I'm cookie-jaded.
I've just seen way too many cookies from Trader Joe's. They just keep churning them out year after year, and we, foolishly-enough, just keep reviewing them.
Since Sonia and I don't have any human children of our own, to get a more accurate score, it occurred to me I should hop in the car, drive into a nearby suburban neighborhood, and offer the local kids some of these Sprinkles Walk Into a Sandwich Cookie treats. And it immediately occurred to me thereafter that it might turn into an episode of Nathan Walks Into a Prison Cell if I did that. I mean, I'd have the best intentions, of course. But creepy old bald dudes waving colorful sweets around probably wouldn't be welcome around unfamiliar neighborhoods during these trying and paranoid times. Obviously we do have some friends and acquaintances with kids, but none of them are close-by at the moment. Anyway, I'm getting off the subject.
Cookies. Gosh-darn, freaking, bloody heck. Why'd it have to be cookies? Why did we even buy these cookies, you ask? Because once in a while they impress us. And when you're shopping with low blood sugar, almost anything seems like it'll be appetizing and delicious once you get back home.
So...considering how sick of cookies I am, these are another noble effort on the part of TJ's, I guess. Couldn't they make them organic or throw fair-trade quinoa into them somehow? Guess not. Sprinkles this time. Colorful, festive sprinkles—to celebrate the partial re-opening of our nation or something like that.
We've got above-average quality butter cookies here. They're not soft or anything. They're crispy, which is fine. But I always prefer soft. The sprinkles are super bright and happy, you know, if you're into that sort of thing.
But that buttercream frosting...that's the highlight for me. It's a little sweeter than I would have preferred, but there's a very rich authentic dairy cream flavor that's scrumptious. It's a fresh milky taste that I've never experienced in pre-packaged shelf-stable cookies before. That's what sets these jovial sandwich cookies just a notch above most other big name sandwich cookies I've had.
I can only eat one of these at a time. They're very rich, buttery, super sweet, and dense. They go great with a glass of cold milk. Just one cookie, and I'm ready to down the whole glass, you know, just chugging away.
Repeat purchase? Heck no. Trader Joe's will have some newfangled cookie nonsense we'll have to review before we could ever purchase these again, even if we did have a specific hankerin' for them, which, as good as they are, I don't think would ever really happen.
To score, I'll suppress the cookie cynic and put myself in the shoes of someone that might be in the mood to eat cookies regularly. Um...three and a half? Yeah that sounds fair. Sonia? Three and a half as well. She's not as jaded about cookies as I am, and she really loved the packaging here, but she was appalled by the fat content at 8g per cookie. Her grown-up cookie-consumer insight of the day: have sugary cookies with coffee to mitigate the sweetness. Brilliant.
Seven stars total seems objective enough to me. Share your thoughts in the comments below.
Bottom line: 7 out of 10.
TJ's should had sold sprinkles by itself. They haven't done that.
ReplyDeleteGood idea!
DeleteNothing to do with the cookies but...don't you have two little kids? A recent review mentioned kids. 5 and 7?
ReplyDeleteRuss and Sandy have kids. Sonia and I do not.
DeleteWhew! I thought I was losing it.
DeleteThe sprinkles are all natural colours... the riboflavin in them caused my friend's urine to turn neon yellow!
ReplyDeletelol!
Deleteneon pee should be in the marketing copy. it's half the fun.
DeleteNeon pee, too
DeleteWhat the heck! I thought something qas wring with my urine!!!
Why are they discontinued, though!! Noo. Too soon, Traders.
Sounds as if these sprinkle cookies are a re-do of the unimpressive "Oats and Greek Yogurt Cookie."
ReplyDeleteno.. these are better than the Greek yogurt cookies!! They're still out. Unfortunately, not this cookie!
DeleteMy son and I loved these soooo much and our evening sprinkles cookie time together. We were both so sad to learn they've been discontinued. The greek yogurt ones don't even come close and my son was not a fan.
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