# Best store-bought cookie **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 19, 2013, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-store-bought-cookie/666612 "2013-08-19T03:16:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mixolydian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2013, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-store-bought-cookie/666612/21 "2013-08-19T16:27:26Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > [Pepperidge Farm Chessmen](http://pics.drugstore.com/prodimg/446540/220.jpg) (a good quality butter cookie) These. Both “Back To Nature” and “Newman’s Own” make fine cookies, at least the varieties I’ve tried (chocolate chip, oreo clone, peanut butter). ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2013, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-store-bought-cookie/666612/22 "2013-08-19T16:44:58Z")
It was the Nabisco _Heyday_ cookie. ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2013, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-store-bought-cookie/666612/23 "2013-08-19T17:02:44Z")
I like Fig Newtons too (but please don’t call them a cookie). What? No one else remembers that slogan? Oh, fine, then. Part of what makes the SDMB great is its diversity and its strong streak of iconoclasm. The downside is that every thread of the form, “Best X” or “Worst X” devolves into “Just List X”. I bet if you looked up a worst movie thread, there would some wag posting _Casablanca_ or _Star Wars_, and for best band in history, there’s going to be “New Kids on the Block”. In any case, Fig Newtons are still cheap and plentiful, so us pro-FN-ers can just shrug of the hate of the anti-FN cadre. It takes all kinds. OK I’m back from my tangent. I vote: Ginger Snaps, in either traditional or animal-shaped form. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2013, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-store-bought-cookie/666612/24 "2013-08-19T17:42:12Z")
Pepperidge Farm Mint Milanos. ---
**Author:** ![Cartoonacy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/848f3c/32.png) [@Cartoonacy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartoonacy)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2013, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-store-bought-cookie/666612/25 "2013-08-19T17:52:38Z")
When I was a kid, nothing was better than Burry’s Fudge Town cookies. Burry’s went out of business long ago. The closest thing I’ve found that’s available today is the [Dare Chocolate Creme](http://usa.darefoods.com/Flavour.aspx?id=3&fid=9). Their Maple Leaf Cremes are pretty darn good, too. ---
**Author:** ![Cartoonacy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/848f3c/32.png) [@Cartoonacy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartoonacy)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2013, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-store-bought-cookie/666612/26 "2013-08-19T17:58:10Z")
Also, about ten years ago Nabisco made a limited edition Oreo cookie with a coffee-flavored creme filling. Unfortunately (or perhaps fortunately for my waistline), just when I got hooked on them they were discontinued. I’ve been watching and waiting patiently for their return. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2013, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-store-bought-cookie/666612/27 "2013-08-19T18:20:08Z")
I’d have to say Oreo Double Stuf Nutter Butters both excellent for dipping in milk, since I don’t like cookies or cake dry. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2013, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-store-bought-cookie/666612/28 "2013-08-19T18:26:36Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > Nutter Butters Cookie, or wafer? ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2013, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-store-bought-cookie/666612/29 "2013-08-19T18:30:38Z")
Girl Guide cookies! Well, they’re not store-bought, but neither are they homemade. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2013, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-store-bought-cookie/666612/30 "2013-08-19T18:32:16Z")
There used to be a cookie store in the mall of my hometown that sold a cherry chip sugar cookie that I would have punched a nun for. Home experiments have thus far come up unsatisfactory. But prepackaged? I’d go with Milano’s, especially the mint variety. It’s faux-classy, has a nice taste and texture and is juust a hair beyond the amount of work I’m usually willing to put into making cookies. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2013, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-store-bought-cookie/666612/31 "2013-08-19T19:40:24Z")
> [@drastic\_quench](#): > > [Matt’s](http://www.mattscookies.info/) are the best store-bought chocolate chip cookie you can find. Ditto. But the qualifier “chocolate chip” isn’t necessary, since chocolate chip cookies are the best kind of cookie anyway. ---
**Author:** ![typoink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@typoink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typoink)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2013, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-store-bought-cookie/666612/32 "2013-08-19T20:04:12Z")
Three answers: Lofthouse frosted sugar cookies, maybe once a year or so, will be the _best thing I’ve ever eaten_. Oreos I could devour any day of the year. We don’t keep them in my house, because the notion of “keeping them” is a perverse fantasy. Fig Newtons are my favorite to have as a side with a meal. They’re so chewy and dry that I eat them slowly and they seem more filling than more cookies. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2013, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-store-bought-cookie/666612/33 "2013-08-19T20:24:27Z")
Dark Chocolate almond sandies. They are one of those lovely surprises that show up on the shelves now and then. The first time I found them I had to come running in here to crow about it: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=579344&highlight=sandies](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=579344&highlight=sandies) ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2013, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-store-bought-cookie/666612/34 "2013-08-19T21:06:26Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Cookie, or wafer? Cookie, but I am intrigued by the wafer idea, which I have not tried. (I didn’t mention Little Debbie Nutty Bars since they are not exactly cookies, but that’s my absolutely favorite cookie-type thingie.) ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2013, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-store-bought-cookie/666612/35 "2013-08-19T23:26:50Z")
Actually, anything by Pepperidge Farm. You could just randomly choose one, and you won’t regret it. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2013, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-store-bought-cookie/666612/36 "2013-08-20T01:27:04Z")
Mother’s English Tea Cookies are my personal favorite, but MUST be dunked in milk for at least 30 seconds or so. Otherwise they are pretty terrible. Oreos are likewise edible only when dipped in milk, although they don’t require quite as long, but my god are they good when you do! Dry? Blech! If we are judging cookie by itself alone and not allowed to dunk it into milk, then I guess my favorite cookie would probably be macadamia nut. Not sure of any specific brand. Nestle maybe? ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2013, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-store-bought-cookie/666612/37 "2013-08-20T02:30:24Z")
> [@Greg\_Charles](#): > > I like Fig Newtons too (but please don’t call them a cookie). What? No one else remembers that slogan? Oh, fine, then. “Fig Newtons are fruit and cake.” (Alas, I want to like them, but I don’t.) My faves are Mother’s Iced Animal Crackers. Unfortunately, in Thelma World, one serving size = one bag. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2013, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-store-bought-cookie/666612/38 "2013-08-20T02:44:40Z")
When I DO buy commercial cookies, it’s the Pepperidge Farms Chessmen, Yes! The Maple Leaf Cremes were an addiction for a while (Voorhees, bulk cookies by the pound) - I had to go cold turkey on those. Daddy Ray’s fig, apple, strawberry, or blueberry bars are good, and cost a buck at the Dollar Tree! But I still think home made cookies are superior to commercial. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2013, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-store-bought-cookie/666612/39 "2013-08-20T02:56:25Z")
When I was a kid, I used to take Chips ahoy cookies and dip them in the milk. The thing is, I’d leave the cookie dipped in milk while at the same time applying pressure to my thumb and forefinger. As soon as I felt it give a little, I knew it was time to take the cookie out and plop the heavenly, milk saturated cookie into my mouth. Good stuff, I don’t know why I stopped doing that. ---
**Author:** ![Werekoala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7993a0/32.png) [@Werekoala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Werekoala)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2013, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-store-bought-cookie/666612/40 "2013-08-20T03:12:18Z")
1. Nutter Butters…milk…mmmmm… (stop staring) 1. Oreos 2. Whatever that assortment of butter cookies you get at Christmas in the round blue tin is called - specifically the ones shaped like pretzels, they’re always the first to go [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-store-bought-cookie/666612.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-store-bought-cookie/666612.md?page=3)