Anyone who grew up near Baltimore yearns for Berger cookies, which are still sold only there (almost). The Berger got its name from George and Henry Berger, who immigrated to the US from Germany in 1835! Henry and his sons became bakers, and their bakeries are the seed of the Berger cookies today, which are made using pretty well the same recipe.
This is how we would describe a Berger cookie: if you like the chocolate icing on a cake better than the cake itself, and if you would take a huge chunk of it hardened and pile it on a large chocolate cookie to create a perfect snack, you would have this cookie. Others of you who know a “black and white” cookie and wonder why they bother with the white half, when it’s only the black half that counts, will also love this cookie.
For the last century, you had to drive along I-95 to get them – nowadays they’re found either at a High’s corner store (kind of like a 7 Eleven) or at a Giant Food.
Be forewarned: this could be habit forming. A comment from their site: “My Mom was born in Baltimore in 1917. She remembered what a treat it was when her grandmother visited and brought them Berger cookies (presumably from Lexington Market). I’m glad you’re still in business, because our family is still enjoying your cookies–for at least 5 generations!!”
MD Exit 58
http://www.bergercookies.com