# Why Would Anyone Want Hard Cookies? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 25, 2015, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-anyone-want-hard-cookies/738495 "2015-11-25T01:50:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![GreenElf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@GreenElf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenElf)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-anyone-want-hard-cookies/738495/1 "2015-11-25T01:50:46Z")
There’s a chocolate chip cookie by Keebler that comes in standard (hard) or soft versions. Why would anyone want their cookie to be hard rather than soft? They like chipping their teeth on it or have it crumble in their hand as they eat it? ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-anyone-want-hard-cookies/738495/2 "2015-11-25T01:57:02Z")
I prefer hard, I like to think they are crispy. I am a cookie dunker and crispy just dunks better. ---
**Author:** ![yellowjacketcoder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/4bbf92/32.png) [@yellowjacketcoder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowjacketcoder)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-anyone-want-hard-cookies/738495/3 "2015-11-25T02:02:07Z")
Sometimes I want soft and gooey. Sometimes I want a real saliva-sucker. I think the key point is there’s a difference between “hard” and “stale” - few people want a stale cookie, but a crisp cookie can be pretty nice. ---
**Author:** ![lisiate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f05b48/32.png) [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-anyone-want-hard-cookies/738495/4 "2015-11-25T02:03:11Z")
My Nana used to make [Tirggel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tirggel) so hard and tough you could chew on them for hours. ---
**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:** [November 25, 2015, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-anyone-want-hard-cookies/738495/5 "2015-11-25T02:04:14Z")
> [@HoneyBadgerDC](#): > > I prefer hard, I like to think they are crispy. I am a cookie dunker and crispy just dunks better. Me too. If I just want a cookie, then soft is better. But if I want milk and cookies, then crispy is better. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-anyone-want-hard-cookies/738495/6 "2015-11-25T02:08:40Z")
> [@GreenElf](#): > > There’s a chocolate chip cookie by Keebler that comes in standard (hard) or soft versions. Why would anyone want their cookie to be hard rather than soft? The soft versions make me think they’ve been left out on the counter in a humid environment too long…yeech! I’ll take the original (blue) Chips-Ahoy! any day over the chewy (red) ones. ---
**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:** [November 25, 2015, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-anyone-want-hard-cookies/738495/7 "2015-11-25T02:15:47Z")
My mom prefers hard cookies. She won’t even eat any that are soft any chewy anymore. She is a dunker and likes to dunk, in coffee at least. But I swear I’ve never seen her actually dunk a cookie so I don’t know why she prefers them crispy. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-anyone-want-hard-cookies/738495/8 "2015-11-25T02:34:02Z")
Don’t ever eat biscotti. My teeth are fine, I chew things much crunchier than crunchy cookies. What I prefer depends on what mood I’m in. ---
**Author:** ![GreenElf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@GreenElf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenElf)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-anyone-want-hard-cookies/738495/9 "2015-11-25T02:49:17Z")
I just ate a biscotti today. ---
**Author:** ![Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Springtime_for_Spacers)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-anyone-want-hard-cookies/738495/10 "2015-11-25T02:49:20Z")
They can be hard but brittle with it, that’s the way with biscuits in the UK. ---
**Author:** ![CT\_Damsel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CT\_Damsel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CT_Damsel)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-anyone-want-hard-cookies/738495/11 "2015-11-25T02:53:28Z")
I prefer hard/crispy There is a bakery in my town that makes hard dark chocolate cookies with nuts perfect for dunking in coffee. They are so hard you can not bite them. A hammer works best to get them into manageable size pieces. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-anyone-want-hard-cookies/738495/12 "2015-11-25T03:14:23Z")
Soft cookies straight from the oven are one thing. But the soft packaged cookies you get from the store? No thanks. I prefer my cookies WITH OUT the chemical aftertaste. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-anyone-want-hard-cookies/738495/13 "2015-11-25T05:21:46Z")
If you like to dip or dunk, hard cookies are the way to go. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-anyone-want-hard-cookies/738495/14 "2015-11-25T07:01:18Z")
Moving this over to CS. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-anyone-want-hard-cookies/738495/15 "2015-11-25T08:01:29Z")
Because Keebler soft chocolate chip cookies taste terrible. Really, they are awful cookies, flipped with a harsh chemical flavor and no taste of chocolate at all. Stick to Freihoffer’s, the perfect expression of the form. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-anyone-want-hard-cookies/738495/16 "2015-11-25T08:42:37Z")
I never like them soft. Crisp is always the way to go. You should try a gingernut sometime. They can be a tooth-breaker. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-anyone-want-hard-cookies/738495/17 "2015-11-25T11:24:40Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > Soft cookies straight from the oven are one thing. > > But the soft packaged cookies you get from the store? No thanks. I prefer my cookies WITH OUT the chemical aftertaste. Yep, if they’re soft because they haven’t cooled yet, and are going to be crispy later - that’s good eating. If they’re soft because they’ve got gelatin in them: blech. You can keep those nasty things. Full disclosure: my favorite chocolate chip cookie is Chips Ahoy. ---
**Author:** ![TheChileanBlob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thechileanblob/32/435_2.png) [@TheChileanBlob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheChileanBlob)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-anyone-want-hard-cookies/738495/18 "2015-11-25T13:07:59Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Because Keebler soft chocolate chip cookies taste terrible. Really, they are awful cookies, flipped with a harsh chemical flavor and no taste of chocolate at all. > > Stick to Freihoffer’s, the perfect expression of the form. Oooo, Freihoffer’s! We used to get those when we lived in Syracuse. They really are yummy. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-anyone-want-hard-cookies/738495/19 "2015-11-25T13:17:07Z")
On a related rant, why would anyone want soft frosting? A couple months ago I bought a couple packages of butter cream frosted cupcakes because they look so pretty, but became so annoyed at the messiness of the frosting that I stopped purchasing them. ---
**Author:** ![Carryon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc29f/32.png) [@Carryon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carryon)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-anyone-want-hard-cookies/738495/20 "2015-11-25T15:57:56Z")
> [@HoneyBadgerDC](#): > > I prefer hard, I like to think they are crispy. I am a cookie dunker and crispy just dunks better. I agree with this 100%. I think the hard ones are geered more toward those who dunk in milk, tea, coffee or whatever. I think of them as akin to a graham cracker. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-anyone-want-hard-cookies/738495.md?page=2)