Comments on: Curious

By: Becky

Becky — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 21:10:56 +0000

I found Kerri’s recipe in the archives and she did name it Minnesota Munchers.

Either way, they are GOOD cookies!

By: Becky

Becky — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 20:55:48 +0000

The TOH mix was Minnesota Munchers but I thought maybe the name was changed for legal reasons. I like the Maui name – makes me think I’m getting to go somplace I’ve always wanted to see! I haven’t made these cookies for a long time but they are looking great.

Skip, glad to see you. You are so right about the harmony here.

By: SherryPA

SherryPA — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 20:04:05 +0000

P.S. Glad to see you Skip. Was just looking at some of your bread recipes the other day so was thinking of you. Thanks again for the recipes!

By: SherryPA

SherryPA — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 20:03:07 +0000

Wasn’t the original called Minnesota Munchers or something like that? I love Maui..so that works for me anyway!

By: skip

skip — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 18:56:49 +0000

I’m not 100% sure but at least 10 years ago… Maybe late 90′s? There’s no other board out there that has such harmony…
skip

By: Nalani

Nalani — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 17:47:27 +0000

Becky, naming it Maui munchies is my doing. One really could just call it Munchies or something like that.

By: Becky

Becky — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 22:09:32 +0000

I managed to cut the name off – the cookies are Maui Munchies.

By: Becky

Becky — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 22:06:25 +0000

I snitched the recipe from Nalani’s Recipe Circus. (Hope you don’t mind).

This recipe was posted by Kerri, and it is identical when made up to the mix put out by Taste of Home. I snitched this from Nalani’s Recipe Circus. These are great cookies! Notes are either Nalani’s or Kerri’s.

1 cup butter
1 1/2 cups brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoons baking soda
1 cup milk chocolate chips
1/2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 1/2 cups Skor toffee bits
1 cup chopped pecans

Cream butter and brown sugar together until well blended.
Add the rest of the ingredients.
Drop by spoonfuls onto a greased cookie sheet.
Bake at 350 degrees for 10 to 12 minutes.
Cool for 2 minutes before removing from pan.

Final Comments

Note: I have used real butter and margarine in this recipe. Using real butter makes a flat and rather greasy cookie. Margarine makes a more rounded cookie.

If you don’t want to get both types of chocolate chips, using all of one or the other would be ok.

If you can’t get the Skor toffee bits, you can break up a toffee bar in small pieces.

A nice touch, I think, would be to add chopped Macadamian nuts in place of chopped pecans.

By: Becky

Becky — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 21:51:09 +0000

I can’t remember the name of that cookie either. I can’t find it on my Recipe Circus or in my cookie folder either. I have a feeling it vanished during our last move.

I hope someone has it!

By: SherryPA

SherryPA — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 11:35:48 +0000

Nalani, I remember that cookie recipe too and had also sent for the Taste of Home mix. The copycat recipe is in my files I’m sure. That recipe and the mixes must not have caught on as they had hoped. I never ordered the second time and think I’ve only made the copycat a couple of times. Maybe try it again this fall. Guess I’d best make a trip over to your Recipe Circus and see if I can find it…at the moment, I can’t even remember the name of it!!! Yet another senior moment!