[This post is so late. PAX Prime happened like two months ago, I wrote this piece over one month ago. Better late than never, right? I’ll post all of the recipes I used some day, too!]
After my first PAX Prime, I was hooked. My second PAX Prime, I had the surprising opportunity to compete as an Omeganaut. This third PAX of mine, I volunteered as a Brigadier for the Cookie Brigade.
The Cookie Brigade is a volunteer-run organization that distributes cookies to fellow convention and event attendees, for free. Any donations collected are donated to the Child’s Play Charity to help bring toys and games to a network of children’s hospitals.
Convention + cookies + charity. Not even a question, I SUPPORT ALL OF THIS!
My baking extravaganza consisted of the following:
- Classic chewy chocolate chip
- Star Wars gingerbread
- Vegan peanut butter
- Peanut butter chocolate chip
- Brownie bites (non-cookie)
It took about two days to get everything done.
The first day, I made the dough only for the gingerbread cookies, and managed to get through the entire double batch of chocolate chip!
I also made the brownie bites, start to finish, except bagging. For these, I kind of cheated. I used a Duncan-Heinz brownie mix and a well-greased mini muffin tin.
I’m super grateful that @rabbd came by to help and make me real food to eat for dinner. Thank yoooou!!
On the second day, most of my time was spent rolling and cutting the Star Wars gingerbread cookie dough! Last Christmas, I picked up the Star Wars gingerbread cookie cutters from ThinkGeek for @rabbd. They hadn’t gotten any use yet, and I figured this was as good a time as any! Luckily, he let me borrow them 🙂
Second-to-lastly, I made a double batch of the vegan peanut butter cookies. Un-veganizing half of it, I split the dough in half and added chocolate chips to one of the batches. These batches were much smaller and it was nice to have them over quickly.
The last step, individual bagging, was probably the most daunting, even though I completed it in about 40 minutes.
Phew!!
I did get to help distribute cookies at the convention as well, but my time this PAX ended up being way more booked up than I had originally thought. Though I didn’t end up distributing as much as I would have liked, it was still a blast! The Cookie Brigade raised over $20k over all 4 days!
Thank you to all who supported the Child’s Play Charity and I hope you all enjoyed your sweet treats!