Pickles by Brian Crane for November 07, 2023

How fattening ARE those chocolate chips?!

Each of those cookies apparently has 3500 calories which means they must taste insanely good.

When you finish them, Earl, be sure to put the plate in the sink.

How much does each cookie weigh?

He should be able to eat several cookies.

With warm cookies right out of the oven, the calories haven’t yet solidified. (—

Where really good intentions get corrupted by physical sensory perceptions…

Hard to resist the call of the chocolate chip cookie, especially right from the oven!

Have another … it’ll look good on you!

8… 7… 6…

The problem is, betcha can’t eat just ONE! (Said in my Bert Lahr, Lays Potato Chip voice).

I’m only trying to lose 5 pounds so I better eat 4 cookies.

What’s the significance of the date 11/7 (other than today’s date) in the third panel? Time passing to think about a rationalization to eat the cookies?

Better get them before Nelson does, Earl!

Do you want ONE cookie? Boy, is she naive!

I guess I am the weird one of the bunch (or so my wife says). I let the cookies cool to room temperature before I eat them. Otherwise they make the cold milk warm when I dunk them.

Earl needs to get off his butt and start strength training

GOOD ANSWER

Admit it. Chocolate is all.

Ok, this one hits. Me. I’ll be busting out laughing all day.

There are no calories if you eat them standing up.

Fresh out of the oven! Are you kidding, take one. Or two. The odor alone is intoxicating!

Yummy!

No one can resist freshly baked chocolate chip cookies.

Trying to lose 10, 9, 8, 7, 6…

Atta boy, Earl…..

Pretty hard to resist fresh baked cookies …. the biggest problem is that one leads to two ….. then three and so on ……. until your stuffed full with cookies …….. if they last that long …… :)

No living breathing person can turn down a chocolate chip cookie fresh from the oven. It is not possible.

Set appropriate goals. And if your goal is eating chocolate chip cookies…..

I am still mourning the loss of my peanut butter cookie recipe. I had it for many, many years and several people have asked for it. I had someone helping me bake one day, and that was the last day I saw the recipe. She didn’t take it, my guess is she put it “away” and I haven’t found it yet. I know where it belongs, and it’s not there. I hope I find it.

I will just try for five pounds.

Do all those cookies weigh only 1 lb?

Any baker knows you shouldn’t try to eat a chocolate chip cookie straight from the oven. The chocolate is molten and dangerous to put in your mouth. Any cookies should be placed on cooling racks as they come from the oven.

Does anyone believe Earl will eat just one, or maybe one at a time?

Reminds me of my hubby and resident “cookie monster”. ❤

People claim that they love chocolate. If so, why isn’t molé sauce on biscuits a hot-selling item.

People love sugar. Chocolate is just an excuse. :)

same

at Earl’s age enjoy the cookie, I doubt anyone on their death bed has said “I shouldn’t have eaten that cookie”

just 5lbs for me so give me a handful