Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookie Sandwiches

Que the singing angels please.

This. Is a truly heavenly creation.

The hubby works all over the valley and the other day he was working not far from where I had an appointment scheduled downtown. So being the sweet thing he is, he invited me to meet him for a lunch date. 

My appointment was done around eleven in the morning and I had some time to kill before meeting up for lunch so I thought I'd take the opportunity to wander around the Whole Foods market that was nearby. I love that store. Anybody agree with me? It's wonderful.

Anyway, as I was doing my wandering, I picked up a couple of new nut butters to try and a clif bar or two (is it just me who thinks the kidz clif bars are fantastic??) and was about to go check out when I came across...

The brownie and cookie display case. 

Oops.

I decided it would be fun to pick out a couple and take them to try with the hubby.  They had all sorts of mouthwatering (and some slightly strange-looking) creations here in the case and I circled it a couple of times trying to narrow down the options. 

Eventually I settled on a carmelita-type brownie thing and a peanut butter sandwich cookie. They were both delicious but I found myself hours later wanting another one of those peanut butter sandwich cookies. I'd never tried a sandwich cookie of any kind (not including ice cream sandwiches which are absolutely incredible and I can't live without) so this was a new experience to me.

Where the heck have these sandwich cookies been all my life and why did no one tell me I was living such an empty life without them??

The next day that cookie was still on my mind and I finally decided to accept the fact that I really needed another one so I could be satisfied and move on with my life.

But rather than driving allll the way back to Whole Foods (there isn't one real close by) I decided to put my skills to the test and try to reinvent it in my own kitchen.

Oh. My. Heavenly word.

Seriously??

They turned out fifty billion times better than the one I'd picked up from Whole Foods! (No offense Whole Foods, it's just the truth. Take comfort knowing yours was much healthier I'm sure.) I'm pretty sure I'm in love. (Honey could you move over a bit and make room for my sandwich cookie...?)

But really. I was blown away.

I was headed to class that night while the hubby was on his way home from work so I told him over the phone that "the best cookies in the history of ever" were sitting on the kitchen counter. He tried one and texted me this during class... "Hon those cookies were amazing! You're the bestest ever!" 

Yeah, yeah, I know... (wink.)

But really that means alot coming from him because truth be told, he's kind of a picky eater. He likes things really traditional and has a hard time expanding his food horizons if you know what I mean. Like if he is used to something, he likes it that way and has a hard time falling in love with anything different. It's usually, "it's good... but I really like it this way..." 

Drives me crazy sometimes.

But like I said, he totally loved these cookies. So that's definitely saying something.

And now that they're gone I'm just sitting around spending all of my time trying to come up with a few dozen reasons and occasions to make these again.

Um, today is Saturday... that's a plenty good reason right?

Whatever. These don't need a reason or occasion. They're just freaking amazing and need to be made and enjoyed.

Thanks to The Best Blog Recipes for featuring my White Chocolate Chip Macadamia Pancakes this week!

Today I'm linking up with:

The Best Blog Recipes
Six Sisters Stuff
Be Different Act Normal
Your Homebased Mom
Be Betsy