# What are your favorite store-bought cookies? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 19, 2018, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-store-bought-cookies/809132 "2018-02-19T18:06:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2018, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-store-bought-cookies/809132/41 "2018-02-20T01:04:19Z")
Walker’s Shortbread. But since a tiny little tin costs five bucks, they aren’t a good choice for binging. (Same cost-effectiveness curve for Girl Scout Trefoils.) For that I’ll take Lorna Doones or vanilla Oreos. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2018, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-store-bought-cookies/809132/42 "2018-02-20T01:54:06Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Used to be Burry’s Gaucho cookies… Do those things still exist? I haven’t seen one in over forty years. They were a great favorite of mine as a lad. Tate’s Cookies. Are they a NYC thing, or can you get them elsewhere? The regular chocolate chip-walnut are fantastic, and I have a half-bag of toffee-chocolate chip in the pantry. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2018, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-store-bought-cookies/809132/43 "2018-02-20T01:54:48Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > If you zoom in on the nutritional information on the side, it says a serving size is 8 crackers, to which I say: HA! > There’s a piece of the string handle blocking the view of how many servings per box, but it looks like it says 12, to which I again say: HA! > > Clearly, ONE box is ONE serving size. :rolleyes: The serving size on the box is ‘about 2’ - but the whole box is only 2 oz. So yeah, that’s just bs, lol. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2018, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-store-bought-cookies/809132/44 "2018-02-20T02:05:39Z")
> [@Helena330](#): > > No kidding. Tim Tams are incredible. We have a local grocery closeout type store and they had TimTams once a few months ago. My gosh. They were so amazing we went back for more the same day because we figured they wouldn’t last long. I liked the caramel the best, although I certainly wouldn’t turn down the chocolate. > > My answer for cookies I can get on a regular basis would’ve been regular Oreos until I tried the Thins. I find it’s a better balance between cookie and Stuf, although I tend to like less Stuf than most people. > > ETA: [https://www.amazon.com/Cookies-Arnotts-Chocolate-Biscuits-Australia/dp/B00OFTNGI0/ref=sr\_1\_1\_sspa?ie=UTF8&qid=1519087412&sr=8-1-spons&keywords=tim+tams&psc=1](https://www.amazon.com/Cookies-Arnotts-Chocolate-Biscuits-Australia/dp/B00OFTNGI0/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?ie=UTF8&qid=1519087412&sr=8-1-spons&keywords=tim+tams&psc=1) > > If you don’t like your cookies very sweet you may not care for these, but if you like them close to candy here you go. Oh, _great_. Now you say that 1) I can have them delivered to my door; and 2) they come in a dark chocolate incarnation! :smack: I’m doomed! They are a little sweet for my taste, but it’s the total Tim Tam package that makes them evil. The cream filling, the chocolate coating, the crisp cookie whatever-the-hell that is… ohhh!! My husband taught me the “proper” way to enjoy them is to bite off each end and then suck your coffee through them like a cookie straw. I don’t know if other Australians eat them this way, but he was originally from New Zealand… so maybe that explains it. Can’t say this method really flutters my eyelids, but thought I’d pass it along in case someone else might want to try it. 🙂 **Helena330** , I don’t like too much Stuf, either. Definitely prefer the thins. We seem to have similar taste in commercial cookies. ---
**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:** [February 20, 2018, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-store-bought-cookies/809132/45 "2018-02-20T02:20:20Z")
Fig Newtons. I was on a “fig bar” kick for a while and switched to generic fig bars. When I went back to real Fig Newtons, when they were on sale, I was like omg these are SOOO much better! I love Double Stuff Oreos too. Regular Oreos are dumb. I don’t even bother buying Pepperidge Farm cookies. No way. I am already too fat. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2018, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-store-bought-cookies/809132/46 "2018-02-20T02:24:03Z")
Yes, Nutter Butter wafers are the king. Not really hard to find, but not common either, certainly not as easy as regular Nutter Butters. Which is just as well, as I don’t need to eat them every day. ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2018, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-store-bought-cookies/809132/47 "2018-02-20T02:30:58Z")
If I could only get one box at a time, it’s Chips Ahoy chunky chocolate. Not at all like homemade or freshly baked chocolate chip cookies, but they’ll do, especially with a glass of milk. At one time I really liked the Almost Home cookies, now discontinued. I remember when Louis Anderson was getting started, he had a line: “I like those Almost Home cookies. That’s how far they make it - almost home.” ---
**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:** [February 20, 2018, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-store-bought-cookies/809132/48 "2018-02-20T02:33:56Z")
> [@romansperson](#): > > The serving size on the box is ‘about 2’ - but the whole box is only 2 oz. So yeah, that’s just bs, lol. Oh, ok. TWO servings per box-- that deserves and even bigger HA! > [@JohnGalt](#): > > …At one time I really liked the Almost Home cookies, now discontinued. I remember when Louis Anderson was getting started, he had a line: “I like those Almost Home cookies. That’s how far they make it - almost home.” Awww, that’s sweet. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![jellyblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@jellyblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jellyblue)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2018, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-store-bought-cookies/809132/49 "2018-02-20T02:37:36Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > Fig Newtons. > > And I don’t know the brand (probably Nabisco) or if there is a special name for them, but there is a type of peanut butter wafer I could gobble embarrassing quantities of: it’s not just a flat wafer with a thin pb filling, the wafer top is mounded so there is a really thick serving of pb creme inside. Assuming they still make 'em, of course. Probably the only store bought cookie I have no control over. And it makes NO sense since they are just peanut butter filled styrofoam. I could eat 20 right now. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2018, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-store-bought-cookies/809132/50 "2018-02-20T02:45:57Z")
Another vote for Walker’s shortbread. This may be heresy, but I put Nutella on them. A couple of those, a glass of scotch, and you got yourself a perfect evening of relaxation. I also like Fig Newmans. The original Fig Newtons are pretty good, but the Newman’s brand seems softer and somehow more like real fruit to me, though I admit it may well just be that I’m suckered in by the marketing. ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2018, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-store-bought-cookies/809132/51 "2018-02-20T03:39:55Z")
I’m a fan of Thin Mints when I can get them. But limiting choices to what’s on the supermarket shelf get me Nutter Butters or my real kryptonite, [Keebler Deluxe Fudge Grahams](https://www.keebler.com/en_US/cookies-and-more/fudge-shoppe/deluxe-grahams-cookies.html). ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Downtown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Mr\_Downtown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Downtown)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2018, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-store-bought-cookies/809132/52 "2018-02-20T05:32:57Z")
Fifty-one posts and no one has mentioned Mallomars? ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2018, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-store-bought-cookies/809132/53 "2018-02-20T07:09:46Z")
Not store bought but you non Los Angelesers will never know the brilliance of this cookie and this business plan. > **[Diddy Riese Cookies - The Crumble Cream Cookie Co.](https://diddyriese.com/)** > > Home of the Freshly Baked Crumble Cream Cookies in CA ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2018, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-store-bought-cookies/809132/54 "2018-02-20T08:54:28Z")
> [@dwyr](#): > > [Nutter Butter Creme Patties](https://www.walmart.com/ip/Nabisco-Nutter-Butter-Peanut-Butter-Wafers-10-5-oz/10292718)? Because that’s mine too. I bought a case of those things once. Exactly! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2018, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-store-bought-cookies/809132/55 "2018-02-20T11:39:56Z")
Bah. Store-bought. Ace’s Own Oatmeal Raisin Cookies beat 'em all. 100% natural, too. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2018, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-store-bought-cookies/809132/56 "2018-02-20T11:42:11Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > Not store bought but you non Los Angelesers will never know the brilliance of this cookie and this business plan. > > [https://www.diddyriese.com/](https://www.diddyriese.com/) Diddy’s used to be good. I’ve noticed a decided degradation in quality in the last couple of years, though. They’re substantially smaller than they used to be, and their oatmeal raisin cookies don’t even have brown sugar OR cinnamon in them. I call them blonde raisin cookies. ---
**Author:** ![Mixolydian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2018, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-store-bought-cookies/809132/57 "2018-02-20T16:19:22Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Used to be Burry’s Gaucho cookies. And it would be no accident. The Girl Scouts have a version that’s identical, but $35 for a box of 8 is cra-cra! The Back To Nature Peanut Butter Creme Cookies are the methadone equivalent, and should get you through. Similarly, Pepperidge Farm’s Chessmen are a decent replacement for the aforementioned Royal Dansk Danish Cookie tin. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2018, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-store-bought-cookies/809132/58 "2018-02-20T16:52:53Z")
> [@N9IWP](#): > > Local gas station / convienience store chain has a bakery. The macadamia nut cookies are my faves from them. > > Brian Ooh, if we’re talking that kind of store, then Subway macadamia nut/white chocolate cookies. Also, the one gas station that has thick chocolate chip cookies as big as my face, two sandwiched around a thick layer of white frosting. As gluttonous as I am, even I can’t finish more than half of one. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2018, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-store-bought-cookies/809132/59 "2018-02-20T18:09:28Z")
Any variety of Pepperidge Farm [Milano](https://www.pepperidgefarm.com/product-finder?category=2379) cookies. A whole bag will disappear like it’s nothing. I’m a fan of several other Pepperidge Farm cookies, too, but nothing like Milanos. [SnackWell’s Devil’s Food cookies](http://www.snackwells.com/products/devils-food/). It kind of defeats the whole “fat free” thing because I wind up eating an entire box at once. I’m not sure if these count as cookies, but [Pocky](http://www.pocky.com/) – either the chocolate or strawberry flavors. Every now and then I’ll buy a few boxes, with the idea that they’ll be around for several days, but I wind up eating all of them in one or two days. The matcha green tea and cookies-n-cream flavors do nothing for me, but it’s probably a good thing that I’ve never seen the chocolate banana ones! ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2018, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-store-bought-cookies/809132/60 "2018-02-20T18:24:20Z")
The macadamia Nut cookies are not from Subway (though those are good), but Kwik Trip which has stores all over WI (and MN), and since thier HQ is in LaCrosse they are extra common in the immediate area. brian [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-store-bought-cookies/809132.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-store-bought-cookies/809132.md?page=4)