The inspiration for The Cookie is from three different cookies. Carol's Cookies Toffee Crunch Cookie, Bon Appetit's Brown Butter and Toffee Chocolate Chip Cookies, and Levain Bakery's Chocolate Chip Walnut Cookie. Carol's Cookies are thick, round, and tall with a super chewy texture. Levain's cookie is similar in appearance except the inside is much more molten and gooey (No, I have not yet tasted one YET this is what the internet has told me). Bon Appetit's recipe makes flat giant cookies filled with molten chocolate from the use of chocolate wafers. I essentially used the flavors of the BA's cookie, with the chewiness of Carol's and gooeyness of Levain's.