So this is me right now. I’m sitting at our dining table in our gorgeously open and light living room. The glass door is open. You can hear the sound of waves crashing softly in the background. Palm trees blowing in the wind. All I can see is a huge expanse of ocean. Well, that and our neighbors playing beer pong in their backyard.
Brb. I’ll show you.
To say the least, it can all get a little distracting 
.
I’m blaming my lack of ability to concentrate on living in such a gorgeous place. I have miles more free time now that it’s summer, but I find myself not being all that productive. Back when I was sleeping 3-5 hours a night for weeks at a time and living in the library, I had grand plans of spending all my free-time blogging, working on my freelance work, exploring new places in Santa Barbara, etc. Instead all I want to do is sit outside and watch the waves roll back and forth with a cup of coffee and a cookie (or 12).
Specifically these cookies.
You see, the deliciousness of a cookie directly correlates to the amount of goodies and add-ins you can stuff into it. It’s proven by a complex math derivative that involved copious amounts of physics, or something.
Here, let me try to explain it in this helpful diagram.
Ahhhhh yes… I see. Intriguing.
*twiddles mustache thoughtfully*.
If you carefully study the diagram, you can easily see the relationship to the piles of added cookies and cream chunks and white chocolate chips in these Chunky Cookies and Cream Cookies to their deliciousness. I mean, if the name has the word “cookies” in it twice, it must be twice as good, right?!
Like their name suggests, these babies are loaded fully loaded with yumminess and have a great chewy crust but soft middle. They’re fantastically sweet and go better with a cup of coffee than any other cookie I’ve ever had, and that, my friends, is saying something.
So grab yourself a mug of liquid energy, a cookie straight out of the oven, and an oceanside view like me and you’re ready to start your morning off right.
Life is good.
Cookie base adapted from The Kitchen Magpie
- 7 tbsp unsalted butter
- ½ cup sugar
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- 1 egg
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- 1¼ cups flour
- ½ tsp baking soda
- pinch of salt
- 1 cup roughly chopped Hershey's cookies and cream chocolate bar, separated
- ⅓ cup white chocolate chips, separated
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Cream together the butter and sugars in a mixer until fluffy (2-4 minutes).
- Add in the egg and vanilla extract, mixing to combine.
- Sift together the flour, baking soda, and salt. Add slowly to the wet mixture and mix till just combined.
- Gently stir in the half the chopped cookies and cream bar pieces and half of the white chocolate chips.
- Bake for 10-11 minutes. Don’t overbake! They will finish cooking outside of the oven. While still hot, push the rest of the cookies and cream pieces and white chocolate into the top of the cookies.
Christine is a self-proclaimed apple pie connoisseur with a small obsession with all things giraffes. She currently is 21 years old and a full-time biology student at UCSB and runs her own food blog and portrait/wedding photography biz. 
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I used to eat one of those cookies & creme bars every day for my morning snack in 5th grade.. no joke. Ahhh how times have changed! These still look delicious and I'm totally with you on just staring at the water. I'm all moved in now and all I want to do is sit down there!
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Oh, and I totally know what you mean about being way less productive the more time you have — happens to me all.the.time.
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I can’t even contain the drool slipping out of the corner of my mouth right now…. yikes, you probably didn’t need that visual did you?
I’m going to have naughty dreams of these beautiful cookies!!
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