"Far and away, the office favorite were the Dark 'n' Stormy Cookies, which are like a zippier gingerbread cookie blasted with extremely flavorful lime-and-rum icing. The Mortadella Cookies were a prime conversation starter, and the Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies were popular, too. The least favorite was a tie between the Coconut Cake Snowballs (tasters found them merely "fine") and the Vietnamese Coffee Swirl Brownies (the texture seemed off and some tasters found them bitter)."
"The ranger cookies Times just recommends "gummy candy" as an optional add-on topping once the cookies are out of the oven, and I went for Sour Patch Kids. That was a good choice: Their tart, fruity flavor complemented the salty, toffee richness of the cookies nicely. In fact, I should have added more than one per cookie. This recipe isn't necessarily going to enter my regular holiday cookie-baking rotation, but it definitely accomplishes what it set out to."
Office tasters sampled all New York Times holiday cookie recipes and compared favorites and least favorites. Dark 'n' Stormy Cookies scored highest, described as a zippier gingerbread with a strongly flavored lime-and-rum icing. Mortadella Cookies provoked conversation with understated sweetness and balanced strawberry and almond notes. Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies were broadly popular. Coconut Cake Snowballs were judged merely fine by several tasters. Vietnamese Coffee Swirl Brownies had texture issues and some bitterness. Ranger-style coconut-oat cookies paired well with Sour Patch Kids, which complemented salty, toffee richness and invited adding more candy per cookie.
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