In relation to pre-packaged chocolate chip cookie dough (to not be confused with store-bought cookie mixes), there are actually solely two mainstream choices that you just’ll discover in most grocery shops: Nestle Toll Home and Pillsbury. The decadent duo have battled it out to assert prime honors in style, comfort and texture for years, however how they rank in the end boils down (or bakes up?) to private choice. However it’s a tricky selection: How can one presumably select between two nice issues? Nicely, I actually can. Or so I believed …
After going house for my mother’s sixtieth birthday and realizing I’d be surrounded by fellow cookie connoisseurs (together with my sister, who developed the recipe for my world-famous chocolate chip cookies from my cookbook “Primary Bitchen”), I deliberate a whole style take a look at across the two contenders. That’s, till a fast journey to Publix revealed that there have been two “more healthy” options, Annie’s and Candy Loren’s, that have been inching their manner into Nestle and Pillsbury’s shelf territory. I clearly had to purchase all 4.
Regardless of how the cookie crumbled (and I fairly actually made an enormous mess), every product was implausible in its personal manner. However one made the opposite three choices appear like newbie hour as compared.
Learn on to seek out out which model would doubtless ship Cookie Monster right into a coma.
We appreciated the corporate’s dedication to “clear” consuming with a gluten-free, dairy-free and plant-based cookie dough recipe (you could additionally safely eat uncooked!), however these simply didn’t stack as much as the competitors. The oat flour was extraordinarily overpowering with nearly a buckwheat texture and healthy-ish style that, frankly, wouldn’t fulfill most sudden cravings for chocolate. That mentioned, this departure from the norm wasn’t horrible, simply totally different. And had Candy Loren’s not been in comparison with the opposite three, it will have been a totally acceptable and welcomed addition to store-bought assortments.
There wasn’t a big distinction between Nestle and Pillsbury. Nestle solely ranked behind the guffawing Dough Boy as a result of his cookie tasted barely higher at room temperature. However in the event you like a crispy-edged confection that’s heavy on butter and a tad lighter on chocolate chip content material, Nestle is the one for you. These additionally pair splendidly with vanilla ice cream to make a sturdy sandwich that may be dipped in caramel and rolled in rainbow sprinkles. Yeah, we completely went there. And no, we now have zero regrets.
Should you like your cookie a bit sweeter and cakier, Pillsbury is the one for you. We actually loved these contemporary out of the oven, when the sunshine and fluffy dessert primarily melted in our mouths. In addition they maintained their softness as they cooled, in contrast to Nestle which crisped up and misplaced its gooey inside. One small however noticeable element was Pillsbury’s determination to line its pull-apart dough into spheres (slightly than sloppy cubes). This resulted in additional uniform cookies, which appeased my perfectionist mind greater than I’d wish to admit.
Step apart, cookie classics. There’s a brand new store-bought dough on the town and he or she goes by the title of Annie. If Nestle and Pillsbury have been the undisputed kings of cookie dough, then Annie’s is the gosh darn nation. All six of the taste-testers agreed that this cookie took prime honors with its sugary crunch and richer chocolate chips. It additionally tasted as if it was home made and never from a bundle, which is sort of a formidable feat contemplating it’s mass-produced. Our solely gripe was that no two cookies appeared the identical. Whereas some could name this artisanal or rustic, we discovered it to be a bit off-putting when served on an outsized tray. That is us being nit-picky, although, as a result of they didn’t last more than 24 hours.
