# Do you like Fig Newtons? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 9, 2015, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-fig-newtons/739993 "2015-12-09T23:42:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Octarine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/22d042/32.png) [@Octarine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octarine)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-fig-newtons/739993/21 "2015-12-10T01:56:39Z")
Madly. They’re also among the few junk foods which closely resemble the real food - biting into a dried fig, the crunch and taste is remarkably similar. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-fig-newtons/739993/22 "2015-12-10T01:57:03Z")
You’re darn tootin’ I like fig newtons. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-fig-newtons/739993/23 "2015-12-10T02:06:01Z")
Yes, but I don’t eat them very often because they’re as calorie-laden as Oreos. You know those snack size packs that are two long bars the equivalent of four fig newtons? 200 calories. ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-fig-newtons/739993/24 "2015-12-10T02:14:03Z")
If I encounter a Fig Newton cookie on a cookie plate somewhere, I will eat it with enjoyment. But they are something I never seem to buy for myself. Maybe I’m a one-only kind of gal. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-fig-newtons/739993/25 "2015-12-10T02:17:01Z")
I love them so, so much. There IS a huge price - and taste - difference between generic and Nabisco. I was on a kick for a while where I bought a huge generic bag of them every time I shopped. Then one day I went to the store and Nabisco were on sale and I got those instead. Holy cow, no contest! ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-fig-newtons/739993/26 "2015-12-10T02:17:49Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > They satisfy my urge to disassemble my food before I eat it, similarly to Oreos and Kandy Korn. > > According to Calvin, this certifies me as a Grade A Nimrod. Me, too!!! ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-fig-newtons/739993/27 "2015-12-10T03:10:10Z")
Like Fig Newtons. Do not like any other flavor of \_\_\_ Newtons. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-fig-newtons/739993/28 "2015-12-10T03:16:09Z")
Terrible. Hate them. Disgusting. ---
**Author:** ![Nema98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-fig-newtons/739993/29 "2015-12-10T03:24:10Z")
I voted yes, but I don’t really care for them anymore. Preferred the cookies during childhood but I would not care if I never were to try it again in my life. But I could not vote No as I don’t dislike Fig NEWTONs, really I’m more indifferent to them than dislike. I do like fresh figs though. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-fig-newtons/739993/30 "2015-12-10T03:33:42Z")
Cookie filling should not have little hard things in it. They are an ABOMINATION unto THE LORD. ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-fig-newtons/739993/31 "2015-12-10T03:50:30Z")
I like figs. I like Newton cookies of other flavors (I recall apple newtons were really good). Put the two together and you have a horrible, yukky cookie that’s all gritty textured. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-fig-newtons/739993/32 "2015-12-10T04:27:07Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > Yes, but I don’t eat them very often because they’re as calorie-laden as Oreos. You know those snack size packs that are two long bars the equivalent of four fig newtons? 200 calories. This. Also, they go down really easy and fast - I can eat a full double-row package at a sitting. I just can’t afford those quantities of calories any more. But I do like them, so that’s how I voted. ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-fig-newtons/739993/33 "2015-12-10T05:06:58Z")
I haven’t had one since I was a child. I liked them, but they kinda grossed me out. I used to think the little seeds and whatnot were bits of ants. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-fig-newtons/739993/34 "2015-12-10T05:13:03Z")
> [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](#): > > I haven’t had one since I was a child. I liked them, but they kinda grossed me out. I used to think the little seeds and whatnot were bits of ants. If you read Beverly Cleary’s books about Beezuz and Ramona when you were a kid, you’d remember an even grosser variant of this! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-fig-newtons/739993/35 "2015-12-10T05:19:42Z")
> [@CT\_Damsel](#): > > No way! Do you bite the edges of the Fig Newtons off first? Do you eat the Kandy Korn by color??? > > Me too:D I don’t care for Kandy Korn but I do love Newtons. I nibble the long edges first, and sometimes try to scrape off some of the other covering before eating the figgy filling. They are an old standby that reminds me of my childhood. ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-fig-newtons/739993/36 "2015-12-10T05:34:51Z")
No, they are one of the worst cookies ever. Only thing worse is a peanut butter cookie, or a Lorna Doone. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-fig-newtons/739993/37 "2015-12-10T05:48:50Z")
> [@Dendarii\_Dame](#): > > Don’t like the cookies, did like the Fig Newton ad with the dancing fig newton. “Here’s the tricky part…” I can still sing that ad. ---
**Author:** ![Periwinkle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Periwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Periwinkle)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-fig-newtons/739993/38 "2015-12-10T08:45:59Z")
They are what I buy when my husband is in a “cookies are ok” phase, and I am trying to stay away from sweets (I am not in that phase enough, unfortunately). I have a terrible sweet tooth but am not even tempted by Fig Newtons. I don’t like soft cereal bars either, so maybe it’s a texture thing. I know they technically don’t taste bad, but I don’t like them. ---
**Author:** ![the\_diego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-fig-newtons/739993/39 "2015-12-10T10:11:11Z")
Was eating them at a time when anything our mother liked, we just had to eat ourselves. When I was old enough to buy them myself, nah. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_of\_Words](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f6c823/32.png) [@Jack\_of\_Words](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_of_Words)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-fig-newtons/739993/40 "2015-12-10T11:15:39Z")
I love 'em. Like the taste, appreciate the texture, and they’re more filling than your average biscuit (or ‘cookie’, if you must). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-fig-newtons/739993.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-fig-newtons/739993.md?page=3)