Chips Ahoy Chewy Cookies

I RECENTLY BOUGHT A PACKAGE OF THE CHIPS AHOY CHEWY CHOCOLATE CHIP
COOKIES AND I ALMOST TOOK THEM BACK!

WHEN I WAS YOUNGER, I LOVED CHIPS AHOY BUT THEY WERE THE REGULAR
CRUNCHY KIND. NOW, I SOMETIMES LIKE CHEWY SO WHEN I SAW CHIPS AHOY HAD
A CHEWY BRAND, I OF COURSE PICKED UP A PACKAGE.

WHEN I OPENED THE PACKAGE AND DUG INTO THEM, I COULD BARELY EAT IT.
THE COOKIES TASTE LIKE THERE IS SOME UNGODLY CHEMICAL IN THEM. I'M
BETTING IT'S WHATEVER INGREDIENT USED TO KEEP THEM "MOIST" BUT GOSH,
IT WAS ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE. I WAS A LITTLE OUTRAGED THAT SOMETHING
LIKE THAT COULD EVER BE PASSED AND PACKAGED.

HOW CAN ANYONE EAT THEM? HOW DOES EVERYONE NOT NOTICE? IT IS JUST ME?
IT CAN'T BE. THE TASTE IS UNDENIABLE.

I WOULD GLADLY GIVE UP THE FAKE, "HOMEMADE, JUST RIGHT OUT OF THE OVEN
MOIST" COOKIE LOOK FOR JUST A GOOD TASTING COOKIE. I'M TELLING YOU,
THE INGREDIENT USED TO KEEP THE COOKIES MOIST IS DISGUSTING. I WOULD
NEVER RECOMMEND BUYING THE CHEWY AND WILL ABSOLUTELY NEVER EAT THEM
AGAIN.

I guess it is just me, but I have never enjoyed Chips Ahoy cookies.
They have always tasted like sweet plastic to me. I've always
wondered how they stayed on the market... but I guess people really do
like them.

I would be willing to bet it is the type of shortening blend they are
using. With the change in fats to reduce cholesterol and calories, and
for economic reasons the fat they chose to use may not be what you are
looking for in texture and flavor profile.

And not everybody has the time to make homemade nowadays =( because
nothing beats fresh out of the oven!

I used to love those cookies myself, but maybe they changed, maybe I
did.

Next time, really treat them, with homemade! :) Those are the best.

But I think your request is perfectly resonable, you didn't really
even ask for anything. Nice letter.

"They just sat there annoying my taste buds."

Made me giggle ;)

one time i cooked a box of the velveeta shells and cheese. i don't
know what on earth was wrong with them, but they came out sooo weird.
it was nothing i did...they just weren't right.

i called the number on the box and told them about it and they sent me
two coupons for free boxes of the macaroni. all i had to do was read
off the code on the box.

i bet if you call the number on the package they will do the same.

Good feedback! Although I personally agree with Rowdy that homemade
is better, obviously that's not always an option for everyone.
Besides, you should get what you pay for and it sounds as if you
didn't.

I'm so tired of companies trying to cut corners to save a buck. I say
they either hike up their price so that they can continue making a
superior product, or change some of the ingredients and keep the
prices the same. So many companies are hiking their prices AND
changing the recipes. No, sorry. I'll pay more for the original, not
for the inferior product that was born out of greed.

Why not just bake some cookies in the oven for a treat for the
family?

I dont like cookies, but I would think they would be better than store
bought cookies, at least they smell good baking anyway.


Good Day

My mom buys the regular Chips Ahoy, and they have really gone down in
quality! They are tiny now!

The chewy ones are even smaller, you are correct in that observation.


We can only vote with our pocketbooks I'm afraid. I tend to like the
keebler chunky chocolate chip cookies as a tastier alternative to
Chips Ahoy. Archway is very good too. I do not know if they are a
regional brand however.

It could depend on the bakery. I've been buying Chunky w/White Fudge
(I think that's what they're called), for quite a while because they
are my son's favorite, and they are always good. All the Chunky ones
are good, and I haven't noticed any difference in quality at all. I
haven't had the original ones for a while now, but I agree that Chewy
Chips Ahoy are terrible.

It sounds like you just don't like Chips Ahoy in general.

I agree with you on those. I like Keebler better for the straight
chocolate chip cookies; they're more of a shortbread that just tastes
better. The Keebler Fudge Shop cookies tend to be horrible though, so
you can't go by the brand name. The only brands where I've never hit
a bad cookie are Stauffer's (odd, since they're a dollar store brand
around here) from Pennsylvania and Bahlsen from Germany.

They likely have not lowered the standards - the chewy ones and the
regular ones are two different products. Same brand, but as you state,
different recipe. You didn't like the chewy ones, so don't buy them
again. The regular ones are still the same, as far as I know, they
have not changed.