a nice stack of chocolate chip cookies

I know we love to hate dining hall food because we get sick of the Ferris-John Jay-JJ’s (plus Diana and Hewitt—if you still refuse to go to Hewitt, it’s literally your loss) rotation, and this might be a spicy hot take, but dining hall cookies are good. They are the beacons of lawful good in this chaotic evil world.

It’s a simple, comforting joy in life to go to John Jay on a dark, stormy night, have some mediocre-at-best baked pasta and mystery salad, and eat two chocolate chip cookies with a cup of milk. Sure, you’ll be uncomfortably full and feel weirdly bloated, but you’ll need the extra energy for the cold walk back to your dorm in the bitter winter wind.

Cookies just want you to be happy. And honestly, from my experience, dining hall cookies are usually at least decent. The last John Jay cookie I had was slightly crispy on the outside and chewy and gooey on the inside, which is the perfect chocolate cookie texture. They’re loaded with chocolate and the perfect cookie size—not too big that you get tired of eating it, but not too small that you’re unsatisfied.

The next time you go to a dining hall, eat a cookie and let it bring a little joy into your life.

cookies via Bwog Archives