One fine morning, I woke up to a text message from a friend of mine saying she sent over some cookies. Of course, after reading the word "cookies", I shook the sleep off me and headed straight for the dining room and demanded asked where the goodies were.
They were on the table in a big brown paper bag with the note that said "For warm cookies: Heat in microwave for 5-8 seconds." I took out the cookies from the bag into a platter, snapped a few photos for posterity and hurriedly popped a couple cookies into the oven.
You see, the creator of these cookies is my friend Jillian Nuñez. For as long as I can remember, Jillian has always been a kitchen whiz who has been known to whip out heaven in various forms of baked sweet treats. This the reason why even before the ding of the microwave signaled that my cookies were ready, I was already drooling in anticipation.
Earlier during the week, Jill showed me a photo of a cookie that she wanted to try to make, for the heck of it. Being the glutton sugar addict that I am, I asked if I could write about it on BaconTunaMelt because I already knew that they were going to be legen -wait for it- dary.
And as expected, they were.
These cookies that I have dubbed "Jillian's Chocolate Chip Cookie Surprise" may look like your typical chocolate chip cookies to you (albeit larger) but they are anything but typical. As soon as you sink your teeth into the warm treat, you'd know it's more than your average cookie.
The surprise is in the form of an Oreo cookie hidden inside the chocolate chip cookie coating. It's a cookie inside a cookie! The chewy and moist chocolate chip cookie coating is a perfect front act to the also chewy and chocolatey Oreo cookie inside. It's a match made in sugar and chocolate heaven. Perfectly paired with a tall glass of milk and the blues.
