Yesterday Rob and I were lucky enough to share breakfast with probably two of the nicest people we’ve met in Boulder. Allie and Jen are two pastry chefs that own Ice Box Bakery, a small artisan, all natural cookie dough company. The first time we met Allie and Jen was at the Natural Products Expo West food show in Anaheim. There are always those booths you sneak back to for extra samples (because they are so good!) and Ice Box Bakery was definitely one of those. It was so nice to reconnect with them yesterday.

Allie and Jen are both moms and wanted a quick, easy way to prepare cookies for their kids, but wanted something with natural “clean” ingredients. Most cookie doughs you find in the supermarket are packed with partially hydrogenated oils, artificial flavors and preservatives, so Allie and Jen figured they’d use their culinary talents and create an all natural cookie dough of their own.

Allie joked that people think they are doing something novel, since Toll House - packed with their preservatives - has dominated for so long, but she said, “really we are just making cookies the way you’d make them at home. Ya know, with flour, sugar, butter and eggs.” This is a trend I am seeing in food in general. People want real stuff in their food and I am definitely on that bandwagon.

I’m a big fan of their cookie dough because it’s so convenient, it’s all natural and it really does taste like homemade. When it comes to cookies, I am a sucker for the classic flavors like chocolate chip. Ice Box’s Deluxe Chocolate Chip has that nice buttery flavor and it’s packed with chocolate chunks. It also bakes to perfection - soft in the middle and crispy on the outside. Yes I want one now.

We hope Allie and Jen will start shipping direct to customers soon so they can join us on Foodzie!