{"id":16383,"date":"2014-02-26T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-02-26T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=16383"},"modified":"2023-08-14T16:10:55","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T02:10:55","slug":"review-nabisco-chewy-chips-ahoy-root-beer-float-ice-cream-creations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2014\/02\/26\/review-nabisco-chewy-chips-ahoy-root-beer-float-ice-cream-creations\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Nabisco Chewy Chips Ahoy! Root Beer Float Ice Cream Creations"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Nabisco<\/a><\/p>\n

Dear Nabisco and Parent Company Mondelez International,<\/p>\n

We here at the Mayo Clinic have been furthering medical science and treating patients for the past 150 years. Our progress through research and education are unparalleled, and our hospital and medical specialties have been consistently lauded and ranked amongst the best healthcare organizations by third party publications. Which is why we are proposing a residency for the scientist who came up with the \u201cChewy Chips Ahoy! Ice Cream Creations Root Beer Float.\u201d Now, this is a strange request, you may be saying to yourself. Please, first let us tell you what we think of the cookie.<\/p>\n

We think it\u2019s wonderful. When the seal is torn off the light blue packaging, a root beer breeze wafts from the tray. It serves as a time machine to the first time in our childhood we had a root beer (or at least the first time we had a root beer-flavored Jelly Belly). The nostalgia extends to the actual taste too, as it resembles something that of a softer, sweeter root beer, such as Mug. There is even a little tingle in the throat as you have obviously harnessed some sort of earthy extract to poke at our uvulas.<\/p>\n

The star is the root beer flavor, but the white-colored, vanilla-tasting chips do a great job of being cool and mild, balancing the overall flavor out as well as completing the experience that is \u201croot beer float.\u201d And what look like regular chocolate chips are actually root beer-flavored chips. They add a nice dimension to the texture and burst of root beer taste when each fake chocolate chip pocket is breached. The flavors and texture are probably more balanced and consistent than an actual root beer float<\/i>, which can be just mouthfuls of either only ice cream or only soda and overall a wet affair.<\/p>\n

\"Nabisco<\/a><\/p>\n

The cookie texture you have down\u2014you guys are obviously pros and have been perfecting the chewiness for going on thirty years now since the introduction of Chewy Chips Ahoy! cookies. We know it\u2019s a trick, but they\u2019re as soft as warm cookies straight out of the oven. It\u2019s insane. There are a few qualms we have, such as testing our resolve with making such an easy-to-eat cookie. (Question: Why was the doctor jittery and restless? Answer: She didn\u2019t have any patience\/patients!). But also, while the root beer flavor is exquisite, it doesn\u2019t come with the carbonation or the mouth feel of a real root beer, and our brains keep telling us this is not real. It makes the experience a bit chemically, but we think that is out of your hands, Nabisco.<\/p>\n

\"Nabisco<\/a><\/p>\n

The distribution of chips is also a bit uneven. While no cookie in the bag was bad (yes we ate the whole bag\u2014with some tea in the break room), some cookies are chock full of the sweet morsels and the experience between an average one and an above average one is discernible. Lastly, get rid of the packaging. The bright, electric blue doesn\u2019t make us hungry for cookies. Stick with earth tones please. (Question: Why was the doctor jittery and restless? Answer: She just worked a double shift and a guy died!)<\/p>\n

Whoever came up with this idea and executed it was an outside thinker. He or she looked to the future while being informed by the past and that kind of thing is exactly what we want on Team Healthcare, so we would love to offer him or her a position on our team.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut cookies aren\u2019t saving lives,\u201d you say. Well to that we respond, did you think a ragtag team of oil drillers couldn\u2019t save our planet from an oncoming asteroid? Stop being so closed-minded, because I don\u2019t want to miss a thang. \u201cIt wasn\u2019t even one person,\u201d you say, \u201cIt was a team of marketing people and a food scientist.\u201d Nabisco, we are the Mayo Clinic. We can do things. Have you ever seen that movie the Fly? We can smush your team of marketers and one food scientist into a single mutant monstrosity that collects one paycheck from us. Don\u2019t worry about it. <\/p>\n

Just send everyone involved with this project over. And while you\u2019re at it, send over a box of Triscuits. Send ten. Or we\u2019ll release the airborne genital warts. “Airborne genital warts?” you ask. You know what? You\u2019re going down, Nabisco. Consider this a warning shot. The Mayo Clinic now officially backs cookie mogul the Girl Scouts. (Question: Why was the doctor jittery and restless? Answer: She just stole some Ritalin to self-medicate but hasn\u2019t taken it yet.) <\/p>\n

Cordially yours,<\/p>\n

The Mayo Clinic<\/p>\n

Rochester, Minnesota<\/p>\n

(Nutrition Facts – 140 calories, 60 calories from fat, 6 grams of fat, 3.5 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 0 milligrams of cholesterol, 95 milligrams of sodium, 20 milligrams of potassium, 20 grams of carbohydrates, 0 grams of fiber, 12 grams of sugar, and less than 1 gram of protein.)<\/small><\/p>\n

Item:<\/b> Nabisco Chewy Chips Ahoy! Root Beer Float Ice Cream Creations
\nPurchased Price:<\/b> $2.99 (on sale)
\nSize:<\/b> 9.5 oz.
\nPurchased at:<\/b> D\u2019Agostinos
\nRating:<\/b> 9 out of 10
\nPros:<\/b> Chewy. Root beer-y. Easy to eat\u2014less wet, sticky than actual root beer float. Chips give good balance to cookie. Goes wonderfully with tea or coffee.
\nCons:<\/b> Ate a whole bag in two sittings. (Liar) One sitting. Some cookies are better than others. Could be chemically off putting to some. \/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dear Nabisco and Parent Company Mondelez International, We here at the Mayo Clinic have been furthering medical science and treating patients for the past 150 years. Our progress through research and education are unparalleled, and our hospital and medical specialties have been consistently lauded and ranked amongst the best healthcare organizations by third party publications. 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