Do you know that there’s a distinction between a Black and White Cookie and a Half Moon Cookie? I didn’t, and I fell down a deep google gap so that you don’t must.
So to begin, neither the Black and White nor the Half Moon are technically cookies in any respect—they’re drop desserts. Because the New York Instances defined within the ‘90s, “the batter resembles the batter for a cupcake, with somewhat additional flour in order that the dough doesn’t run far and wide when it’s dropped, dollop by dollop, on the baking sheet.”
Dealer Joe’s calls their cookie a “half-moon”—a cookie which, in case you consider Robert Sietsema at Eater, originated in Utica, New York within the early twentieth century. The Half Moon Cookie had a cookie-shaped base manufactured from chocolate cake with a fluffy layer of frosting on prime—half chocolate, half vanilla—however with a thicker layer of chocolate frosting. (A vanilla-cake base is a typical variation, however not the unique.)
However, the Black and White Cookie is the New York Metropolis basic: fine-textured vanilla cake, half coated in vanilla fondant, half coated in fudgy chocolate fondant. Typically it’s flavored with only a contact of lemon (my private favourite.)
Now that we’re all on the identical web page, let’s get to right this moment’s cookie. Dealer Joe’s Half Moon Cookie is, for my part, not a half moon cookie in any respect. As an alternative, it’s among the many greatest black-and-white cookies I’ve had since I left New York. The bottom is comfortable however not soggy, the icing is crisp, there’s a lightweight trace of lemon. It’s a transportive little deal with in a plastic clam shell.
The one factor that feels somewhat…incorrect, is that you may’t purchase them one by one, wrapped in somewhat sheet of wax paper. However even nonetheless, I really like TJs for bringing me a cookie that tastes juuuust sufficient like my good friend’s Jewish grandmother is telling me I look too skinny.
We’re counting right down to 2025 by sharing a few of our favourite cookies on Slog on daily basis in December! As a result of life is tough, and sugar helps. Will issues get bizarre? Possibly! There might have been a small hearth throughout the first picture shoot! However hopefully, you may additionally uncover some new favourite treats to take pleasure in this season. Observe our every day suggestions right here! 🍪
