It's September! Sixteen weeks from today is the Wednesday before Christmas. How's that for time flying?
No need to panic though. Fairytale Brownies has everything you need to guarantee your gifts will be well received. New tower gifts, new gourmet cookies, new gift bands, new truffle flavors - the hardest part of purchasing will be deciding who is getting what new gift!
Personally, I like the tower gifts because they include a little bit of everything we bake - brownies, Sprites, Magic Morsels and cookies. I love to reuse my boxes so once the fudge brownies are gone, something else will fill their place.
September is also is the month when our retail store goes back to winter hours. Beginning Tuesday, September 7, we will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Once the holiday season officially begins in December, we will be open Saturdays, but until then we are on a Monday through Friday schedule. Find our address and retail store hours here!
Although most of the country is enjoying some cooler temperatures, Arizona still is experiencing high 90- to 110-degree temperatures. Fairytale Brownies will continue its practice to ship all gifts in an insulated box with cold packs Monday through Wednesday. October soon will arrive with cooler temperatures and our regular Monday - Friday shipping schedule will resume. Getting brownies delivered or cookies delivered is easy!
Hmm. All of this talk about the holidays is making me want some hot chocolate. Who has the marshmallows?
Cannot stop eating!!
Name: Jennifer
City: Clifton
State: Virginia

My Fairtyale Cookie Review - By Minda C.
I got the package inside my place and opened it up to find the very classy brown box and purple wrap. Each cookie is individually wrapped and let's just say if we were reviewing these cookies alone - they'd get a perfect 10. I've been sharing and eating my own share of Fairytale Brownies since 2003, so I knew I was in for a big treat!
The first cookie I tried was the Double Chocolate Cookie, and it was DELECTABLE! It was cooked to perfection. The cookie was moist, not gooey... It didn't fall apart in your hand. It didn't crumble all over you either. It was perfection! It held together while eating it - but yet melted in your mouth. I decided to wait until AFTER dinner to try the Caramel Pecan Cookie - and I must say - I'm typically not a fan of nuts in my cookies or brownies. I don't add them when I make them myself, and most often find myself picking them out of they ARE in a cookie or brownies. But this combo... The caramel and the pecan... You guys have outdone yourselves! There were JUST enough pecans to match the sweet caramel flavor. These cookies tasted as though they had just come out of MY oven! They didn't taste packaged or store bought. They tasted better than any cookie I've ever purchased.
Well done, Fairytale Brownies! You have created another treat that will satisfy any cookie lover! Enjoy the pics!
Name: Minda C.
City:
State: Texas
Homemade Chocolate Chip Banana Waffle Recipe - Using Fairytale Brownies!
I am writing this blog on behalf of our Human Resources Assistant, Janet. Janet recently sent a package of fudge brownies to her cousin Liz, and Liz's grandkids, Carson and Riley. Carson and Riley were so excited about the brownie gift that they decided to create a homemade waffle recipe using the best brownies, Fairytale Brownies! I have to admit, while writing this blog my mouth began to water. The recipe sounds delicious and very simple to make. Thank you Carson and Riley for such a yummy homemade waffle recipe. I can't wait to try these at home with my own son, Austin. What a great way to spend quality time together while eating delicious fudge brownies! If you'd like to use Fairytale Brownies for your recipe too, just visit brownies.com and send brownies to yourself today!
Fairytale Chocolate Chip Banana Waffles
Ingredients:
- 2 eggs
- 1 and 3/4 cup milk
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 large or 2 small bananas (mashed)
- 1 crumbled up Chocolate Chip Fairytale Brownie
Directions:
- Preheat Waffle Iron
- In a large mixing bowl, beat eggs until fluffy
- Add remaining ingredients and mix together
- Spray waffle iron with non-stick cooking spray
- Pour mix into hot waffle iron and cook until golden brown.
- Keep warm in oven while remaining waffles cook.
I LEFT MY BROWNIE IN SAN FRANCISCO!
We are thrilled to share that you can now buy gourmet Fairytale Brownies in Original, Toffee Crunch and Cream Cheese Belgian Chocolate brownie flavors at Farm Fresh to You inside the Ferry Building Marketplace in San Francisco, CA. http://www.ferrybuildingmarketplace.com/farm_fresh.php 
Farm Fresh to You store is an amazing store with local organic produce and they have a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) for those of you living in the area. We are so happy to share our locally produced family recipe of fudgy chocolate brownies as part of their gourmet grocery offerings. If you're not in the San Francisco area, don't worry! We are located in many retail locations throughout the Southwest. Visit brownies.com, or click this link to find our other retail locations: http://www.brownies.com/customer_service/ca_locations.aspx.
They sell the best brownies in the world... What is Fairytale Brownies?
The Marketing Team (Catalog, Web, PR, Corporate Sales and Wholesale) shared its procedures today with a friendly game of Fairytale Jeopardy!Emcee Eileen (pictured in top photo) read the clues from five Marketing categories (Fairytale Potpourri; C's The Day; Around The World; Sell, Sell, Sell; and It's In The Mail) while three different teams vied to answer with the most correct questions.
Team Brownie: "Around the World for 100, Eileen."Eileen: "Also known for its beer, this European country produces the fine chocolate we use in our brownies."
(A bell rings.)
Eileen: "Team Sprites, your answer?"
Team Sprites: "What is Belgium?"
Eileen: "That is correct!"
Donna and Leslie are pictured here cheering Team Sprites's correct answer.
Some of the answers were a little tricky, so our Marketing Judges were called upon to determine a question's correctness. You can barely see our judges, Kari and Holly, way in the back of this photo.The first-place team received mini board games for each member, while second- and third-place teams received "lovely" parting gifts of their own.
Coming Soon: Fairytale Cookies!
A bunch of our local Phoenix friends tasted the new cookies last week at Buzzcation, and have been tweeting their reviews ever since. Thanks for all the kind words, everyone!
@Littlebitofmoni - I am finally eating my @ftbrownies Double Chocolate cookie from #buzzcation, and it is muy delicioso!!! Perfectly sweetened, great texture..
@JRFox10 - holy cow that chocolate cookie you gave out at #buzzcation w/ @districtkitchen was one of the greatest treats eva!!
@erinjohnston - I can't even believe how good this cookie is. Wow.
@lafinguy - Just have to say, I had @ftbrownies double chocolate cookies with my coffee this morning and they were FABULOUS! (my kinda coffee cake)
@paulvalach - mmm mmm mm JUST opened a caramel pecan cookie from you,, WOW moist and deeee...lish...
@CordMoorhead - I do have to say, those are some very tasty cookies @ftbrownies Looking forward to seeing them in the next catalog.
@DankaMarketing - umm yeah. i MAY have killed the entire chocolate cookie before i got out of the parking garage.
*Get ready, cookies are coming Sept. 8th!*
Triple B: Beer, Brownies & Buzzcation!
Fairytale Brownies was there armed with brownie gifts donated for the raffle and with hundreds of gourmet brownies and new cookie flavors for attendees to indulge in. We asked attendees to try our new Caramel Pecan Cookie and Double Chocolate Cookie and then tweet about how they liked them. We had an overwhelmingly positive response to the new cookies and are very excited for their debut in a few weeks.
Altogether, Buzzcation was a great way to support a fantastic cause and have fun with Phoenix locals! If we had the chance, we'd most definitely do it again! Below are some pictures of the event.

Alyssa (Fairytale Brownies PR/Marketing), Hunter (Fairytale Brownies IT), and Hilary (Fairytale Brownies Web Designer) taking a rest toward the end of the night. Alyssa counted up the donations and we grossed over $1,500! Great thanks to Buzzcation and to all who donated!!

Jo (Fairytale Brownies Customer Service), Lisa (Fairytale Brownies Corporate Sales), Hilary (Fairytale Brownies Web Designer, and Michelle (Fairytale Brownies Accounting) having a great time together!

Our new cookies ready to be sampled! We asked attendees to tweet with our @ftbrownies Twitter handle on how they liked the new flavors!

Daphne Monroe of ABC15's Smart Shopper stopped by too! (photo courtesy of Christopher Stark www.BauhasPhotography.com)

Lars, Yvette, and Mike - the creators of Buzzcation! (photo courtesy of Christopher Stark www.BauhasPhotography.com)

Happy Buzzcation attendees! (photo courtesy of Christopher Stark www.BauhasPhotography.com)

Alyssa (Fairytale Brownies PR/Marketing) thanking attendees for their generosity! We raised over $1,500 towards our KaBOOM! playground build goal! (photo courtesy of Christopher Stark www.BauhasPhotography.com)
Fairytale Brownies on the road!
This year I am even more excited to be able to take samples of our new Fairytale Cookies (Pecan Caramel and Double Chocolate). These precious little cookie gems will be making their debut in early September, so it's perfect timing to be able to introduce our family and friends to the newest gourmet treats from Fairytale Brownies. We just received our packaging materials and the bakery is beginning first days of production, working out any last minute kinks in the cookie process. In fact, we're already working on some new cookie flavors that we're hoping to introduce in early Spring. . . . Of course, we're also thinking of other special bakery treats we can add to our line, including new flavors of brownies and truffles. What a joy to be part of the newest gourmet endeavors for Fairytale Brownies!
What's the buzz? Beer, Brownies, Buzzcation at The District
Bring your appetite for food, beverage and gourmet brownies because there will be plenty available beginning at 5:30 p.m. A suggested $5 donation at the door will go towards Fairytale Brownies' (and Aerotek) playground project with the nonprofit KaBOOM!
The District has reserved the wine bar room for for all buzzcation participants, and the house DJ will begin playing tunes around 7 p.m. Happy hour appetizer and drink prices will be in affect all night long.
Bring extra cash or your checkbook to purchase $2 raffle tickets for the following prizes: Two fudgy brownie gift towers from Fairytale Brownies; gift certificates provided by @BarterGroupAZ to Campus Flowers, Greene Video, Organic Cleaners, Az Powerchutes for 2 people, and a Hot Air Balloon Ride; a gift certificate to Famous Dave’s BBQ courtesy of @charshaff; and dinner for two at The District American Kitchen, from @DistrictKitchen.
Each person leaving The District for the evening will receive a Chocolate Chip Sprite and a NEW Fairytale Caramel Pecan or Double Chocolate cookie. We would like for you to tell us what you think of the cookies by tweeting @ftbrownies or commenting on our Facebook page. We LOVE feedback!
Come join in the fun while helping raise funds to build a playground for disadvantaged children in the Phoenix area.
Another Fairytale Birthday, and a Little Surprise!
This last weekend was an extremely eventful one for me. Not only were there two birthday parties, but as my friends here know, I was surprised by my husband with a trip to Las Vegas! A second honeymoon...and my kiddo got to have two day sleepover at Grandma's! She was excited.
The first party was a nice dinner for Cousin Kaitlyn, who turned 9. She's extremely excited about being in the 4th grade this year, and loooooves Fairytale Brownies. Last time I was at her house, I left her a peanut butter brownie to share with her little sister. This time, I decided that it was time she had her own stash, since she's 9 now. I brought her a Magic Morsel Dozen in all four flavors to go along with the ZhuZhu pet playset we got her. She was SOOO pleased!
I brought home another brownie gift for my daughter to take to her second party on Saturday afternoon. That was for a neighbor/friend of ours whose daughter was turning 11. Elizabeth was thrilled to take her the best brownies in the world as part of her present. And I'm sure she was very pleased as well.
As you can tell, I completely advocate the heavy use of Belgian chocolate brownies as great gift ideas, and they work for all ages! Gourmet brownies = Happiness!
Brownies for better running?
I've mentioned before that I volunteer for the American Cancer Society on the Phoenix DetermiNation program in my free time. I tend to bring our fudgy chocolate brownies for our volunteers, runners and walkers to enjoy at our meetings and events. As a result, we have discovered that gourmet Fairytale Brownies make a great pre or post-run snack. Who knew Belgian chocolate brownies could be the secret to a great run?! It turns out the nutritional content of a Fairytale Sprite snack-size brownie is pretty similar to most energy/protein bars on the market, and our all-natural ingredients provide some of the best fuel available. So next time you need a snack before you head out to run, bike, swim or whatever workout you prefer, try one of these fudgy chocolate brownies and see if it works for you!
Baby Shower, brownies style!
Next on the agenda is my baby shower, yes I am 9 months pregnant and having another boy. And by request from several of the attendees, they would like Fudgy chocolate brownies, so their wish is my command, even at my baby shower. The invites have been sent and 2 even included a 8-Sprite Favor which I feel is a great treat for one person. Please look in the coming months for our new line of Cookie treats! ~Happy Reading!

Fairytale Brownies, the perfect Birthday treat just in the nick of time!
My niece is having a small party over the weekend so I decided to ship her a Birthday Morsel 24 to share with her little pals. How lucky am I . . .since I waited so long to think of what to send, I also happened to luck out in that we also have expedited shipping available, so her fudgy chocolate brownie treats will arrive just in the nick of time. The size of our Magic Morsel brownies are perfect for little ones - I'm sure they will be the hit of the party.
Enjoy your Fairytale Brownies, and Happy Birthday, Little Fia!!

Fundraising with Fairytale - Part Deux!
Fairytale Brownies is working with some of our friends here in the Cotton Center to raise additional funds to help with the build. So far, Alyssa has received VERY positive feedback from many of the businesses here! Quite a few have volunteered to place donation bottles in their common areas for any spare change donations. Also, The Barbeque Company, a restaurant serving Cotton Center, is holding a day where a portion of their sales will go to benefit our build. Date is TBD, but Alyssa will announce details soon, I'm sure!
Also, on September 30th, we are holding a Tweet-Up and open house here at the Fairytale Bakery! We'll have delicious gourmet brownies available for purchase, as well as our newest products...Fairytale Cookies! We've been taste-testing them in house, and trust me, they're wonderful and well worth the anticipation.
As an additional fundraising idea, we're also putting together a rummage sale! Our delicious belgian chocolate brownies will be available there as well. The rummage sale won't be here at the bakery....the fundraising team is hosting that event at none other than...MY HOUSE! At this point, we have it scheduled for October 16th, and I'll publish a link to a map & directions once we're closer to the event.
I hope to see you all VERY soon!
Show your love with gourmet Fairytale Brownies as after-school treat

We have a back-to-school tradition in my household that began in 1991 when my oldest son started kindergarten. One by one, my children stand by the front door dressed in their new school clothes and smile so I can take a picture of the beginning of a new school year. Some years they smiled and other years they rolled their eyes, but I have those precious photos that chronicle every year of growth.
This year, my youngest son will have his first day of school and I will not be there to record it - the entire family except him will be out of town. I plan to take his picture when I get back, but in my mind, the photo won't be the same.
For those of you who haven't established a first-day-of-school tradition, try this: Serve Fairytale Brownies as an after-school treat! Place the gourmet fudgy brownies on a plate and serve with a cold glass of milk and lots of love!
Every year, one of my Mom friends has served cookies to her children when they come home from their first day of school. Last year, she decided to take the children out for frozen yogurt instead. Although the children love frozen yogurt, they wanted to know where the cookies were. The cookies were just the store-bought variety and not as delicious as a Belgian dark chocolate brownie from Fairytale Brownies, but they were served with "love" and the children knew it.
This year, my friend is serving Fairytale Brownies as her first-day, after-school treat. Her children will know they are loved after just one bite of a chocolaty brownie, and they won't even remember the store-bought cookies from the past.
Customer's Rave about Belgian Chocolate Brownie Gifts!
Fairytale Brownies offers a huge selection of brownie gifts in every price range - the quality is top-notch. My families request for birthdays is that I send birthday brownies! So easy to order brownies online and the shipping is a great value. ~ Stephanie B., TX
Our entire family enjoys the fudge brownies from Fairytale Brownies, and when there is a time for a special treat, we always look to Fairytale. Thank you for such an excellent product! ~ Ruth B., PA
I received Fairytale Brownies recently as a housewarming gift and loved them so much that I'm sending brownies to my Dad for his birthday! ~ Vic J., AZ
Great product! Ordering brownies online couldn't have been easier. I really appreciate the reduced shipping promotion. ~ Mary S., PA
I enjoyed Fairytale Brownies when I received them as a gift. The people I have sent them to raved that they were the best brownies too! ~ June F., IL
Visit us online at brownies.com for more information or to order brownies online!
Include Fairytale Brownies in your school lunches
Don't forget to include Fairytale Brownies in those lunch boxes.

Magic Morsels are a perfect bite-sized ending to any brown bag lunch. They are available in Original, Chocolate Chip, Caramel, Walnut and Sugar-free Original flavors.
Need a little larger size option? Try our Sprites - they're 3" x 1.5" and equal to one serving size. Sprites are available in 12 flavors.
Order your gourmet brownies online and they will be shipped to your door. Buy them in bulk without the special packaging and receive an even better price. Just put the spare brownies in the freezer (they'll stay fresh for up to 6 months) and use as needed.
Now that you've got lunches covered, time to focus on back-to-school clothing!
Fairytale Brownies and Professional Wrestling????
Yes, I know, that seems like a very unlikely combination. But, to be honest, wrestlers like gourmet brownies too, and are more than willing to share with their buddies. Recently my husband brought a Fairytale Brownie to a wrestling friend of his: "Monster Mayhem". He really loved the rich, fudgy brownie, and requested more, if we could get them for him. As a favor to the hubby, I brought home a Sprite Dozen, and did the "Choose your Own" option, as Mr. Mayhem's favorite flavor is Peanut Butter! Well, he loved them so much, he shared with all the wrestlers working that night for EXW (www.elitextremewrestling.com), a local promotion that we support. All the guys loved those Belgian Chocolate brownies! Unfortunately, one of the guys who knows my husband very well was not in the "locker room" at the time, so missed out. We're going to bring Tyson some gourmet brownies at the next show.
One of our personal friends took a few home too, because he and his wife think these are the best brownies they've ever had, and they're a welcome treat occasionally. My husband Jeff was giving out brownie advice too..."one cream cheese, one peanut butter and a glass of milk." I think I've made some more addicts!









