I tested out a delightful new cookie recipe this weekend, Eric Kim’s Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies.
It’s essentially a soft and chewy sugar cookie base with a chocolate topping. Simple, but the delightful part is that it really does taste like mint chocolate chip ice cream. It takes a bit of cooling time but is otherwise quick, easy, and delicious. Mr Man gave it a big thumbs up. If you are into mint and chocolate, this recipe is for you. Recommend!
And here we have my own Rothko-inspired food art courtesy of the recipe’s peppermint extract, olive oil, and food coloring. I shall call it: “One sun and two blues on a summer’s day.”
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I love this so much. The recipe itself is delightful enough, mint chocolate that tastes like ice cream? Yes please. But then you captured that moment of kitchen serendipity where the ingredients did their own thing and made art. That’s the real recipe: equal parts precision and playfulness, ending with naming the mess like it’s a masterpiece. Because it is.