Chocolate Cloud Cookies

[macadamianut]

Does anyone remember the chocolate cloud cookies they used to sell at C'est Bon bakery in Harvard Square? The Bakery is gone and I have never found those cookies anywhere else. They were big round and chewy with a slight taste of coffee I think? Would love to find a substitute. Thanks for your help.

[ScubaSteve]

were they like these?

http://wesaturtle.net/recipes/?p=145

[dklipscomb]

Thats close to a family recipe I just got & made. So good-so addictive!! Well worth making & eating!

[macadamianut]

That was nice of you to look that up for me. I do not think that they were the same cookie. The ones you show look like a chocolate crinkle cookie and these were not as cracked on top. They did not have confectionary sugar on top of them. They almost had the taste of a bit of coffee or just strong chocolate in them.

[MichaelB]

I remember those well - they were great. I believe the extra flavor was a bit of cinnamon. I can't really think of a replacement, but in general terms I'd be looking for a cookie that is moist but not super-rich - they weren't triple-chocolate-decadence-type cookies, just very good cocoa/chocolate cookies with that hint of cinnamon.

I also REALLY miss their ossi dei morti, which they stopped making years before they closed - crunchy/chewy/nutty/sweet/awesome.

[macadamianut]

Wow Cinnamon! I never even thought of that. What makes you think it was cinnamon. Now I need to find that recipe or someone who makes them. Thanks everyone who contributed to this thread.

[Guinness02122]

I think Flour Bakery has something similar. Also, there's a place down Cambridge Street near MGH that sells great cookies.

"...pine nut...wal nut...cashew nut...pea nut...macadamia nut..." -Christopher Guest in Best in Show

[BostonCookieMonster]

Eh? What's this place on Cambridge Street?

[Joanie]

I think that might be the short lived bakery that's just catering now.

[macadamianut]

They were open for at least 10 years. These chocolate cookies were really good. They were not meringues but these chewy big round chocolate cookies. I wish I could get my hands on the recipe for them. If anyone knows or remembers these cookies I would really appreciate it.