Different people have different tastes, for sure. The problem comes with the ratio. Whenever both types are served, the ratio of chocolate chip to oatmeal raisin is always too low. That’s probably because there is a minimum batch size and you would need a huge event to get the ratio right.
Inevitably the last people to grab cookies only have oatmeal raisin as a choice but will probably assume they are chocolate chip, because who hosts a party with cookies and doesn’t serve chocolate chip cookies? When you bite into something expecting one thing and get something else it adds to the disappointment.
It would be like having an equal number of left- and right-handed items but not enough where everyone can have their pick.
According to this totally scientific site, chocolate containing cookies (any kind) are favored over non-chocolate cookies by 75% of people in North America (probably just US).
Different people have different tastes, for sure. The problem comes with the ratio. Whenever both types are served, the ratio of chocolate chip to oatmeal raisin is always too low. That’s probably because there is a minimum batch size and you would need a huge event to get the ratio right.
Inevitably the last people to grab cookies only have oatmeal raisin as a choice but will probably assume they are chocolate chip, because who hosts a party with cookies and doesn’t serve chocolate chip cookies? When you bite into something expecting one thing and get something else it adds to the disappointment.
It would be like having an equal number of left- and right-handed items but not enough where everyone can have their pick.
According to this totally scientific site, chocolate containing cookies (any kind) are favored over non-chocolate cookies by 75% of people in North America (probably just US).