What a wonderful year for the Boga Bake-Off! First, we received a record-breaking number of votes – 521!!! Thanks for your participation, enthusiasm, and social shares – this really is an amazing source of entertainment for us each and ever year ☺
Second, I WON!!! I finally won!!! For the first time since 2010, I took home the first place prize with “Netflix and Chill” which captured 104 votes (the first cookie to ever break 100 votes). While I am ecstatic, I also have a confession…
I only found out what you kids REALLY meant last night, when Elizabeth Costa sent our group of girlfriends a video of her mom, Karen, explaining what SHE thought it meant: “It’s a booty call when they’re too lazy to take you out. They come over to your house and watch a Netflick (yes, she said Netflick), and then you get a booty call”. Silly Karen, I thought. So I showed Tim who confirmed she was basically right. Wait, what? It’s not literally Netflix and Chillin?!
So why make the cookie if I had no earthly idea what it was, you ask? As is standard practice, the Bogas will source cookie ideas from friends and family leading up to the Boga Bake-Off. And when this same Elizabeth Costa suggested “Netflix and Chill”, I thought oh cute, I can totally draw Tim and I on the couch peacefully enjoying an episode of Orange is the New Black. #marriedtoolong
So yes, I feel old, BUT the cookie still reigned supreme as it appealed to the masses and regularly led by a margin of 20 votes the entire competition. BOOM!
In second place, we have Robin’s “Love Wins” with 82 votes, which was the contest favorite coming out of our decorating session. It was well executed, it was beautiful, it was poignant. But apparently everyone preferred a cookie that alluded to hooking up more than a historic moment. While second place is nothing to sneeze at, Robin had higher hopes to win a third year in a row to cement her dynasty.
The real race was for third place, with “Santa’s Sunday Funday” (Jamie) and “Trump the #Schlong” (Nancy) jockeying for position the entire duration of voting. And in the final hours, “Go Fish” (Jamie) shot up to compete with them as well. Nancy was dying. This was her shot to place in the top three! But in the end, “Santa’s Sunday Funday” won third place by TWO votes with 54 votes, with both “Trump the #Schlong” and “Go Fish” getting 52 votes each. What a finish!!!
A few other honorable mentions and notes:
- “Santa’s Sunday Funday” references the popular Swan float that was all the rage with celebs this past summer. Apparently this was obscure ;)
- The “Bogas in a-“ franchise placed in a respectable 6th place this year, getting the highest number of votes in recent years with 47. For the first time in history, two non-Bogas (Tim and Patrick) made an appearance on the cookie.
- “Make Love not Wall” was a valiant attempt at a 3D cookie by Robin. We also have to give Patrick credit for the idea, but he was unable to make it to build it himself.
- Tim’s cookie submission, “You Like That?”, stunned us with 21 votes. You people will vote for anything with a Redskins reference ;)
Here are the complete rankings:
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| 1. Netflix and Chill (JAMIE) – 104 votes |
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| 2. Love Wins (ROBIN) – 82 votes |
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| 3. Santa's Sunday Funday (JAMIE) – 54 votes |
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| T-5: Go Fish (JAMIE) – 52 votes |
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| T-5: Trump the #Schlong (NANCY) – 52 votes |
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| 6. Bogas at Bobbie's Wedding (NANCY) – 47 votes |
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| 7. R.I.P. Cecil (ROBIN) – 44 votes |
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| 8. Make Love not Wall (ROBIN) – 37 votes |
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| 9. You Like That? (TIM) – 21 votes |
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| 10. Christmas Octopus (JAMIE) – 13 votes |
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| 11. The Force Awakens Santa (ROBIN) – 12 votes |
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| 12. Think Snow (NANCY) – 3 votes |
Happy holidays and see you next year!
Love,
The Bogas
