Detroit - Black and White Cookies

[sarah1976]

Is anyone aware of a location that black and white cookies can be purchased from? They are so good, unfortunately, I cannot find them anywhere around.

[motorcityhound]

Avalon Bakery (Cass Corridor) has them.

[Fritter]

http://www.bergercookies.com/

[jerseyshore]

Astoria bakery does make a black and white, but it most definitely is not what you're looking for. Their attempt is way off. Holiday market in Canton has a near perfect black and white. I guess we can assume the bakery in the Royal Oak location of Holiday market produces the same recipe.

[qriusminds]

I've had these cookies many times from Josef's in Grosse Pointe Woods.

See here: http://www.josefspastryshop.com/

[gooddog]

I've seen them at the Star Bakery, Coolidge around 10 1/2 mile in Oak Park.

[mrnyc]

cant help with detroit, but interestingly enough the ny black and white cookie had legs in the midwest. it was known as the 'modernistic' cookie in cleveland.

[GoalieJeff]

Astoria Pastry Shop in Royal Oak at 4th and Main . Just bought two for the younglings last weekend .

[cmfrankl]

Though I love Astoria, their Black and Whites are not really authentic-tasting -- too thick and the taste is really off. They taste good, just not "right". The ONLY place I have found them, and believe me I have really looked, is at Holiday Market, also in Royal Oak. I've seen them there twice, and they were near-perfect.

[North Oakland Gal]

Help me to understand exactly what you are seeking... An idea - The Martha Washington Bakery in Hamtramck has some wonderful shortbread type cookies with a delicious glob of dark chocolate frosting on top.

[sarah1976]

It's called a black and white cookie. It's more like a cake but called a cookie. Half is frosted with vanilla, the other half chocolate. I can't find anywhere in Michigan where the cookies are sold. I'll have to check out the bakery you listed. Thanks so much!!

[Jim M]

Jerry Seinfeld once proposed it as a metaphor for harmonious race relations. Nice picture here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_and_white_cookie

I've never seen one in Michigan (which may be why we have troublesome race relations), but you can buy them online:

https://www.blackandwhitecookies.com