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Chicago-based Carol\u2019s Cookies (you can find them locally at AJ\u2019s and Whole Foods) is celebrating its 30th anniversary\u2013and the company has decided to honor the special occasion with a flavor competition. The competition will give fans of Carol\u2019s Cookies to create and name the popular brand\u2019s next flavor.
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\nCarol\u2019s Cookies will take suggestions for its next ingredient and flavor combination via its Web site www.carolscookies.com<\/a>\u00a0and its Facebook fan page dubbed \u201cCarol\u2019s Cookies Giant Cookie Club.\u201d Participants can join the group to weigh in on flavor suggestions through August 12 (the competition started last week). After reviewing all entries, Carol\u2019s bakers will select the top five flavors and spend four weeks perfecting the recipes in its cookie factory. The five finalists\u2019 recipes will be judged on September 15, at the Carol\u2019s Cookies\u2019 Illinois factory. During the festivities, celebrity judges will sample the tasty treats and officially pick the next Carol\u2019s Cookies flavor. Presiding over the event will be owner Carol Goldman, Katrina Markoff (Vosges Haut-Chocolat), Marc Schulman (Eli\u2019s Cheesecake) and Bryant Keil (Potbelly\u2019s Sandwich Works).
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\nSo what\u2019s in it for the winner? Beyond enjoying the prestige of creating the newest flavor, the winner will receive a year\u2019s worth of free Carol\u2019s Cookies as well as recognition on the company\u2019s Web site, via press releases and its Facebook fan page. Further sweetening the pot, the champ will be flown to Chicago to be a guest baker for two days at Carol\u2019s Cookies Highland Park bakery; lodging and airfare will be provided. The runner-up need not despair, they\u2019ll receive free Carol\u2019s Cookies for six months, while third place winner will receive complimentary Carol\u2019s Cookies for three months. The winning selection will join Carol\u2019s Cookies other amazing flavors, like cinnamon swirl, toffee crunch, brownie cookie and old-fashioned sugar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chicago-based Carol\u2019s Cookies (you can find them locally at AJ\u2019s and Whole Foods) is celebrating its 30th 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