The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Helpers sweeten the deal in making treats
These Georgia products give you the gift of speed in delivering deliciousness to your table.
COOKIE MIX
Atlanta-based Curly Sue’s Cookies offers cookie mixes and frozen cookie dough. Four mixes are available: sugar cookie, espresso chocolate chip, yin yang (white and dark chocolate chunks) and milk chocolate sugar buzz with toffee pieces. All you have to do is add a stick of butter and one egg. $10.99-$11.99 per 24-ounce box, $28.99 per threebox set. Available at curlysuescookies.com.
BLUEBERRY LAVENDER PIE FILLING
Sweet Treat Cannery in Springfield combines lavender with blueberries for a prepared pie filling that was a finalist in the 2023 University of Georgia Flavor of Georgia competition. Everything you need is in the jar. Just pour the contents into a 10-inch pastry pie shell and bake. $22 per 32-ounce jar. Available at sweettreatscannery. com.
PANCAKE MIX
Gocha’s Breakfast Bar can be found in Fayetteville and on Atlanta’s Cascade Road. A favorite menu item is Gocha Hawkins’ pancakes, and you can make them at home with her buttermilk and lemon pancake mixes. All you add is water, let the batter sit for 10 minutes, and after 3 minutes of cooking, you’ve got tasty hot pancakes.
$11.99 per 16-ounce buttermilk pancake mix, $13.96 per 16-ounce lemon pancake mix. Purchase at the restaurants or gochasbreakfastbar.com.