Election Fatigue: It’s real and we all have it. Pew Research Center’s latest poll shows that more than one-third of social media users are worn out by the amount of political content they encounter.

Close To Home Subs & Burritos co-owner Susan Schiro was also feeling election fatigue. The restaurant is on Main Street, in Rockland.

“It’s customers, it’s employees, it’s people online constantly complaining that there’s no one to choose from,” she said.

She had a light bulb moment and created a batch of butter cookies in the shapes of donkeys, elephants and the good old U.S. of A. with the appropriate colored icing, calling them “This Election Bites” bipartisan butter cookies.

“I thought, how can I tie this in?” she mused.

“I have to say, they are really good butter cookies,” said Schiro. “You can give it to your friends who are really depressed about what’s going on in the political landscape. You can hand them out on election day. Do whatever floats your boat.”

Schiro not only created the concept and the cookie, she designed her own packaging. “My background is in graphic design,” she said. “I owned a T-shirt printing business for 21 years. My background was not in cooking,” she laughed. “but I know how to make a package look pretty.”

No matter who wins on November 8, a number of your friends and neighbors are going to be pretty upset. You might need to hoard a bag all to yourself.

The cookies can be purchased at Close To Home or the Home Sweet Home bakery next door.