It’s official – we have a final matchup set in the First Ever Cheesecake Playoffs! In the second semifinal, it was a battle of peanut butter chocolate cheesecakes – #2 seed Adam’s Peanut Butter Cup Fudge Ripple and #3 seed Reese’s Peanut Butter Chocolate Cake Cheesecake. Now, in our original scoring, we rated the 30th

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Cinderella’s run is over!  In the first Final Four matchup , the clock struck midnight on Oreo® Cheesecake, ending its improbable run in the First Ever Cheesecake Playoffs.  The number #12 seed, making it as far as the semifinals, couldn’t overcome the delectable chocolateness of the top seeded 30th Anniversary Chocolate Cake Cheesecake. The Farris clan

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In the highly anticipated return of activity in the First Ever Cheesecake Playoffs, Pumpkin Cheesecake got squashed against #2 seed Adam’s Peanut Butter Cup Fudge Ripple, setting up a premier no-holds-barred peanut butter semifinal showdown. This past weekend, the Farris family renewed its effort to make cheesecake eating an actual sport, by finishing up the quarterfinal rounds, where #7

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So, we haven’t been posting for a while, but it’s NOT because we’re tired of the First Ever Cheesecake Playoffs. It turns out that we’re on vacation in NYC this week!  So, we’ll be back this weekend and ready to continue the contests – in the last quarterfinal matchup, #2 seed Adam’s Peanut Butter Cup

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In a unanimous 3-0 vote, #3 seed Reese’s Peanut Butter Chocolate Cake Cheesecake eliminated #6 seed Fresh Strawberry from the First Ever Cheesecake Playoffs. As I mentioned in my last post, we (and especially Monroe) had a FULL day!  It started at 9 AM with Monroe’s soccer game.  She played well, making some big kicks

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This week’s quarterfinal matchup of the First Ever Cheesecake Playoffs pits the upstart #3 seed Reese’s Peanut Butter Chocolate Cake Cheesecake against the classic (and yummy) #6 seeded Fresh Strawberry Cheesecake. The Reese’s Peanut Butter Chocolate Cake Cheesecake just came out this year – a newcomer to the stalwart cheesecake menu of the Cheesecake Factory. 

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The lowest seed Oreo® Cheesecake pulled off another upset last week by defeating the #4 seed Chocolate Mousse Cheesecake in the recent quarterfinal matchup of the First Ever Cheesecake Playoffs. Who’da thought that the #12 seed in the 12-seed playoffs would be one contest away from competing for the First Ever Cheesecake Championship?!  Well, all

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This weekend saw the first quarterfinal contest of the First Ever Cheesecake Playoffs with the #1 seed, 30th Anniversary Chocolate Cake Cheesecake, up against the #8 seed, Godiva® Chocolate Cheesecake. This was a pretty enjoyable contest, since both the 30th Anniversary Chocolate Cake Cheesecake and the Godiva® Chocolate Cheesecake were awesome!  Stephanie, who rated the

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So, in my last post, I mentioned that we have a dilemma this week in the First Ever Cheesecake Playoffs.  See, the Cheesecake Factory has a gazillion flavors of cheesecake, which they switch out every once in a while.  So, as we spent 2010 eating through the Cheesecake Factory cheesecake menu, it keeps changing… Which

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From our previous post, you know that we delayed our First Ever Cheesecake Playoff contest from last weekend to coincide with Monroe’s birthday.  Monroe turned 11 today, and what a way to celebrate with dinner at the Cheesecake Factory! This week’s matchup brought a classic, #6 seeded Fresh Strawberry Cheesecake, up against a snacker’s dream,

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