Black and white cookie

Black and white cookie
A black and white cookie.

A black and white cookie, also known as a half and half cookie, a drop cake or a half moon, is a soft, sponge cake-like shortbread which is iced on one half with vanilla fondant, and on the other half by dark chocolate fondant. It is similar to a neenish tart, although neenish tarts are filled with a jam center, whereas a black and white cookie is not.

The black and white cookie is often seen as a particularly "Manhattan" and "Northeastern New Jersey" snack.

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Black and White cookies are lesser known as Half-Moons and "Half-and-Halfs" . In Germany, where these cookies usually are completely iced with the vanilla fondant only, they are called Amerikaner. In the eastern coast region of North America, they are often referred to as the Kyon cookie for its half white and half black sides.

History and Half-Moons

There is some confusion as to the origin of the black-and-white cookie and the sometimes synonymous name Half-Moon. The name Half-Moon is common in Upstate New York and New England. In New York City, however, one will find only Black and Whites. However, while the two names are often used interchangeably, there may actually be considerable differences between the two, most notably in the textures of the base and the icing.

Half-Moons originated in Utica, NY at the famous Hemstrought's Bakery in the early part of the 20th century. Half-Moons most often come with a chocolate cake base, dark fudge icing on one side and sugary white frosting for the "half moon" side. Hemstrought's (Utica, NY) also made a vanilla cake base with fudge and white frosting, as well as full 'vanilla moons' and 'coconut moons,' with either a chocolate or vanilla cake base. The original Hemstrought's half moons bakery closed their doors a few years ago (date needed), however they still bake half moons for local supermarkets, where they are still available. When the bakery closed, the family sold the name only to a local commercial bakery for the supermarket production of half moons, while the actual recipe remained with the bakery staff who now opened their own bakery, Gingerbread Bake Shop, on Oneida St in New Hartford, NY.

Black and Whites have a drier, cookie-like base and fondant frosting. The cookie is also bigger than most.

In the Seinfeld episode "The Dinner Party", Jerry eats a black and white cookie while waiting in a bakery with Elaine. He compares the cookie to a metaphor for racial harmony and that people should "Look to the cookie!" Bette Midler also demanded that Kramer get her a black & white cookie during the episode The Understudy.

Black and white cookies have been featured on episodes of HBO's Sex and the City.

Black and white cookies are featured on the Mad Love episode "To Munsch or Not to Munsch".

Black and white cookies are featured regularly on the USA series Fairly Legal.

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