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Chocolate Crinkle at New Seasons

Posted by on Jun 15, 2012 in Chocolate | 0 comments

New Seasons Market
Various Locations (this one purchased at Concordia store)
99¢

I have been inside this store anywhere between 4 and 10 times/week (really) since it first opened in my neighborhood – over 10 years ago. Which makes it somewhat shocking that the first time this cookie made its way into my mouth was about 2 months ago.

It just looked…uninviting, I guess. I’ve had a longtime love for  the triple chocolate at Grand Central – not to mention several other cookies that fall under this general umbrella of double/triple chocolateyness. So you’d think I would’ve been all over this one like white on rice.

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OMG Chocolate Chip at Alma

Posted by on Mar 17, 2011 in Chocolate Chip | 0 comments

Alma Chocolate
140 NE 28th Ave – Portland
$1.25

OMG Chocolate Chip Cookie:  This is what the bakery calls it. I didn’t just throw that in there ‘cuz I think it’s a slammin’ cookie (I do think it’s a slamming cookie, BTW). Or, because I like to use cute abbreviations for stuff, FYI.  Or because I buy them for my BFF’s, who love CCC’s, and live in PDX.

Like I was sayin’, this is a great chocolate chip cookie and I should have mentioned it sooner.  Portland Monthly Magazine, in fact, just gave it a nod in their recent cc cookie roundup – and although I am not on board with a few that they singled out, I could not agree more about this (kind of) hidden gem at Alma.

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Ultrathin and huge Chocolate Chunk at Auntie Em’s Kitchen

Posted by on Feb 18, 2011 in Chocolate Chip | 2 comments

Auntie Em’s Kitchen
4616 Eagle Rock Blvd  – L.A. (Eagle Rock)
$2

It has been said that if you put 10 Jews in a room, you’ll hear 11 different opinions.

I might say the same is true for chocolate chip cookie eaters. In other words, it is a highly divisive topic. Some favor thin and crisp, some swear by thick and doughy. Or thin and chewy. Or thick and biscuity. Some dig walnuts or pecans, others say “hell no” to the nuts. Some ccc bakers misguidedly think they’re doing us a great favor by including butterscotch – or possibly worse – white chocolate chips. Ugh and double ugh. The possibilities are endless – more so than with perhaps any other cookie.

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