{"id":11292,"date":"2015-10-12T10:32:57","date_gmt":"2015-10-12T14:32:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/verastic.com\/?p=11292"},"modified":"2015-10-12T10:32:57","modified_gmt":"2015-10-12T14:32:57","slug":"all-hail-the-chocolate-chip-cookie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/social\/all-hail-the-chocolate-chip-cookie.html","title":{"rendered":"All Hail The Chocolate Chip Cookie!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"blogher_content\"><script src=\"http:\/\/ads.blogherads.com\/bh\/70\/709\/70956\/1144985\/campaigns\/21\/2140\/2140599\/x90.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>If I was a character on Sesame Street, I&#8217;d definitely be the Cookie Monster, so it&#8217;s not by coincidence that I saved the cookie post for last. I am the girl who goes to the grocery store and randomly scans the cookie aisle looking for new cookies to explore. Sometimes, I explore <em>biscuits<\/em> because they remind me of Nigeria, and the sound of biscuits just make me feel sophisticated. But let me tell you about this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogher.com\/clicktracker.php?nid=2140599&#038;cid=2100288&#038;url=http%3A%2F%2Fgoo.gl%2Fz1VHxE\" rel=\"nofollow\">Fiber One<\/a> Chocolate Chip Cookie. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogher.com\/clicktracker.php?nid=2140599&#038;cid=2100288&#038;url=http%3A%2F%2Fverastic.com%2Fsite%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2015%2F10%2FFiber-One-Chocolate-Chip-Cookie-1.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11296\" src=\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Fiber-One-Chocolate-Chip-Cookie-1.jpg\" alt=\"Fiber-One-Chocolate-Chip-Cookie-1\" width=\"750\" height=\"499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Fiber-One-Chocolate-Chip-Cookie-1.jpg 750w, https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Fiber-One-Chocolate-Chip-Cookie-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a> First of all, you should know that before America, my only idea of chocolate was through candy bars at the checkout line. I was never a chocolate chip or brownie person. But that has all changed now. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogher.com\/clicktracker.php?nid=2140599&#038;cid=2100288&#038;url=http%3A%2F%2Fverastic.com%2Fsite%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2015%2F10%2FFiber-One-Chocolate-Chip-Cookie-2.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11297\" src=\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Fiber-One-Chocolate-Chip-Cookie-2.jpg\" alt=\"Fiber-One-Chocolate-Chip-Cookie-2\" width=\"750\" height=\"499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Fiber-One-Chocolate-Chip-Cookie-2.jpg 750w, https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Fiber-One-Chocolate-Chip-Cookie-2-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a> My little cousin came over to the house and ate a cookie, and now he thinks he can just call me on the phone to come to his house and hand-deliver chocolate chip cookies to him. 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