Chocolate chip cookies may be one of the most beloved and nostalgic American desserts.
I tried each cookie straight from the package and took note of its looks, flavor, and texture.
Pour yourself a tall glass of cold milk and get ready to dunk.
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The look:These were some of the larger chocolate chip cookies I tested.
The photo on the front of the pouch shows a golden cookie brimming with huge chunks of dark chocolate.
Unfortunately, the cookies inside were lacking in the chocolate department.
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One cookie contained a single, sad chocolate chunk.
The taste:These cookies were crisp and hard, bordering on stale.
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The look:Chips Ahoy!
Cookies are almost eerily similar.
The taste:These cookies are two-bite-sized and quite crisp.
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The look:These cookies looked different from every other treat I tested.
They’re quite smooth, almost yellow (they contain caramel color and yellow No.
6 food dye), and have very few visible chocolate chips.
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They’re low on chocolate, and the few chips you get are quite sweet.
These petite cookiesare packaged in snack bags to pop into a lunch box.
They’re plant-based and made with wheat flour and semi-sweet chocolate chips.
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They’re marketed as 170-calorie bags.
This was the highest per-serving calorie content of any product I tested.
These cookies have a great showing of chocolate chunks and a warm golden color.
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They’re made with safflower oil instead of butter or eggs because they’re plant-based.
The cookies don’t have as rich a flavor as some of the others I tested.
The chocolate pieces are small, so don’t expect big, satisfying chunks.
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The cookies are super thin and flat with tapered edges.
They’re larger in diameter than most of the cookies I sampled.
The look:These bite-sized cookies have a paler tan color than others and a sandy, crumbly texture.
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They’re made with a good amount of tiny chocolate chips.
The taste:I enjoyed the lightly sweet flavor of these cookies.
Thankfully, there was no trace of mushroom flavor.
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Though not vegan, they’re made with palm fruit oil instead of butter.
The look:These cookies had a promising dough to chocolate chip ratio.
The taste:These cookies are all about the chocolate I love.
The chocolate chips are assertive and plentiful, and the cookies aren’t overly sweet.
Yes, they’re crunchy but have a satisfying texture and near-homemade flavor bolstered by the nutty oats.
The look:These soft-baked cookies are pleasantly packed with dark chocolate chunks and have an old-fashioned homemade look.
They’re delightfully lumpy and uneven and could easily pass for a fresh batch from a home oven.
The taste:I love the chewy texture, ample inclusion of chocolate chunks, and perfectly sweet flavor.
These cookies have a subtle caramel flavor (likely from the brown sugar) that adds richness.
The look:As the name suggests, these cookies are crunchy and crisp.
They’re petite bites that don’t have the factory-perfect look of some other packaged cookies I tried.
Instead, they have the natural ridges and lumps of a homemade cookie with plenty of visible mix-ins.
The taste:Like many Milk Bar items, these sweets are well balanced with a touch of salt.
