{"id":15694,"date":"2013-11-08T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-11-08T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=15694"},"modified":"2020-12-24T11:30:32","modified_gmt":"2020-12-24T21:30:32","slug":"review-limited-edition-pepperidge-farm-milk-chocolate-dipped-milano-cookies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2013\/11\/08\/review-limited-edition-pepperidge-farm-milk-chocolate-dipped-milano-cookies\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Limited Edition Pepperidge Farm Milk Chocolate Dipped Milano Cookies"},"content":{"rendered":"

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List of things hard to improve: the Northern Lights, pens that don\u2019t run out of ink, paper dragons, snack mixes, and Jedi mind tricks.<\/p>\n

I once thought that Milano cookies, too, should be on this list. Composed of planks of golden sugar cookies sandwiching a thin layer of semisweet chocolate, original Milano toe the line of perfection, and yet the restless, curious minds at Pepperidge Farm are working to propel the cookie into a new realm of supremacy, having now covered the beloved cookie in a bevy of chocolate. Since I could live the rest of my life with nothing but Netflix, a vat of milk, and a constantly streaming Costco-sized bag of the originals, I couldn\u2019t help but give this new chocolate covered variation its time in the spotlight. <\/p>\n

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Well, well, what\u2019s this? Seems these bountiful biscuits have ditched the old flimsy fluted cup for a plastic sleeve. A wise choice, not only because fluted cups remind me of past traumatic experiences with Betty Crocker, but also because the plastic separators prevent them from melting and turning into mish-mosh. <\/p>\n

And these cookies aren\u2019t mish-mosh.<\/p>\n

Some mass-produced chocolate can taste of sugar and vegetable oil, giving the chocolate all the bizarre flatness of a senator reading rap lines. Not so with these sandwiches. The milk chocolate coating is sugary sweet with a finish of light cocoa. It melts pretty fast, which isn\u2019t good for that white shirt you pressed this morning, but quite good for consuming off the nubs of your chocolate-coated fingers.<\/p>\n

But where that chocolate really shines is with the cookie itself. Aside from being covered in cocoa solids, these biscuits haven\u2019t changed a bit. Walking the tightrope between crispy and crunchy with just a hint at an artificial buttery end, these planks serve as the perfect palate to showcase the semisweet chocolate insides. This thin inner core of hardened chocolate starts sweet then leaves just a hint of coffee-like bitterness behind. It is here that I realize how much this cookie thrives on contrasts. This sweet, crunchy, gooey, pleasantly bitter experience has all the sporadic eccentricities akin to listening to the playlist of a late night college radio station: one moment, you\u2019re listening to Sinatra, the next, David Bowie, the next, Bob Marley. A whole range of personalities.<\/p>\n

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And if sandwich cookies had personalities, the Milano would be the intellectual. The deep thinker. The Nietchze reader who enjoys classic cinema and vintage wine and purple silk robes. Thus I guess I shouldn\u2019t have been surprised that I shelled out an Abraham Lincoln for the 7 cookies, but I was a little disappointed with the low cookie count. <\/p>\n

While the milk chocolate on these is pretty good, the cookie doesn\u2019t quite offer enough specialty or mystery for such a price. However, the box did fulfill my chocolate quota in the time it would take to get my car washed, and all chocolate has antioxidants and antioxidants are good for your ojos<\/i>, right? Or wait, maybe that\u2019s carrots. <\/p>\n

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I have a self-imposed superstition that, if you mess with perfection, bad things will happen: your eggs will curdle, your credit card will be debunked, or a clan of vengeful lobsters will arise from the sea and attack you for no apparent reason. Luckily, none of these things happened when these Milano cookies were consumed and, while they were a bit overpriced, these show themselves as a solid example of a chocolate covered cookie.<\/p>\n

(Nutrition Facts – 2 cookies – 160 calories, 80 calories from fat, 9 grams of fat, 4.5 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 5 milligrams of cholesterol, 40 milligrams of sodium, 0 milligrams of potassium, 19 grams of carbohydrates, 0 grams of dietary fiber, 12 grams of sugars, and 2 grams of protein.<\/small><\/p>\n

Item:<\/b> Limited Edition Pepperidge Farm Milk Chocolate Dipped Milano Cookies
\nPurchased Price:<\/b> $4.99
\nSize:<\/b> 1 box\/7 cookies
\nPurchased at:<\/b> Target
\nRating:<\/b> 8 out of 10
\nPros:<\/b> Crispy-crunchy texture. Plenty of chocolate. Chocolate that actually tastes of chocolate. Chocolate is good for your ojos<\/i>. No obtrusive fluted cups. Paper dragons. Jedi mind tricks.
\nCons:<\/b> Some may not enjoy slight artificial butteriness. Chocolate can get messy. Only seven cookies. Traumatic experiences involving Betty Crocker. Being attacked by a clan of vengeful lobsters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

List of things hard to improve: the Northern Lights, pens that don\u2019t run out of ink, paper dragons, snack mixes, and Jedi mind tricks. I once thought that Milano cookies, too, should be on this list. 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