HOWTO Make a Death Star Cookie

Here's a recipe from the out-of-print Darth Vader's Activity Book for scrummy and terrifying Death Star Cookies.

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robulus

Belly button!
Hagrid

Actually, I’m digging the 1977 Burger King Star Wars glass. I used to have that exact glass when I was a kid!
- biggswede
  
  I had it too! I remember using that thing on a daily basis till the paint came off from too many trips to the dishwasher.
  - Donald Petersen
    
    Wonder how much cadmium they had in ‘em back then? I scored a complete set of ROTJ BK glasses off a friend of mine a few years back. They’re in excellent condition and way groovy, but the 1977 ones are my envy.
    
    As for the book, I seem to remember having it, but it must have gone the way of all flesh ages ago. I do still have most of my action figures and the first 18 issues of the Marvel comic book, though. So I’m geeky enough for my purposes.
Revisorius

A teeny bit of black food coloring in the dough would make a more color-appropriate grey cookie. In case anyone was askin’.
TCC

It looks a little more like a Kurt Vonnegut cookie to me.
TuesdayWeld

I’m soooooo tired of the Star Wars nostalgia. There. I said it. ::ducks flying plastic lightsaber::
- princessalex
  
  Heretic!
rebdav

I had the Luke Skywalker activity book, there was a recipe for some kind of cornflake cookie, not sure why people on Tatooine needed cornflakes in their cookies.
PJG

That’s no moon pie.
mattiescramz

omg i had that! i wonder if its in my mothers basement somewhere
Grey Devil

ITS A TRAP. WE CAN’T REPEL A PASTRY OF THAT MAGNITUDE.
The Mudshark

Looks like the backside of a shaved porcupine thatÂ´s been sitting on a rattan chair.
That Evening Sun

May have a bite of your fully armed and operational battle cookie?

/funnier in mitch hedberg’s voice. try it!
kidfunctional

in my minds eye, all I can see now is Darth Vader sat on the floor doing rainy day activities as it’s too cold to go and play outside…
- adwkiwi
  
  Seriously. How is it possible that a book this awesome was actually real?
Anonymous

That was a good’un, but we prefer the ‘Wookie Cookies Cookbook’ :-)
hadlock

I can’t believe you took the high road and wrote “scrummy” instead of “crumb-y” or some variation of that pun
- Donald Petersen
  
  “Scrummy” is okay. “Yumptious” might have been worse.
BukaHobbit

I remember making these as a kid. I am suffering an unreal nostalgia attack right now.
Anonymous

i’m pretty sure making that cookie would constitute copyright infringment
tixeon75

The death sphincter?
frogmarch

That’s no Moon Pie…

Which gives me an idea: make two of those, then sandwich some marshmallow fluff between them and coat the whole thing in chocolate. Then prepare to witness the power of this fully operational dessert treat!
Nash Rambler

The weak point is a small thermal butter port, connected directly to the main reactor. If you fire a single torpedo down it, the whole thing should crumble.
- Felton
  
  After that, they’ll make another one, which we’ll fly into and blow up while it’s baking.
jeligula

The planet-busting death ray aperture looks like an anus.
zipr

I used to make those when I was a kid. Not the tastiest thing I’ve ever eaten, but it is from Darth Vader’s kitchen…
Anonymous

Still got that glass at my parent’s place in the china closet.