Whatever Happened To Chocolate Chip Cookies
Atlanta, Georgia | Film Short
Comedy, Action
After a local cookie store alters the recipe of one of their cookies, an addicted customer starts on a quest to find the original recipe.
Whatever Happened To Chocolate Chip Cookies
Atlanta, Georgia | Film Short
Comedy, Action
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After a local cookie store alters the recipe of one of their cookies, an addicted customer starts on a quest to find the original recipe.
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The Story
For 50 years...
Mark has started every morning with the same tasty treat, a perfect Chunky Monkey Chocolate Chip Cookie from his local bakery, Ricky’s Cookies. It’s more than a dessert, it’s his routine, his comfort snack, the only constant in this crazy world.
But one winter morning, something truly despicable happens. The cookie tastes slightly different, and Mark will not stand for this betrayal.
His search for answers leads him to Daniel, the clueless new employee. Then to Richard, the baker who sold his shop and refuses to share his original recipe, out of fear of losing his precious retirement plan, a new Sail Boat in Palm Beach, Florida. When Richard shuts him out, Mark’s disappointment spirals into an obsessive, hilariously chaotic quest to recreate the cookie himself.
Failed cookies, conspiracy theories, and kitchen meltdowns all culminate in Mark breaking into Richard’s home, discovering the hidden recipe sheets, and battling his old friend in a wildly absurd showdown over the Chunky Monkey secret recipe.
MARK
Mark has eaten the same Chunky Monkey Chocolate Chip Cookie from Ricky’s Cookies for 50 years, so when the shop gets sold and the recipe vanishes, Mark snaps, and sets off on a quest to reclaim the cookie or die trying (hopefully just the first one).
This cookie has been the one steady thing in Mark’s chaotic lifespan, from childhood to retirement. Change is his mortal enemy, and when pushed, he digs his heels in harder than the stale cookies he refuses to eat.
RICHARD
Richard spent decades running Ricky’s Cookies, perfecting every recipe like a proud, sugar-dusted scientist. But he’s older now, he’s tired, and honestly? He just wants to sell the shop, buy a boat, and live out his remaining years on the Florida Coast.
So when Mark storms in demanding the secret recipe, Richard shuts that down immediately, out of fear of violating his contract and losing his precious retirement plan. If he has to wrestle an old man on his lawn and physically eat the recipe, so be it.
Look, we’re not trying to fund the next superhero franchise.
We’re asking you to help us make a movie about two elderly men committing felonies over a cookie. That’s cinema.
Your donation helps us pay for all the essential ingredients to make this tasty film:
- Paying our INCREDIBLY TALENTED ACTORS
- CREW NEEDS: Catering, Crafty, Transportation, etc.
- Incredible LOCATIONS.
- PRODUCTION DESIGN: Making Ricky’s Cookies look as authentic as possible, filling Richard's house with sail boat related decor, and making Mark's kitchen look like a CHAOTIC crime scene.
- Cookies. Hundreds and HUNDREDS of cookies.
- Shattering not one, but TWO WINDOWS.
- Ensuring this ridiculous story looks as good as it is DERANGED.
Mark has already lost his mind and the cookie has only been missing for TWO DAYS! If he has to wait any longer for this recipe, he will actually go after YOU next!. No one wants that.
If you’ve ever feared CHANGE, hyper fixated on a snack, or just want to support an indie film that’s proudly unhinged, this is your moment.
Wishlist
Use the WishList to Pledge cash and Loan items - or - Make a pledge by selecting an Incentive directly.
Locations
Costs $1,500
Help us rent out a cozy little bakery, two houses, and a beautiful field!
Cast
Costs $750
Help us pay our incredibly talented actors
Production Design
Costs $1,500
Help us buy hundreds of cookies, dozens of model sail boats, prison jumpsuits and so much more.
Stunts
Costs $1,250
We're not dangling Mark and Richard out of an airplane but they do need some supervision for when they tussle.
Production Expenses
Costs $1,000
Help us cover any additional production expenses.
Cash Pledge
Costs $0
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About This Team
Writer and Director
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Leonardo Pastro
A Senior at SCAD Atlanta, currently majoring in Film and Television with a minor in Acting for the Camera.
He’s the director and writer for Whatever Happened to Chocolate Chip Cookies. Leo loves found footage films and building Legos. Inspired by the devastating loss of his precious oatmeal raisin cookies, he wrote this film to showcase the absurd lengths we go to, to prevent change... in a deranged and absurd short film.
Producer
Asia Smith
Director of Photography
Dhruv Jupalle
A Senior at SCAD Atlanta, currently majoring in a B.F.A. in Film and Television. He’s the DP for Whatever Happened to Chocolate Chip Cookies. Dhruv’s an international student from India who loves to read non-fiction (philosophy and history), hike, and cook. As a fan of absurdist films and stories, he aims to visually present the story in an absurdist lens that mirrors the protagonist's struggle to that of Sisyphus and the boulder.
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Incentives
- The Story
- Wishlist
- Updates
- The Team
- Community
Mission Statement
The Story
For 50 years...
Mark has started every morning with the same tasty treat, a perfect Chunky Monkey Chocolate Chip Cookie from his local bakery, Ricky’s Cookies. It’s more than a dessert, it’s his routine, his comfort snack, the only constant in this crazy world.
But one winter morning, something truly despicable happens. The cookie tastes slightly different, and Mark will not stand for this betrayal.
His search for answers leads him to Daniel, the clueless new employee. Then to Richard, the baker who sold his shop and refuses to share his original recipe, out of fear of losing his precious retirement plan, a new Sail Boat in Palm Beach, Florida. When Richard shuts him out, Mark’s disappointment spirals into an obsessive, hilariously chaotic quest to recreate the cookie himself.
Failed cookies, conspiracy theories, and kitchen meltdowns all culminate in Mark breaking into Richard’s home, discovering the hidden recipe sheets, and battling his old friend in a wildly absurd showdown over the Chunky Monkey secret recipe.
MARK
Mark has eaten the same Chunky Monkey Chocolate Chip Cookie from Ricky’s Cookies for 50 years, so when the shop gets sold and the recipe vanishes, Mark snaps, and sets off on a quest to reclaim the cookie or die trying (hopefully just the first one).
This cookie has been the one steady thing in Mark’s chaotic lifespan, from childhood to retirement. Change is his mortal enemy, and when pushed, he digs his heels in harder than the stale cookies he refuses to eat.
RICHARD
Richard spent decades running Ricky’s Cookies, perfecting every recipe like a proud, sugar-dusted scientist. But he’s older now, he’s tired, and honestly? He just wants to sell the shop, buy a boat, and live out his remaining years on the Florida Coast.
So when Mark storms in demanding the secret recipe, Richard shuts that down immediately, out of fear of violating his contract and losing his precious retirement plan. If he has to wrestle an old man on his lawn and physically eat the recipe, so be it.
Look, we’re not trying to fund the next superhero franchise.
We’re asking you to help us make a movie about two elderly men committing felonies over a cookie. That’s cinema.
Your donation helps us pay for all the essential ingredients to make this tasty film:
- Paying our INCREDIBLY TALENTED ACTORS
- CREW NEEDS: Catering, Crafty, Transportation, etc.
- Incredible LOCATIONS.
- PRODUCTION DESIGN: Making Ricky’s Cookies look as authentic as possible, filling Richard's house with sail boat related decor, and making Mark's kitchen look like a CHAOTIC crime scene.
- Cookies. Hundreds and HUNDREDS of cookies.
- Shattering not one, but TWO WINDOWS.
- Ensuring this ridiculous story looks as good as it is DERANGED.
Mark has already lost his mind and the cookie has only been missing for TWO DAYS! If he has to wait any longer for this recipe, he will actually go after YOU next!. No one wants that.
If you’ve ever feared CHANGE, hyper fixated on a snack, or just want to support an indie film that’s proudly unhinged, this is your moment.
Wishlist
Use the WishList to Pledge cash and Loan items - or - Make a pledge by selecting an Incentive directly.
Locations
Costs $1,500
Help us rent out a cozy little bakery, two houses, and a beautiful field!
Cast
Costs $750
Help us pay our incredibly talented actors
Production Design
Costs $1,500
Help us buy hundreds of cookies, dozens of model sail boats, prison jumpsuits and so much more.
Stunts
Costs $1,250
We're not dangling Mark and Richard out of an airplane but they do need some supervision for when they tussle.
Production Expenses
Costs $1,000
Help us cover any additional production expenses.
Cash Pledge
Costs $0
Direct link:
Share this update!
About This Team
Writer and Director
Leonardo Pastro
A Senior at SCAD Atlanta, currently majoring in Film and Television with a minor in Acting for the Camera.
He’s the director and writer for Whatever Happened to Chocolate Chip Cookies. Leo loves found footage films and building Legos. Inspired by the devastating loss of his precious oatmeal raisin cookies, he wrote this film to showcase the absurd lengths we go to, to prevent change... in a deranged and absurd short film.
Producer
Asia Smith
Director of Photography
Dhruv Jupalle
A Senior at SCAD Atlanta, currently majoring in a B.F.A. in Film and Television. He’s the DP for Whatever Happened to Chocolate Chip Cookies. Dhruv’s an international student from India who loves to read non-fiction (philosophy and history), hike, and cook. As a fan of absurdist films and stories, he aims to visually present the story in an absurdist lens that mirrors the protagonist's struggle to that of Sisyphus and the boulder.