Back in September I was lucky enough to enjoy James' delicious "Bundtloaf".  During that evening's festivities I wanted James to experience a sinfully delicious cookie known as a "Pinwheel".  But I couldn't find any and settled for Mallomars instead which turned out to be almost as yummy.  In his article on that get-together James noted "Mallomars contain crack."

Pinwheels are made by Nabisco, which is to say, Kraft Foods.  They are apparently only available during the winter months, and they don't have a huge following, so they are not well stocked even then.

Just the other day I was in the local Hannaford and spotted a package of Nabisco Pinwheels (or rather THE package as there was only one on the shelf), looking as terrifyingly numptious as I recall from my childhood.  I have since eaten most of the package and I can assure you, Pinwheels contain crack too.

In fact, I just ate the last one.  Here is what it looked like before I bit into it.

The Last Pinwheel

It's called a pinwheel because of its pinwheel-like shape.  The flat bottom is a ring shaped cookie... a sort of chocolately graham-crackerish thing.  Sitting atop this is a lumpy, vaguely flower-shaped torus of meringue-like marshmallow substance.  Then the entire thing is encased in a semirigid shell of chocolatesque stuff.  Mmm.... synthetic numminess.

I so wish I could have found the Pinwheel cookies that evening we had Bundtloaf... it would have made a nice symmetry because the pinwheels look like they were made in tiny bundt pans.

I'll close with the somewhat messy snap of the last pinwheel with the first bite gone.  If you get a chance I urge you to give them a try, but you may want to do it at a party or otherwise you'll just have to eat the whole package... you know, because waste is bad.

Foamy and Delicious