Name: White Chocolate and Wax Worm Cookies
Yield: About 3 dozen cookies
Ingredients: 1 2/3 cups all-purpose flour; 3/4 teaspoon baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon baking soda; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 3/4 cup butter, softened; 3/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar; 1/3 cup granulated sugar; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1 large egg; 2 cups white chocolate chunks or morsels; 3/4 cup (about 375) frozen wax worms, thawed

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White Chocolate and Wax Worm CookiesChugrad McAndrews

These are likely the best bug cookies you'll ever eat. And if your granny couldn't see the baked caterpillars peeking out of the dough, she'd undoubtedly ask for seconds.

I bring these treats, which are sure conversation starters, when I'm asked to appear on radio talk shows. If I'm successful, after the banter has subsided, listeners will hear the sighs of contentment from the on-air hosts. Trust me on this: they're that good.

When baked, those chubby ivory-colored caterpillars taste like pistachios. What's not to like? Based on flavor alone, Julia Child would have endorsed this recipe—and probably asked for seconds or thirds.

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