At Tina Casaceli's
Milk & Cookies Bakery in New York City, customers can design their own flavors—say, marshmallow-macadamia cookies, which are then baked fresh on the spot. Here, Casaceli shares a dough recipe from her cookbook,
Milk & Cookies. Prep the dough before the party, then use it as the base for the combinations she suggests, or anything you and your friends can imagine.
Step 2: Mix in flavorings.
Candy
Chocolate chips, white chocolate chips, milk or bittersweet chocolate chunks, caramel chips, M&M's, chocolate-covered pretzels, broken candy bars, toffee bits, marshmallows, peppermints
Nuts
Chopped macadamia nuts, pecans, sliced almonds, peanuts, and walnuts (or nut butters); coconut flakes
Fruits
Dried candied pineapple, dried papaya, dried blueberries, dried cranberries, dried cherries, candied ginger, golden raisins, dried apricots
Other
Cinnamon, cardamom, ginger, clove, sanding sugar, walnut or orange liqueur, coffee extract, peppermint extract, jam, citrus zest, almond paste, sea salt, cream cheese
Perfect Pairings
Walnut
Walnut liqueur + walnuts
Ginger Snap
Ginger + cinnamon + clove
Mint Chocolate Chip
Peppermint extract + chocolate chips
Spice
Ginger + cloves + nutmeg + cardamom + cinnamon
Tropical
Papaya + coconut + macadamia nuts
Mocha
Coffee extract + milk chocolate
Chocolate-Caramel
Chocolate chips + caramel chips
Chocolate-Orange
Orange liqueur + grated orange zest + chocolate chunks + pecans
Macadamia
White chocolate chips + chopped macadamia nuts
Fruit and Nut
White chocolate chips + dried cherries + pecans
Candy Bar
Bittersweet chocolate chunks + toffee bits
Snickerdoodle
Cinnamon + sanding sugar + sliced almonds
Chocolate-Almond
Milk chocolate chunks + sliced almonds
Chocolate-Coconut
Chocolate chips + coconut flakes
Next: Design your own cocktails
