Bread Lounge is Ran Zimon’s bakery and cafe in the downtown L.A. Arts District. The talented Israeli baker is best known for bread, pastries, and sandwiches. For me, bambas rule.

Bambas are bite-sized, halva-like peanut butter cookies studded with sesame seeds. They’re based on a popular Israeli corn puff coated with peanut butter. Bambas also my latest Bread Lounge obsession. On Saturday, I’d already ordered a passel of sandwiches, flatbreads, and brownies. At that point, I noticed the cookies in a sample bowl by the register. Of course I popped a bamba in my mouth. Before leaving, I made sure to down one more crumbly, melt-in-my-mouth cookie. Bambas come in a big plastic container, and on my most recent visit, since I already had two bags of food, I waited to take the bambas home with me before partaking in this delicacy. Not that they lasted long beyond my drive home.