Seriously. The above package arrived the other day, containing two different types of cookies. The Espresso Chocolate cookie was so delicious it made Bossy think she’d never tasted cocoa before. Or maybe it was hash. Whatever it was, Bossy has never tasted that thing so tastily before. And the white chocolate toffee cookie lives where cream meets crunch, like rubber meeting road, except Bossy is talking about cookies, which don’t really live anywhere.
Bossy is sorry, she’s just a little sleepy this morning because she woke up at 4 a.m., her jet lag finally catching up with her! Except she hasn’t left home. You know.
Anyway. These cookies are the brain child of Bossy’s friend her. She just launched her cookie etsy and, sorry again — that sentence just doesn’t sound right.
The point, dear readers reader: if you are in the market for a cookie, here is a cookie without the hassle of a market.
janet says
March 31, 2009 at 10:48 amThe hostess of the Povery Party pays $28 for 6 cookies???
jen says
March 31, 2009 at 11:00 am$28 for 6? NOT in my calorie, OR poverty budgeting!
Kristin says
March 31, 2009 at 11:11 amI’m with the above commenters. The price makes these way out of my reach. No cookie on earth is worth $4.60 a pop. Ever.
L says
March 31, 2009 at 11:16 amI’m sure they are very good. They just cost way more then I would pay at this time. I’m on a budget.
RuthWells says
March 31, 2009 at 11:30 amI am going to OVERLOOK (for the moment!!) the fact that Bossy is cheating on me with another baker and say they look delish. But yeah, pretty heavy price point. You can get a whole chocolate mousse dome cake from me for $25, ya know…
Sewmouse says
March 31, 2009 at 11:55 amGotta agree with everyone above. Unless these cookies are wrapped in 24k gold boxes, paying $28.00 for six stupid cookies is ridiculous.
BMC may be the best baker in the world (now perhaps – since my grandma died…) – but even if these things were platinum plated, I’d not spend $28 on SIX COOKIES.
Perspective, BMC…
Reeb says
March 31, 2009 at 12:06 pm$37 for our friends in Canada.
Amy says
March 31, 2009 at 12:14 pmThey are the most delicious cookies on earth, and I once purchased some and enjoyed them more than sex, but they are ridiculously expensive.
Florida Liz says
March 31, 2009 at 1:09 pmBossy says, “Maybe it was HASH” and I click to see “CRACKadamia Cookies”… wow, I can see how these delights could be addictive.
sugarpie says
March 31, 2009 at 1:22 pmAmy-if you enjoyed these cookies more than sex you may not be doing the sex right. Im sure they’re extra mega good but….
I may just order some of these and find out-I’ll let you all know what happens.
Boyband says
March 31, 2009 at 2:11 pmHusband of Crackadamia™ maker here. No doubt these cookies are expensive. And these are tough economic times. But I guarantee you that 6 of these mofos are more enjoyable than a crappy-dead-in-2-days bouquet from FTD or one of those lame conceptual fruit sculptures from edible delights or 5 triple-soy-lattes from SBUX—all of which cost about the same amount of moolah as a six-pack of crack.
Franca Bollo says
March 31, 2009 at 2:20 pmI don’t know … at these prices maybe they do contain illicit ingredients.
margalit says
March 31, 2009 at 3:08 pm$28 for 6 cookies. Robbery on a grand scale. Only a moron would pay for those. Plus, made in her own kitchen with no sanitary codes followed=illegal. No thanks.
SnowWhitemommy says
March 31, 2009 at 3:37 pmMaybe these were a gift to Bossy, Queen of the Poverty Party.
Great buy on that dress by the way!
BMC/bitemycookie says
March 31, 2009 at 4:12 pmHi Bossy readers! BMC Here. Just wanted to address your pricing concerns, because I completely agree 100%.
Point 1. Bossy paid nothing for those cookies except for emails of encouragement and love over the past 2+ years. That’s easily a $28 value to me, even if I were paying for them. All of the people I love most are worth at least that much to me.
Point 2. My cookies are not for everybody, nor is my brand, nor am I. I make no apologies for that. I don’t make a judgment on other people’s paychecks. It’s like telling an artist their art is too expensive, in my opinion. You’re paying for the experience, not per cookie. And quite frankly, everybody splurges on *something*
Point 3: http://www.slideshare.net/devilslunchbox/4-yes-heres-why
Point 4: Margalit and I have a bit of a history. Rather than post the link to that history, I will simply invite my old internet friend to contact me directly bitemycookie@gmail.com It would be my honor to send you a bag of cookies and discuss old times. AHHHHH, how I’ve missed you Margalit. It’s refreshing to see you again. I was wondering where and how you would manifest. You remind me of my father. Hope to hear from you soon.
Point 5: We are currently only testing the market for our cookies to see if this is a viable business. Of course! the price point is high. We wouldn’t be able to handle the volume otherwise. That said, I would like to invite all of the previous commenters to also email me directly. Send your address and I’ll send you a Dime Bag of Crack. Tiny samples. On me. Because if it’s one of BOSSY’s favorite things and you’re gonna hate on it, at least you should know what you’re hating.
Thanks to everyone for sharing your valuable consumer insight. I do truly hope to hear from you about collecting your samples, because I am a blogger first in this case. But these cookies are how I intend to help support my family if the model proves itself — my jobless sister, my children and supplement my family’s income. I would hope that the fact that I’m trying to earn a living doing something that may not appeal to you personally, would be something you could respect as people who obviously also work so hard for your own money.
With thanks,
BMC
Reeb says
March 31, 2009 at 5:22 pmDear BMC,
Well said, your measured response above. Perhaps the problem is that many Bossy readers expect the little boxes at left on her blog to all be consistent with the Poverty Party ethic. In this case, Bossy’s Favorite Thing is her friendship with her pal BMC who happens to be supporting herself with cookie making. That Favorite Thing is totally consistent with Bossy’s love and support of her friends ethic.
BOSSY says
March 31, 2009 at 6:38 pmAll Bossy has to say is Large and Thick and, sorry, are we still talking about cookies?
Emily says
March 31, 2009 at 6:47 pmBossy, you obviously know the “right” people. Those cookies look to die for.
Rebecca says
April 1, 2009 at 6:03 amThere’s just something wrong about touting “the experience” of eating outrageously priced cookies in these times. It seems so “let them eat cake”ish.
Blog Princess G says
April 1, 2009 at 7:18 amI reckon everyone can do with their money what they want. I bet they’re damned amazing cookies. I won’t be buying them… but I’ve been thinking about them.
Angie [A Whole Lot of Nothing] says
April 1, 2009 at 3:02 pmI would totally spend my hard-earned money on some good-ass cookies if it meant supporting a fellow small business owner.
Poverty doesn’t always mean you have to live in the poor house. You can receive gifts from others (thanks to BMC) and not feel bad about it, Bossy.
Bossy is the supreme in supporting small-businesses-on-the-web deal. GO BOSSY!
And I’d love to buy the cookies, as soon as I’m out of poverty and into some cash.
Her Bad Mother says
April 1, 2009 at 3:23 pmOh, come on. Like none of you cookie critics have ever spent $5 on a frappucino? Which, by the way, does not taste nearly as good as Dana’s cookies (have tried them. have orgasmed.) In this economic climate, why would anyone get pissy about little affordable luxuries? As Mr. Dana said above, flowers cost more, and they usually don’t lead to orgasm.
I’ve spent more than the cost of one of her cookies on (to name but a few things): lattes, martinis, veggie burgers, Vanity Fair magazine, pot (a long time ago, and I never inhaled). None of which were nearly as satisfying as one of her cookies. Especially the pot that I never inhaled. So.
sam {temptingmama} says
April 1, 2009 at 3:43 pmBMC, I’ll buy your cookies for $50 (Canadian) dollars!!
I’d rather give you my money than give it to The Man. Damn the Man! Horray for BMC!
And, I would totally spend my hard-earned money on some good-ass cookies if it meant supporting a fellow small business owner. — Ditto was Angie said!
VDog says
April 1, 2009 at 3:57 pmI’d hit those in a hot second.
I would MUCH prefer a bag of those over flowers ANY DAY.
My husband would have a much better return on his investment with a $30 bag of cookies than a $50 bouquet or some other crizzap. Srsly.
And hot dayum, now I can’t get those cookies because of bullshit. Damn.
Avitable says
April 1, 2009 at 4:01 pmI buy cookies from Deluscious Cookies and Milk all the time (won’t link out of respect for BMC). I pay more than $28, and it’s worth every penny.
I can imagine that these would probably be just as good. And now I’m sad that I won’t get to order any thanks to Margalit.
Karen Sugarpants says
April 1, 2009 at 4:31 pmI was going to order today. I pay $7-9 for a coffee for pete’s sake. But the shop is gone and alas, my friend Dana is a wee bit broken today. Sometimes I really hate the internet.
mom101 says
April 1, 2009 at 6:21 pmIf these are anything like the cookies of hers I tried at BlogHer two years ago, they are freaking ROCKING. I can’t afford six right now but boy I’d love two.
You go, Bossy. If you can’t pimp your friends’ shit on your own blog then might as well turn it in and take up accounting or something.
Crazy says
April 1, 2009 at 7:34 pmWho doesn’t have “history” with Margalit?
She ruins just about everything.
Lynn (Walking With Scissors) says
April 1, 2009 at 8:39 pmWhy do I always have to find out about the good stuff AFTER the poop has hit the fan? BMC, I don’t know you, but from the sounds of things, you make some gooood cookies. I do hope you reconsider and re-open your Etsy shop. I’d love to try them. AND I’m Canadian. Go figure.
Momo Fali says
April 1, 2009 at 9:19 pmI would order the hell out of those. I spend $4.50 for a glass of wine when I go out with my girlfriends. And, these? Can be noshed on while sitting at home in my pj’s, which is even better.
jdg says
April 1, 2009 at 9:30 pmchrist, people!
Christina says
April 1, 2009 at 9:38 pmI’d buy cookies like that for a special treat. Hell, I already pay $3 a cookie for Cheryl’s Cookies. I’d rather buy a few really good cookies from time to time than have a regular supply of Oreos on hand. Same goes for chocolate and ice cream. Oh, and alcohol.
I’ve never had the chance to try BMC’s cookies, but I’d love to try some someday. Small businesses are the ones to support in tough economic times. One purchase affects them more than a larger corporation.
SoMo says
April 3, 2009 at 6:39 pmI have spent more on a BAD cookie; would gladly spend on GOOD cookies.