Lovett School issued the following announcement on Mar. 16.
Since the cafe opened at Lovett, they have served delicious warm chocolate chip cookies on Wednesdays. “Warm Cookie Wednesdays” have become something that decades of Lovett students have looked forward to.
I always knew what a big deal “warm cookie Wednesdays” were, but truly had no idea the insane amount of cookies that the cafe sold each week until I had the opportunity to speak with the cafe manager, Cat Chartier.
“We sell around 100 cookies a day,” says Cat. I was completely shocked that on an average “warm cookie Wednesday” the cafe uses seventy pounds of cookie dough more than doubling the amount they use on an average day.
Some might wonder just what makes these cookies so much more delicious than just normal cookies. Of course, serving the cookies warm makes them more appealing but I also found out that the cafe makes the chocolate chip cookies from scratch. No wonder they are so good!
In addition to the delectable “made from scratch” chocolate chip cookies, Cat and the cafe staff also want to make sure that they offer a variety of options to appeal to the majority of the student population. “We make some of the cookies by scratch and then we often try new flavors by ordering them from our main vendor,” says Cat.
The cafe would ideally love to offer new options each week as well as seasonal and specialty cookies. Recently, the cafe has offered new flavors like salted caramel, M&M, and Reese's Peanut Butter in addition to “seasonal” options based around holidays or seasons. For example, they were able to offer Strawberry Cheesecake Cookies around Valentine's Day.
When asked how they choose their flavors, Chef Kat answered, “Availability, for one, because right now supply chain issues are hard.”
With all this talk about cookies, I just had to know what Cat’s favorite cookie was and I had to chuckle a bit at her answer. Maybe preparing that many cookies weekly from scratch or talking about cookies all the time has steered her away from cookies a bit, but Cat says she actually prefers to have a donut from Da Vinci's Donuts or Ice Cream from Brusters or Coldstone Creamery over a cookie these days. Still, she did mention that she really has enjoyed the Reeses Peanut Butter Cookie from the cafe lately.
Expanding the cookie options at the cafe seems to have attracted more students. Lately, while walking through the halls you will see a lot more people holding cookies in their hands and there is definitely much more talk about the cafe cookies than there has ever been before.
With that in mind, I decided to roam the halls at Lovett asking students about their favorite cafe cookie and no one was hesitant to pass along their answer. Of course, everyone still seems to love the classic chocolate chip cookie but lots of the new flavors were mentioned. Junior Aiden Hahn said that her favorite continues to be the chocolate chip cookies that made “warm cookie Wednesday” famous, while others have really taken to the new cookie options like Sophomore Connor Davis who said his favorite was the Reese’s Peanut Butter Cookie.
If you haven’t popped by the cafe lately, you should definitely do so and try one of the new cookies they are offering! You won’t be disappointed!
Original source can be found here.
Source: Lovett School
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