(NEXSTAR) — Chips Ahoy!, best known for its cookies, is rolling out a new ... Blondies, unlike brownies that rely on cocoa powder and chocolate to flavor the batter, use brown sugar and vanilla.

The food giant is bringing the $1 billion-plus treat deeper into other snacking categories such as cakes and pastries.

The price of cocoa, the main ingredient in chocolate, has quadrupled in that time. Though Chips Ahoy! doesn’t have its own site or direct-to-consumer business (unlike the other well-known Mondelez ...

[1] Every kid, large or small, has a preferred lunchbox treat. For some of us, there is a good chance it was Chips Ahoy! cookies. The cookies were first launched in 1963. They have been a ...