Aldi does a pretty good job of offering their brand of knock
offs of most popular style cookies and the girl scouts thin mint cookies are no
exception. My last trip down the entry aisle at Aldi revealed that this great
store carried fudge mint cookies. I felt it was a calling to try this one out
and see if they even came close the name brand treat sold by the scouts.
Appearance
The cookies are sold in a glossy green plastic package with
a plastic tray holding two rows of thin mints. There is approximately 10 ounces
of cookies in one package. The packaging hypes up the fact that these are
“minty” and made with “real cocoa”.
Taste
The first sample of the thin mint was tried at room
temperature. I like to point that out,
because I prefer my Girl Scout thin mints in a frozen state, but wanted to
taste at least one cookie before subjected them all to the freezer. I think sometimes
some chocolate coatings lose their flavor when frozen. (This actually happens
with Keebler grasshoppers). So the first taste of the Aldi thin mint revealed
decent hints of chocolate and mint flavor but a very bland lifeless cookie at
the base. Was that really a cookie or a tasteless cracker hidden in there? The
cookie layer also lacked the firmness that one is accustomed to when eating a
thin mint or grasshopper. The frozen state sampler was no better and probably
worse as the chocolate flavor sort of went away, though I could still taste the
cool mint. The mint was really the only strong performer.
Price
The price of a package of Benton’s Fudge mint cookies is
only $1.29. Much lower than $3.00 grasshoppers or the $2.00 Meijer fudge
treasures mint cookie.
Overall Result
Though this is a heck of a lot cheaper than other brands,
the flavor is meh and the texture or crunchy bite is severely lacking. This
cookie is lifeless. Spend at least a little more and go with the Meijer brand
or better yet help out your local Girl Scout troop and buy a box of thin mints
from them.
