Previous Holiday Cookie Events
Beanie Extract Almost Christmas 2025
I say "almost" because I only attended Canterbury Village's Holiday Stroll for one evening to realize "baby, it's cold outside!" I was hoping to have a warmer setup, but it didn't end up working out. Even though we put in a lot of work for this Christmas lineup, I believe it was still worth it in the end. We developed our Hot Cocoa Cookie: a chocolate cookie with a marshmallow flavored icing formulated with the flavor of hot chocolate in mind. It took us 6 batches of cookies to get the recipe just right. We also introduced mini cookies to our lineup because I just had to try it, and now I'm hooked.
Santa and Mrs. Claus cookies.
My Holiday Stroll table setup.
Grinch mini cookie (it was a challenge).
More cookies and my vanilla extract.
Beanie Extract at Canterbury's Halloween Stroll 2025
This is the beginning of making decorated sugar cookies using my homemade vanilla extract. This was a family friendly event and I was originally going to sell my extract. After the first weekend, I thought "what kid is going to want a bottle of vanilla extract?" I decided to have fun and the below pictures are the result. Not only was I able to make families smile, but I was still able to sell a few bottles of my vanilla.Â
Our booth at Canterbury Village, MI.
Our Halloween Stroll cookie lineup.
One of our popular cookie designs.
More cookies!