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“The best cookie I have ever had. It was crunchy, gooey, perfect balance between dough and chocolate, not too sweet.”
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“The best cookie I have ever had. It was crunchy, gooey, perfect balance between dough and chocolate, not too sweet.”
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“enormous cookies that tasted exactly like a cookie is supposed to taste. Crunchy edges and very soft inside. My favorite cookie was the Oatmeal Raisin cookie, but the ones with Caramel Coconut and Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter were awesome as well.”
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“Yeah they’re very dry and tough. I like crispy cookies when they’re thin, not when they’re that thick. It’s hard to eat.”
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“If you get a fresh one it’s very gooey and soft but also very obviously underbaked. They’re not good.”
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“Yeah the middle part of levain is good, the challenge is those edges are crunchy like a scone. Plus, it’s not a very wide cookie so the edge to center ratio leaves something to be desired”
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“the best thing about levain is that it's the only cookie that's still good 2 days later with no reheating. split that cookie in half and the chocolate was still melty.”
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“Yeah, I really do not understand the hype. It's so mid imo. Yeah, it's goey, but it's also somehow dry? Like wtf? Am I eating wet sand rn?”
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“you can get some of the best cookies you’ve ever tasted but you have to eat it within minutes of having them handed to you”
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“They are good and their other offerings are good but those cookies are a lot for one person.”
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“ngl had it when they took out a batch fresh from the oven and thought it was too gooey. wasn't a fan. but.... overbought, went for a cookie the next day in the kitchen, no reheating and the chocolate was still melty. best day old cookie I've ever had”
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“To me the cookies always seemed really underbaked, like greasy lumps of dough that didn't spread enough in the oven. I know some people love them but I truly don't get the hype, especially when there are better bakeries within a short walk from there.”
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“it was the worst oatmeal raisin cookie from a bakery I’ve ever had. They burned the raisins so badly the raisins crunched and had an acrid flavor.”
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“Levain is meh. They’re so gigantic that they’re consistently doughy in the middle. They’re also overly greasy to me.”
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“They're way too sweet and the inside texture is cakey like a underbaked muffin and the outside is dry. Doesn't even qualify as a cookie to me. More like a scone failure.”
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“Levain Bakery is unironically one of the worst cookies I’ve ever had. Don’t get me wrong I love thick cakey cookies but the chocolate chip cookies from Levain taste like one thing and one thing only: sugar.”
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“For me, Levain cookies are not that good; they’re famous bc they’re so huge. It’s overkill, and densely cakey, not chewy or buttery.”
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“They are still very good, so don't believe the hate.”
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“i like how levain still tastes great one day later with no reheating; the chocolate is still somehow melty”
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“They’re just thick, crumbly, kinda dry cookies with lots of chocolate. I don’t understand why they’re popular at all.”
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“to me they all taste like biting into a softball of raw sugar so I like the texture and flavor that the nuts add to the chocolate chip cookie.”
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“Would give Levain a miss, personally, but that’s just me. People love them; I think they’re huge pucks of undercooked dough.”
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“I prefer Levain’s vegan chocolate chip over their regular ones. It’s made with cashew butter instead of dairy butter which gives it a velvety but crumbly texture I really enjoy”
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“I prefer levain, cause it's a bit more unique in the world of cookies, has a lot of chocolate and is usually warm when you get it..”
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“I tried one recently and was so disappointed. The outer edges were so crispy they verged on burnt and the cookie had a distinct baking powder flavor.”
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“This is it exactly, the texture is totally off. Neither crunchy nor chewy in a satisfying cookie way. Just.. a mushy kind of bready amalgam of sweet.”
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“the cookie is too decadent and because it’s so big, it feels more like an overcooked muffin top than a cookie”
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“If you like that doughy texture, then Funny Face and Levain are the way to go. Their cookies are massive and craggy, with crispy bits, gooey bits, and raw bits. It hits every mark on the cooked-to-not cooked spectrum.”
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“I love cookies, and was really disappointed in Levain. I’d call it was unequivocally underbaked - like they were going for soft and gooey, but took it out 2 mins early.”
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“I think they e cut out the pure butter it tastes more like crisco now. It’s got a light crunchy outside which is interesting but it’s completely lost the buttery goodness.”
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“I haven’t been to the flagship but I’ve tried the one in Philly on 2-3 occasions and I don’t get the hype. I’m not a soft cookie gal though (I love a chewy Jacque Torres style jawn). I appreciate that they’re warm but plenty of places offer warm cookies with less fanfare.”
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“My personal opinion is that Levain cookies are cloyingly sweet and very rich. I like the crumb of the outer edge, but the center of the cookie is essentially raw cookie dough. Not my thing.”
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“I dont understand levain cookie hype at all. The texture is just not nice for a cookie. Its like eating a lump of overly sweet dough.”
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“Extremely overrated and like everything else, price goes up and quality goes down. Use to like them until I worked at the NoHo location and kept finding random objects in the dough.”
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“Some of us tried to warn you Levain is overrated. If you hadn't gotten a dry one then you would have gotten a completely underbaked goo bomb that oozed all over the place.”
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“An excellent cookie that wasn't too hard on the outside or too soft on the inside.”
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“nothing special. just a big cookie. i liked the lemon white chip. i tried the carrot cake cookie and found it to be dry, underwhelming. 6.3”
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“Unreal, had it with a cortado to balance out the sweetness. Would 1000000% recommend, best cookie I’ve had in my life.”
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“Every time I see Levain cookies it blows my mind people spend money on crumbl”
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“I found the chocolate chip cookie incredibly mid.”
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“Best cookies in the world”
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“Second favorite cookie in NY, it’s also massive”
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“I still really like levain even if it’s overrated 😅”
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“Personal preference but I love Levain cookies. Ik some people don’t like the gooey inside and say it’s overhyped etc but the contrast of textures is just soooo delicious.”
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“I must be gross bc I love love love these cookies lol”
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“I’m a sucker for a warm Levain cookie”
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“the cake was fluffy and incredible and the cookie insanely dense but perfectly cooked - 10/10”
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“These were delicious but it was a LOT of cookie. I couldn’t finish a whole cookie in a sitting. These were very good but maybe not my favorite style of chocolate chip cookie.”
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“People love to hate on Levain but honestly their cookies are great. They fill a niche of having that thick chewy bite.”
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“best cookies I’ve ever had”
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“it’s still my favorite NYC cookie. Everyone has their preferences, I want a big gooey cookie”
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