Top of the List: Oye! Sabor Presents the Maldon Sea Salt Cookie Collection and the New Croissant Cookie

His name is Ollie Isidro, and he's the man behind some of the metro's very best cookies with Oye! Sabor. Make that even some of the country's finest. Period. Selected as one of the best chocolate chip cookies in the Top Ten by Spot.PH and Top 25 Best Desserts by Yummy.PH, Ollie Isidro's decadent cookies has always been on everyone's list. His latest creations surely tops any list, and that's all the reasons you need why Oye! Sabor should be on your own list. 

What began as a venture focused solely on cookies has now grown and evolved to become an expanded operation offering both sweet and indulgent treats and hearty savory meals like Prawn Thermidore, Spanish Callos, Chicken Parmigiana with Tomato Basil Confit and Bagnet Truffle Shiitake Pasta with Oye! Sabor (for more on Ollie Isidro's tempting desserts and savory offerings, see my posts Pick Your Holiday Basket: The Festive Christmas Baskets by Oye! Sabor from last year, Fancy a Danish? Ollie's Kitchen Unveils The New Fresh Baked Danish Collection from 2022 and Ollie's Kitchen Spins Cookie Stories Inspired by The Big Apple with the Indulgent New York Style Cookies Collection from 2023). And any day just gets so much better when a box of fresh baked treats from Oye! Sabor arrive at your doorstep...

Quadruple Chocolate, Pistachio Dark Chocolate and the Classic Chocolate Chip, each one topped with Maldon Sea Salt are Ollie Isidro's inspired renditions of the perfect cookie. From the large palm size and weight of each cookie to the mildly firm and delectably chewy texture topped by huge chunks of chocolate, this is the closest thing to cookie perfection. 

Each new lavish creation topped with Maldon Sea Salt has its own distinctive notes and picking a singular favorite is as difficult as restraining yourself from picking up another cookie. But let's take a closer look and bite, one cookie at a time...

...starting with the Quadruple Chocolate (P 120). You've had a Double Chocolate and even a Triple Chocolate before but Oye! Sabor does one better with its dark Quadruple Chocolate completely covered with a variety of chips to finally settle the case. And it's pure chocolate bliss with each chewy and rich chocolatey bite. The pronounced sharpness of the Maldon Sea Salt not only tempers the decadent and deep chocolate richness but enhances the flavors as well. Each bite becomes even more intense than the last with its unrestrained chocolate indulgence. 

It's easy to dismiss it simply as going way overboard but the blend of unique chocolate notes builds on the other for a play on pure chocolate richness. I'll have another...

The Pistachio Dark Chocolate (P 120) offers a whole different set flavors highlighted by pistachios with its sweet, earthy and buttery finish. The thick cookie dough, chocolate chunks and Maldon Sea Salt then weave their own layers of distinct notes to complete the medley of flavors. The flavors of the pistachios are elegantly subtle but the sheer amount of pistachios on the cookie delivers that flavorful burst of nutty richness setting this variant apart. 

The bold and deep chocolate notes are perfectly complemented by the pistachios combining for a nutty richness with each bite. And just like the Quadruple Chocolate, the Maldon Sea Salt completes the play on flavors with the Pistachio Dark Chocolate. Take a closer look at the Pistachio Dark Chocolate and the overload of pistachios with the massive chocolate chunk at the center. Ollie Isidro simply doesn't hold back on the ingredients. 

Then, there's the Classic Chocolate Chip (P 120). Bigger and heavier, the Classic Chocolate Chip with its impressive palm size offers more flavor with bigger chunks of chocolate sprinkled with Maldon Sea Salt. Ollie Isidro clearly mastered the chocolate chip, and the palm size Classic Chocolate Chip with Maldon Sea Salt may be his best version of the perfect cookie yet. 

But Ollie Isidro isn't done just yet. The new Croissant Cookie (P 130) is yet another creative expression of Ollie's craft combining the laminated layers of flaky and buttery pastry with a chocolate chip cookie. At first glance, the large and heavy Croissant Cookie looks massive unlike any other cookie. But that fragrant buttery aroma of the croissant just pulls you in...

...for that first bite. The layers of laminated pastry wrapped around the cookie teases the palate with its light and delicate crispness. A second bites brings the familiar flavors of cookie dough and chocolate into play for a cookie like no other. And it just works in that lavish yet familiar style of Ollie Isidro's other creations with pure, real and unrestrained flavors and nothing held back. 

Wrapped in flaky pastry, the chocolate chip cookie becomes a sweet moist filling with the bold flavors of chocolate completing this unique and indulgent creation. And it's quite filling too with one piece charging you up for most of the day. Just warm it up in the oven and bring out a bottle of milk or a pot of freshly brewed coffee and you're good. I love a good chocolate chip but the Croissant Cookie by Oye! Sabor is simply next level indulgence. 

Quadruple Chocolate, Pistachio Dark Chocolate and the Classic Chocolate Chip plus the Croissant Cookie, that's one seriously decadent quartet from Oye! Sabor. How does Ollie Isidro make a good thing even better? Find out for yourself with a box of his latest baked creations. And you'll agree, this is right up there on the top of your list.