Taste test: Cookie dough

(Photo: Immaculate Baking Co.)Immaculate Baking Co. Chocolate Chunk

The chocolate chip cookies from Immaculate Baking Co. ($3.99 for 14 oz.) are perfect for those who like their cookies soft and chewy on the inside and crispier on the outside. Unfortunately, some thought the taste was a bit "bitter," "bland," and "artificial." Tasters did appreciate the hefty chocolate chunks.






(Photo: Nestlé)Nestlé Toll House Chocolate Chip

Our volunteers found Nestlé Toll House chocolate chip cookies ($3.19 for 16.5 oz.) both "crunchy" and "chewy." Many thought the cookies tasted "homemade," but also "floury" and a bit "salty,” especially since the "very sweet" chocolate chips were sparse.



(Photo: Trader Joe's)Trader Joe's Chocolate Chip

"Tough" and "hard" was the way most of our volunteers described the chocolate chip cookies from Trader Joe's ($3.49 for 16 oz.) but "extra chocolate-y" chips helped soften the texture. The cookies' flavor was hard to pinpoint, as our tasters called the cookies as everything from "vanilla-y" and "sweet" to "bitter" and "nutty."






(Photo: Pillsbury)Pillsbury Peanut Butter

Pillsbury Peanut Butter cookies ($3.19 for 16.5 oz.) were "too one-note taste- and texture-wise" for many of our tasters, calling the cookie "plain" and "boring." Many also found the cookies "dry" and "harder to chew" than the rest.






(Photo: Walmart)Great Value Chocolate Chip

Tasters were not huge fans of Great Value chocolate chip cookies ($2.18 for 16.5 oz.). Although volunteers detected hints of coconut and vanilla in the flavor, they also described it as "artificial" and "stale." For cookie lovers who like a crunchier cookie texture, these just might satisfy.






(Photo: Pillsbury)Pillsbury Simply Chocolate Chip

Tasters were divided on the texture of Pillsbury Simply chocolate chip cookies ($3.29 for 14 oz.) with some finding it too thin for their liking and others calling it "melt in your mouth." They also couldn't agree on the flavor with some considering its richness "greasy" and others deeming it "buttery." All tasters, however, longed for more chocolate, complaining that there were "not enough chips."






(Photo: Nestlé)Nestlé Toll House Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip

While some tasters thought that these cookies ($3.19 for 16 oz.) lacked peanut butter flavor, most described the cookies as "very nutty," possessing a "nice balance between peanut butter and chocolate taste." Unfortunately, the texture was described as "very chewy," to the point of being almost "rubbery."


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