Cookie with 6,000 Pounds of Chocolate

Well, it’s official… all the cows are dry and it’s all because of what happened one afternoon on a football field. It was on that fateful day that the world’s largest cookie was constructed. In order to indulge in such an enormous treat, that would require thousands of glasses of milk, but in this case it was worth the costs.

If for no other reason, this cookie helped to cut back on energy costs all around the city for one day. For one day, no one had to bake cookies in their traditional energy sucking appliance. They were being “green“.

The world’s largest cookie, chocolate chip no doubt, was 31m (102 feet) in diameter and weighted 18,000 kg (40,000 lb)! That’s one big and heavy chocolate chip cookie! Want to make a cookie like this on your own. It sounds like an “interesting” task to tackle to sasy the least. Well, if you’re up for the challenge, you’ll need…

• 12,200 lbs. of Unbleached Flour
• 6,525 lbs. of Unsalted Butter
• 6,000 lbs. of Dark Chocolate Chunks
• 5,000 lbs. of Granulated Sugar
• 3,370 lbs. of Dark Brown Sugar
• 30,000 Whole Eggs
• 184 lbs. of Salt
• 79 lbs. Baking Soda
• 10 gallons of Pure Vanilla

Wow… when I first heard this story I thought, “well, I think I’ll go to the local grocery store and pick up these few items so I can get to baking.” I’ll only need a couple thousands pounds or each ingredient. (No thanks, I think I’ll just read about it!) Even beyond the fact that this cookie is huge, you have to wonder, how’d they blend all this batter and who had to clean the mixer?