Family Circle’s Magazine’s First Lady Cookie Bake-Off contest ran from 1992-2016. In 2012, Michelle Obama submitted her recipe for White & Dark Chocolate Chip Cookies while Ann Romney submitted her M&M Cookie recipe.

For the contest, voters had the chance to decide which cookie they liked the most. It was a fun prediction that the husband of the winner of the cookie contest would be elected to the Presidency. Mrs Obama’s cookie did win the contest that year and as they say… the rest is history.

While being interviewed by ABC News in 2012, Michelle Obama said:

“Every evening, Barack, the girls and I sit down for a family dinner with good conversation and healthy food. If we want to splurge, these White and Dark Chocolate Chip Cookies, created by the girls’ godmother, are the perfect special treat,”

To be completely honest…I’m not a huge fan of plain chocolate chip cookies. They are probably my least favorite actually. However, I love white chocolate and mint anything so the combination of all three in this cookie? It’s truly one of my favorite cookies of all time!

White & Dark Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients

2 1/4 cups all purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

1 cup unsalted butter, softened

1 stick Crisco butter-flavored solid vegetable shortening (I used a stick of unsalted butter vs the shortening)

¾ cup granulated sugar

3/4 cup packed brown sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 eggs

1 cup each white chocolate chips, dark chocolate chips (I used milk chocolate) and mint chocolate chips or Andes mint pieces.

2 cups chopped walnuts

Directions

Heat oven to 375 degrees. In a small bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda and salt.

In a large bowl with an electric mixer, cream butter, vegetable shortening (or butter) granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla extract.

Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. On low speed, beat in flour mixture. By hand, stir in white and milk chocolate chips, mint chips and walnuts.

Drop rounded tablespoons of dough onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 375 degrees for 10 to 12 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on baking sheets for 5 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool com-pletely.