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Going on Vacation + No Pictures Won’t Stop A Giveaway!

May 28 by Anita 85 Comments

The giveaway is now closed. Thanks for visiting!

Growing pains that come from moving and expanding your blog…unavoidable, and a neverending challenge. I currently am having some issues with getting images to appear correctly on this site, which sorts of renders a food blog a little pointless, no? While I’m sure (hopeful?) the answer is just a couple code lines away, I am also leaving on a two week vacation today…to the Mediterranean and far, far, away from the Internet. So I’m afraid no new photos will arrive until U return.

So sorry, dear readers! I meant to leave you with a few interesting posts to tide you over, but it looks like I’ve been stymied by technological roadblocks.

As consolation, click over to the online version of Edible East Bay, where my review of Alice Medrich’s new cookie book Chewy Gooey Crispy Crunchy
has been published. I’ve met Alice a few times and she is a truly meticulous and inspired baker. Her cookbooks remain among my favorites n my bookshelf.

I’m also giving a copy of this book away to one lucky reader – just leave a comment describing your favorite texture of cookie. Do you like your chocolate chip cookies thick and chewy? Your brownies cakey? Your macarons just this side of chewy? Give me some adjectives!

I’ll let this run until I return on June 12, at which point hopefully all will have been restored to rightness here and I can post the winner, as well as some tidbits from my interview with Alice, and a recipe from her book.

Thanks for your patience, all! Have a great Memorial Day weekend. Now, I have a plane to catch!

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Comments

  1. 1

    Ginny says

    May 28 at 2:59 pm

    I like something chewy, but with a little crunch. Like a thick oatmeal cookie….so good!

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    Laura says

    May 28 at 3:37 pm

    I love cookies with a crunch, but crumbly like a sablee. Macarons have to be a little soft inside.

    Have a great time!

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    sydney85 says

    May 28 at 3:49 pm

    I love soft, thick gooey chocolate chip cookies as well as melt in the mouth soft macarons. I am also very fond of fruity financiers which have the browny butter taste with a bursting taste of blueberries, raspberries or cherries.

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  4. 4

    Magpie says

    May 28 at 5:55 pm

    I currently (as of 5 mins) love cookies that break with a snap and crackle in your mouth like brandy snaps!

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  5. 5

    AnnaLyon says

    May 28 at 5:59 pm

    Brownies must be dense and fudgy, not too sweet. As for cookies, the best are crunchy on the outside, and really soft inside, with gooey chocolate… hmmm!

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  6. 6

    Jennifer says

    May 28 at 6:01 pm

    I love a good mixture of chew and crunch. Like a birds nest or ‘jammy dodger’ type of cookie. the sweet chew of a fruit filling and the crumbly crunch of a shortbread type. Linzers with the same tender crunch and subtle chew are delicious too!

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  7. 7

    Jason says

    May 28 at 6:02 pm

    Chewy in the middle and crisp on the outside. Best if they’re still warm.

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  8. 8

    Vivian Mac says

    May 28 at 6:22 pm

    I like my cookies slightly crunchy. Macarons with a soft, moist center is a must for me. 🙂

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  9. 9

    Tiff says

    May 28 at 6:55 pm

    I love chewy, soft cookies that break apart easily. They’re just so delicious, and practically melt in your mouth!

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  10. 10

    Yael says

    May 28 at 8:01 pm

    I love all cookies, no matter what the texture! But in particular, I love a sanppy, crunchy cookie like a spicy gingersnap!

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  11. 11

    Rasmus says

    May 28 at 8:16 pm

    I usually make my cookies quite thick, so that they become crispy on the outside and a bit softer inside.

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    Jodie says

    May 28 at 8:23 pm

    thick and chewy- for everything! Cookies, brownies… can’t wait to check out this new book!

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  13. 13

    Julz says

    May 28 at 9:03 pm

    The cookies I love are thick that have a crisp crust on the outside that then give way to soft, chewy deliciousness on the inside. MMmm..!

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  14. 14

    Amy says

    May 28 at 9:19 pm

    I love my cookies in medium thickness with a great crunch on the outside and a little bit chewy on the inside. I love it when it’s still a little bit warm after in came out of the oven…but cool enough to handle. Can’t beat that still melting chocolate chips inside the cookies….

    Thanks for this wonderful giveaway and have a wonderful trip!

    amy [at] utry [dot] it

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    Skippy says

    May 28 at 10:52 pm

    I love Alice Medrich’s work! Her cocoa brownies are my favorite.

    I have to have contrasting textures in anything I bake, including cookies. If the main part of the cookie is pillowy soft, then I want some crunch or something with a little bit of bite mixed in. A crisp, short cookie calls for a soft filling. I am not one for smooth sailing all the way with one type of texture.

    I hope you have a great vacation–

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  16. 16

    Libbi says

    May 28 at 10:53 pm

    i love my cookies crispy on the outside but thick, soft and gooey on the inside. so yummy. a cookie that just breaks into pieces isn’t for me.

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    kat says

    May 28 at 11:50 pm

    enjoy!!

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    NancyB says

    May 29 at 12:56 am

    Depends on the type of cookie, and it’s so hard to choose: fudgy brownies, crispy-chewie chocolate chip….but I’ll go with crisp but melt in your mouth shortbread.

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    erin says

    May 29 at 1:35 am

    crisp on the outside, tender crumb in the middle, with the right amount of gooey-ness!

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  20. 20

    Louise says

    May 29 at 1:59 am

    I love my cookies thick and chewy and their has to be a slight give when you bite into them, like a hard outer shell giving way to the chewiness. But, the best part is when they are warm with melty chocolate chips.

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  21. 21

    Carol says

    May 29 at 2:13 am

    Thick and chewy!! I can’t stand crunchy cookies!

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  22. 22

    sarahe says

    May 29 at 2:51 am

    I love a thick & chewy cookie, especially with nuts

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  23. 23

    Maribel says

    May 29 at 5:19 am

    Chocolate Chip is my favorite. I like it chunky & crispy on the outside and chewy on the inside!

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  24. 24

    mira says

    May 29 at 9:32 am

    chewy cookies, fudgy brownies!

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  25. 25

    Sticky Penguin says

    May 29 at 10:38 am

    Such a fabulous giveaway – the title of that book is just mouthwatering! I like my blondies (and brownies) fudgy… which has, so fat, led to 6 batches in 4 days in an effort to find the perfect proportions when the chocolate is taken out. A hard life, surplus baked goods! Happy holiday, too…

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  26. 26

    Gloria says

    May 29 at 1:23 pm

    I love chocolate chip and oatmeal cookies thick and chewy. I prefer my shortbread with a delicate crumbly-ness and gingerbread cookies thin and crispy!

    Enjoy your lovely vacation and may you return to all things working well!

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  27. 27

    Natalie S. says

    May 29 at 2:41 pm

    My favorite texture is crunchy on the outside but gooey and melty on the inside.

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  28. 28

    kayduh says

    May 29 at 5:00 pm

    I like my cookies chewy!

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  29. 29

    Jessica says

    May 29 at 5:50 pm

    I like cookies that are soft and chewy on the inside and crunchy around the edges.

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  30. 30

    Pat R says

    May 29 at 6:37 pm

    I love a chewy center and a crispy outside…..any kind.

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  31. 31

    Chaitra says

    May 29 at 7:36 pm

    Soft baked and chewy cookies… Fudge style Brownies and yes soft macaroons with crips outer shell.

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  32. 32

    Deanna says

    May 29 at 9:12 pm

    Gooey in the middle and crunchy on the edges!

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  33. 33

    Rebecca says

    May 29 at 9:36 pm

    I love chewy cookies. They must be slightly crisp and crunchy around the edges, but the interior should be nice and chewy. Yum!

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  34. 34

    Mary says

    May 29 at 10:02 pm

    I like chewy but as I get older I may start to say soft

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  35. 35

    Rose says

    May 30 at 6:30 am

    My favorite texture for cookies depends entirely on the cookie I’m eating. For sugar cookies and biscotti, I prefer crispy, crunchy. Chocolate cookies should be chewy and gooey (preferably with peanut butter chips oozing out). When it comes to chocolate chip cookies though, I’m an equal opportunity eater. I’ll eat them whether they’re thick and chewy or thin and crispy.

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  36. 36

    Bogdan says

    May 30 at 7:17 am

    Chewy, moist, a bit wed in the middle and a bit of crunchiness on the side. Just my thing!

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  37. 37

    irene says

    May 30 at 10:56 am

    oh, i love my fruit cakes silky 🙂

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  38. 38

    Doris says

    May 30 at 4:49 pm

    I like the Tollhouse chocolate chip cookies. A woman at church makes these fabulous oatmeal cookies – crunchy, nutty – the bomb!

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  39. 39

    Cheryl says

    May 30 at 5:46 pm

    For brownies, dense and fudge-y with a cream cheese swirl, the kind that will leave chocolate in between all your teeth and make you feel like you need to floss! But so worth it.

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  40. 40

    Ginny says

    May 30 at 7:34 pm

    Definitely soft and gooey! have a great vacation!

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  41. 41

    Yuri says

    May 30 at 11:27 pm

    I like my cookies thick, chunky, chewy, YUM! Have fun on your vacation 🙂

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  42. 42

    Jessica "Su Good Sweets" says

    May 31 at 2:16 am

    Chewy all around! No crispy–might as well be a cracker and same me some calories. PS-I love Alice too.

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  43. 43

    Amy P. says

    May 31 at 1:19 pm

    I love chewy edges with gooey centers. Yum!

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  44. 44

    Alice Zou says

    May 31 at 3:22 pm

    Cookies should be really thick and sugary, so they become slightly crispy on the outside and really chewy in the middle.

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  45. 45

    Georgiana says

    May 31 at 3:57 pm

    My cookie needs to be chewy and gooey. Add some nuts and we have a winner.

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  46. 46

    Allison C says

    May 31 at 4:57 pm

    I like my chocolate chip cookies chewy with a slight crust and definitely on the thinner side. I like my sugar cut-out cookies on the crispier side with lots of sprinkles like my grandmother made for me.

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  47. 47

    nessa says

    Jun 1 at 2:25 am

    i love my cookies soft and crumbly! mhhmmmm

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  48. 48

    grace says

    Jun 1 at 7:30 am

    soft and gooey and oh-so-chewy. 🙂

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  49. 49

    Linda B. says

    Jun 1 at 2:28 pm

    chewy middle with a crispy edge!

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  50. 50

    sindy says

    Jun 1 at 4:55 pm

    i luv my cookies, especially chocolate chip, slightly underbaked, so there is a nice soft chewy inside..

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  51. 51

    Christina says

    Jun 1 at 5:43 pm

    I definitely like cookies on the chewy side.

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  52. 52

    Kelly says

    Jun 1 at 6:52 pm

    Soft and chewy on the inside, with a little bite on the outside.

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  53. 53

    Sarah M. says

    Jun 1 at 11:48 pm

    I like a chewy cookie 🙂 Great giveaway!!

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  54. 54

    Nastassia (LetMeEatCake) says

    Jun 1 at 11:58 pm

    texture depends on the cookie-
    oatmeal: soft with crunchy edges
    choc chip: super buttery and crispy
    snickerdoodle: goey and soft

    oh man now I want some cookies!

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  55. 55

    betty says

    Jun 2 at 6:54 am

    Choclate chip cookies…slgihtly crisp as well on the surface with a moist, chewy interior….just a tad underbaked. Brownies…dense but moist.

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  56. 56

    Cinthia says

    Jun 2 at 5:59 pm

    I love my chocolate cookies chewy on the inside, like melting in my mouth….Yummm!!

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  57. 57

    Rivka says

    Jun 2 at 8:34 pm

    Chewy center, crunchy crust. Levain bakery cookies are my all-time fave!

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    Michelle Schreier says

    Jun 3 at 4:55 am

    I like very crunch chocolate chip cookies that you can actually hear the crunch when you are chewing them. Of course they have to have the very best chocolate chips in them melted to perfection! I like macaroons that are crispy and dry on the outside and moist and tender on the inside (and dipping them in dark chocolate doesn’t hurt either). I love crispy macarons with light and fluffy italian meringue filling – crispy and marshmallowy 🙂

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    ikkinlala says

    Jun 3 at 3:00 pm

    I’m not sure if Canadians may enter, but just in case: for me it depends on the type of cookie. Some kinds are best when they’re crunchy on the edges and chewy but not cakey in the middle. Other kinds are best if they’re crisp all the way through, and a few should be sandy or buttery. Brownies are good in the chewy or fudgy varieties, but I’m not a fan of the cakey type.

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    martina says

    Jun 3 at 3:37 pm

    I’ve just recently met a new addiction: chewiness on cookies. I’m Italian and we have crunchy biscotti over there, but then I moved to Ireland and I met my soul mate chewiness… enjoy the Mediterranean
    Martina

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    Sharlene says

    Jun 3 at 6:29 pm

    I love my cookies thin and crispy on the outside while chewy on the inside. It’s rare to find but I love it!

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  62. 62

    Anna says

    Jun 3 at 7:20 pm

    Dense and chewy ginger snaps!

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    janet hines says

    Jun 3 at 7:41 pm

    To pick just one – a travesty – but CHEWY

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    Squee says

    Jun 3 at 10:45 pm

    I like the outside with the sugar caramelized and crispy, but the inside depends on the cookie. I tend to put an excessive amount of things in my cookies. If I am adding chocolate chips, then there will be many types of chocolate

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    jade says

    Jun 4 at 1:40 am

    thick cookies with a crisp shell and a surprise of chewy inside. i’d take a good, no-frills cookie over a macaron any day.

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    Tiffany says

    Jun 4 at 6:02 pm

    I hope you enjoy your vacation. 🙂 A Mediterranean escape sounds just lovely.

    My absolute favorite cookie is a crisp and dense double chocolate block of pure bliss, but oddly enough, I generally prefer thick, soft, only slightly chewy cookies.

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    Sandy Munn says

    Jun 5 at 7:33 pm

    I love almost any and all cookies – especially (of course) home made! I suppose my favorite texture would be a soft and slightly chewy version. I really am not picky about the kind (as I really seem to like them all.) My newest interest seems to be the Macaron. Although I certainly have not perfected them – I am working on it. Thank you so much for this opportunity to win a wonderful book, it is especially nice for those of us who cannot afford to buy them. We can take these wonderful opportunities to hopefully win. Thank you again!

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    Jaz says

    Jun 5 at 7:49 pm

    Looking forwards to your return; I’m deprived of my weekly Dessert First fixes!

    Mmm, almost every type of cookie makes my tongue happy. If I had to wrestle the cookie monster for one, though, I’d have to go for something with a slightly crunchy exterior with a pillow-soft interior. Then for the brownies, a crackly crust and a fudgy filling, studded with melting dark chocolate bits. Ooh, I think I just induced a craving!

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    Jenny says

    Jun 6 at 3:54 am

    I love a good cripsy outside with a soft inside. And some fun crunchy goodies to surprise me 🙂

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    Casey says

    Jun 6 at 2:34 pm

    I know that chocolate chip cookies are the most common of all cookies! but what can i say?:) if it’s good, it’s good! nothing beats a warm chocolate chip cookie for me!:) just before it completely cools down, the scrumptious ooey gooey-ness of the chocolate and the crisp edges yet chewy and moist center!:)

    Reply
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    Avanika (Yumsilicious Bakes) says

    Jun 6 at 6:23 pm

    Chewy all the way!

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    Vicky says

    Jun 6 at 6:36 pm

    I love chewy cookies… with a slight crunch on the exterior. LOVE me some macarons! 🙂

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  73. 73

    Hidi says

    Jun 6 at 9:33 pm

    For choco chip cookies, I love them not too thin and not too thick, but just right with a crisp exterior and a soft, chewy interior that is still slightly warm where gooey chocolate bursts into your mouth. I feel this is just the best of everything and oh so comforting with a nice glass of cold milk.

    Reply
  74. 74

    Connie the Cookie Monster says

    Jun 7 at 1:10 am

    if we’re talking cookies, i like em BIG and CHUNKY just like the song ! Chewy exterior, and crisp edges too!

    Reply
  75. 75

    Esme says

    Jun 9 at 4:22 am

    Chocolate chip cookies-for me always chewey and gooey-I love them warm from the oven where the chips can be pulled apart. I must say I do not enjoy them as much once they are cold and hard.

    Reply
  76. 76

    Valerie says

    Jun 9 at 2:13 pm

    I love a good, chewy cookie!

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  77. 77

    Leens says

    Jun 9 at 9:38 pm

    CHEWY … with lots of yummy crunchy fixins inside of course!

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    Brandy says

    Jun 10 at 3:25 pm

    I just found your blog, I love it. Anyways, I love cookies that crisp when you bite into them and then chewy and soft in the outside. But honestly I’ve meet very few cookie that I didn’t love!

    Reply
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    Katie says

    Jun 10 at 7:32 pm

    I love a thick, cake-like cookies with tons of chocolate. Even better if the edges are a little crunchy. Ok, now I have to make cookies. 🙂

    Reply
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    Jen V. says

    Jun 11 at 1:12 am

    I like my oatmeal chocolate chip cookies buttery and crisp. Perfect for dipping in a glass of milk!

    Reply
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    Pat S says

    Jun 11 at 3:36 am

    I love anything Alice puts her hand to, and had the pleasure of taking a class with her many years ago in Berkeley at Sur La Table. Her brown butter brownies are to die for.

    As for cookie texture, what I love is the ones made with egg whites, giving that chewy texture. Check out the Flourless Butterless Dark Chocolate Cookies by Francois Payard. There is nothing better.

    Reply
  82. 82

    LimeCake says

    Jun 11 at 4:26 am

    Mmm I love me a good, warm, super thick and chunky peanut butter chocolate chip cookie!

    Reply
  83. 83

    Jessica F says

    Jun 11 at 5:01 pm

    I love love love a crunchy on the outside but chewy soft on the inside coconut macaroons!! yum~!

    Reply
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    Jennifer says

    Jun 12 at 5:59 pm

    Oooh! Hopefully it’s not too late to describe my fav. dessert texture. I just discovered this site and I love it!! 🙂 I tend to gravitate toward any delectable type of goodness that is creamy, fluffy, soft, sugary, chewy and pretty. From jimmy sprinkles to fresh out-of-the-oven sugar cookies, they are best delicate. <3

    Reply
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    Jessica says

    Jun 14 at 11:24 pm

    I like chewy cookies and fudgey brownies. Yum! Now I’m craving both. Love your blog!

    I’m new at this but check out mine if you’d like:
    http://closetfatchick.blogspot.com/

    Reply

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