All things chocolate…helping the Library & and making friends, too

Jackson & Emily show off their prizewinners - way to go!

Last week’s Chocolate Friendzy went great! Here’s the report, from the Friends’ Elena Thoms, as winners were awarded gift certificates to Griffin Bay Book Store.:

The younger generation ruled Chocolate Friendzy, the Friends of the Library’s 5th annual fund raising evening dedicated to our universal love of chocolate.

First place winner was Emily Reynolds with her Chocolate Lava cake.   Emily is 13 and is already an accomplished baker. She learned by watching her mother bake. She is a seventh grader at the Spring Street School and loves playing her guitar.

Our third place winner was Jackson Pieples for his peanut butter Buckeyes. Jackson is 12 years old and in sixth grade at Friday Harbor Elementary School. He first made the Buckeyes at Christmas to give to friends and family. Buckeyes are Ohio’s homemade version of a Reese’s peanut butter cup.  Jackson likes to bake and makes brownies, cookies, and candies.

Second place went to Jenny Atkinson for her own hand designed monkey cupcakes. Yes, there really were little handmade chocolate monkeys that Jenny designed and made, perched on  delicious cupcakes.   Jenny, who represented the adult entries, is Executive Director of the Whale
Museum and an ardent and highly creative baker.

Chocolate Friendzy was a great success. Everyone had a good time tasting the entries that varied from cookies to cakes and candies.  And at Chocolate Friendzy, the slogan for the night is always: ”A Balanced Diet is Chocolate in Both Hands.”

Jenny & her hand-designed chocolate monkeys....

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