Cookie Week, New York Times Cooking's annual holiday baking tradition, is back. This year, we're baking our favorite sweet and savory cravings into seven festive treats, with recipes and videos to accompany them. Delight in brownies that taste like Vietnamese iced coffee, savor the flavors of a coconut cake in a bright, bite-size package, or treat yourself to some mint chocolate chip (shortbreads, not ice cream). But don't forget to have fun the holidays are all about having your cookie and eating it, too.
If you're a true Starbucks devotee, you've probably spotted a drool-worthy beverage on social media only to learn it's available exclusively in a country that requires a seven-hour flight to reach. Some of these global creations sound questionable, others look so tempting you briefly consider booking the next plane just to try them yourself, and then writing to Starbucks headquarters to demand it bring it to the United States.