Milk Bar
Compost Cookie
Corn Cookie
Cornflake Chocolate Chip Marshmallow Cookie
Peppermint Bark Cake
Chocolate Peanut Butter Crunch Pie
Previously responsible for developing the Dessert program at Momofuku Christina Tosi’s Milk Bar can now be considered something of an adjacent concept, its opening in 2008 followed by two James Beard Awards and outposts from Boston to Los Angeles.
At one time under Momofuku’s direction, an era of Pork-imbued Challah and Pistachio Croissants giving way to Naked Cakes and the sort of “wokeness” that renamed Crack Pie, it is from 9am that guests can visit Milk Bar on Melrose for everything from “Cake Truffles” to Soft Serve including the famous Cereal Milk version and December’s Brownie Batter.
Now a nationwide brand complete with overnight shipping, the assumption that items in cellophane are shipped-in confirmed by a clerk, suffice it to say Tosi’s Corn Cookie remains remarkable for somehow remaining true to the Vegetable while her iconic “Compost” version is essentially a Kitchen Sink round substituting Potato Chips for Coconut.
Made even more famous by Netflix, though prices and quality at LA’s Flagship far outpace the disaster at Cosmopolitan Las Vegas, Tosi’s Cornflake Chocolate Chip Marshmallow Cookie eats like room temperature S’mores while Peppermint Bark Cake and Chocolate Peanut Butter Crunch Pie both succeed in their concept while differing substantially in terms of texture.
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