William Greenberg's color and flavor kaleidoscope of "black and white" cookies
Blame it on me feeling guilty about leaving town for two weeks. I am the lone-woman (read "mother") of the office, after all. What will the fella's do without me? Or, the fact that, this time next week, the country will be celebrating Thanksgiving. My favorite holiday of the calendar year. Without me. Or, maybe I was just looking to soothe that one last itch/craving of "New York" before I book it out of here. Folks, I'm talking about today's "black and white" cookie purchase at William Greenberg Desserts...
Since my dumb ass has all of these strict, ridiculous rules about what I can eat and when, I never allowed myself to sample the "black and white" cookies that I had purchased last month at William Greenberg Desserts for my baby cousins. And, obviously, not doing so has done way more bad than good, as I have not been able to get those damn cookies off of my mind.
It's slow-moving mornings like today's when I find myself overly-fantasizing about food. Sometimes, my paramour will be cheese enchiladas. Other times, it's ice cream. And, today, it was cookies. "Black and white" cookies, to be exact. Sure, the packaged ones at the drug store work just fine. But only in a bind. Today, I wanted something that was handmade. As in handmade an hour ago. Not "handmade" a month ago. So, I gave my rigid diet 'the bird' and made my way over to William Greenberg Desserts, where I picked up nearly a dozen "black and white" cookies in different sizes, colors, and flavors...
The goods
Mini “Black and White” Cookies
These mini "black and white" cookies are festively dressed for the season in vibrant red and green frosting. (Blue and white-hued Hanukkah cookies are available, as well!)
Before presenting them to the team, I made sure to snag one of these babies for myself. First off, I loved the cookie's realistically-small, saucer-shaped size. Because, as many of you know, "black and white" cookies are, typically and traditionally, ginormous. To the point where you feel like a complete a-hole if you consume one in its entirety. Secondly, the actual "cookie" portion of this particular sample was soft, moist, and not too sweet. And, most importantly, at least to me, its fondant-like, powdered sugar-icing was thick, had a very delicate crunch, and was void of any almond-y after taste.
Large and mini "black and white" cookies, with a sweet potato or pumpkin-cookie base, are frosted with vanilla and chocolate buttercream.
Pumpkin "black and white" cookie
Hey, it's the holidays, folks. And you can bet your nalgas that, just like my coffee order at Starbucks, I will always choose the festive, seasonal flavor/color over the everyday/standard!
The first thing that I noticed about this particular cookie was its rich, sweet buttercream frosting. This eventually gave way to a moist, dull orange-hued, cake-like interior with the slightest pumpkin essence.
Sweet potato "black and white" cookie
Ditto on the first two sentences above re: festive, seasonal flavors and colors. Although the frosting was identical to that of the pumpkin cookie, it was this particular sweet potato base that really tugged at my holiday season-loving heart strings. While I wouldn't describe it so much as cinnamon, this cookie had a fragrant aroma and just enough allspice flavoring to evoke that of one of my favorite Southern treats: Sweet potato pie.
In every aspect - size options, seasonal flavors and colors, and packaging - these "black and white" cookies make the perfect holiday gift for your favorite host/ess with the most/ess. Even if that host/ess happens to be you! Tomorrow, in fact, I'm bringing a box of these cookies with me all the way to my cousin in Singapore!
Needless to say, I wasn't the only one who fell in love...My coworkers went absolutely bananas over these cookies! Like, to the point that one of them plans on making his own pilgrimage to William Greenberg Desserts after work.
On that note, here's to hoping that my departure tomorrow will fare just a little bit *sweeter* with my team!
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Until we eat again,
Lindsay, The Lunch Belle