Cooperstown Baseball Gifts and More

From the start, the Cooperstown Cookie Company has dedicated itself to doing well and doing good. Our products are made in cooperation with Pathfinder Village, a residential community dedicated to adults and children with Down syndrome. The Cooperstown Cookie Company is committed to building awareness of and support for Pathfinder Village.

Every time I visit Pathfinder, I’m struck by the loving commitment of the staff, the joy of the people who live there, and the beautiful setting.

I am pleased that we’ve been able to help shine a light on Pathfinder Village and the important work they do. When the Food Network did a piece on the Cooperstown Cookie Company, they filmed at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and also at Pathfinder Village, which is about 20 minutes away from Cooperstown.

We’re gotten letters from customers, who have been delighted about our connection with Pathfinder and their work with people with Down syndrome. And, one of our best customers, the New York Yankees, made a donation to Pathfinder when they placed a custom order of our baseball cookie favors. The order of 2,400 baseball cookies was packaged at Pathfinder Village. This connection resulted in the New York Yankees making a $3,000 donation to Pathfinder Village.

We are also proud of our work with Human Technologies Corporation, the nonprofit organization that packages and mails our cookie tin orders. Human Technologies Corporation is a company of diverse businesses committed to enhancing the quality of life for people with disabilities and others who have barriers to employment.

Best,

Pati

Did you catch the May issue of Family Circle? In an article titled “Have a Ball” the Food News editors highlight our “baseball-inspired” treats. They talk about our delicious Classic Baseball Shortbread baseball cookies, as well as our milk- and white chocolate baseball caps, “festive gift sets” (great for Mother’s Day) and also our Classic Baseball Cookie Mix.

We’ve been getting lots of calls and orders from Family Circle readers, we’re so glad for the opportunity to reach out to new customers and friends. Once people try our baseball cookies and chocolate baseball caps they are delighted. Cooperstown Cookie Company delivers not only on baseball fun, but on incredible taste. As one friend (and customer) recently said, “It’s not just a baseball novelty, it’s a gourmet treat, the fact that you combined the two is a winning combination.”

Couldn’t have said it better myself!

Here’s the article, from the May 2008 issue of Family Circle, in the Food News section by Katie Kemple, page 178.

Have a ball!

Cooperstown Cookie’s baseball-inspired treats are a home run. Choose from buttery shortbread baseballs, milk- and white-chocolate caps, and a festive gift set. Feeling creative? Make your own delicious cookies with Cooperstown’s Classic Baseball Mix. CooperstownCookie.com, from $9.99.

One of my favorite things about this job is being able to chat with customers.

We recently held the Smart Cookie Contest, asking customers how they like to enjoy Cooperstown Cookie Company baseball cookies. It was great to read through the entries, and a challenge to choose a winner, so we chose two! This contest was a great way to start of another great baseball season. From baseball birthdays to retirement parties, baseball coach thank you gifts to corporate events, fundraisers to gifts for the baseball fan who has everything, our baseball cookies are adding a unique touch of delicious baseball fun from coast to coast.

Congratulations Mary Jo and Rosann, our 2008 Smart Cookie Contest winners. Here are the winning entries:

A Baseball-Themed Retirement Party, from Mary Jo R. in California:

My manager of 5 years was retiring and I wanted to do something extra special. That meant incorporating Cooperstown Cookies into the theme, since he had been a minor league baseball player in his earlier days and competitive always.
I ordered a wide selection of cookies plus the baseball cookie cutter and made up a basket with Cooperstown Cookies and Baseball Trivia on why he was such a “home run hitter” and how he could “round all the bases” in whatever game line up he devised within his retirement plan with his wife and family. It was unique to say the least; one of kind because of your wonderfully unique and yummy sensations and wrappings, and I hit a home run at the party! I’m pretty sure they’ve become clients of Cooperstown Cookie Company, not just for the season!
Can’t wait to use and consume your products again and again. They’re spectacular!

Thanking Baseball Coaches and Managers, from Rosann B. in New York

In our hometown there is a wonderful man, Ron Hoeltke who began a baseball league for children with disabilities in 1990. This league “Challenged Athletes Participating in Sports” has grown to serve 125 children every spring and summer. My daughter has been playing on the Yankees for seven years. We have given your cookies to Ron, the league manager, and her coach Larry as thank you gifts for giving everyone a chance to have fun! We personally have enjoyed your cookies and think your support of the bakers is wonderful.

I’ll post more entries soon! Since we couldn’t make everyone a winner, so we’re putting our popular Ballpark Bunt Box on sale through April 30.

We get a lot of orders for birthday presents. Some order our gift towers that combine our baseball cookies with cool t-shirts and mugs from our Baseball…Anyone Can Play gift line we created with the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

A great seller for us has also been the Ballpark Bunt Box, an animal-cracker sized box featuring nine of our bite-sized, baseball cookies (“Bunts” get it?). The Ballpark Bunt Box features a fill-in scoreboard, a picture find, trivia question, and fun illustrations. (A young friend is holding a Ballpark Bunt Box in the photo above. Kids really love ‘em.) They make great favors for a baseball birthday party, or any baseball event. And, a private school in NYC ordered a bunch to use for baseball math. A delicious way to learn!

Your favorite ballpark may even be offering Ballpark Bunt Boxes for sale this year. (If not, ask them to!)

A friend suggested a great idea for a kid’s baseball birthday party. Bake up a batch of cupcakes in the birthday girl’s or birthday boy’s favorite flavor, ice them and then place a Bunt, our bite-sized baseball cookie on top. Simple and delicious baseball fun!

What a great day we had in the Cooperstown Cookie Company office yesterday! Emails kept rolling in, telling us how people like to enjoy our baseball cookies. If you’d like to enter our Smart Cookie Contest, let us know how you like to enjoy Classic Baseball Shortbread. Send an email, with your name, city and state to Contests@CooperstownCookie.com.

Here’s a message we received from a baseball blogger, who just happens to enjoy Cooperstown Cookie Company baseball cookies ( :

I’ve been writing & editing a baseball newsletter, “Notes from the Shadows of Cooperstown,” since 1993, so you cookies made a perfect Christmas gift for my family and friends. I’ve recommended them to my readers at www.baseball1.com/notes !

Keep those great ideas coming!

We’re getting ready for a new season of enjoying baseball cookies with a Smart Cookie Contest, featuring our customer’s favorite ways of enjoying Cooperstown Cookie Company baseball cookies.

Did our Classic Baseball Shortbread add just the right touch to your baseball-themed celebration? Did you surprise the man who has everything with delicious baseball cookies on his special day? Did you use our cookies in a favorite recipe? Did our Ballpark Bunt Box make a great baseball party favor for your son or daughter’s baseball birthday party?

Let us know! Post your entry in a comment or email your entries by 3/25 to Contests@CooperstownCookie.com.

We’ll post select entries on our web site, and here on my blog, and winning entries get free baseball cookies, more to enjoy!

In Cooperstown, our winters last long enough to merit at least one more post…

I love to cross-country ski, I have a favorite path along Otesego Lake. The air is so crisp, and the scenery continues to take my breath away (or is that the cross-country skiing). I think now would be a great opportunity to mention how good Cooperstown Cookie Company shortbread baseball cookies pairs with hot chocolate. My favorite pairing is hot cocoa and our All-Star Almond Shortbread, yum!

Do you have a favorite pairing with Cooperstown Cookie Company baseball cookies? Let me know.

PS. The Cooperstown Cookie Company was featured on Mohawk Valley Living a popular local television show that showcases the best in our area, check it out on YouTube.

Cooperstown in Winter

I love the chance to interact face-to-face with people, and seeing their reaction to our delicious baseball cookies. In addition to food shows and the Baseball Trade Show, I like to interact with people in Cooperstown, whether it’s the Baseball Hall of Fame Game, during the Baseball Hall of Fame’s Induction Weekend, or during one of Cooperstown’s festivals. While Cooperstown is hopping with baseball fans in the spring and summer, I’m invariably asked, “What do you do all winter?”

A true winter highlight is coming up this weekend. The Cooperstown Winter Carnival will be held February 8-10. There are fun events for all ages, united with the theme of “Shiver Me Timbers!” The Cooperstown Cookie Company will be there, entering delicious treats in both the Chocolate Lovers’ Festival and the Cheesecake Tasting, which benefits the Double H Camp Hole in the Woods at Lake Luzerne.

The Cooperstown Concert Series brings great artists to Cooperstown during the fall and winter months, and other local organizations are busy offering events for us locals and our more hardy tourist friends. For example, Glimmerglass Opera, the National Baseball Hall of Fame and the Fenimore Art Museum sponsor a free Cabin Fever Film series every Friday in the winter. The more adventurous of you may want to try tubing at Glimmerglass State Park, just north of Cooperstown on East Lake Road.

And, if you visit the Baseball Hall of Fame in the winter months, you can enjoy crowd-free viewing of the treasures of baseball. While at the Baseball Hall of Fame, be sure to check out their excellent gift shop, which features Cooperstown Cookie Company baseball cookies, as well as the Baseball…Anyone Can Play gift line of t-shirts and mugs we created with the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Let me know your favorite memory of Cooperstown in winter.

Have you heard about the new RadicalBuy application on Facebook?  Some are saying that this innovative approach to buying and selling may give Ebay some competition.  Wow! You can find the Cooperstown Cookie Company on Facebook, and our Baseball Cookies, Classic Chocolate Baseball Caps, and Baseball Cookie Towers are now available to Facebook users to sell through RadicalBuy.  In fact, our yummy baseball cookies and gifts are RadicalBuy’s featured items this week.

Let people know about our delicious baseball cookies, made from my family’s treasured shortbread recipe. When people buy our baseball cookies off your Facebook page, you’ll get some money.  It’s a win-win-win situation! We’ll sell some more cookies, your friend will get to enjoy some cookies, and you’ll make a little cash. Sweet!

I have great memories of baking with my kids. Baking is a fun activity for a special event (Valentine’s Day is February 14!) or to make a weekend afternoon or snow day feel extra special. I’ve found kids love to bake for others. Bake a special treat for Dad, Grandpa, a teacher, baseball coach or a favorite aunt. Bake for a neighbor “just because…” In our busy times, the care taken to make a homemade gift is truly appreciated.

Special memories with my kids led me to introduce the Classic Baseball Cookie Mix through the Cooperstown Cookie Company. You can buy the mix alone, or with a handmade tin baseball cookie cutter. We started by offering a bite-sized baseball cookie cutter, but customers asked us to add a regulation baseball size cookie cutter. We were happy to oblige.

Valentine’s Day is a great time to make some homemade baseball cookies. You might want to sprinkle some red hearts on your baseball cookies. Bake up a batch of cupcakes, ice with red or pink icing, and place one of our Bunt cookies in the middle of each cupcake.

Or, for a decadent treat, dip our baseball cookies in chocolate, yum!

We’ve found the baseball theme is a great way to interest kids, especially boys who don’t realize how much hands-on fun baking offers.

Of course, if you’re short on time, the Cooperstown Cookie Company will be happy to send a just-baked batch of baseball cookies to your special someone.