Sometimes its ridiculous to make everything from scratch.

“Baking is for sissies.” – L. Tanguio a.k.a. Chua

Who doesn’t love cookies? The variety of what to choose from is practically endless: with fruit, jam, chocolate, peanut butter, almonds, macadamia, walnut, oats, raisins… Pastry eclairs, on the other hand can be very classic, yet still surprising.

Here are some ideas for comfort foods that are very easy to find.

Chips Ahoy Peanut Butter Chunky – I was able to have a taste of this while staying over at one of my girl friend’s place. She was obviously not depressed, the pack was barely half-finished. The cookies smelled a little bit of peanut butter, but the taste wasn’t that overwhelming. It is not far different from the usual crispy chocolate chip cookie variety, and however it remains very true to its “chunky” title.

The next best favorite is Pepperidge Farm’s Sausalito Milk Chocolate Macadamia cookies. For a little over a hundred bucks, you’ll be able to enjoy eight big cookies with very huge chunks of chocolates, and macadami halves which have been perfectly roasted to add just the perfect accent to the texture and taste of the cookie.

Lastly, I recommend Lemon Square Dream Cake Double Chocolate cupcakes. Amazingly, these dreamy cupcakes are very cheap, ten pieces sell for only 45+PhP in local grocery stores. It has a soft cake base and a very sinful chocolate surprise in the middle.

Thank god, technology and capitalism saved us from the trouble of having to bake these wonderful things ourselves. If its a rescue from depression, some chocolate binging, or simply a sugar rush you’re after, these three should definitely on the buy list!