World's Biggest Glass of Milk to Accompany World's Biggest Cookie

May 09, 2003
Flat Rock, NC

Immaculate Baking Company, which previously announced plans to bake the world's biggest cookie later this month, has announced that the world's biggest glass of milk will be on hand to wash down the big cookie. The biggest glass of milk will hold 4,000 gallons, appropriately sized for a 100-foot, 40,000-pound chocolate-chip cookie.

The all-natural chocolate-chip cookie will be baked on Saturday May 17, 2003, in Hendersonville, North Carolina, at the future site of the Folk Art Museum next to Immaculate Baking Company's cookie factory. The event will benefit the Folk Artist's Foundation (FAF), and proceeds will go towards the FAF Museum's construction.

"This event has become a national tribute to folk art and folk artists," says Scott Blackwell, Immaculate Baking Co.'s president and CEO. "It's been amazing to see just how many companies have donated to support these folk artists – from 6,000 pounds of chocolate to 5,000 pounds of butter, and even 400 gallons of milk from Colorado. Let's just hope nobody falls in while dunking!"

To avoid unnecessary waste, the world's biggest glass of milk will use 4,000 gallons of milk created from powdered milk formula. Horizon Organic Dairy's donation of 400 gallons of fresh milk will go to individuals participating in the event and enjoying pieces of the World's Biggest Cookie.
           
About the World's Biggest Cookie:

• Size: 100 feet in diameter = basketball court; 1/3 football field; a UFO; the length of a blue whale or brachiosaurus; length of a Boeing 737; width of Radio City Music Hall stage
• Weight: 40,000 pounds =  one F-15B aircraft; four elephants; seven full-sized pickup trucks; one 40,000-pound bag of feathers; three tyrannosaurus rex dinosaurs
• All-natural ingredients donated by suppliers in the US and abroad:
• 6,000 pounds of semi-sweet chocolate chunks (over 13,000,000 chips)
• 12,200 pounds of unbleached flour
• 6,525 pounds of unsalted butter
• 5,000 pounds of granulated sugar
• 3,370 pounds of dark brown sugar
• 184 pounds of salt
• 79 pounds of baking soda
• 30,000 whole eggs
• 10 gallons of pure vanilla
• Consistency: Initially soft and moist
• Taste: Yum!
• An amazing oven: The world's biggest cookie will be baked in a structureless oven, utilizing convective heat to bake the cookie in approximately five to six hours. This one-of-a-kind, 7,850 square foot oven is being designed specially for the big cookie. If you want to know more about it, let us know!
• An excellent cause: The cookie will be cut and sold, and 100% of the proceeds will be donated to the Museum Fund for the Folk Artist's Foundation.

About the Folk Artist's Foundation:
The Folk Artist's Foundation provides encouragement, support (financial and other) and exposure for artists working in the folk-art tradition. Folk-art is generally defined as art created by artists who lack formal training. The foundation's efforts are based on the recognition of – and profound respect for – the inherent talent and determination of the self-taught artist, as well as appreciation for the heartfelt beauty, simplicity and integrity of this magnificent art form. The Folk Artist's Museum will be built next to Immaculate Baking Company's cookie factory in Hendersonville, NC. The initial collection will include works by R. A. Miller, Mose Tolliver, and Leonard Jones.

About Immaculate Baking Company

Since starting in 1995 with two original cookie flavors, Immaculate Baking Company has rapidly expanded to produce not only its award-winning, unique cookies, but also the Mojo (chocolate-covered, bite-sized pieces of handmade biscotti), various gift sets and handmade biscotti. For more information about Immaculate Baking Company, please visit www.immaculatebaking.com.

About Horizon Organic

Horizon Organic produces and markets the leading brand of certified organic foods in the United States and the leading brand of certified organic milk in both the United States and the United Kingdom. In the US, its products include organic milk, a full-line of organic dairy products, organic eggs and organic juices. In the UK, the Company markets organic yogurt, milk and butter under the Rachel's Organic brand. The Company's products can be found in both conventional grocery and natural foods stores across the U.S. and in the U.K. For more information about Horizon Organic, please visit www.horizonorganic.com.