Tuesday, November 5, 2013

{Top Five} The Best Chocolate Chip Cookies NYC & Brooklyn

If I ever had to decide one treat to eat for the rest of my life, it would hands down be the chocolate chip cookie.  What isn't to love - it is filled with chocolate goodness, loaded with butter and the texture, oh the texture, ranging from soft and chewy to crispy. I have been stumbling across fabulous bakeries here in New York for over seven years and I am always keeping my eyes peeled for new places to try.  Recently when I was savoring, okay devouring, a Levain chocolate chip cookie (if you don't know what cookie I am referring to, I urge you to board a plane to New York and head to West 74th Street now) I thought how amazing their recipe was but for reasons unique to Levain. Their cookies resemble a rich Southern biscuit and are served warm with a gooey and doughy center while the chocolate chips and walnuts create a melt-in-your mouth texture.  But then there is Ovenly, a stand-out bakery in Greenpoint, Brooklyn that boasts a bevy of baked goods including a vegan (you would never know, trust me) chocolate chip cookie that is flecked with the perfect amount of sea salt flecks and incorporates more dough than chips.  
I decided I would do a round-up of the best chocolate chip cookies that this city has to offer and ask my fiancé, John, to decide on his favorite. So on an unseasonably warm Saturday afternoon, I sat him down and he happily dug in.  Disclaimer: I have happily eaten all of these cookies before, so I warned him, he was in for a really nice treat.  Continue for more...
The Rankings (well, all finish first in my book)
3. Ovenly (he was shocked to find out it was vegan)

And tell me, is there a chocolate chip cookie out there that I must know about?
*All photographs by Alison 

16 comments:

  1. I think the first one seems like the kind I would love best!! I'm saving this for when the times comes! YUM!

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  2. Hi Alison! Chocolate chip cookies are my fav as well. I would be in NY to taste them all since each one looks delicious. You should bake yours own now!:) Kisses! xo

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  3. I love you for this, Alison! I'm OBSESSED with Levain cookies (the chocolate chocolate chip is my favorite), but I've never tried any from the rest of these places. I'm going to have to get on it!

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  4. I love you for this, Alison! I'm OBSESSED with Levain cookies (the chocolate chocolate chip is my favorite), but I've never tried any from the rest of these places. I'm going to have to get on it!

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  5. Oh YUM! I'll just take one of each please!

    xo, Yi-chia
    Always Maylee

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  6. This put an INSTANT smile on my face. Chocolate chip cookies are the fastest way to my heart!
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  7. I must make chocolate chip cookies TODAY. These choices look mouth watering! Your fiancé is so lucky to have you to encourage him to eat these yummy treats. I love how you talked about all the qualities in each cookie. Great post!!

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  8. What's better in this world then a chocolate chip cookie and a glass of milk! Great photos and taste test.

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  9. Oh man... next time I visit my fam in NYC, I will have to go to at least one (or all) of these places... only for research purposes :)

    xxx
    Lady à la Mode

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  10. Ahh I'm drooling!! YUM! Love this post. xo, Julie

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  11. OMG, they all look so delicious! I love cookies especially when they're a bit chewy ... and with chocolate chips!

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  12. i love this cookie recap... so craving allllllll of them!

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  13. I love this series! I should do a version for donuts in Chicago considering I've been here 6 months and attribute all my weight gain to them...so good!

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  14. Yummy !!! i have only tried from City Bakery …loved them and i am looking forward to try from the other bakeries :-)))))

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  15. loveeee this article on the Best Chocolate Chip Cookies!!! The supersized cookie at Jascques Torrres is a must, actually all the bakeries listed here truly have the best chocolate chip cookies !!! am a huge fan
    :-)))))

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  16. in love with this post on Chocolate Chip Cookies!!!!! huge fan :-))))))) u made my day !!

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