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No. 9 of the world's best chocolate chip cookies
Reem's California
No. 9The cookie to get
The chocolate chip halawa cookie
Dark chocolate, house-made halawa (a tahini fudge), toasted sesame and sea salt. It came first of 23 in the San Francisco Chronicle's Bay Area ranking. Reem Assil's bakery reopened as a worker-owned flagship at Jack London Square.
Why it's on the list
- San Francisco Chronicle, the 23 best chocolate chip cookies in the Bay Area
- Oakland Voices, Reem's reopens at Jack London Square
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