Cookies so good you’ll forget to dunk them

“Peanuts” pup Snoopy once said that happiness is a warm cookie. As a fellow chocolate chip cookie lover, I wholeheartedly agree. And anyone who stops by the cookie-focused bakery Dunk’d will find more happiness than they can handle.

Dunk’d opened in October on the ground level of the University Edge apartment complex in the Red Cedar Development, across from the Frandor Shopping Center. Like the Crumbl franchise, the menu changes every week. In addition to the always-available chocolate chip, it serves four out of a total of 150 different cookie flavors. As if that isn’t enough, there’s also a giant cookie known as the Mega Cookie, which also varies from week to week.

But that’s not all. If you haven’t already guessed by the bakery’s name, these cookies are made to be dunked, and not just in milk. Customers can choose from a selection of not only beverages but also five different sauces to enhance their eating experience. They include hot fudge, hot caramel, peanut butter, Nutella and marshmallow. For those craving something extra, the menu also has specialties like the Cookie Jar, crumbled cookies layered in a parfait with vanilla cream and your choice of sauce, or cookie nachos, thin, crispy cookies topped with hot fudge, caramel, brownie pieces and sprinkles.

My family and I stopped by Dunk’d not long after it opened. We already knew we were getting the chocolate chip cookies. What we weren’t prepared for was how big the cookies were. Served warm and fresh, as only the very best pastries are, they were puffy yet crispy, with the chocolate still melting inside. I don’t discriminate when it comes to chocolate chip cookies. They could be warm or cold, big or small, and I’d still love them. That being said, Dunk’d’s version definitely makes my top 10 list.

That week, the Mega Cookie on the menu was s’mores, so I obviously had to try that, too. If you think the regular cookies are big enough, the Mega Cookie is huge. I’m not exaggerating: The s’mores cookie weighed nearly a whole pound and was stuffed with graham crackers, chocolate and marshmallow pieces, then drizzled with more chocolate and marshmallow. While that sounds like a lot — and it was — it was every bit as delicious as the chocolate chip cookies.

We were so preoccupied with our cookie selection that we forgot to buy any dunking sauces. If the cookies are already fantastic enough on their own, dipping them in hot fudge or marshmallow would undoubtedly send me into a massive sugar high. I’ll be making another trip to Dunk’d as soon as I can, and I highly recommend everyone else to do the same.