Express: unable to access POST data and set cookie at the same time

I'm writing an application that takes in a post request and sets a cookie pulled from the POST info. I'm stuck in a catch 22. In the first code sample I can set the cookie but can't access the data, in the second I can access the data but can't set the cookie. I'm sure I'm missing some basic concept of how the middle ware works but I can't for the life of me find the info I need.

The code below creates the cookie as expected but my post variable become undefined

var express = require('express')
  , routes = require('./routes')
  , user = require('./routes/user')
  , handshake = require('./routes/handshake')
  , http = require('http')
  , path = require('path');

var app = express();   
app.set('port', process.env.PORT || 3000);
app.set('views', __dirname + '/views');
app.use(express.cookieParser());
app.use(express.bodyParser());
app.use(express.methodOverride()); 
app.use(function (req, res, next) {
    var cookie = req.cookies.cokkieName;
    console.log("cookie_name" , cookie);
    if (cookie === undefined)
    {
            //cookie is set but I can't use req.post.xxxx. It"s always undefined
        res.cookie("price", 111, { maxAge: 10000 });
        console.log('cookie has been created successfully');
    } 
    else
    {
        console.log('cookie exists', cookie);
    } 
    next();
});

app.use(app.router);
app.use(require('stylus').middleware(__dirname + '/public'));
app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public')));
app.post('/handshake', handshake.token);

http.createServer(app).listen(app.get('port'), function(){
  console.log('Express server listening on port ' + app.get('port'));
});

The following code executes the setCookie callback (because the console output shows up), and on the console the variables are properly defined, but the cookie is not set.

var express = require('express')
  , routes = require('./routes')
  , user = require('./routes/user')
  , handshake = require('./routes/handshake')
  , http = require('http')
  , path = require('path');

var app = express();

app.set('port', process.env.PORT || 3000);
app.set('views', __dirname + '/views');
app.use(express.cookieParser());
app.use(express.bodyParser());
app.use(express.methodOverride());


var setCookie = function (req, res, next) {
    var cookie = req.cookies.cokkieName;
    console.log("cookie_name" , cookie);
    if (cookie === undefined)
    {

        res.cookie("price", 111, { maxAge: 10000 }); 
            //in the console the post.body.xxxx data appears correctly but no cookie!!!
        console.log('cookie has been created successfully',post.body.xxx);
    } 
    else
    {
        console.log('cookie exists', cookie);
    } 
    next();
};
app.use(app.router);
app.use(require('stylus').middleware(__dirname + '/public'));
app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public')));
app.post('/handshake', setCookie ,handshake.token);
http.createServer(app).listen(app.get('port'), function(){
  console.log('Express server listening on port ' + app.get('port'));
});

Trying to make the code more readable introduced too many typos that weren't relevant to my code. I took the suggestion and changed the code in the following way but it still doesn't write a cookie to the client.

var express = require('express')
  , routes = require('./routes')
  , user = require('./routes/user')
  , handshake = require('./routes/handshake')
  , http = require('http')
  , crypt = require('crypto')
  , io = require('socket.io')
  , db = require('levelup')('./mydb')
  , path = require('path');

var app = express();
app.use(express.cookieParser());
app.use(express.bodyParser());

var cookieMiddleware = function (req, res, next) {
    var cookie = req.cookies.user;
    console.log("cookie_name" , cookie);
    if (cookie === undefined)
    {
        // no: set a new cookie
        var random = Math.random().toString();
        random=random.substring(2,random.length);       
        sessionToken = Date.now()  + random;
        salt = sessionToken + req.body.address;
        sha2 = crypt.createHash('sha256');
        sha2.update(sessionToken);
        var price = req.body.price;
        var encryptedSession = sha2.digest('hex');

    console.log('post body',price );
        res.cookie('user','price' , { maxAge: 100000 });
        console.log('existing cookies', req.cookies);
    } 
    else
    {
        console.log('cookie exists', req.cookies);
    } 
    next(); 
};
//development only
if ('development' == app.get('env')) {
app.use(express.errorHandler());
}

app.set('port', process.env.PORT || 3000);
app.set('views', __dirname + '/views');
app.set('view engine', 'jade');
app.use(express.logger('dev'));
app.use(express.session({secret: "TheSuperSecretStringForHashing"}));
app.use(express.methodOverride());
app.use(app.router);
//app.use(express.favicon());
app.use(require('stylus').middleware(__dirname + '/public'));
app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public')));
app.post('/handshake', cookieMiddleware , handshake.token);
app.get('/', routes.index);
app.get('/users', user.list);


 var server = http.createServer(app).listen(app.get('port'), function(){
  console.log('Express server listening on port ' + app.get('port'));
});

io = io.listen(server);

io.sockets.on('connection', function (socket) {
      socket.emit('news', { hello: 'world' });
      socket.on('my other event', function (data) {
        console.log(data);
      });
    });

The handshake.js handler

exports.token = function(req, res){
    req.body.title = 'Payment Portal';
    res.render('payment_init', req.body);
};