I’ve never
been much of a chip eater. I’ll eat it at parties or if my friends and I order
nachos at a restaurant, but I rarely buy a bag of chips because they’re too
addictive. I cannot allow myself to eat just a few and it's worst if there are 5
flavors, I’ll want to try them all. My fingers uncontrollably reach for the
chip bowl bringing pristine crisps to my lips, their crackly sensation is like
crack to me, absolutely irresistible, not to mention how their salty, sweet,
spicy coating blows up all the dopamine neurotransmitter synapses from my
tongue to my brain telling me to EATMOREEATMORE!!
The struggle is real, I’m sure you can relate and that’s why I don’t buy chips
lest I go all Hulk-like on them.
And somehow
when it comes to cookies or chocolate, I can exercise some self-control. Nonetheless,
when Neal Brothers contacted me to offer samples of their latest flavours, I
could not decline.
So that’s how
I ended up combining one of my favourite foods (ie. Cookies) with chips. I
chose the popular Compost Cookies recipe from Cristina Tosi of Momofuku’s Milk
Bar and for the potato chips, used Neal Brothers's sweet and salty BBQ kettle
chips. When I threw the chips into the batter, I loved hearing them crunch and break
apart, a sign of good things to come. The cookies contain a combination of milk
chocolate, butterscotch chips, coffee grounds, rolled oats and chips, the idea
behind it is to use up leftover ingredients that’s been hanging out in your
pantry.
I’ve made cookies from Milk Bar before, and though I enjoyed those cookies, I like these Compost Cookies more. The sweet and salty flavours work well here and I love the idea of using up whatever you have in your kitchen, it makes them unique and memorable. Neal Brother’s kettle chips are a great compliment to these cookies, the chips are delicious on their own, they’re sweet, salty, and lip-smackingly good, and yet their flavors are not overpowering. And as a bonus, their thick texture doesn’t disintegrate into the batter so you still get hints of BBQ in each cookie.
I love that Neal Brothers's chips are all natural and organic. I've tried other chips from them and they're all bold in flavor yet not overwhelming. I will definitely buy other products from them, like their Srirachup Chips or Honey Mustard Pretzel Nibblers!
My dad was skeptical about the addition of chips in these cookies, but he was so pleasantly surprised at how they turned out he polished off two in immediate succession and managed to mumble “MMMHMHMHMHHHMMM!” So yeah, I guess they’re pretty good. Thanks to Neal Brothers for the chips!
