Cookies...!
A couple of years ago, Jon and I saw an episode of Throwdown with Bobby Flay and it was all about who could make the better Chocolate Chip Cookies – Bobby Flay or Levain Bakery. Since then I’ve wanted to try the cookies at Levain Bakery! My friend Jen and I were recently discussing this over wine at Jadis a couple weeks back and we set a date for a cookie tasting (yum!)
Since they close pretty early and there isn’t a ton of seating Jen offered to pick up the cookies and bring them over to my place where we could really enjoy them over some red wine and a good chat. I asked her to pick up one of each of the 4 varieties of cookies, so that we could determine which was our favorite.
Cookie Tasting
The cookie flavors were as follows: chocolate chip with nuts, oatmeal raisan, chocolate cookie with peanut butter chips and a chocolate chococlate chunk cookie. These cookies are BIG, it would be tough to eat a whole one. We took pieces from each cookie and enjoyed our sample. The thing that is amazing about Levain’s cookies is that they are crispy on the outside but so soft and chewy on the inside (almost like cookie dough). They were amazing. I would definitely say that my favorite was the chocolate chocolate chunk cookie and second would be the oatmeal raisin. I wish the chocolate chip didn’t have nuts in it, I have a feeling that if it didn’t that might be my favorite, but I prefer my chocolate chip cookies sans nuts.
If you are ever in NYC searching for a fun and yummy cookie experience I would certainly recommend Levain Bakery cookies. I’m looking forward to visiting the actual bakery one day!
Post in Comments:
What is your favorite type of cookies?
I LOOOOOOOVE Levain’s!!! Glad you were finally able to try them! I love the chocolate chip walnut one the best. I like that extra crunch in my cookies.
I bet the chocolate chocolate chip would be great on vanilla ice cream (because it’s so rich!) or….OATMEAL!!!
Levain’s is the best!!!! The cookies are huge. It’s like 4 cookies in one. So amazing. You are dead on with the description. Crispy on the outside and gooey, doughy on the inside. Mmmmm. Did you know the owners supposedly developed the recipe for marathon runners? That’s my kind of carbo-loading!
Another thing you gotta try from Levain’s is the brioche. They run out fast, but they are soooooo good.