# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![MoonMoon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moonmoon/32/2959_2.png) [@MoonMoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoonMoon)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2018, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-store-bought-cookies/809132/61 "2018-02-20T19:00:29Z")
> [@Misnomer](#): > > 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. Oh man, my son is a Milano nut. I rarely bought them when he was growing up, because he’d eat the whole damn bag in one sitting. He’s all grown now, but I still buy him his very own bag for Christmas every year. ---
**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, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-store-bought-cookies/809132/62 "2018-02-20T20:26:39Z")
You’re a good mom, **MoonMoon**. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-store-bought-cookies/809132/63 "2018-02-21T00:22:19Z")
> [@Mr\_Downtown](#): > > Fifty-one posts and no one has mentioned Mallomars? Those belong on my list of ‘stuff I won’t eat again’, along with Moon Pies. ---
**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 21, 2018, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-store-bought-cookies/809132/64 "2018-02-21T00:42:20Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Those belong on my list of ‘stuff I won’t eat again’, along with Moon Pies. I have to ask why. Is it something you can reveal? ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-store-bought-cookies/809132/65 "2018-02-21T02:27:51Z")
> [@Mixolydian](#): > > 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. Much obliged and I’ll keep you posted. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-store-bought-cookies/809132/66 "2018-02-21T03:28:49Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > I have to ask why. Is it something you can reveal? Don’t like the taste or consistency, especially the Moon Pies, which are downright disgusting. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-store-bought-cookies/809132/67 "2018-02-21T03:40:05Z")
Depends what you mean by store bought. The best cookies are fat bombs made by Montreal bakery Felix and Norton. They used to make a frozen bake at home version which was better than most homemade. For regular cookies, and this is Canada, depends on my mood. President’s Choice makes great flavoured shortbreads and decadent chocolate chip. I like peanut butter Pirate cookies and buttery cinnamon Speculaas. A good Belgian cookie covered in chocolate is hard to beat. In the US, I like pecan sandies and Pepperidge Farms with macadamia. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-store-bought-cookies/809132/68 "2018-02-21T03:42:35Z")
I try not to buy cookies now. Eating lower sugar. I was eating better but not losing weight. Nor gorging. Didn’t figure it out until I used My Fitness Pal. Every time I walked by the box of cookies, I ate one or two, many times a day. ---
**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 21, 2018, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-store-bought-cookies/809132/69 "2018-02-21T05:12:32Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Don’t like the taste or consistency, especially the Moon Pies, which are downright disgusting. Are you sure you were eating real Mallomars? Though they share some ingredients, I don’t think of them as at all similar to Moon Pies. Mallomars are enrobed in quality dark chocolate, such that they’re only sold in winter. At any rate, another enrobed product I found impressive were [Dark Chocolate Enrobed Milanos.](https://www.amazon.com/Milano-Dipped-Cookies-Dark-Chocolate/dp/B00FOG2PYE) ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-store-bought-cookies/809132/70 "2018-02-21T13:18:40Z")
> [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > I try not to buy cookies now. Eating lower sugar. I was eating better but not losing weight. Nor gorging. Didn’t figure it out until I used My Fitness Pal. Every time I walked by the box of cookies, I ate one or two, many times a day. I feel ya. What I’m really taking away from this thread is that I haven’t had a cookie in I can’t remember when. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-store-bought-cookies/809132/71 "2018-02-21T13:29:50Z")
Raspberry Pims ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-store-bought-cookies/809132/72 "2018-02-21T16:05:24Z")
As mentioned, Pepperidge Farms Chess Men - don’t look like much, but taste divine! As do the shortbread cookies in a round tin they sell in drugstores at Christmas. In fact, any buttery good shortbread. Otherwise, I try not to buy commercial cookies, I not only am not crazy about most, but that doesn’t stop me from eating them anyway just because they’re there. Calling out to me…When my daughter was young, I used to buy ‘Daddy Ray’s’ fig, apple, or strawberry newtons from the dollar store. Bought a package just because of the hilarious homely drawing of a ‘Daddy Ray’ on the label, but they turned out to be pretty good, if a bit dry. I was often pressed for time back then and a half sleeve of newtons washed down with a little carton of milk was an adequate meal in the car, now and then. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-store-bought-cookies/809132/73 "2018-02-21T16:11:51Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Don’t like the taste or consistency, especially the Moon Pies, which are downright disgusting. Ah, yes, the fake “chocolaty” coating, doesnt taste right and has a weird mouth feel. The cheap Mallomar knock off use that too. Or perhaps you dont like marshmallow filling. ---
**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 21, 2018, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-store-bought-cookies/809132/74 "2018-02-21T16:18:45Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > > [@Mr\_Downtown](#): > > > > Fifty-one posts and no one has mentioned Mallomars? > > Those belong on my list of ‘stuff I won’t eat again’, along with Moon Pies. Heretic! ---
**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 21, 2018, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-store-bought-cookies/809132/75 "2018-02-21T17:10:47Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Don’t like the taste or consistency, especially the Moon Pies, which are downright disgusting. > [@DrDeth](#): > > Ah, yes, the fake “chocolaty” coating, doesnt taste right and has a weird mouth feel. The cheap Mallomar knock off use that too. Or perhaps you dont like marshmallow filling. I used to work in a bakery (Hermann’s on Colfax in Denver c. 1971, if anyone remembers the place) that made candy eggs at Easter. We hand-rolled them and hand-dipped them in chocolate. To make the chocolate coating we broke up huge Hershey bars that were as big as sofa cushions (they had the Hershey name stamped on them, just like the normal-sized ones) into a vat, then dumped in commercial shortening, basically industrial Crisco, and melted the two together. I’m guessing this made the chocolate go farther. We dipped the rolled egg filling by hand and set the eggs to dry and chill in a cold room. The shortening is solid when cool/cold. THAT’S the taste/mouth feel you don’t like: chocolate + Crisco. Ewww. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-store-bought-cookies/809132/76 "2018-02-21T17:42:27Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > I used to work in a bakery (Hermann’s on Colfax in Denver c. 1971, if anyone remembers the place) that made candy eggs at Easter. We hand-rolled them and hand-dipped them in chocolate. To make the chocolate coating we broke up huge Hershey bars that were as big as sofa cushions (they had the Hershey name stamped on them, just like the normal-sized ones) into a vat, then dumped in commercial shortening, basically industrial Crisco, and melted the two together. I’m guessing this made the chocolate go farther. We dipped the rolled egg filling by hand and set the eggs to dry and chill in a cold room. The shortening is solid when cool/cold. THAT’S the taste/mouth feel you don’t like: chocolate + Crisco. Ewww. Sure, except Moon pies contain no actual chocolate at all. The ingredients are as follows:\* enriched wheat flour , corn syrup, sugar, vegetable shortening (contains partially hydrogenated soybean oil and/or cottonseed oil and/or coconut oil and/or palm kernel oil and/or palm oil), soy flour, dutched cocoa (processed with alkali), cocoa, kosher gelatin, baking soda, lecithin, salt, artificial flavoring, sodium sulfite.\* ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-store-bought-cookies/809132/77 "2018-02-21T18:10:55Z")
Famous Amos chocolate chip cookies WITHOUT nuts. Those are my go-too. Golden Oreos are also high on my list, as are Keebler’s Deluxe Chocolate Chips. I love cookies… ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-store-bought-cookies/809132/78 "2018-02-21T18:20:34Z")
> [@peedin](#): > > Famous Amos chocolate chip cookies WITHOUT nuts. Those are my go-too. … I love cookies… In LA, you used to be able to get those fresh, and they were fabulous! ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-store-bought-cookies/809132/79 "2018-02-21T19:29:10Z")
Do [macarons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Macarons,_French_made_mini_cakes.JPG) count as cookies? If so, then put me down for those. We have tried several times to make them at home but they always end up terrible, so now we just stick with the store-bought variety. The only reason I don’t gorge myself on them every day is that they’re virtually impossible to find around here. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-store-bought-cookies/809132/80 "2018-02-21T19:41:34Z")
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