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.
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.
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, which taste like butter and chocolate and browned.
More points for a sandy grit left between teeth and gums.
Hydrox Cookies
I saw a T-shirt once that read, “Oatmeal raisin cookies are why I have trust issues.”
I think about that shirt a lot.
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.
I’m trying to remember, was the virtue of Hydrox cookies that they were kosher or vegetarian or something like that?
Yeah, the chewy Chips Ahoy, in particular, are just nasty.
Nope - it doesn’t disappoint me . But I also like marble rye ( rye swirled with pumpernickel)
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.
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.
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.
Speaking of disappointing desserts with extremely oversold names like Turkish Delight, how about that dessert staple of midwestern potlucks, ambrosia? Food of the gods? Minor gods, without very good taste, maybe. Conferring longevity or immortality upon whoever consume[s] it? 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.
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.
I always tasted a hint of coconut in Hydrox cookies (which is why I preferred them).
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 
Who says that there is no accounting for taste?
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.