Shaped cookie intermediates having interior designs

A generally non-circular cookie dough intermediate having an integral design, comprising;

• a dough intermediate having first and second sides and an external surface extending in a non-circumferential fashion;
• a design element integral with said dough intermediate, said design element including a background portion and at least one highlight portion;
• each of said background portion and said one highlight portion being visible on each of said first and second sides of said dough intermediate, and said background portion making up a majority of said dough intermediate;
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• wherein said dough intermediate and said design element combining together to illustrate a particular theme.

A method of making a generally non-circular cookie dough intermediate having an integral design element, comprising the steps of;

• providing a set of predetermined dough ingredients to produce at least first and second doughs having first and second properties and each having a specific dough density, said first dough making up a majority of said first and second doughs and said first and second doughs cooperating to form a generally non-circumferentially extending cookie dough intermediate shape and an integral design element;
• extruding said first and second doughs into a rope at an extrusion temperature ranging between 40 to 75° F. having a generally non-circular external configuration and an internal design element;
• slicing said rope to create a generally non-circular shaped cookie dough intermediate having a thickness ranging from about ¼″ to 1″, said generally non-circular cookie dough intermediates having first and second sides and said integral design element being visible on each of said first and second sides;
• freezing said generally non-circular cookie dough intermediates with said integral design element;
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• placing said generally non-circular cookie dough intermediates in a package such that either of said first and second sides may be visible.