Testing The Best Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies Featuring Mini Munch was a riot last weekend! Food bloggers are a dime a dozen and need to maximize their SEO in order to get their content to stand out. Bloggers often say their recipe is The Best to attract attention. This post my adorable niece and nephew helped taste two soft chocolate chip cookie recipes. Our quest was to put The Best of The Best to the test!
Holy freaking moly you guys, Kieran and I have a funfilled yet whirlwind vacation down in Florida last weekend. My Dad owns a house in the sunshine state so every March my sister, her family, Kieran, and I try to coordinate a time we can visit him. I’m happy to say last weekend we were all able to get together and partake in a fun and relaxing vacation!
My sister told me, my adorable niece and nephew, Jada and Jaxon, are my biggest fans and love my Shock Munch videos. I suggested we film a Shock Munch video in Florida with the kids and they immediately said yes. They even coined themselves as Mini Munch. I mean seriously, how freaking cute is that? So this week’s post is Testing The Best Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies Featuring Mini Munch!
Here’s the concept of the video which I’ll post below. Like I said, food bloggers often put The Best in their titles to attract attention to their site. I’ve done it as well and I’ll do it again. I thought it would be fun for the kids if we filmed and tested two recipes that termed themselves The Best Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies.
After a good Googling, I found both Pinch of Yum and Sally’s Baking Addiction had The Best Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies recipes. I couldn’t wait to pit one The Best recipe after the other to truly discover which blogger had the best recipe. And what better taste testers than children? Children are known to be brutally honest so I knew Jada and Jaxon would give me their honest opinion.
So without further adieu, Shock Munch presents my Testing The Best Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies Featuring Mini Munch video:
Who’s cookie recipe will the children choose? Pinch Of Yum or Sally’s Baking Addiction?
Drum roll please… and the winner is… Sally’s Baking Addiction!!
I’m telling you though, Pinch Of Yum didn’t go down without a fight. In fact, at first, it was a tie! The kids preferred SBA while Kieran and I preferred POY’s recipe. We had a tough time deciding because both cookie recipes were outstanding! We commissioned my brother-in-law, Steve, to be the tiebreaker. He liked both cookies but ultimately crowned SBA as the winner.
Although I thought POY’s recipe was, in fact, softer, the children thought it was too sweet. Both recipes use similar ingredients but POY used more granulated sugar and SBA used more brown sugar. Perhaps that’s why POY’s cookie was sweeter? I’m no sugar expert.
SBA’s recipe was soft yet a bit firmer to the bite. The cookie was slightly less sweet tasting too, at least to our taste buds.
Testing The Best Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies Featuring Mini Munch was a fun and tasty experiment. Both cookie recipes were excellent and crowning a winner was hard. Here are the main takeaways when considering which cookie recipe to make.
SALLY’S BAKING ADDICTION
- The winner in our taste test!
- The cookie seemed a bit firmer to the bite but was less sweet, which the children preferred.
- The recipe calls for cornstarch. Cornstarch is said to break down proteins in flour resulting in a more tender cookie.
- You must chill the dough for at least 1 hour before baking. Chilling is mandatory.
- The dough can be chilled 24 hours overs which is great for folks who like make ahead of time type of recipes.
- The recipe calls for both the butter and egg to be room temperature before baking.
- The cookie bakes for the normal 10-11 minutes.
- The recipe says the cookie should cool for roughly 5 minutes before eating.
- Click here to get SBA’s cookie recipe.
PINCH OF YUM
- The runner-up in our taste test!
- The cookie was extremely soft but the children said it was almost too sweet.
- The dough does not need to be chilled before baking.
- The recipe does not call for the butter and egg to be room temperature.
- You purposely underbake the cookies.
- The recipe says the cookies should rest for at least 30 minutes before eating.
- Click here to get POY’s cookie recipe.
To recap, Sally’s cookie was the winner of our clan but the recipe requires a little planning like setting out the egg and butter beforehand so they reach room temperature. It’s also mandatory you chill the dough for at least 1 hour prior to baking. With POY’s recipe, you can literally decide to make cookies at the last minute. Neither the butter no eggs need to be set out and the dough doesn’t need to chill. However, since you underbake the cookies the recipe recommends you let the cookies cool for 30 minutes so they can carry over cook and set up properly.
At the end of the day, we were impressed with both bloggers. SBA and POY are food blogger powerhouses who constantly create amazing content. I strongly encourage you to check them both out!
Alright, folks, that’s a wrap on Testing The Best Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies Featuring Mini Munch! I was thrilled to include Jada and Jaxon in a Shock Munch video because like any aunt, I cherish the time I get to spend with them. Do you want to talk about impressive? Jada and Jaxon were patient and easy to direct on set. They were fun to work with so I look forward to the next collaboration!
After filming wrapped we got down to business and enjoyed the remainder of our Florida vacation. We soaked up the sun and rum. Holy crap did Kieran and I overdo it on the rum! We’re in the midst of detoxing to recover from our drunken shenanigans.
I’ll be honest, I’m not entirely sure what I’m sharing next week but I’ll do my best to make it entertaining!
Thank you for being apart of the Shock Munch community, I appreciate you!
Thanks for stopping by,
Christina
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What a fun weekend for you guys! I wish you’d tested the best rum cookies, but totally support the ones you tested with the adorable Mini Munch. They will grow up and then the rum can make it in the cookies, right?😉
Rum cookies sound AMAZEBALLS!
what a fun taste test! Its hard to beet a good chocolate chip cookie! Next time you can bake for me and I will weigh in on the results. LOL have a great weekend
Hahahahaha, you got it :). Have a great weekend too!
ooh sounds like so much fun!!! (plus, just having gotten back from florida last night, i can attest to how beautiful the weather is in march, esp compared to august. ick). and mini munch is the best nickname- all the alliterations, please!
Oh cool! I hope you had a fun getaway! We were only down there for 3 full days but it was nice to escape the grey PNW skies 🙂
Well, how freaking fun is this? Cookie testing! Now I have a serious hankering for some cookies with milk, lol. Can’t wait to see what you share next…I’m sure it’ll be delicious 🙂 Happy weekend!
Awwww, thank you so much Dawn!! I can’t wait to check out your site and see all the nummies you’ve been putting out 🙂
Taste testing chocolate chip cookies sounds like the best kind of taste test! And it looks like mini-munch had a lot of fun doing it! I could also go for a few days in Florida right now!!
OMG, my niece and nephew are so dang adorable in my eyes. They were so much fun to work with, I’m so happy I got to film with them <3
Very interesting! I’m always on the hunt for the best soft but chewy chocolate chip cookie (but I mean…who isn’t right?).Interesting note about the sugar, I feel like granulated white sugar is denser on the sweetness scale since mollasses is a little less sweet (but more flavorful). Either way what a great experience maybe we can see more mini-munch videos down the road?
Funny you should say that! I’m traveling to Denner this coming summer to go camping with my sister and Mini Munch. I’m sure another collaboration will be in the works 🙂
Both of those cookie recipes would be amazing I’m sure and what a fun challenge to do with the kids! I’ve never tried POY’s cookies but I know Sally’s are always delicious!
Seriously, Sally is extremely talented in the baking department. POY is a self-proclaimed “under baker” of sweets which results in the ultimate ooey and gooey cookies and brownies. I highly recommend you give POY a try 🙂
Haha! I love the concept behind this post, and I love that the kids got involved, too. Mini Munch to the rescue! Also, for the record, everyone needs a brother-in-law Steve to step in and break up the tie. 🙂 I know what you mean about recipes calling themselves “the best” but it’s kinda the name of the game out here in the wild, wild west…err, I mean the food blogging world. I haven’t tried either of these recipes, but now I need to give ’em a run. I might start with PoY just because you and Kieran went that way first. But then again, you can never have enough cookies in your life!
THANK YOU! Mini Munch made the video so much more enjoyable 🙂
Yeah, Steve is amazing, I’m lucky to have him as a bro.
TOTALLY agree about The Best thing. I do it too and I know I’ll do it again.
Cookie it up my friend!
Awww I love the video! Mini Munch is (are?) adorable! And now I need to do my own taste test with these recipes. But I’m totally going to sample the dough too 🙂
Thank you!!! Mini Munch are the coolest. Dude, I was on my BEST behavior with the kids and the cookie dough. Normally I never have enough cookies to bake after mouth plowing the cookie dough but I was refraining to be a good example. Of course, the moment they weren’t looking I was indulging. Because cookie dough 🙂
We are your biggest fans!!! We enjoy your food picks (we have tried making a few and they’re all damn good) and we LOVE your rumor-hilarious-crass-i-ness!!! Can’t wait to make these cookies at home with my mini munchers!
Awwww thank you SO much! Sorry I was swearing in my drunken pep talks to the kids. Ugh, I can’t believe I told them to not take shit and don’t be dicks. Luckily you are a cool mom 🙂
Looking forward to Denver, perhaps a camping video is in order with the munchers?!
Oh, what special memories! I never use the word best in my recipes. Seems weird somehow 🙂
I feel ya. I do it for SEO purposes but I feel pretentious. I mean, food preferences are all relative so saying a recipe of ours is “the best” feels weird.
What a fun thing to do with your family on vacation! And what sophisticated little taste testers. I don’t think too-sweet was a concept I even considered at that age. LOL. Both recipes look delish, but then again, you really can’t go wrong with soft chocolate chip cookies! 🙂
RIGHT??!! Too sweet? I’m fairly certain those words never escaped my lips as a kid 🙂
Christina, yet another fantastic video. I loved every moment of this and you’ll be pleased to know that I poured a glass of wine to watch it. Ha ha ha! Seriously I though you were going to turn on the Microwave with the camera in it at the menlting butter stage. I wonder how that might have turned out? It looks so nice and sunny there in Florida at the moment. I’m so jealous. It was snowing ealier here. Still. And apparantly it’s Spring now!!! Send me any of these 2 cookies you’ve tested that you’ve got left over. Thanks!
OMG, that’s amazing you watched my video while drinking wine. Just what nature intended!! 🙂
Florida was beautiful during our visit. The temps stayed in the low 80’s with no humidity. It was perfect! I’m back in the rainy PNW so I feel your pain. Hahahahaha, leftover cookies? Not in my house 🙂
I love this! Like everyone else, I always want to make the BEST recipe, and you picked 2 worthy competitors! Thanks you and minimunch for suffering through all that testing!
Hahahaha, we figured we’d take one for the team and test these cookie recipes so no one else would have to. ZING! It was a fun and delicious time for sure 🙂