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Vtech – Kidizoom Plus Digital Camera – Blue [Amazon Frustration-Free Packaging]
Fisher Price Imaginext Ocean Boat [Amazon Frustration-Free Packaging]
VTech Tote and Go Laptop – Pink [Amazon Frustration-Free Packaging]
MATCHBOX Mega Rig Pirates Ship [Amazon Frustration-Free Packaging]
LeapFrog® Learn & Groove Musical Table [Amazon Frustration-Free Packaging]
Fisher Price Little Superstar Jammin’ Band Musical Microphone [Amazon Frustration-Free Packaging]
Melissa & Doug Deluxe Standing Easel [Amazon Frustration-Free Packaging]
Mini Cookie Monster
Mini Cookie Monster
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Wilton Cookie Monster Novelty Mini Cake Pan Cartoon $9.99 |
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Sesame Street Winter Cookie Monster mini plush NEW $5.99 |
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SESAME Street COOKIE MONSTER mini PVC Figure on base 2″ $0.99 |
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Mini Sesame Street COOKIE MONSTER by GUND $7.80 |
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SESAME STREET Big Bird Cookie Monster MINI MAGNET Set $9.95 |
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SESAME STREET COOKIE MONSTER MINI BAKER PLUSH $6.39 |
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SESAME STREET COOKIE MONSTER PLUSH GIRLS MINI BAG/PURSE $9.99 |
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Tara Toy Sesame Street Mini Figure Cookie Monster NEW $1.99 |
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Sesame Street MINI TRUCK with COOKIE MONSTER’S FACE $4.99 |
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Cookie Monster Face – Sesame Street Mini-Backpack $19.99 |
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8 Inch Mini-Pillow Big Bird Elmo Cookie Monster $0.99 |
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Ceramic Cookie Jar- Monster Muffins 17b Dollhouse Mini $7.50 |
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SESAME STREET COOKIE MONSTER PLUSH GIRLS MINI BAG/PURSE $9.99 |
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*NEW* BACK PACK SESAME STREET COOKIE MONSTER MINI SIZE $16.99 |
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BNWT Gund Sesame Street Mini Collection-Cookie Monster $6.99 |
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Back Pack: Sesame Street – Cookie Monster (Mini Size) $17.99 |
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SESAME STREET COOKIE MONSTER MINI BAKER PLUSH $6.39 |
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Sesame Street Cookie Monster plush girls mini purse bag $4.98 |
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Sesame Street COOKIE MONSTER Mini GUND Teddy Bear Doll $6.95 |
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Mini Sesame Street Cookie Monster Christmas Nutcracker $14.98 |
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Sesame Street Cookie Monster Mini Plush $2.29 |
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SESAME STREET COOKIE MONSTER CIRCLE MINI TIN $5.50 |
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SESAME STREET PLUSH MINI BAG! COOKIE MONSTER! $7.99 |
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Sesame Street – Cookie Monster Body Mini Balloon $2.63 |
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Sesame Street® Cookie Monster Circle Mini Tin Pill Box $2.50 |
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COOKIE MONSTER Gund Sesame Street Mini Collection $8.99 |
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Wilton Cake Pan Big Bird , Cookie Monster 6 Mini Faces $8.99 |
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Classic Sesame Street Cookie Monster Mini Plush By GUND $7.70 |
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Sesame Street COOKIE MONSTER Mini-Size Memo Note Pad $4.00 |
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Mini Dominos Elmo Zoe Cookie Monster Ernie Big Bird $2.93 |
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NEW Gund Cookie Monster Mini Plush Doll Sesame Street $6.99 |
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SESAME STREET COOKIE MONSTER PLUSH GIRLS MINI BAG/PURSE $9.99 |
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Sesame Street TMX Cookie Monster & Mini Elmo Rolls $56.99 |
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WILTON BIG BIRD COOKIE MONSTER CAKE PAN Mini Birthday $8.99 |
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Cookie Monster Personalized Funyata (Mini Pinata Favor) $1.75 |
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Cookie Monster Funyata (Mini Pinata Party Favor) $1.75 |
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Nintendo DSL DSi & DSi XL Cookie Monster Mini Game DS $28.99 |
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Fisher Price Mini Magnet Egg Pal Elmo & Cookie Monster $9.99 |
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1977 Wilton Cookie Monster Mini Cake Pan 3005-629 $9.99 |
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Sesame Street COOKIE MONSTER Rattle with Mini Cookies $5.99 |
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CUTE Sesame Street COOKIE MONSTER Keychain with MINI $9.99 |
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Wilton Halloween Mini Stencil Set, 8 Piece $4.00 Now you can make professional looking, neat as can be designs on cakes and cupcakes, and all it takes is mere seconds! This is made possible thanks to stencils. All you do is place one of the fun plastic designs over your baked treat, and then sprinkle with cake sparkles or sugars…. |
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Sesame Street Mini T-Shirt w/Hanger & Adhesive: Cookie Monster $4.15 Adorable mini t-shirts with little removable hangers. T-shirts measure 3×3.5 and come with optional adhesive foam. … |
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Sesame Street(Tv) by unknown 17.00X11.00 Framed with Black Metal Frame Sesame Street(Tv), framed black metal, white matte. Beautiful Highest Quality Frame, Solid Finish, LOW SHIPPING!!! Price includes price of print Poster. Framing includes dry mounting, acrylic glazing. Comes ready to hang. and is a better quality then your local framing store Guaranteed…. |
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Sesame Street Set of 4 Elmo Mini Notepads $2.17 From the Sesame Street Party Collection. Elmo Notepads. Features Elmo on small notepads. Includes 4 notepads in each package. Can be used as party favors. Measures 3″ x 3″…. |
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Monster Petite Edible Cake Art Image, Made of Sugar-EASY to Use, One Set Includes: 16 mini images on 1 sheet $9.49 Create 16 (sixteen) individual separate mini cakes or giant cookies with this wonderful Monster Assortment. Use a few now, save rest of the designs for later celebrations. This is an edible cake art image, easy to use and looks like the colorful design is air brushed onto the cake. This product is used by professional bakers and now you can make professional looking cakes right in your own home. … |
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Seame Street Elmo & Pals with Ernie, Elmo & Cookie Monster Figure Set $8.20 From Seasme Street Elmo & Pals Figure Set… |
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Gund Mini Sesame Street Assortment – 10 Piece $92.99 We have taken the 10 most popular Sesame Street Characters and packaged them in one convenient package. No need to individually order them. This 10-pack includes Big Bird, Elmo, Ernie, Bert, Oscar, Cookie, Grover Snuffleupagus, Abby & Zoe!… |
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Sesame Street Character Mini Backpack – More Styles … |
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MJ18 – Cookie Monster Mini Journal Mini Journals! 4″ x 5 1/2″ perfect bound blank journals with colored elstic band and placeholder tab…. |
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Nintendo DSL, DSi, and DSi XL Cookie Monster Mini Game Pack $14.99 The Cookie Monster Mini Game Pack is the perfect way for you to carry your favorite portable game system, games and accessories. It features multiple compartments and mesh pockets for storage and includes a carabiner for holding keychains or attaching to a belt loop. Compatible with DSi XL, DSi and DS Lite game systems…. |
Macaronic Fever
It’s Saturday morning and I’m craving for macarons. My devotion to this French pastry is so severe (yes, I’m using the word ’severe’ on macaroons) that I’m starting to find it a little odd.
Colleague JL was sweet to get me Canelé macarons for Christmas last year. I was so thrilled when I retrieved the box from the pantry’s refrigerator, I was fighting to hold in a little girlish squeal. Not that I hardly get to eat these celestial drops from heaven (because trust me, I think I ingest more macarons than rice in my regular diet) but amazingly, this is what a macaron does to me. It turns me into this sugar-crazy sweet-toothed monster.
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Canelé Pâtisserie macarons, box of 6
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Just the fact that it looks like a mini hamburger gets me all woozy. And they come in so many different colours; you get what I call “The Macaron Colour-Therapy Dilemma” when you stand in front of the glass case trying to decide which colour you should have to match the Mood of the Day. Say… a raspberry pink when you’re feeling feminine and romantic, a pistachio green for a little spiritual boost, or maybe a sunny lemon yellow for feeling happy and gay (pun unintended).
And the flavours that come with those colours, oh god. Now I’ve heard many people argue that all macarons seem to taste the same (simply sweet and extremely sugary) and if these confections were all made in one single colour, they can never decipher a raspberry dark chocolate from a lemon lavender.
Let me just take this chance to contest that claim – which, to me, is terribly unfair to the French pastry and its creators. Macarons are definitely not merely sugar. It is a brilliant invention of fresh ganache cream sandwiched between two moist, airy cookie shells. If you could take a moment to bite into one (just a small delicate bite please) and allow it to rest on your taste buds, a well-made macaron very slowly melts on the tongue and the flavour infuses into the soul. And then, you see words popping up in your head: Ahh, that’s what a ROSE petal must taste like. Ooh, and the cream is PRALINE. Oh, and if you get sugar-high easily, there’s a chance you might start seeing some stars too.
And so, 5 minutes after retrieving that box of 6 macarons from the refrigerator, I looked up guiltily at colleague JL and whispered, Hey, guess what? I finished them all.
JL whipped her chair around and screamed, What?? You finished 6 macarons in 5 minutes? You are terrible, it’s not even Christmas Day yet!
I just can’t resist those damn macarons.
PS. If you are convinced by my obsession, feel free to visit my favourite macaron store Canelé Pâtisserie Chocolaterie in Singapore. My all-time favourites are Rose and Pistache – the most simple and straight-forward flavours.
PPS. Macarons are notoriously difficult to make. So, as much as I enjoy baking, I don’t even dare to think of trying on Macarons. Maybe I’m just too lazy. Unless of course, someone out there has made them before and wouldn’t mind teaching me a skill or two. 
PPPS. Macarons are not macaroons. Or rather, Macarons are French macaroons. Confusing? While macarons are pretty to look at, macaroons are… well, not as fancy and do not come in the form of mini burgers. Google / Wiki to find out more about Macarons and Macaroons.
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