Michelle Obama's White and Dark Chocolate Chip CookiesMrs Obama credited her wining recipe to her daughters' godmother and close family friend, Mama Kaye. 

Sweet treat: Ann Romney says that her grandchildren cannot resist her M&M cookies

She told Today: 'If we want to splurge, these White and Dark Chocolate Chip Cookies, created by the girls’ godmother, is the perfect special treat.'

Her decadent recipe contains three different types of chocolate - white, milk and mint - walnuts, two sticks of butter and one stick of Crisco shortening.

Meanwhile Mrs Romney's M&M cookie dough, which she claims her grandchildren cannot resist, uses rolled oats, peanut butter, M&Ms and chocolate chips.

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