The Story of "Peanut Butter Power"

... and it was for that reason, Power Girl returned to Planet Earth. She'd been away for 10 years... 10 years - regaining her strength, her power. Knowing that she couldn't return out of nowhere as the flying super heroine of past, she needed a disguise. And she decided to blend in to society... live among the people, with a family. She'd change her name and become a super-powered 7-year old girl living in Delaware... with a Dad, a Mom and a younger brother named Sid.

Only one week back on Earth was all that was needed to notice the change among everyone: the children, adults, every age, group, size and shape. Everyone moved so much "s-l-o-w-e-r" than she remembered... in everything. As if everyone had no energy. They were slow in the morning, slow in the afternoon & slow at night... and these ever so slow days would repeat themselves... over and over and over. And no one seemed to know why, or have an answer as to why they were so s-l-o-w. There was no energy... and life, was very boring.

People would work; they'd do their jobs, and then go home. Children would go to school, and then go home. At home they'd lay around their house watching television, sometimes playing video games, then sleeping, eating, napping, more everything that was... lazy. Even the animals... the dogs, cats, all the pets. Everyone simply lay around all day, doing nothing.

Something had happened in the years after she left, the years after she lost her power. What it was, she didn't know... but Power Girl was back, and if she was to change the planet again, she would need to first start with the people. They needed her help. Racing to her school's cafeteria, she POW! Transformed into Power Girl and took flight into the afternoon sky.

Thinking what could quickly snap a little energy into everyone, Power Girl decided that she'd introduce some power-packed Peanut Butter into everyone's diet. Peanut Butter, rich in protein, vitamins & minerals, antioxidants and full of good fat... a little peanut butter into everyone's diet would provide the energetic jolt they were missing! And since cookies were Power Girls favorite snack, she zapped some Peanut Butter Cookies into lunchrooms, Peanut Butter Cookies in kitchens, Peanut Butter Cookies in the stores; they were everywhere... and everyone (seeing something new) quickly devoured them. Instantaneously, everyone "snapped" out of their rut... smiles returned to faces; people decided to have FUN again! They played Frisbee, they rode bikes, they jumped, swam, ran, laughed and smiled... and when the day was done, they all went to sleep... tired, but ready to get up and start again.

And Power Girl flew up to the city skyline, flexed her muscles... yelled "Peanut Butter Power", and smiled!

"Peanut Butter Power" c 2008 Bella's Cookies, Inc.

The Story of "Champion Chunk"

The chips were down for Chunk that fateful evening at the Fresh-Baked Aquatic Pavilion as he paced and panted before his final deep-milk dive, beads of stray chocolate muddying his vision. At this point, the gold medal was a crumb or two from impossible... his fellow competitors had outdistanced him in their preliminary attempts. Unlike them, Chunk wasn't tainted with preservatives, synthetic ingredients, or other foreign substances that masked their lack of wholesomeness.

"Chunky," as his adoring fans knew him, was pure through and through, a revered champion and world-beater who came to fame through ol' fashioned hard work, a paragon of persistence and conditioning. The adopted son of a lower-class baklava and his snickerdoodle wife, Chunky was raised in Milton, DE. His stepparents struggled to put flour on the table in their one-room brown paper bag. As a young doughball from the other side of the pantry, Chunky never had much - no additives or artificial sweeteners like the other cookies in town, but he refused to crumble.

He graduated valedictorian from high school, earned a masters degree in the sweet science of organic nutrition at Confection College, and while there took a liking to deep-milk diving at the local YMCA. He struggled at first because of a previously undiagnosed allergy to lactose, but, again, refused to crumble. He dove and dove and dove again until he felt at home in milk... and suddenly baked into a three-time world champion with a greater capacity for milk than any dairy cow.

Some say it was his humble upbringing that brought him to milk diving's pinnacle, while others attribute it to a certain god-given dunkability. Whatever the case, Chunk was in a bind on this night, and he would have to summon every crumb of homemade goodness in his choc-tas-tically chunky frame to take the gold. And you know, that's just what he did. In fact, he dove so far with that last Herculean effort that he grazed the bottom of the glass. Yes... Chunky a no-luck journeyman from a one-room brown paper bag of destitution, stirred up a stunning victory that night. But more importantly, he taught his cheating cookie-jar counterparts a valuable lesson: taste and nutrition can coexist, but only when they're baked with love... for that's what Champions are made of.

And that is the very essence of Champion Chunk.

• Note: In Milton, Chunk is somewhat of a local hero... in fact, his 2004 medal in Athens is proudly on display at Town Hall. Seen on the tag is Bella holding that medal. As you enjoy this bag of cookies, you now know the story behind the tag. 

©"Champion" 2004 Bella's Cookies, Inc.

Hummingbird Cake in Southern Living 50th Anniversary Issue

One of the cakes Bella's Cookies features is the "Hummingbird Cake". It's easily a favorite among those who've eaten. Mashed banana, crushed pineapple, the frosting with chopped pecans... you'll enjoy.  At events, we frequently get asked about the name, and the cake... and we recite the story we know from "Southern Living". 

While our cake differs from this one, it started here. Stumbled across this when looking at the new issue recently - 50th Anniversary Issue. Pick up one if you're interested, or we'll be happy to make.  We also offer this cake in a gluten-free selection. This gluten-free hummingbird cake tastes just like its traditional counterpart.