Old Chicago Pizza knows how to bake a chocolate chip cookie

How on earth did that get by us? Fortunately, the day is still young.

Here’s the lowdown on chocolate chips at The Plaza North.

Old Chicago Pizza has home baked cookies – those babies are HUGE, soft and freshly baked.  Old Chicago Pizza Takeout and Delivery is located at 203 N. McDowell (by Starbucks) Phone: (707) 766-8600.

Next door to Old Chicago, Starbucks is weighing in with Reduced-Fat Banana Chocolate Chip Coffee Cake. Starbucks is located at 205 N. McDowell. Phone: (707) 763-2741.

Subway also has a chocolate chip cookie. The Plaza North Subway is located at 221 N. McDowell. Phone: (707) 765-0240.

Burger King carries chocolate chip cookies.  The Plaza North Burger King is located at 211 N. McDowell. Phone: (707) 778-6671

Brain Freeze Yogurt has chocolate chip toppings – both milk chocolate and white chips. 231-B North McDowell Blvd. Phone: (707) 789-9813.

GNC carries Total Lean Breakfast Squares, Oatmeal Chocolate Chip to solve your craving. GNC is located between Kmart and CVS. Phone:  (707) 763-4772

If you want to skip the cookie and go straight for the chips – CVS and Kmart have chocolate chips in the bag.

And finally, you can have your cookie and eat it too  – here’s Weight Watcher’s mini chocolate cookie recipe:

2 Tbsp salted butter, softened

2 tsp canola oil

1/2 cup(s) packed brown sugar, dark-variety

1 tsp vanilla extract

1/8 tsp table salt

1 large egg white(s)

3/4 cup(s) all-purpose flour

1/4 tsp baking soda

3 oz semi-sweet chocolate chips, about 1/2 cup

Preheat oven to 375ºF.

In a medium bowl, cream together butter, oil and sugar. Add vanilla, salt and egg white; mix thoroughly to combine.

In a small bowl, mix together flour and baking soda; stir into batter. Add chocolate chips to batter; stir to distribute evenly throughout.

Drop 48 half-teaspoons of dough onto one or two large nonstick baking sheets, leaving a small amount of space between each cookie. Bake cookies until golden around edges, about 4 to 6 minutes; cool on a wire rack. Yields 1 cookie per serving.