This Week’s Truthful Tuesday: The Psychology Of A Cookie
Which side of a black and white cookie do you eat first, the chocolate or vanilla?
The answer to this question can tell you a lot about who a person is. That’s actually not a true statement, but I feel like it could be. I think there is a university psychology department somewhere in the U.S that is currently studying the relationship between one’s personality traits and how he or she answers this question.
For the longest time, I was a vanilla kid. I preferred vanilla cake, ice cream, frosting, you name it. But, as time went on, my chocolate side grew increasingly strong and I ended up changing my mind. As an “adult” (or something like an adult) I’d much rather eat something that is chocolate flavored. So, where does the black and white cookie fit into this equation?
Although I have embraced my love for all things chocolate, I continue to eat black and white cookies the same way I always did. What I mean is, I eat the whole chocolate side first before starting on the vanilla. The reason for this is because I’m saving the vanilla. I’d rather get the chocolate “out of the way” by eating it first. Interestingly enough, my intensifying love for chocolate has not had any effect on my black and white cookie eating. In other aspects of my life, I have changed the order in which I consume chocolate and vanilla based on my matured palate. Currently, I will eat the piece of vanilla cake and the vanilla frosting before the chocolate because I follow the rule of saving the best for last.
Does the order in which one eats a black and white cookie have any correlation to one’s character? What has caused me to change my life in so many ways, yet keep this particular cookie eating process exactly the same? And why is it that the vanilla icing on black and white cookies is always hard while the chocolate is always soft like fudge? Why don’t they use the same product, just a different flavor? It’s not just one place either. Anywhere I’ve ever had a black and white cookie, the consistency of the vanilla and chocolate have been contrasting. Is that what the recipe calls for?
I have so many burning questions about my cookie eating habits and no one to ask. It’s very frustrating. I’d like to know if my genetics have anything to do with my preference of chocolate over vanilla and what caused me to switch favorite flavors. I hope that someone out there is researching these answers and that one day the front page of The NY Times will be a giant story about the anatomy of a person’s brain and the direct behaviors one employs while eating black and white cookies. If that ever happens, remind me about this post. I feel like I could make a buck or two having printed something before anyone else did…
This Week’s Truthful Tuesday: The Psychology Of A Cookie
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I don’t even like black and white cookies.
Now what does that make me? Is there any research anywhere?