Thursday, December 26, 2019

2019 Boga Bake-Off Winners, a Historic Year

Every year, we each set out to decorate the best damn cookies we can, with a sense of humor of course.  And after many hours of voting, one of us comes out victorious.  With at least one other Boga achieving second or third place and some sense of accomplishment.  But not this year.  This year, Jamie not only won for the fourth year in a row.  She didn't only win first and second place.  She took the whole damn thing and swept the top three places with Notre Dame, Peloton, and Popeyes.  How are Nancy and Robin you ask?  Nancy is "mildly perplexed" and disappointed, but enjoys the game regardless.  And Robin doesn't "like it, not one bit".

Other highlights:  Mia's "Psychedelic Piña" boasted 20 votes for 9th place, beating out all the adult men in the competition who scored the last three places ;)  Nancy's "Rudy Colludy" was thought to be a favorite given it's design and clever name, but in the end only scored 23 votes.  In total, we got 380 votes spanning from Hawaii to Sri Lanka.  Thanks to everyone for voting; the Boga Bake-Off brings us joy each and every year. 

Here are the full list of cookies by number of votes with their resident artist.

1.  Notre Daaaaame that Cookie is on Fire! - Jamie, 80 votes

2.  Peloton will Save You - Jamie, 53 votes

3.  Love that Chicken at Popeyes - Jamie, 40 votes

4.  Grande of Thrones - Robin, 31 votes

5.  Yoda Baby This Is - Robin, 28 votes

6.  Bogas in a Bake Off - Nancy, 25 votes

7.  Where's Greta? - Nancy, 24 votes

8.  Rudy Colludy - Nancy, 23 votes

9.  Psychedelic Piña - Mia, 20 votes!

10.  Be Best -Melania - Doug, 17 votes

11.  I Swear I Crew USC #collegescandal - Robin, 15 votes

12.  Fight Finished - Patrick, 14 votes

13.  Heart of Santa Fe - Adam, 6 votes

14.  Pollock MMXX - Tim, 4 votes

Happy holidays and see you next year!!


Sunday, December 22, 2019

Vote for your TOP THREE cookies! 2019 Edition

Welcome to the 2019 Boga Bake-Off!




While most of you have participated in previous polls, here is a quick history for any newbies:

The Chiribogas used to decorate Christmas cookies like any other family, but as they continued to bake, their creative juices flowed.  Santa turned sexy, snowflakes become infinitely more elaborate, and cookie shapes were seen as mere suggestions instead of strict guides for designs.  Toothpicks became the go-to tool for applying individual sprinkles and a new type of cookie decorating emerged...the Boga Bake-off was born - over 20 years ago!

This year...

Jamie and family hosted the Browns (Robin, Patrick, Ethan, Henry) and the Bogas (Nancy & Doug) for an epic yet low key 5 hour decorating session.  We really feel we've hit our stride with perfecting the frosting recipe (not too runny, holds it's shape, dries shiny and bright).  Mia even sat for 3 hours, successfully alternating between applying her sprinkles and eating frosting.  

This year, top news stories and television were our main inspiration.  But it wouldn't be a Bake-Off without a Jackson Pollock and a "Bogas" cookie.  Nancy even threatened to retire the Bogas theme this year, but with a little coaxing she came up with quite the contender.  

Later in the evening, the Bogas welcomed some friends for an intimate cookie review and voting session.  With the holiday music, pear rosemary vodka, Trader Joe's apps, and Anthro Christmas candles, an especially good time was had by all....

Now it's YOUR turn to vote!  Gather round with your loved ones; polls are open until Thursday, 12/26 at Noon EST.  SHARE with your friends and family, and thanks for voting :)  

Each person should vote for their TOP THREE COOKIES (check three boxes) in a single vote


Vote ONCE for your TOP THREE cookies!

Bogas in a Bake Off
Heart of Santa Fe
Fight Finished
Yoda Baby This Is
Grande of Thrones
Where's Greta?
Be Best -Melania
Notre Daaaaame that Cookie is on Fire!
Peloton will Save You
Pollock MMXX
Love that Chicken at Popeyes
Rudy Colludy
I Swear I Crew USC #collegescandal

Psychedelic Piña by Mia
Vote ONCE for your TOP THREE cookies!