# How many servings in one bag of Pepperidge Farm Cookies? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 10, 2011, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-servings-in-one-bag-of-pepperidge-farm-cookies/577878 "2011-04-10T17:31:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2011, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-servings-in-one-bag-of-pepperidge-farm-cookies/577878/21 "2011-04-11T07:23:31Z")
I said 4 or more; that’s because I deliberately save some for the kids. I’m delighted to see votes for 1 or 2, as my own delight for cookies and chocolate sometimes makes me wonder if gluttony needs to be added to my own list of vices. I’ve mentioned our isolation before. AFAIK, no swiss cheese is for sale within 2 hours of our location; that and Pepperidge Farm Cookies were among the treats I’d bring back from Bangkok. But recently I found a supermarket an hour’s drive away that sells Pepperidge Farm Cookies. We may be eating them more often now! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2011, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-servings-in-one-bag-of-pepperidge-farm-cookies/577878/22 "2011-04-11T10:08:18Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > That’s pretty much how I feel, too. A “serving” isn’t very well defined, considering I don’t usually have an all-cookie meal. I am unfamiliar with the term used to mean that a single item which makes up your entire meal. I am more familiar with definition number two from [here](http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/serving): \*. a single portion of food or drink; helping. \* So a scoop of green beans would be a serving - the portion or amount I would eat at one sitting. It would not imply an all-grean-beans meal. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2011, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-servings-in-one-bag-of-pepperidge-farm-cookies/577878/23 "2011-04-11T10:42:41Z")
> [@Khadaji](#): > > One. Which is why I don’t buy them. Me, too. I have all kinds of self-discipline when it comes to eating, but I’m not sure I can resist Pepperidge Farm cookies, so I just don’t keep them in the house. (Not that I ever really have.) ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2011, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-servings-in-one-bag-of-pepperidge-farm-cookies/577878/24 "2011-04-11T16:03:40Z")
> [@emacknight](#): > > So the real question is: If the made the bag larger, would continue to eat the entire bag? Or stop after the same number of cookies? What is it that drives you to stop? With the bags I take out half the cookies and eat them. Then I try not to eat the ret until the next day. The boxes are usually good for three or four servings. I find that tougher, cause there are so many different cookies in them. ---
**Author:** ![Sri\_Theo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Sri\_Theo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sri_Theo)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2011, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-servings-in-one-bag-of-pepperidge-farm-cookies/577878/25 "2011-04-11T16:24:08Z")
For someone who has never heard of these cookies it sounds like a bunch of marketers have hijacked all your accounts! ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2011, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-servings-in-one-bag-of-pepperidge-farm-cookies/577878/26 "2011-04-11T16:52:56Z")
> [@Sri\_Theo](#): > > For someone who has never heard of these cookies it sounds like a bunch of marketers have hijacked all your accounts! Come to the Dark Side, we have [Cookies](http://www.pepperidgefarm.com/CookieGateway.aspx)! Not hijacked, we just know. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2011, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-servings-in-one-bag-of-pepperidge-farm-cookies/577878/27 "2011-04-11T20:37:33Z")
> [@Khadaji](#): > > I am unfamiliar with the term used to mean that a single item which makes up your entire meal. > > I am more familiar with definition number two from [here](http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/serving): \*. > a single portion of food or drink; helping. > \* > So a scoop of green beans would be a serving - the portion or amount I would eat at one sitting. It would not imply an all-grean-beans meal. Yes…but cookies can be a stand-alone snack (in which case I might have a snack-sized serving) or a dessert (in which case I might have a dessert-sized serving). Or I could eat cookies for supper, in theory (and in practice on several occasions during my bachelor days). ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2011, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-servings-in-one-bag-of-pepperidge-farm-cookies/577878/28 "2011-04-11T22:10:01Z")
I don’t know how many cookies fit in one of those, but I consider something in the range of one or two cookies (depending on their size) to be a serving. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2011, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-servings-in-one-bag-of-pepperidge-farm-cookies/577878/29 "2011-04-11T23:01:00Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > \ Or I could eat cookies for supper, in theory (and in practice on several occasions during my bachelor days). 😃 Unfortunately, I could too. Well, it has been a long time since I have, but man, I used to too much. ---
**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2011, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-servings-in-one-bag-of-pepperidge-farm-cookies/577878/30 "2011-04-11T23:48:19Z")
> [@Pai325](#): > > I don’t like Pepperidge Farm cookies, so I have to say zero. Since I just picked up some of [these](http://www.pepperidgefarm.com/ProductDetail.aspx?catID=1683&prdID=121078) the other day, I’m going to have to say “zero”, too. Like eating chocolate-colored dust, if you’d removed all the chocolate flavor. And then it just made the milk taste funny, after. That and I think their number of cookies at their price-point is utterly off in comparison to the rest of the market. ---
**Author:** ![rhubarbarin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eb9ed0/32.png) [@rhubarbarin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhubarbarin)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-servings-in-one-bag-of-pepperidge-farm-cookies/577878/31 "2011-04-12T02:43:53Z")
I don’t eat cookies any more, but when I did, I loved those Pepperidge Farm bags! One bag would last me two munchies usually. ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-servings-in-one-bag-of-pepperidge-farm-cookies/577878/32 "2011-04-12T06:23:10Z")
I split the difference at two. I can very easily devour the entire bag by myself. But usually I’ll either share half or save half for later. Occasionally I’ll be very thrifty and only eat one layer at each session. For scientific accuracy purposes, I pretty much only eat Milanos. ---
**Author:** ![dwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwyr/32/363_2.png) [@dwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwyr)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-servings-in-one-bag-of-pepperidge-farm-cookies/577878/33 "2011-04-12T07:25:34Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > Come to the Dark Side, we have [Cookies](http://www.pepperidgefarm.com/CookieGateway.aspx)! > > Not hijacked, we just know. According to the cookie quiz I’m a Chessman Cookie. That can’t be right-there’s no chocolate in them. There has to be chocolate. If I’m being good I get three servings from a bag, if not then it’s just one. And this is why I also don’t buy them anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-servings-in-one-bag-of-pepperidge-farm-cookies/577878/34 "2011-04-12T23:32:45Z")
The suggested serving size on the label of just about any product you buy always seems ridiculously small. Am I just a pig or are these sizes suggested by anorexic dwarves? ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-servings-in-one-bag-of-pepperidge-farm-cookies/577878/35 "2011-04-12T23:44:34Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > The suggested serving size on the label of just about any product you buy always seems ridiculously small. Am I just a pig or are these sizes suggested by anorexic dwarves? Personally, they seem reasonable to me, but there’s also an assumption that you’re not eating only cookies for your entire meal. Like I said above, one or two cookies, depending on their size, seems right. Looking at the Pepperidge Farm cookies, which look like they’re about the size of the palm of your hand, one seems right. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-servings-in-one-bag-of-pepperidge-farm-cookies/577878.md?page=1)