The best cookie in the country, huh? Why don’t you be the judge of that.
These little cookies have a lot to prove. I don’t participate in giveaways (other than books) that often on Whipped but when I read about Tate’s Bake Shop cookies, I wanted to put them to the test. Some of the accolades include:
- Best Cookie In America, Consumer Reports 2011
- Top Honors Fancy Food Show 2011
- America’s Best Tasting Cookie, Everyday with Rachael Ray
So, I gave Tate’s Bakeshop Cookies a try. My conclusion? I have decided that “chocolate chip cookies” is too broad of a category for me to choose one favorite. This cookie was about the best crunchy, thin chocolate I’ve ever had. But is it best in show? Well, that depends on overall chocolate chip cookie preference.
I love a little gooey in the center of my cookie surrounded but perfect buttery crunch. And, I’m a sucker for the massive Carols Cookies but I think their size and consistency put them in a category all their own, hardly comparable to Tate’s thin, crunchy disks.
For me, the story and people behind the food make a difference and I enjoyed learning that Kathleen began selling her cookies at age 11 to neighbors. Eventually, her cookies helped get herself through college and now they not only support her family but likely many other families judging by the size of her company.
Want to put some Tate’s Bake Shop chocolate chips to your test? Leave a comment and tell me about your favorite chocolate chip cookie and on Friday I’ll randomly choose a winner.
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75 Responses to “Cookie Giveaway”
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amy chien Says:
February 8th, 2012 at 6:38 pmMy favorite choco chip cookies are from Tiny Boxwoods in Houston, TX. They’re not too thin, but not too soft either! And lots and LOTS of chocolate chips. I would LOVE to try some of Tate’s bakeshop to see if maybe I like thin cookies too! Thanks!!
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Ilene Says:
February 8th, 2012 at 6:38 pmI love all homemade chocolate chip cookies. I’ve heard about Tate’s and I would love to try them.
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ileana Says:
February 8th, 2012 at 6:46 pmI recently found a recipe for chocolate chip cookies with sea salt. Totally addictive!
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Donna Says:
February 8th, 2012 at 6:55 pmI am an avid baker and have tried so many chocolate chip recipes and this may come as a surprise but the most consistent one is the Nestle’s tollhouse chocolate chip recipe. I would love to try Tate’s as I have heard a lot of raves about them.
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Meagan B Says:
February 8th, 2012 at 6:58 pmMy current favorite chocolate chip cookie is the whole wheat recipe from Good to the Grain. It definitely doesn’t taste like it has any nutritional value!
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Jessica Bonanno Says:
February 8th, 2012 at 7:13 pmI would say my fave recipe would be Nestle’s Tollhouse. But seriously, I don’t think I have met a chocolate chip cookie that I don’t like!
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Cindy B. Says:
February 8th, 2012 at 7:16 pmMy favorite chocolate chip cookie are chewy, and have oatmeal, walnuts or pecan in them.
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Heather Says:
February 8th, 2012 at 7:18 pmI love those no-bake chocolate oatmeal cookies!
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Samantha B Says:
February 8th, 2012 at 7:20 pmahhh these look incredible! honestly i’ve tried so many cookies in my life i can’t even choose! damn the nestle tollhouse with a few extra chips are pretty phenomenal (i agree other commentators). you know a scary addiction are those buckets of baby choco chip cookies from trader joes. not the best certainly but oh wow so yum.
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erinn johnson Says:
February 8th, 2012 at 7:22 pmI love the levain’s from nyc. they are the best i have ever had.
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sara Says:
February 8th, 2012 at 7:31 pmMy favorite chocolate chip cookies is the 10% whole wheat version from Good to the Grain.
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amy marantino Says:
February 8th, 2012 at 7:46 pmi like the Nestle Tollhouse cookie, with M&M’s added
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Susan Says:
February 8th, 2012 at 7:48 pmI love any homemade chocolate chip cookies and would love to try Tate’s.
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Ruth Says:
February 8th, 2012 at 7:59 pmChocolate Chip cookies should be crunchy and chocolaty and it is ok with me if I can taste butter. ;)
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Stacey Sarros Says:
February 8th, 2012 at 8:00 pmI like white macadamia chocolate chip cookies!!!!!!!! YUMMO!! Bring it on for me to try Tate’s!! I LOVE the challenge!
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Kathryn Says:
February 8th, 2012 at 8:00 pmSo funny that someone mentioned that the Nestlé recipe is the best! I am obsessed with chocolate chip cookies and have made every recipe under the sun. In fact a few years ago I made four different recipes and had a blind taste test with my family and friends. Guess who won? The Nestlé toll house recipe! It is also one of the easiest to make. Very interested in trying the Tate’s!
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Meredith Says:
February 8th, 2012 at 8:08 pmI have two go-to chocolate chip cookie recipes: Leite’s recipe from the New York Times for when I want a sweeter cookie and I have time to let the dough chill for about a day, or the America’s Test Kitchen brown butter chocolate chip cookies for when I want something with a little more depth!
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DJ Sartin Says:
February 8th, 2012 at 8:09 pmLike so many others I have tried so very many choc chip cookies over the years…am sixty nine years young..lol Yet have always enjoyed the original Nestles Toll House the most! Would be willing to put these to the taste test tho…ya never know unless you try!
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sara l Says:
February 8th, 2012 at 8:10 pmLately my favorite choc chip cookies are my own made from ATK recipe. But I am always happy to try others in the name of research.
PS I’ve been making the carrot ginger soup from your blog on a weekly basis all winter! thank you!
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Kel Says:
February 8th, 2012 at 8:33 pmI love the oatmeal chocolate chip cookies from my childhood!
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abbi Says:
February 8th, 2012 at 9:09 pmI love all but you can’t wrong with the Nestle TollHouse!
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Shari Says:
February 8th, 2012 at 9:13 pmI usually make a modified version of Nestle’s, my preference is chewy with crispy centers, but really any chocolate chip cookie will do! I tried Tate’s once a long time ago, and thought I would hate the crispy-ness, but they were totally addicting.
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carrie Says:
February 8th, 2012 at 9:38 pmmy friend lauren makes the best chocolate chip cookies. just the right amount of salt to cut the sweet. the best.
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Julie Says:
February 8th, 2012 at 9:54 pmI make a modified Nestle’s chocolate chip cookie. I just leave out one egg and am particularly picky with my butter’s molecular integrity. I would love to try Tate’s!
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Stephanie C. Says:
February 8th, 2012 at 10:09 pmMy favorite cookie is a cookie that melts in my mouth. Mainly go for a chewy chocolate chip cookie.
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Jacques Says:
February 8th, 2012 at 10:14 pmMy grandmother’s were the best ever. Thin enough that the chocolate chips left little mounds but thick enough to retain their soft centers even after they cooled.
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Jess @ Floptimism Says:
February 8th, 2012 at 10:56 pmI don’t know if there’s such a thing as “the perfect” chocolate chip cookie recipe. I love the thin and crispy-chewy ones I grew up with, but then I go and eat a soft, pillowy one and think nothing could top it. There’s definitely room in my heart for more than one recipe!
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Lisa Says:
February 8th, 2012 at 11:16 pmmy recipe for strawberry white chocolate chip!
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lynn @ the actor's diet Says:
February 8th, 2012 at 11:26 pmthe best chocolate chip cookie i’ve ever made – had figs and pudding mix in it!
theactorsdiet.wordpress.com/2011/12/09/bring-us-some-figgy-pudding-cookies/
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karen shaughnessy Says:
February 8th, 2012 at 11:32 pmI like homemade coconut chocolate chip cookies the best, especially when they are warm and gooey.
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Laurell H Says:
February 8th, 2012 at 11:48 pmI love the chocolate chip cookie recipe from Cooks Illustrated. Being one of those people who can’t cook off the cuff, I always try to go to the experts, and these cookies are carmely (brown sugar), crispy on the edges (butter, and oh so chocolatey (dark chocolate chips). My favorite of all time.
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Stolk Says:
February 9th, 2012 at 12:25 amOne of my faves is “Positively the Absolute Best Chocolate Chip Cookies” (that’s really what they’re called) from Maida Heatter’s 1978 Book of Great Chocolate Desserts. This is a crisp cookie through and through– great for dunking in milk.
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linda Says:
February 9th, 2012 at 12:31 amLove Cook’s Illustrated, too, (on my Christmas list every year) but Tate’s are GREAT!
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Sara P. Says:
February 9th, 2012 at 12:47 amI love my mom’s chocolate chip cookies. They are perfectly chewy!
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Jenny H Says:
February 9th, 2012 at 12:57 amMy favorite chocolate chip cookie is Alton Brown’s The Chewy. I have tried many recipes but now these are the only chocolate chip cookies I will make.
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dougie freshie Says:
February 9th, 2012 at 5:37 amMy favorite is the dark walnut chocolate chip at the harvest bread
Company in chapel hill nc its the size of my face and chewy good!
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Mary Says:
February 9th, 2012 at 6:21 amThe BEST chocolate chip cookies are chewy and soft, and preferable hot out of the oven.
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wintor Says:
February 9th, 2012 at 9:34 amI grew up with a mother whose preference was the thin crispy chocolate chip cookie but oh…the ones with a crispy edge that creeps toward the gooey center are definitely my favorite now.
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Sarah Says:
February 9th, 2012 at 9:48 amI too love a crisp edge but a soft middle. I really love the Pioneer Woman’s Malted Milk Chocolate Chip cookie recipe but you have to bake them perfectly, otherwise they get too crispy :)
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Kelly D Says:
February 9th, 2012 at 10:09 amNothing can beat the Toll House recipe for me.
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nic Says:
February 9th, 2012 at 10:10 amall-time favorite choc chip cookies? those chewy discs of perfection from Paradise Bakery.
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robin Says:
February 9th, 2012 at 10:10 amI love dark chocolate chips with loads of pecans or walnuts. Not too hard, but not too soft.
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Lauri Says:
February 9th, 2012 at 10:55 amSadly I just love the toll house recipe. Everyone still makes them taste different. So strange! Would love to try these.
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erin Says:
February 9th, 2012 at 10:55 amMy favorite chocolate chip cookies are from a place called Tiff’s Treats in Austin, Texas. Perfectly gooey, with just enjoy buttery salty goodness to take the edge off the sweet and fully round out the flavor.
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Sophia Says:
February 9th, 2012 at 11:19 amLovee those frozen nestle tollhouse cookies that you can just pop in the oven! Sometimes I make them for breakfast… :P
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Ellen Dean Says:
February 9th, 2012 at 11:42 amMy favorite cookie right now is chocolate covered cooie dough.
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Linda B. Says:
February 9th, 2012 at 11:55 amI’m a big fan of Jacques Torres’s recipe.
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Debby G. Says:
February 9th, 2012 at 11:57 ami love the Nestle Tollhouse cookie.
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Heather E Says:
February 9th, 2012 at 12:06 pmI love chocolate chip cookies with sea salt! So addictive!
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Donna O'Neil Says:
February 9th, 2012 at 12:09 pmI love homemade chocolate chip cookies. I like them on the crispy side with nuts.
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Dan Says:
February 9th, 2012 at 12:23 pmIt’s the NYT recipe that sits for a few days in the fridge, with one modification: swap out a few tablespoons of butter for bacon fat.
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Jenna Z Says:
February 9th, 2012 at 1:24 pmIs it cheating to say my favorite is just eating the dough?? :) I like a chewy cookie, massive, gooey and nearly unbaked in the center, no thin and crispy for me. But I know someone who LOVES thin and crispy so these would not go to waste!
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Paula Says:
February 9th, 2012 at 1:55 pmI vote for Tom’s Mom’s Cookies from Harbor Springs, MI. They put UpNorth magic into each and every bite!
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Cee Says:
February 9th, 2012 at 2:14 pmMy favorite to date has been Uncle Eddie’s vegan oatmeal chocolate chip cookies. So good!
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coco Says:
February 9th, 2012 at 2:33 pmThe best cookies in the world are made at Levain Bakery in NYC. Sooo soo magical. But I find a way to love most chocolate chip cookies :)
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Ashley Says:
February 9th, 2012 at 2:55 pmMy favorite chocolate chip cookie is a simple chocolate chip cookie with a little lava salt on top. A girlfriend made these for a friend’s baby shower.
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Sarah van Loon Says:
February 9th, 2012 at 4:20 pmTates and A Silver Palate’s chocolate chip cookies (recipes, rather) are currently tied for my favorites – it would be such a treat to actually eat a chocolate chip cookie MADE at Tate’s! Yum!!
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Emily W. Says:
February 9th, 2012 at 4:26 pmMartha Stewart’s soft and chewy chocolate chip cookie recipe is by far my favorite- I made them for the first time for my family, and by the next morning, they had all but disappeared. I also brought some to work, and my pregnant co-worker ate three. I’m also a sucker for the gooey center with a crisp edge. I would love to try Tate’s version!
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Meryl Says:
February 9th, 2012 at 5:26 pmFor a thin, crispy cookie, I love Tate’s Whole Wheat Dark Chocolate Chip Cookies. My favorite homemade ones are Thomas Keller’s – they’re on the thin side, but they’re crispy on the outside and chewy on the inside.
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Louis Says:
February 9th, 2012 at 5:26 pmMy favorite is my wife’s chocolate chunk cookies.
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Jamie Says:
February 9th, 2012 at 9:41 pm#1. I love baking. I put on way too much weight during pregnancy by coping/controlling my life through baking. #2. Cookies are one of my two favorite foods. Crab is the other, and while I do have a grand idea for an amazing savory appetizer that has yet to come to fruition, (aka The Crab Cookie), homemade chocolate chip cookies are my favorite. Specifically, Cooks Illustrated’s Perfect Chocolate Cookies…they are little brown-buttered, toffee-esque, choco-chip wonders. As it so often goes with suckers for cookies, we are suckers for cake as well, and so, I found a new favorite recipe in Ina Garten’s Mocha Chocolate Icebox Cake. She successfully recycles our old fave of a chocolate chip cookie by using Tate’s amazing chocolate chip cookie. If you’re gonna go store-bought, and put it in a cake, use Tate’s. The below recipe is truly amazing. So amazing, that I hauled my 20 month old son to three different grocery stores to collect as many bags of Tate’s Chocolate Chips as needed to make the recipe to send to my partner’s potluck at work. Well worth it. So good. Enjoy. And thank you, Ina, and thank you Tate’s.
www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/mocha-chocolate-icebox-cake-recipe/index.html
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dina Says:
February 10th, 2012 at 7:50 amMy mother in law makes awesome chocolate chip cookies!
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Jane Says:
February 10th, 2012 at 10:38 amDid you say “Cookie Giveaway”??? I’m all over this one! You know how much the Dutch LOVE their cookies! If I’m going to go for Chocolate Chip, I prefer the gooey center. However, if I’m in the mood for crispy, my #1 choice will always be Speculoos, aka the Dutch Windmill Cookie…paired with a cup of coffee of course! : )
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Julie L Says:
February 10th, 2012 at 10:58 ammy favorite chocolate chip cookies are the ones my mom makes–she makes
a cookie with sour cream ,etc. adds the chips soft and delish
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Debby V Says:
February 10th, 2012 at 11:20 amMy favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe is Cooks Illustrated Soft and Chewy recipe
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Ashley K Says:
February 10th, 2012 at 11:22 amMy mother used to make chocolate chip cookies from scratch that were amazing. I’ve love to find a company that makes them just as delicious!
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Rachel Says:
February 10th, 2012 at 12:50 pmI love chocolate chip cookies with dark chocolate and sea salt.
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rebecca Says:
February 10th, 2012 at 12:59 pmI really like Kim Boyce’s chocolate chip cookie recipe in ‘Good to the Grain’, but honestly I’d probably eat any warm homemade cookie and not complain a bit.
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Lisa E Says:
February 10th, 2012 at 2:00 pmI love Ina Garten’s chocolate chip cookie recipe without the nuts and a little less chocolate than the recipe says. I love the brown sugary, buttery, chewiness!
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JulieB Says:
February 10th, 2012 at 2:04 pmMy mom’s homemade from a 1970′s magazine recipe. Buttery and delicious!
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Lindsay Says:
February 10th, 2012 at 4:38 pmMy favorite chocolate chip cookie comes from Paradise Bakery (Boston, MA) If you get there early you can order them fresh from the oven – still warm and gooey. It’s perfect with coffee! I call it breakfast many days.
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Melissa T. Says:
February 10th, 2012 at 5:04 pmMy favorite chocolate chip cookie is a recipe I found on browneyedbaker’s blog. It’s the thick and chewy chocolate chip cookie.
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gail Says:
February 10th, 2012 at 6:04 pmmy favorite chocolate chip cookie is the recipe on the toll house bag of chocolate chips
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kazue Says:
February 10th, 2012 at 6:09 pmthe best chocolate chip cookies have mac nuts and coconut
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Jessica Says:
February 10th, 2012 at 6:17 pmI have such a hard time with cookies because I really switch sides randomly – one moment I like a nice thin, crunchy one while the next moment I can’t stand anything not soft and gooey!
I would love to win!
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