{"id":10524,"date":"2011-03-02T10:30:40","date_gmt":"2011-03-02T15:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/?p=10524"},"modified":"2013-09-30T05:48:18","modified_gmt":"2013-09-30T09:48:18","slug":"colossal-cookies-invade-harlem-levain-bakery-opens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/?p=10524","title":{"rendered":"Colossal cookies invade Harlem, Levain Bakery opens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/20110302-075244.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/20110302-075244.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>By HarlemGal for HarlemCondoLife<br \/>\nThe wait is finally over. Harlem has a new cookie store! I stopped by <a href=\"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/?s=Levain+Bakery\" target=\"_blank\">Levain Bakery<\/a>, located on Frederick Douglass Blvd between 116th and 117th Street, yesterday to try out the goods. I purchased four $4 cookies: chocolate chip walnut, dark chocolate chocolate chip, oatmeal raisin, and dark chocolate peanut butter chip. I have never tasted a Levain Bakery treat before so I went nuts and asked for one of each flavor. Little did I know.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/20110302-075319.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/20110302-075319.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a>Before I discuss my favorites, let me state: I am going to be eating cookies until the end of March. I had no idea Levain cookies were so&#8230;ahh&#8230;huge. I have labeled them big a&#8211; cookies, big mac cookies or colossal cookies! These cookies are so big and fat, they look like biscuits. Next time I see my friends who reside on the Upper Westside, I am going to ask &#8220;why didn&#8217;t you tell me how big these cookies were?&#8221; Do I sound like a person who is complaining because I am on the verge of inheriting a new sweet tooth addiction? Simple answer. Yes!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/20110302-075445.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/20110302-075445.jpg\" width=\"180\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a>Last night, I bit into each of the four cookies I purchased and do they each pack a punch of flavor. If you love chocolate, try the dark chocolate chocolate chip. It was too much for me and I&#8217;d rather eat chocolate cake, but for chocolate cookie lovers it will not disappoint. I also did not care for the chocolate peanut butter chip cookie. If you like peanut butter, this cookie is your friend. Where I am going to become a Levain cookie addict is with the chocolate chip\/walnut cookie and the raisin oatmeal cookie. I have come to the conclusion I love traditional, simple ingredient cookies. They remind me of the treats I received when I was a kid. However, these cookies have been injected with 10 times the amount of cookie dough.<\/p>\n<p>Levain Bakery definitely delivers the sweet stuff as some of their fans had already conveyed. Next time, I will only buy one cookie or try something else so that I can now manage my new found sweet tooth addiction.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/20110302-075402.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/20110302-075402.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By HarlemGal for HarlemCondoLife The wait is finally over. 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