With Cookies?

There was a headline in the news today that starts with "Illinois College Bans 2 Students Accused of Torturing Man With..." and I assumed something horrible would follow. Some kind of brutal attack that I would just skip over... since I can only take so much gloomy news before I need to bask in the sun for 13 hours. In any case, what would follow was beyond anything I had ever expected: "...With Freshly Baked Cookies." And no, this is not a joke. You can see the story here. So, I thought to myself--attacked with COOKIES?? What does that even look like? The cookies are fresh out of the oven, and they just put it on the guy's face or something? Or is it more like "I don't care if you're full, eat the cookie. And there's an Oatmeal Raisin batch about to be done as well! (As he readies the oven mit)" In any case... I thought it was a good laugh.