# The most disappointing dessert **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [July 9, 2024, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disappointing-dessert/1003971 "2024-07-09T23:39:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![ZonexandScout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zonexandscout/32/544_2.png) [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2024, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disappointing-dessert/1003971/61 "2024-07-10T17:05:15Z")
**Grrr** is on the mark re raisins pretending to be chocolate chips. For years, my wife assumed that I don’t like raisins. In fact, I do like eating raisins in everything from cake to trail mix. I just hold a lifetime grudge against them because they are so often deceitful. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2024, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disappointing-dessert/1003971/62 "2024-07-10T17:27:36Z")
> [@solost](#): > > How do you make chocolate chip cookies not taste very good? Ooh! Ooh! I know this one! Ignore the rule that chocolate chip cookies are supposed to be at least a _little_ moist and chewy, and make them explode into cookie molecules as soon as you bite them. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2024, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disappointing-dessert/1003971/63 "2024-07-10T17:32:57Z")
Lol, i like crunchy cookies. I dislike the store-bought ones that are pumped full of humunctants and are “soft” for no apparent reason. And i love [Tates chocolate chip cookies](https://www.tatesbakeshop.com/), which taste like butter and chocolate and browned. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2024, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disappointing-dessert/1003971/64 "2024-07-10T17:33:12Z")
More points for a sandy grit left between teeth and gums. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2024, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disappointing-dessert/1003971/65 "2024-07-10T17:34:33Z")
Hydrox Cookies ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2024, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disappointing-dessert/1003971/66 "2024-07-10T17:34:53Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > Bitting into a chocolate chip cookie only to discover it’s an oatmeal raisin cookie! I saw a T-shirt once that read, “Oatmeal raisin cookies are why I have trust issues.” I think about that shirt a lot. ---
**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:** [July 10, 2024, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disappointing-dessert/1003971/67 "2024-07-10T17:35:02Z")
Crispy chocolate chip cookies are my favorite! I agree that Turkish Delight is perhaps oversold in that book, but it’s reasonable. Though last time I ate it a couple of months ago, it took out a crown! But I like the taste of rose water (I think that’s the classic flavor). Still, I’ll probably take a Snickers over it. I agree about the Mexican pastries, though I think that’s a matter of expectation and what you’re used to. I live a block from a Mexican bakery, and my kids love it, but it’s all too dry for me, except for tres ledgers, which goes exactly opposite and it among the desserts of the gods. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2024, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disappointing-dessert/1003971/68 "2024-07-10T17:36:07Z")
I’m trying to remember, was the virtue of Hydrox cookies that they were kosher or vegetarian or something like that? ---
**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:** [July 10, 2024, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disappointing-dessert/1003971/69 "2024-07-10T17:36:31Z")
Yeah, the chewy Chips Ahoy, in particular, are just nasty. ---
**Author:** ![doreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@doreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doreen)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2024, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disappointing-dessert/1003971/70 "2024-07-10T17:37:16Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Marble cake disappoints everyone. Nope - it doesn’t disappoint me . But I also like marble rye ( rye swirled with pumpernickel) ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2024, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disappointing-dessert/1003971/71 "2024-07-10T17:49:53Z")
> [@bump](#): > > While most everything else from there is fantastic, the Turkish Delight (lokum)was underwhelming to my kids to say the least. I recall there being an “Edmund did all that bad stuff for THIS?” comment at one point. I’ve had it a few times. The first time I tried it as a kid, I didn’t shout, “What the fuck is this shit?” but only because I didn’t know the words. It was awful. But a few years back we ate at a wonderful Middle Eastern restaurant, and for dessert we got tiny cups of Turkish coffee and pistachio Turkish delight. It was one of the best things I’ve ever eaten: the overwhelming bitterness of the coffee tempered and cooled by the chill sweet of the candy, and everything supremely fragrant. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2024, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disappointing-dessert/1003971/72 "2024-07-10T17:55:46Z")
Oreos were made with lard for a long time so weren’t kosher. And Hydrox actually came first. But I was a kid and I wanted Oreos because everybody knew those were good cookies and no one wanted Hydrox. I think my mother thought enjoyment of life was bad for me. They weren’t really much different but I think Oreos actually did taste better. ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2024, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disappointing-dessert/1003971/73 "2024-07-10T17:57:42Z")
Whereas my mother made a huge big deal about Hydrox being the delicious kind, Oreo the pale and bad imitation. Still, since Oreos were cheaper that’s what we usually had. I couldn’t and don’t see her point, but whatever, they do taste somewhat different. I suspect Hydrox are less sweet. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2024, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disappointing-dessert/1003971/74 "2024-07-10T17:59:36Z")
Speaking of disappointing desserts with extremely oversold names like Turkish Delight, how about that dessert staple of midwestern potlucks, ambrosia? [Food of the gods](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambrosia)? Minor gods, without very good taste, maybe. [Conferring longevity or immortality upon whoever consume[s] it?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambrosia) Not if you make a habit of it; just the opposite, in fact! Maybe it’s just me-- I’ve never liked marshmallow-based desserts. Rice Krispies treats? Sure, let’s take two of the most bland ingredients on the planet: puffed rice and marshmallows, and make boring, overly chewy rectangles that are a chore to eat. I didn’t even particularly like s’mores as a kid- I considered them a crime against chocolate. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2024, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disappointing-dessert/1003971/75 "2024-07-10T18:00:47Z")
The dessert that disappoints me is the kind a restaurant serves with the raspberry coulis or the chocolate sauce directly on the plate _under_ the dessert proper. Because they never bring a privacy screen, so you can get away with picking up the plate and licking it clean. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2024, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disappointing-dessert/1003971/76 "2024-07-10T18:03:39Z")
> [@Briny\_Deep](#): > > Whereas my mother made a huge big deal about Hydrox being the delicious kind, Oreo the pale and bad imitation. Still, since Oreos were cheaper that’s what we usually had. I couldn’t and don’t see her point, but whatever, they do taste somewhat different. I suspect Hydrox are less sweet. I always tasted a hint of coconut in Hydrox cookies (which is why I preferred them). ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2024, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disappointing-dessert/1003971/77 "2024-07-10T18:04:54Z")
> [@solost](#): > > Speaking of disappointing desserts with extremely oversold names like Turkish Delight, how about that dessert staple of midwestern potlucks, ambrosia? That’s not dessert, that’s salad. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2024, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disappointing-dessert/1003971/78 "2024-07-10T18:11:54Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > That’s not dessert, that’s salad. Well, I know ambrosia is often referred to as ‘ambrosia salad’, but is something full of marshmallows, Reddi-Whip and sweetened coconut not also a dessert? I feel we may be getting into dangerous territory similar to the old “is a hot dog a sandwich?” debate 😏 ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2024, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disappointing-dessert/1003971/79 "2024-07-10T18:13:49Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > except for tres ledgers, which goes exactly opposite and it among the desserts of the gods. Who says that there is no accounting for taste? ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2024, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disappointing-dessert/1003971/80 "2024-07-10T18:16:18Z")
I once ordered a cheesecake at a restaurant that turned out to be memorably bad. I think they forgot the cheese. It tasted like a glob of flan over a crust. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disappointing-dessert/1003971.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disappointing-dessert/1003971.md?page=5)