Sugar is the other big player. A giant cookie might have half a cup of sugar. That’s about 400 empty calories.
Your body loves sugar for quick energy. But too much? It spikes your blood sugar, then crashes you. That’s why you sometimes feel sleepy after a cookie—it’s the sugar coma effect.
But here’s the weird part: brown sugar makes a cookie chewier, while white sugar makes it crispier. Big cookies use both. It’s a textural masterpiece.
