Value Corner

Value Corner
Chocolate Creme Cookies

Package year: 2019

Parent company / Distributed by: Better Living Brands LLC, Pleasanton, California, USA

Made in: (package did not indicate)

Size: 1.85 inches (4.7 cm) in diameter

Ingredients:
Unbleached enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, palm oil and soybean oil, dextrose, high fructose corn syrup, cornstarch, caramel color, cocoa (processed with alkali), corn syrup, salt, leavening (sodium bicarbonate, monocalcium phosphate, ammonium bicarbonate), soy lecithin, artificial flavor.

Calories per cookie: 50

Sodium per cookie: 38.3mg

Total fat per cookie: 2.3g

REVIEW:

Smell: The chocolate cookie smells closer to cardboard than it does to chocolate and the creme smells just like the cookie.

Pull: The cookies pull apart without any resistance when fresh.

Flavor/Texture: The cookie itself, sadly, tastes like it smells. By itself, the creme tastes a little sweet but there’s no other discernible flavor other than taking on some of the bad cardboard flavor of the cookie.

The combination: Together, the creme does peek through, but it’s not enough to save the experience from the cookie’s cardboard flavor. There is also a very delayed nutty aftertaste. After the ingredients are listed, the package does say, “may contain milk, egg, peanuts, tree nuts (pecans, almonds, coconuts).” So… I guess a random egg or a coconut “may” fall in to the cookie batter unexpectedly and completely unplanned for some reason… and a stray cardboard box or two?

Overall grade: F

This cookie is, basically, inedible and is not considered a “value” to me in any way.