A cookie intermediate and a process for forming a cookie intermediate
having a visual feature depicted on both a top surface and a bottom
surface of the cookie intermediate. A cookie dough and an edible filling
are substantially simultaneously extruded such that the edible filling is
encased within the cookie dough to form a cookie rope. The cookie rope is
sliced such that the edible filling is exposed on both a top and bottom
surface of the individually slice cookie intermediates. The extruder
includes a die assembly that extrudes the edible filling in a desired
shape or configuration such that after slicing, the edible filling
displays a visual feature on the top and bottom surfaces of the cookie
intermediate.