And I feel almost the same, but not quite, about salty sweet treats.  When salted caramel burst onto the food scene a few years back, I couldn’t get enough. I still can’t, but my brain has adjusted a little more. Back in those days, it was hard to find salted caramel anything. Now you can’t turn around without it smacking you in the face with its coy deliciousness.

Now, today’s cookies are not salted caramel. But you can get excited anyway! In honor of the Super Bowl, I decided to make a cookie that would please salt and sugar cravers alike. So instead of the usual chocolate chips or what-have-you, these cookies are filled with potato chips, pretzels, and peanut butter M & Ms!

As a die-hard sugar craver whose blood pressure is pretty dang low, I don’t gravitate naturally toward salt. In fact, my doctor has told me to put salt on everything, even my cereal (gross), to bring up my blood pressure. I don’t want to. Salt is not my thing. But when it’s paired with sugar, it suddenly becomes irresistible. So you can imagine what these cookies did to me.

If you’ve ever had a chocolate-dipped potato chip or pretzel, just add a soft, thick cookie to the equation. And the M & Ms, of course. That should give you some idea of what these babies can do.

Now, you can’t be impatient when you’re making these cookies. You have to let the dough chill overnight. Don’t worry: the potato chips and pretzels will bake up just fine. You want mounds of dough pillowing your mix-ins, not a flat pancake of cookie. It’s worth the wait!

This Sunday, I’ll be ignoring the game (see Wednesday’s post if you wanna know why) while I focus on game-day food. But when the game’s over and my kids are in bed, I’m heading to my own bed with these cookies. Sounds like the perfect ending to another Sunday!