Bouchon Bakery: TKO

Cookie Profile

Flavor: TKO

Ingredients: White chocolate, butter, heavy cream, flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, salt, sugar

Price: $3.50

Calories: 200-300 Calories

Three-word Review: All-grown-up Oreo

Score: 9.5

About: Bouchon Bakery

Bouchon Bakery is the product of famed chef Thomas Keller, an 11-time James Beard award winner and chef of two three-Michelin-Star-rated restaurants. Keller is the master of American and French classics. He, like other chefs, have revitalized classics from his youth to a more modern and grown-up version. Keller, whose restaurants Per se and The French Laundry are focused on fine dining and speak only to a fraction of the population, opened Bouchon Bakery because he feels pastries and breads are universal and should be shared by the masses. Learning the craft of bread and pastry making in France, Keller has brought the techniques to America in an incredibly tasty and satisfying way. The Michelin-starred Bouchon Bakery offers both savory and sweet options, but – for our sake – we want the sweet. Everything from adult Oreos and Nutter Butters to quite possibly the best Sticky Bun this world has ever tasted. Bouchon Bakery is one of the best bakeries in New York City. Unfortunately, Bouchon Bakery closed their doors in NYC during the Covid pandemic and has yet to re-open. They do, however, still have a location in California and Las Vegas.

Chef's Note

Bouchon Bakery, like most, uses unsalted European-style butter. The higher butterfat content gives the recipes a much better flavor. They also use Valrhona and Guittard as their chocolates of choice. For the Chocolate Chunk and Chip Cookie they use Valrhona Guanaja 70% or Guittard 72% chocolate. They also use Kosher salt.

Experience

Our experiences at Bouchon have all been positive. Because of the many locations you get your run-of-the-mill service. It’s pleasant, employees are polite but there isn’t much of a neighborhood vibe or anything that sets it apart. The bakery is always very clean with a lot of staff to handle higher volumes of people. Food selection is great. We love Bouchon bakery and we think you will too.

Review

Appearance

The TKO (Thomas Keller Oreo) has a rich, dark black color like your classic Oreo. The cookies are smooth with round, wavy edges. They sandwich a sizable amount of cream that has been piped around the cookie.

Touch

The TKO is smooth with a little bit of weight to it. The chocolate shortbread cookie feels perfectly baked and ready to be devoured. The cream in the center is thick with a little bit of fluff.

Smell

The cookie smells of chocolate and shortbread. The cream is sweet and together they give off a wonderful scent of an Oreo that has come to age.

Taste

When you bite into the TKO you skink your teeth into a surprisingly softer cookie than expected. The chocolate shortbread flavor travels across your tongue and shoots to the back of your mouth with much enjoyment. The cream of the TKO is simply perfection. It’s great with or without the cookie. The combination of the two, however, make this cookie the greatest Oreo we’ve ever had.

If you’re interested in making your own TKO, check out Bouchon Bakery’s amazing cookbook or click over to our recipes and see how we did. Spoiler alert: we loved our homemade version.

What to Tell Your Friends

The Oreo that we grew up on will never be the same. Bouchon’s TKO takes the cake and everything else with this amazing rendition of the classic cookie.