The Affair Is Over

I've never made cookies from scratch but it was cookie day in advanced chemistry for younger son and he and his lab partners chose white chocolate Macadamia nut cookies to make variations of. At home.

He did most of the work but until yesterday had no clue about how to crack an egg w/out it dripping goo everywhere.

The cookies were a big hit but truly, when are homemade cookies not? Each kid brought a 2 dozen or more cookies of different flavours from mocha chip to sugar to oatmeal raisin and then shared but, "What of the excess?", I asked.

In my son's case he brought his extra cookies to his English class where people "swarmed" around him and by luck, there was enough for all. I asked him if there was any point in terms of learning and he said no, it was just cookie day, though he did learn how to properly crack an egg. :)

On the topic of sweet stuff however, oldest son chose to give me my Mother's Day present early--a fancy- wrapped box of Godiva chocolates in a pretty gift bag, which though welcome, got snarfed pretty quickly. Glad the box was small-ish.

I don't know if it's just me but Godiva milk chocolate has a bit too much of a creamy, almost fatty, mouth feel. It's definitely not something I'd want too often. I'm more a Snickers type of chocolate eater. Never really got down with expensive candy <shrug>. I did use to love chocolate but it appears the affair is over.

Comments

[Cyn]

I don't know that I'd ever splurge like that for myself on chocolate but certainly since they can be ordered online I can keep them in mind for a giftie. Thanks for the heads up!

[Her Brother]

I agree with you about the Godiva mouthfeel--I just don't think that mass production allows for the intricacy that a box of chockies deserves. Before you altogether abandon chocolate, on your next drive into Chicago, zip up into Evanston. For Easter, I ordered chockies from Belgian Chocolatier Piron (http://www.belgchocpiron.com/), one of Evanston's best-kept secrets. He owns a teeny little shop in a neighborhood that yuppified around him. I can't imagine ever again buying chockies that aren't from this guy. Absolutely perfect, and totally worth the trip. You'll thank me, and you'll be grateful that you don't live in Evanston. If I didn't live in AZ, where it's now 94°, I'd order them for E's June BD as well.