After six formal blind taste-tests, hundreds of cookies behind us, and a final half-dozen follow-up taste-offs to ensure consistency—
we're ready to declare a winner. The Top 11 Countdown, listed after the jump and in the slideshow above.
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[Photos: Robyn Lee] All the cookies. All in one place. If you've been following the Chocolate Chip Cookie Championships, you'll know that we've gone all over New York—uptown, downtown, Midtown, Brooklyn, and beyond—in search of New York's best chocolate...
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In the spirit of competition, we've introduced a wild-card round. We listened to
your nominations, combed back through the comments, and drew up one last round.
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If you've been following the Serious Eats Chocolate Chip Cookie Championships, you'll know that we've gone uptown, to Midtown, downtown, and to Brooklyn in search of New York's best cookie. But in the spirit of competition, we're throwing in...
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While we've had plenty of lively office debates about the merits of different chocolate chip cookies,
this was the first week we had a true consensus. The winner was unanimous. The second-place cookie was also a unanimous vote—and every taster decreed it a very,
very close runner-up. Third and fourth place? Also unanimous. It made for a very interesting blind test.
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The contenders: Milk and Cookies, Insomnia Bakery, Jack's Stir Brew, Bouley Bakery, Balthazar, Dessert Club, Paradis To Go, Roasting Plant, Sugar Sweet Sunshine, and the Downtown Cookie Company.
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In the latest installment of our Chocolate Chip Cookie Championship, we taste around the middle of Manhattan. And our winner may shock you.
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In our first round of tastings for the Serious Eats Chocolate Chip Cookie Championship, we're headed to the Upper East and Upper West Sides. Who makes the best uptown cookie? Find out.
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Who is the tastiest cookie of them all? [Photo: Robyn Lee] Our Preliminary Rounds: The Uptown Edition » The Midtown Edition » The Downtown Edition » The Brooklyn Edition » The Wild Card Round » The Ultimate Tour »...
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