Location: 983 Dovercourt Road, Toronto
Website: https://eightcookies.ca/
I’ll admit that I didn’t have the highest of hopes for Eight Cookies. They serve big fat chunky boys, like at Crumbl or Andrea’s, which I’m generally not crazy about. I find this type of cookie to be one-note soft, and I’m not a big fan of how underbaked they tend to be.
Imagine my surprise, then, when I found that the cookie here was not underbaked at all, but still managed to be delightfully soft and chewy, with a nice level of crispiness on its exterior.
Like at Crumbl, they have a rotating menu of eight different cookies, with several of them featuring various toppings and icing. I like to go simple when I’m first trying a place, so I went with the milk chocolate and sea salt: “A delightful balance of sweet and savory, these soft cookies feature rich milk chocolate chunks, finished with a sprinkle of sea salt for that perfect touch of flavor.”
It’s a top-notch cookie; it’s buttery and rich without being overly greasy, the chocolate is obviously very good quality, and the cookie itself is quite tasty. It’s a bit sweet for me, however — I think a darker chocolate would be perfect here, but then I tend to like my dessert to lean a bit less sugary.
Still, the salt does a solid job of (mostly) balancing out the cookie’s sweetness, and other than that, I liked this a whole lot.
