Atomic Cookies

Published on 5 November 2025 by Gee
(French version published on 8 April 2020)

Today, I'm giving you a new recipe: the comic is just for fun, but the recipe is real (and the cookies are really good), so bon appétit 🙂

Atomic Cookies

💡 It's been a while since I've shared a recipe with you, so here we go.

The Geek remarks: “You've never shared a recipe here...” Gee replies with a smile: “Well, that just confirms what I was saying: it's been a while.”

Today, I'm going to teach you how to make atomic cookies.

The Geek, looking at a diagram of an atom, asks: “You mean cookies so small that they could be considered hyperbolically atomic in size?” Gee: “No, I'm talking about cookies that are so outrageously fatty and sweet that they're calorie bombs. Atomic bombs, basically. So you know what to expect...”

▶️ Let's start with the ingredients, and pardon my French, but I'm European, so I'll mostly write them in grams:

Flour: 250 g (as in any good pastry recipe); brown cane sugar: 100 g #CannesSugarFestival; baking powder: half a packet (or just double all the quantities to use the whole packet); honey: 2 tablespoons #ItWasntSweetEnoughOtherwise.

Salt: 1 pinch (so 2 pinches if you use a whole packet of baking powder, got it?); egg: 1 (so 2 eggs if... well, you get the idea); chocolate chips or chunks: 1 packet (or any other filling you like, except raisins, of course).

Butter: 125 g #FatIsLife (remember, 125 g is a small stick, you don't even need to cut it) #LazyCooking. Gee notes about the previous image: “If you add raisins, you are despicable human beings and I suggest you leave this blog and return to the depths of hell from whence you should never have emerged. No offense.”

▶️ 1. Preheat the oven to 200°C .

(No, I have no idea how many degrees Fahrenheit that is. I'm European, I use Celsius, deal with it.) The smiley retorts: “You don't have to be rude about it.”

▶️ 2. Melt the butter.

Gee, holding a saucepan, remarks: “I recommend using a saucepan over low heat given the amount of butter to melt. But if you're brave and not afraid of cleaning your microwave after an untimely butter explosion, you can give it a try... ” Next to him, butter explodes in a microwave.

▶️ 3. Beat the egg in a large bowl, add 2 tablespoons of honey and the melted butter, and mix.

The Geek remarks: “They're really runny for cookies.” Gee, who is mixing, replies jaded, “Maybe it's because they're not done yet.” The Geek: “Sounds like an easy excuse.”

▶️ 4. In a salad bowl, throw in the powder (flour, sugar, baking powder, salt).

The Geek empties the boxes of flour and sugar with a sharp jerk, making a loud “SPLAASH!” sound. A cloud of powder rises.

The Geek and Gee are covered in flour. The Geek raises his arms in the air: “Well, what? You told me to throw it, so I threw it...” Gee applauds ironically: “Bravo, Tony Montana of cookies...”

▶️ 5. Pour the egg, honey, and sugar mixture into the bowl and mix well until you get a smooth dough. It should shine with fat.

Gee looks at the dough and thinks: “I wonder if we shouldn't add a little packet of vanilla sugar and a ladleful of sunflower oil, I'm afraid it's a bit light right now.” The Geek, appalled: “You are a lunatic.”

▶️ 6. Add the chocolate chips (or whatever filling you like—except raisins, remember #VadeRetro) and mix by hand to distribute them evenly.

The Geek complies, saying, “I'm mixing.” Gee says aside, “Special step 6bis in case of a pandemic: have the cook tested for COVID-19 before eating their cookies.”

▶️ 7. Roll small balls between your hands —5 cm in diameter is enough, they will rise in the oven— and flatten them on a baking sheet or tray lined with baking paper, spacing them well apart.

Gee remarks: “It's possible that they won't all fit on one tray. If worse comes to worst, bake several batches.” The Geek, putting them in the oven, says with a bored look, “I can't be bothered! I'll put the rest in the dripping pan.” Gee comments, “It's also a valid technique.”

▶️ 8. Bake on the bottom rack for 9 to 11 minutes.

The Geek specifies: “So 10 minutes.” Gee replies: “9 if you like them soft, 11 if you prefer them firmer.” The Geek: “What I prefer are simple instructions.”

▶️ 9. Let them cool. In the meantime, get tested for diabetes and cardiovascular problems, just in case.

Gee arrives with a coffee pot in hand: “I made strong coffee to make sure we get heart palpitations after snack time.”

There you go!

You've made your first atomic cookies.

Handle with care, of course...

The Geek is on his scale and says, “Okay, it's time for my weekly weigh-in...” The scale's screen explodes in an atomic mushroom cloud. Note: Comic strip licensed under CC BY SA (grisebouille.net), drawn on April 4, 2020 by Gee.

Published on 5 November 2025 by Gee
(French version published on 8 April 2020)

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