Dan's AGDQ2016 Cookie Fundraiser.

Dan God of Thunder’s Cookie Drive Fundraiser!

12/150$ raised so far!

3 Cookies for the General Cookie Fund
12 Cookies for Team Poor Life Choices

If 150 dollars is raised, I will be doing a playthrough of X-Com: Terror from the Deep!
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“Wait a second, Dan!” you wonder, “Don’t you already have a decently paying job that means you don’t have to beg for money to get to AGDQ?”

Why yes, overly critical questioning voice who doesn’t actually know me that well, that is in fact true! I need absolutely no help getting myself to AGDQ2016. However, getting COOKIES to AGDQ2016 is a totally different matter.

For SGDQ2015, I baked cookies for people! Some were folks that I already knew, others who got them were folks I didn’t know! Over all, I made 200 Mesquite Chocolate Chip Oatmeal cookies for SGDQ2015. These 200 cookies came out weighing roughly twelve and a half pounds, and the cost for me came out to 140 bucks.

Now, you’re probably thinking that 75 cents per cookie, considering they were 1 ounce cookies, is crazy expensive. And you’re right, it IS crazy expensive. But there’s two reasons.

1.	Mesquite Flour is NOT cheap. Mesquite Flour costs 16 dollars plus tax per 24 ounce bag. Despite only using 40% mesquite flour (and 60% all purpose flour) in the recipe, it still winds up being the single most expensive ingredient.
2.	I live in Tucson, Arizona. 90 dollars of that 140 dollar cost were shipping. I expect mailing to Washington DC to be just as bad if not worse price wise. I have to do 3 day delivery since these are perishable goods.

So… that’s where you come in. I am asking for some help to offset the cost of baking such a ridiculous number of cookies.

“Why should we, you schmuck! This is your stupid project after all!” you might openly wonder, which is certainly reasonable. And to that well, you’ll get cookies. You'll get 1 cookie for every 75 cents donated. You can get the cookies for yourself at AGDQ, give them to whoever you want at AGDQ, OR just put it into a general cookie fund.

If you really want cookies and are not going to go to AGDQ, let me know and we can probably work something out.

The cookies I made last time were chocolate chip mesquite oatmeal cookies. If you want something different, let me know and we can again, probably work something out.

Q: Can't, or won't make 200 cookies for every GDQ on your money?
A: Either.

Q: Can I donate for someone else to get cookies that will be there?
A: Yes.

Q: So I'm reading this and I didn't see a way to donate....
A: Go to my twitch page @ twitch.tv/dangodofthunder, click the treasure chest, and go from there. <3

Q: If no one donates money, will you still bring cookies?
A: Yes, but not 200 cookies. While I make a decent enough living, I cannot afford to spend 300 bucks or so every year to send cookies halfway/completely across the country for other people. This also takes a LOT of time for me to do. At some point my wallet and labor have to come into consideration if this becomes a routine thing. If I bring a small quantity of cookies, people who did not get them during previous events would be the recipients. So uh, if you had them before and really liked them… I may need either donations or you can make your own here: http://pastebin.com/mzNsB6J

Q: Why are Mesquite cookies so expensive?
A: Mesquite flour is expensive, mostly. It comes from mesquite beans, harvested from the pods of mesquite trees. It’s then processed at a hammer mill. Since it’s produced in small quantities (With substantial portions of it being reserved for Native tribes in the area, as it is a part of their indigenous diet), it’s pretty pricey.

Q: What other cookies have you done and liked?
A: I use a relatively basic cookie recipe that’s very easily modifiable (In fact, the earlier pastebin link is simply a modified version of what I use for Mesquite chocolate oatmeal cookies!), so it can be used for a variety of cookies including snickerdoodle, oatmeal raisin, mint chocolate, and trail mix, all of which I’ve done before.

Legal Note: Products are being sold at or below cost. I am not a cookie business, this is not professional, and I do not intend to profit in any way, shape, or form from this. You will be receiving cookies at or below cost. I have no intentions in the present or future to profit off of baking. If my cost of goods for whatever reason changes, individuals will either have coins thrown at them during AGDQ, coins mailed with the order, or they’ll get more cookies at my discretion. I anticipate to be paying more than last time in shipping fees due to the greater distance from Tucson to Washington DC compared to Tucson to Minneapolis.