Stay tuned for updates about our 2010 challenge...

Purpose

‘The Deliciously Healthy Cookie Challenge’ is a unique approach to combating two serious issues that children face every day: the fight to overcome childhood hunger in America, and the need to combat childhood obesity. The common factor of concern is nutrition. If either child does not eat nutritionally, their physical and intellectual development is at risk.

‘The Deliciously Healthy Cookie Challenge’, plans to raise funds to combat child hunger in America by inviting community members of all ages and experience, to submit entries that are both healthy and tasty alternatives to the cookies currently enjoyed by youth. Youth involved in the entry or judging process will also learn how to identify nutritional facts and how to become better consumers of good source nutrition.

Entry

Participants are to submit their recipes of what they believe to be the healthiest, yet tastiest cookie keeping in mind that we are looking for ‘good source’ nutritional options that will lead to healthy choices for both the hungry and the overweight.

An optional entry fee of $10.00 per recipe (students $5.00) will provide needed support for children who are hungry or at risk of hunger.

Criteria

Eligibility Criteria: This competition is open to all age groups. All recipes must be:

• submitted in English (if you need help with submitting your materials in English, please contact us and we will work to assist you)
• complete with the following:
  • Ingredients
  • Nutritional facts, as available
  • Step by step recipe instruction
• reflect the theme of the competition: identify ways that your cookie achieves the tasty and healthy benefits of good nutrition in a brief 25 to 50 word description of your entry.

Judging Criteria: The winners of "The Deliciously Tasty Cookie Challenge” Competition will be those entries that best meet the following criteria:

• Nutrition: to be judged by an expert schooled in nutrition and baking.
• Taste: to be judged by a diverse youth panel and the public

Procedures, and Rules

• Paper/email entries should include the following:
  • entrants name, address, telephone number and email address
  • (optional) brief description of your cookie (25 to 50 words)
  • all ingredients
  • available nutrition facts (carbohydrates, calories, fat, sodium)
  • step by step recipe instructions
  • picture (optional)
  • recommended but not required $10 entry fee payable to Peer Partners. All entry fees will go directly to helping end child hunger.
  • The entry packet should be mailed to 8 Berkshire Avenue, Linwood, NJ 08221 OR emailed to peerpartners@yahoo.com
• October 31: The five competition finalists will be notified by email or telephone.
• November 2: 
  • A youth panel will rank in order what they believe to be the tastiest cookie in America.
  • An expert panel will rank in order what they believe to be the healthiest cookie in America.
  • The combined rankings of the Expert Panel and Youth Panel will be tallied and the Grand Prize Winner from the field of five finalists will be named.

Prizes and Opportunities

The winner of ‘The Deliciously Healthy Cookie Challenge’ will receive an amazing Southern New Jersey specialty treats basket and a special debut of their healthy tasty cookies at a local pastry shop. 50% of the proceeds from the sale of this winning cookie will go to help end child hunger in America!! The winning cookie will also be debuted on Peer Partners website which reaches youth across America!

Participation in the competition also provides the chance to get feedback on your ‘Deliciously Healthy Cookie’ from our panel of expert judges. Participating youth will learn: how carbohydrates are calculated; how fat is calculated; how calories are calculated; how sodium levels are determined; what constitutes good source nutrition.

Past Judges

Chef Luigi - Rams Head Inn

Ed Hitzel - Press Food Critic

Chef Mike Huber - Clueless Gourmet

Jeffrey Schwartz - Red Sky Cafe

Gloria A. WilderBrathwaite, M.D., MPH - President/CEO Core Health