my cake & eaten it too.

Well, technically, it wasn't cake.

It was a chewy bar.

A Chewy Butterscotch Bar, to be exact.

& some of my fellow locals may be familiar with the 

Chewy Butterscotch Bar because after all,

I did win first place this year with these tasty gems.

(side note to recipe:

After they are cool, I melt butterscotch chips & drizzle that over the top, then do the same with chocolate chips.

After that, I sprinkle Heath toffee pieces to top them off...YUM!)

You read that right.

I won first place at Kaari's Annual Cookie Competition.

This is a picture of Kaari & the first place winner, Me.

Some people refer to the annual event as a 

"Cookie Swap" or a "Cookie Party"

or a "Cookie Exchange"

Let's get one thing straight, Ladies,

it's a "Cookie Competition"

Does this look like the face of a girl who's here just for a swap or party?

This is me after a shameful loss last year.

But I brought my A game this year.

Here are the 1st, 2nd, & 3rd place winners:

That's me in the middle...the 1st place winner.

And I must also say that Candace & Natalia were serious competition.

If it weren't for my secret weapon, the Heath pieces, I may have been in trouble.

And here's the booty loot I brought home:

 So adorable, right?!?!

Did you notice the "1st Place" tag inside the bowl?

Here's the tough competition I was up against:

Since it is a Cookie Competition with a "swap" or "exchange" element to it, I brought home lots of treaties from the par-tay.  

As has been done every year for the past 6 years upon my arrival home from the competition,

Tat & Austy sat down & gave me their full review & analysis of everybody else's entry.

And Gus-Gus quite enjoyed the entries as well.

So now that I've won first place, I guess the pressure's on for 2012.

I gots to get to baking!