Homeschooling during the pandemic: Chocolate chips have become the new toilet paper

Homeschooling during the pandemic: Chocolate chips have become the new toilet paper
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Roxanne Cooper
April 10, 2020Culture

Note: Ellen Wilkowe plans to give us updates on school life at home as the coronavirus pandemic continues to shutter schools.By Ellen WilkoweIn an effort to keep my fourth-grader adequately entertained during house arrest, I headed to the baking aisle and did a double-take. The chocolate chips shelf, even the Walmart brand, were cleaned out, except for a few scant bags of white chocolate chips.So, I grabbed one and let my daughter, Cora, go to work. She microwaved the chips, sprinkled in crushed Girl Scout cookies, poured the concoction into a chocolate bar mold and stashed it in the freezer.A...

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