Why are chocolate-chip cookies in a design portfolio? Cooking is a creative endeavor that rewards attention to detail, iterative prototyping, and passion. This recipie is the culmination of a relentless pursuit of the perfect chocolate-chip cookie.

Properly made these cookies have crispy edges, cakey sides, and a soft chewey center. They seldom last long out of the oven, giving rise to their "Plasma" moniker. As Hawkes noted these are "60% chocolate and 40% hotter than the sun."