This is not a new item. I’ve had them in my chocolate room for several years. I bottom dip these cookies with milk and/or dark couverture chocolate. The distinctive flavor in my oatmeal cookies is allspice. Allspice is the only major spice native to the Western Hemisphere. Christopher Columbus brought allspice back to Europe from Jamaica on his second voyage to the New World. People in Europe called it ‘allspice’ because it tastes and smells like a combination of cinnamon, nutmeg, and clove. When freshly ground, allspice has a wonderful, pungent aroma. I grind allspice with a pepper mill, which works very well. Unfortunately, not many commercial baked goods contain allspice simply because it is relatively expensive. If you haven’t tried my oatmeal raisin cookies with allspice yet, perhaps you should give them a try! (Now tell the truth. Even if you’re not a ‘cat person’, doesn’t allspice sound nicer than civet absolute?)