Milk Bar: Cornflake Chocolate Chip Marshmallow Cookie

Cookie Profile

Flavor: Cornflake Chocolate Chip Marshmallow

Ingredients: Flour, sugar, butter, chocolate, brown sugar, eggs, marshmallows, Instant dry milk, dextrose, malted milk powder, salt, vanilla extract, baking powder, baking soda, cereal

Price: $3

Calories: 200-250 Calories

Three-word Review: Super Chewy Chip

Score: 6.8

About: Milk Bar

Milk Bar is the creation of baking wizard Christina Tosi. She, along with Momofuku owner David Chang, combined forces to create one of NYC’s most popular bakery in 2008. Milk Bar serves unique soft serve ice cream, milkshakes, milk quakes, cake truffles, cake, coffee, crack pie and much more. Their desserts are a favorite among locals and tourist alike. While their birthday cake is quite possibly the best thing on the menu, Tosi’s cookies are creative and fun. You’ll find such flavors as Compost, Confetti, Caramel Grapefruit Snap, Corn, Blueberry and Cream, Cornflake Marshmallow Chocolate Chip, Chocolate-Chocolate Cookie, Perfect 10 and Best Freaking Cookie. All of Milk Bar’s cookies are innovative with a chewy texture and innovative flavors. While you won’t be writing to aunt Helga in Australia, their cookies are still satisfying and memorable.

Chef's Note

Christina Tosi uses a secret ingredient in all of her baking: vanilla extract. She loves it and says not to be afraid to overuse it because it adds so much flavor. She says you can never overdo vanilla extract. Tosi also recommends always using unsalted, European-style butters because of the higher fat content that improves flavor. This is the same reason they use whole milk in their recipes. She also uses milk powder in a lot of her recipes which gives baked goods an added depth of flavor.

Experience

Our experiences at Milk Bar have always been positive. The staff is also polite and helpful. On multiple occasions that staff showed us what they use and how they make certain things like hot chocolate. It’s always a fun sharing experience. Other times you walk in and their singing and having a good time.

The bakeries are always clean with good lighting and give off great vibes.

Review

Appearance

The cookie is medium in size and light brown in color. Mini chocolate chips crest the surface and speckles of cornflakes are scattered throughout.

Touch

To touch, the cookie has good weight for its size at 2.75 ounces. The bottom of the cookie is a little buttery while the rest of the cookie is soft and baked evenly throughout.

Smell

There isn’t any particular smell that stands out with the Cornflake Chocolate Chip Marshmallow. It lacks any of the prototypical cookie smells like butter and chocolate initially. It actually has more of a dusty cereal bland smell. There is a hint of cornflakes until you tear the cookie apart and reveal the stronger chocolate and buttery aromas that are hidden within.

Taste

The Cornflake Chocolate Chip Marshmallow cookie is super chewy. The marshmallow and cornflakes give it a double layer of chewiness that is unique and delicious. It’s so chewy that your chews are almost done in slow motion. Once you get a taste of the cornflakes, chocolate and marshmallow you taste the full flavor of the cookie. The texture from all the elements in the cookie make the flavor even better. It’s a fun cookie to try as it’s different than anything else, but it isn’t one we find ourselves craving. We also wish it had a little more marshmallows in it. We love marshmallows.

What to Tell Your Friends

Super chewy chocolate chip cookie with a fun flavor profile. The cornflakes, chocolate and marshmallows in the cookie create a unique texture and flavor that make this cookie a solid choice.