review by Biscuit Wakefield
North Star Music Cafe
Chocolate-Chip Walnut (not vegan)
$1.75 + tax
This hefty cookie is no lightweight snack: measuring just over four inches across, it stands up to dunking in cold milk, hot coffee, or both. The thick, chewy interior is pleasant, though the edges wobble on the line between crisp and dry. Flavorwise it falls flat, with one-dimensional sweetness that cries out for salt or brown sugar or both. The chip-to-dough ratio is perfect, but the chocolate itself is unremarkable and has a vaguely chalky finish. Nut haters take note: the walnut pieces are assertive (and a bit bitter), but they’re large and easily pried out, if you feel like doing a little cookie surgery. (For the record, several of North Star’s other cookie offerings – particularly the apple crisp, vegan thumbprint, and molasses-ginger variations – get higher marks in all departments. But for our purposes, we’re focusing on the CCC.)
The North Star is located at 225 Congress Street in Portland.
Look for the next cookie review here next week!
If you are looking for a cookie to review, there’s a baker in Monument Sq. on Wednesdays who sells great chocolate chip cookies. It’s called Cream and Sugar bakery. I highly recommend it!
” (and a bit bitter)” –
Sounds like the nut were Rancid! Gross!