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Favorite Cookie That's Not Homemade?

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Katie Meadow

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10 minutes ago, gulfporter said:

Like many of us, I was introduced to Biscoff cookies on an airline flight.  Still love them and when I (rarely) see them in MX stores I always stock up.  

 

Yesterday I spotted some at the 99 Cent Store in Tucson and grabbed them as it's been at least a year since I last had them.

 

When I tore into them at home, I was surprised to see a schmear of chocolate on top.  At first I was dismayed that my beloved Biscoff had been besmirched, but a after a few bites.....mmmmm, good. 

 

New to me, but guessing they've been around awhile??

 

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I've never seen chocolate ones, but I will be on the lookout. I too first tasted them on a plane. Sometimes, if making a graham cracker pie crust I will mix in some crumbled Biscoff with the grahams f.or a little extra flavor.

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1 hour ago, gulfporter said:

Like many of us, I was introduced to Biscoff cookies on an airline flight.  Still love them and when I (rarely) see them in MX stores I always stock up.  

 

Yesterday I spotted some at the 99 Cent Store in Tucson and grabbed them as it's been at least a year since I last had them.

 

When I tore into them at home, I was surprised to see a schmear of chocolate on top.  At first I was dismayed that my beloved Biscoff had been besmirched, but a after a few bites.....mmmmm, good. 

 

New to me, but guessing they've been around awhile??

 

biscoff choc.jpg

 

I do love Biscoff.  When I got upgraded to First or Business with a full breakfast, I'd often ask the FAs if they could just bring me a packet of Biscoff from Coach along with my coffee!  I usually get the TJ's version and I agree with @Katie Meadow that they are a great addition to a crumb crust.. I've seen this particular chocolate variety at World Market/Cost Plus but wasn't sure about the combo.  I like ginger + very dark chocolate but this looked lighter.  Now's not a bad time to try them as I can always give them out as Halloween treats (or tricks, depending 🙃)

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I do love Biscoff.  When I got upgraded to First or Business with a full breakfast, I'd often ask the FAs if they could just bring me a packet of Biscoff from Coach along with my coffee! 

I thought I was the only person who did this.  At some point American 1st class domestic switched to Stroopwafel...a very sticky bar that's a danger to dental work! 

 

When I asked for Biscoff's from coach I got strange looks, but they always brought me a handful.  

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2 hours ago, gulfporter said:

When I tore into them at home, I was surprised to see a schmear of chocolate on top.  At first I was dismayed that my beloved Biscoff had been besmirched, but a after a few bites.....mmmmm, good. 

 

New to me, but guessing they've been around awhile??

 

New to me, too, at least in the ready-made version. I don't eat Biscoff any more, but Ms Alex is a fan -- especially with a schmear of Soom dark chocolate tahini with sea salt. We get ours at Costco -- currently on sale for $3 off a box with four large sleeves, total weight 1 kg.

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I kinda really like the Tate's line of cookies.  Sometimes, they're on sale art $4/bag, which ain't bad.

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Our Costco just got in these outstanding Siete g-f Mexican wedding cookies. Target sells them, too, but even on sale they're way more expensive than Costco -- $4.49/4.5 oz vs $9.89/16 oz.

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"Imagine all the food you have eaten in your life and consider that you are simply some of that food, rearranged."  -Max Tegmark, physicist

 

Gene Weingarten, writing in the Washington Post about online news stories and the accompanying readers' comments: "I basically like 'comments,' though they can seem a little jarring: spit-flecked rants that are appended to a product that at least tries for a measure of objectivity and dignity. It's as though when you order a sirloin steak, it comes with a side of maggots."

 

"...in the mid-’90s when the internet was coming...there was a tendency to assume that when all the world’s knowledge comes online, everyone will flock to it. It turns out that if you give everyone access to the Library of Congress, what they do is watch videos on TikTok."  -Neil Stephenson, author, in The Atlantic

 

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When I tore into them at home, I was surprised to see a schmear of chocolate on top.  At first I was dismayed that my beloved Biscoff had been besmirched, but a after a few bites.....mmmmm, good. 

 

New to me, but guessing they've been around awhile??

 

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I've never seen these but we love Lotus Biscoff.  Next time I'm somewhere where they sell them, I'll keep an eye out for the chocolate ones.  Our Costco Business Centre here sells the airplane sized ones, 300 to a box.  Each cookie is individually wrapped.

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Kerry Beal

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2 hours ago, Senior Sea Kayaker said:

If you like ginger these are a good choice. They were hard to find in Ontario however they're readily available here.

Strong ginger flavour and not sweet.

 

 

Sobey's has most of the Purity stuff in Ontario. 

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Goldfish Limited Edition pumpkin spice grahams - I just tried them yesterday. They are not overly sweet, which makes them more addictive. The goldfish are a little larger in size than the standard crackers.

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30 minutes ago, BeeZee said:

Goldfish Limited Edition pumpkin spice grahams - I just tried them yesterday. They are not overly sweet, which makes them more addictive. The goldfish are a little larger in size than the standard crackers.

OMG they are inculcating the toddlers who will be sneaking mom's pumpkinspice latte next

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when I can't stand it anymore . . . I go for the NutterButter wafer style.

 

I am given to understand Social Tea cookies are discontinued . . . local supermarket "aisle specialist" said they have disappeared from the order sheets . . .

Lorna Doone is a good second choic - the recipe from my great-aunt for "shortbread cookies" is the utter top of the line . . . but you can't buy them in stores.

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Truth be told I am a long-time devotee of Trader Joe's chocolate biscotti. Although the texture and shape are nothing like Nabisco's Famous Chocolate Wafers, the not-so-sweet chocolate flavor is similar. So, if you are mourning the demise of those wafers, you can't make an ice-box roll with them, but the TJ's biscotti may satisfy your nostalgia.

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3 hours ago, AlaMoi said:

I am given to understand Social Tea cookies are discontinued . . . local supermarket "aisle specialist" said they have disappeared from the order sheets . . .

Lorna Doone is a good second choic - the recipe from my great-aunt for "shortbread cookies" is the utter top of the line . . . but you can't buy them in stores.

Yes, sadly my beloved Social Teas are gone.  I like Lorna Doones, but I can make a better shortbread cookie than a Lorna Doone.  I cannot even imagine how to make the Social Teas.  And, so far, I haven't found a good substitute.  

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Kerry Beal

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17 minutes ago, Kim Shook said:

Yes, sadly my beloved Social Teas are gone.  I like Lorna Doones, but I can make a better shortbread cookie than a Lorna Doone.  I cannot even imagine how to make the Social Teas.  And, so far, I haven't found a good substitute.  

Nabisco isn't the only company that makes Social Teas - Peek Frean does - lots of no name versions too.

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11 hours ago, Kim Shook said:

Thank you!!  I will have to search out some of the brands that Amazon suggests.  The Peek Freans are a bit pricey - $12/box. 

You may need to get them sent from Canada!

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