As the Christmas season approaches I have noticed an influx of holiday baked goods at the grocery stores. One of these items I noticed from last year was the candy cane sandwich cookies by Meijer. These cookies were placed at the aisle end cap and drew my attention as I like most items that combine the tasty flavors of chocolate and peppermint. The green and red festive package suckered me in pretty easily. My children are also huge fans of this flavor combination so I decided to pick up a package; hence the review.
Taste
The chocolate sandwich ends to the cookies are fair to good. I have yet to find a sandwich cookie of which the actual chocolate cookie portion tastes as good as the Oreo brand. Hydrox finishes a close second.
The crème layer comes off a bit thicker than the typical Oreo filling; almost double. The crème contains tiny white and pink bits of candy cane that have a refreshing wintery taste and are a tad fun as they had a slight crunch to just about every bite. I
The downside to this cookie was the over excess of the thick crème layer. I think Meijer would have achieved success with a thinner layer of cream; though maybe this was their way of getting across enough peppermint flavors to be held in this thicker middle. Who knows?
Price
The cookies were purchased for a grand total of $2.49. That price covers a 17 ounce package of about 34 cookies. I could not really make a comparison for price as Oreo brand does not carry a candy cane variety. The closest comparison for price would be the Oreo green mint filled cookies that run about $2.99 per package which is smaller. As this product stands alone and there is no competition, the price is fair.
Nutrition
These are cookies so I won’t boggle down too much on nutrition. The one serving of two cookies deals out 140 calories and six grams of fat (no Trans fats).
Overall Opinion
I think the cookie would be much better if the cream layer was not too thick. This cookie would serve as an excellent pie crust or even ground up and used as base ingredient of Oreo cookie ball recipe. I would consider this an average buy at best.
