Cookie Dreams

I ate the cookies too fast to even photograph them.

Let me explain: I’m out at a food blogger happy hour at parkside (delish) and I meet this super-stylish girl named Alexandra. Turns out she owns the cookie company I’ve heard great things about but never really understood: Alexandra’s Cookie Dreams. The confusing part is that you can’t buy ACD anywhere in Austin, but they’re made in Austin. Don’t fret, though, because I didn’t realize what a baby this company is–barely a year old! So while the online portion of the biz is booming–and I mean a mention on Rachael Ray booming, not just any boom–the distribution in local stores is just getting started. When Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf opens in June, her cookies will be available there. Back to the point: sweetheart that she is, Alexandra has a box of a dozen cookies (2 cookies of 6 varieties) delivered to my house the very next day.

The fella and I proceed to sample almost every flavor. If I only had 1/2 of each, that isn’t too gluttonous, is it? My favorite out of those was the “simple” , “A chocolate lovers dream! Chunks of Callebaut milk chocolate and Ghirardelli© semi-sweet chocolate are layered and stuffed into a vanilla cookie that is chewy on the inside with a crispy outside.” The fella enjoyed the Peanut Butter Bliss the most.

However, I didn’t discover the true gem until the morning, when I decided that it was totally appropriate to eat a cookie for breakfast, since it was named . Surely something designed to keep you awake can also legitimately substitute for a cup of coffee in the morning? They say: “The chocolate, espresso, cayenne punch is created by first melting Ghirardelli© semi-sweet and un-sweetened chocolate; Illy© dark roasted espresso powder and salty hand-cut walnuts are then added to create a delicate, chewy mocha cookie that is finished with a welcomed jolt of red cayenne pepper.” I say: hot damn if I didn’t eat both of these cookies that morning.

So I ate all the cookies before I could photograph them to share with you guys. My bad. But take that as the greatest endorsement I could give? The woman behind the cookies is as awesome as the treats themselves, and she uses all natural, no preservatives, local ingredients and companies as much as possible, just all good stuff. Until they’re in stores, hit the website to order cookies online … you don’t even have to tell anyone, so you don’t have to ‘fess up when you eat them all (for breakfast) and don’t share with your friends.