Why you should have Cookies Sno-Cap
You're a huge fan of the Sno-Cap. (I know that many of you love Sno-Caps. When I asked on Facebook about your favorite movie theater snacks came other than popcorn, Sno-Caps repeatedly.) You create popcorn cupcakes for your movie night and you need a starter that a sure-fire blockbuster hit will be. You are experiencing a chocolate chip cookie craving, but it's midnight and the only store that sells chocolate chips is closed. What do you think? 24-hour pharmacies sell Sno-Caps. You want to buy your cookie ingredients on the movie theater concession stand. (This is not recommended unless you like getting ripped off.)
What are the Sno-Caps?
Those of you not familiar with the American film theater experience may not know about Sno-Caps. Sno-Caps are a candy made by Nestl?. They are essentially chocolate chips covered with small nonpareils (little white stray balls).
Why are Sno-Caps popular with movies?
Maybe Sno-Caps are popular with cinemas because, like popcorn, they have something crisp and white and they are small enough to kick in your mouth by the handful. Unlike popcorn Sno-Caps come in a box too small to have two hands. So it is a great litmus test for your date. Let them go or she first box hoarding?
Why are Cookies M & M not so popular and Sno-Cap Cookies?
M & M cookies are everywhere; I have seen them on countless parties and even sold in coffee shops. Still, I've never been a Sno-Cap cookie-even after an extensive search of Google. Because Sno-Caps are actually chocolate chips (topped with candy), they are the ideal replacement for chocolate chips in cookies. I can only speculate that people have not tried this before because:
Sno-Caps are too similar to chocolate chips. The replacement was so obvious that people don't see. You can compare this with the invention of the
Sno-Cap to make cookies, use your favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe, but Sno-Caps instead of chocolate chips. A quick poll on Facebook introduced me to Alton Brown's chocolate chip cookie recipe that he is the tough calls. While I don't find these cookies be tough (except when they were hot) *, they were exceptional cookies. This can be my new go-to chocolate chip cookie recipe. The Chewy is the kind of cookie that you have to hide yourself so you are not the whole Bowl gobbling down before your friends arrive. They are even better microwave for 20 seconds to make them hot weather.
* It is possible that they were not tough, because I don't chill them long enough. I've heard that the dough thoroughly chilling makes the chewier cookies.
Here is the Alton recipe as I with my oh-so-minor made (and still earth-shattering Sno-Cap fans) change to make them Sno-Cap cookies:
Yield: about 30 cookies
2 1/4 C bread flour (you read that right. I've never cookies with flour for bread, but I thought that Alton knew what he was doing-and it worked!)1 teaspoon kosher salt (sometimes I'm inclined to cut the salt in recipes. But, good chocolate chip or Sno-Cap-cookies required salt. In this case, using Kosher salt versus the smaller grain table salt makes the salt taste pop.)1 teaspoon baking soda1 c unsalted butter1/4 C sugar1 1/4 C Brown sugar1 egg yolk egg1 2 tablespoons milk 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract (I used vanilla bean paste.) 2 C Sno-Caps (about 3 3.1 oz boxes) sift together the flour, salt, baking soda and reserved.Melt the butter in a medium saucepan of heavy-bottom (or a microwave) on a low flame and pour it in a medium mixing bowl.Add the sugar and brown sugar and cream with the butter.Add the egg, egg yolk, milk and vanilla extract and mix until well combined. Slowly take the flour mixture until well combined. Stir in the Sno-Caps. Chill the dough (I did this for about thirty minutes and, as mentioned above, I wonder if doing this for more would have made my chewier cookies).Scoop on parchment-lined baking sheets. Alton suggests 6 cookies per sheet. I do not stick to this and all the different sizes.Bake at 375 F 14 minutes or until golden brown. Rotate baking sheet for even browning.Cool completely and store in an airtight container.
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