Apollo Bay Bakery - Apollo Bay

Apollo Bay Bakery
125 Great Ocean Road, Apollo Bay VIC.

Baked Good: White Chocolate and Macadamia Nut Cookie.
Should you stay, or should you go?: Kidnap your mates, pack the car and drive.

1. Presentation - 3
2. First bite - 3
3 Texture - 2
4. Flavour - 3
5. How'd it make me feel after - 3
(1 - Not so much. 5 - This is fricking awesome)

There is something about being on holiday and eating what you want without feeling guilty. Not that that's stopped me from eating baked goods before. But being on holiday let's you over indulge on the things that make you go mmm. So when I took to the Great Ocean Road with friends to check in on Apollo Bay, not only did I eat more than I should have I also

had to try something from the local bakery.

Across the blue ocean and over the grassy park sits a bakery famous for its scallop pie, the Apollo Bay Bakery. And with a name like that, you'd be silly to go anywhere else really. It's just along the main strip as you drive through, so even if you don't end up staying in Apollo Bay, you should most definitely make a stop.

The bakery is full of just about anything you can think of: bread and rolls, cakes, cookies, tarts and eclairs, pies, sausage rolls and fresh

filled rolls. If you can't find something in there to fill you up or calm the sweetest of teeth, they've probably already sold out. It's wall to wall with all things bakery. And on those walls is green, not just any green, it's the kind of green you'd find on Kermit the Frog which helps noticing the sign easier. There's plenty of chairs inside to enjoy your goods otherwise get it in a paper bag and head over the road to the park or the beach to enjoy.

I didn't leave a crumb of the White Chocolate and Macadamia Nut Cookie I munched on as I walked down the street playing tourist. Cookies by Design note that the cookie its self goes back to the 7th Century AD in Persia, the macadamia is rather young in comparison. Local to Australia the Macadamia has been a part of Indigenous Australians diet for centuries, but not until 1820 was it discovered by the Europeans. Skip ahead to the 1930s and it's mass produced and shipped all around the world. And here's something you probably never put any thought into. White Chocolate isn't actually chocolate as it has no coca solids in it. It was first introduced by non other than Nestle in the 1930s and by the 1960s

The Milky Bar Kid brought it into just about everyone's home.

Everyone has a preference for a cookie they like, hard and crumbly, soft and gooey or ones that melt in your mouth. This cookie was hard, but not break your tooth hard, just enough to give you a good crunch as you bit into it. There were big chunks of macadamia nuts and white chocolate so you're more than likely going to get a bit of each in your mouth at any one time. It was sweet, you could taste the sugar with every bite you could even see the granules, the white

chocolate would have been enough.

Overall the cookie was delicious and well worth a trip to Apollo Bay. The bakery was full of just about everything so you'd easily be able to get a whole lunch there while you just chill out on the beach to eat it all. But remember don't swim 20 minutes after eating. The staff were awesome, friendly and happy to help you make your mind up as there's just so much to pick from. And like I said before, even if you aren't stopping in Apollo Bay do yourself a favour and stop for a cookie on your way through, it'll be worth it.

3 out of 5.