All sorts of yumminess in one handheld package.

Time flies! That was my sentiment when I first published this recipe nearly five years ago. Time continues to fly, as my husband and I have been full-time empty nesters for three years. While I miss having the kids at home, we stay connected via so many pieces of technology. And yes, care packages of homemade goods (such as the Mocha Latté Cookies) are still mailed across the miles.

From the wayback time machine

To learn more about this recipe, originally published in May 2018, keep reading.

Although I sometimes write about personal things in my recipes, I keep most of the focus on the food: how I thought of the idea, hints on making it, lessons learned. Today, I’m going to take a paragraph or three and emote a bit.

I made these cookies for my son, as he likes desserts that have white chocolate incorporated into them. The reason I made these for him is that they are part of the last care package I’ll send to him as an undergraduate. I know it’s often said, but it seems hard to imagine that four years have passed so quickly.

It doesn’t feel that long ago that he was packing his bedroom and getting ready to head two thousand miles away. It’s in these moments that I truly appreciate the bittersweet nature of parenting. It brings a tear to my eye to know that he’s fully leaving the nest now, but I am overwhelmingly proud of everything he’s accomplished. Wasn’t my only role to raise a person who could be independent?

A week from today I’ll officially be the mom of a college graduate. This college graduate’s next role will keep him 1,700 miles away, so I’m sure there will be more care packages for him in the future. They just won’t be sent to a student anymore.

<No, I don’t have tears in my eyes. You do.>

Onto the cookie recipe

Back to the cookies! I have two suggestions for this recipe. Use salted macadamia nuts. The sweetness of the coconut and white chocolate could become overwhelming. Obviously, the white chocolate could be replaced with semi sweet or milk chocolate, if desired.

Also, these cookies hold up well in transit. They sat in a mailbox for an extra day or two while a certain someone was in the madness of finals. The cookies were still deemed delicious after a week of aging.