OMG!
What is up with all the puss…I mean, cookiefooting?
First off, there’s the Oreo Cookie Dough Cookies that came out very last year (and are still on shelves as I type this) that could’ve been an Oreo x Chips Ahoy collaboration. And now we have these Chips Ahoy Chewy Hershey’s Cookies ‘n’ Creme Cookies that could’ve been a Chips Ahoy x Oreo collaboration. Could you imagine if the chocolate cookie pieces in these were actual Oreo wafer pieces, and the morsels were Oreo creme flavored? The ridiculous clickbait headlines of food publications larger than this one would be like:
“Chips Ahoy and Oreo Sitting in a Tree C-O-L-L-A-B-O-R-A-T-I-N-G”
“You Won’t Believe What Oreo and Chips Ahoy Did and Why It’ll Make You Drool Like a Pavlovian Dog”
“When You See What Oreo and Chips Ahoy Have Done, Your Taste Buds Will Hate Nabisco For Not Doing It Sooner”
Instead of some mashup between two iconic products owned by the same company, we get a mashup between two iconic products owned by different companies.
(NOTE: Yes, I remember the Oreo Creme Filled Chewy Chips Ahoy Cookies. But that’s not what I want.)
Full disclosure: If someone put a random assortment of Hershey’s candies in a bowl, there’s a 110 percent chance I’m digging out all the Hershey’s Cookies ’n’ Creme ones, and shrugging if someone asks me if there are any in the bowl because I’m not able to talk since my mouth is full of them.
These Chips Ahoy cookies feature white chips, chocolate cookie chunks, and a cookie base that looks like it’s two-toned, with one being a standard Chips Ahoy and the other being noticeably lighter, like it’s slightly undercooked, which it is definitely not. However, what might’ve been undercooked is the idea of this product, because while they’re okay, they don’t come close to being as satisfying as a Hershey’s Cookies ’n’ Creme bar or my preferred form, Hershey’s Nuggets.
The white chips have a marshmallowy flavor that blends into the rest of the cookie, making them taste like part of the two-toned base rather than something that makes me think white creme. The chocolate cookie chunks did their job, bringing a pleasant chocolatiness and a crunch that contrasts the base’s soft chewiness. However, that crunch isn’t as robust as Oreo wafers or standard Chips Ahoy fresh out of the package, or the cookies in a Hershey’s Cookies ‘n’ Creme bar.
My love for Hershey’s white creme candy with chocolate cookie bits doesn’t extend to these Chips Ahoy cookies with white creme morsels and chocolate cookie chunks. I understand how the candy inspired these Chips Ahoy, but the cookies aren’t delicious enough to inspire me to buy another package.
Purchased Price: $7.19* (yikes)
Size: 9.58 oz
Purchased at: Safeway
Rating: 5 out of 10
Nutrition Facts: (2 cookies) 140 calories, 6 grams of fat, 3 grams of saturated fat, 0 milligrams of cholesterol, 75 milligrams of sodium, 21 grams of carbohydrates, 0 grams of fiber, 11 grams of sugar (including 11 grams of added sugar), and 1 gram of protein.
*Because I live on a rock in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, things are a bit pricier here. You’ll probably pay less than I did.
These will probably hit Ollie’s within the next 6 months at no more than half the price you paid, and at that point I might consider buying a package — once. (More than once would depend on whether the family liked them, and on whether Ollie’s still carried them when I’d look for another package.)