{"id":18097,"date":"2015-02-20T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-02-20T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=18097"},"modified":"2020-12-28T19:22:10","modified_gmt":"2020-12-29T05:22:10","slug":"review-rah-rah-raisin-girl-scout-cookies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2015\/02\/20\/review-rah-rah-raisin-girl-scout-cookies\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Rah-Rah Raisin Girl Scout Cookies"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

First, I decided: these are not \u201craisin cookies.\u201d They are galletas de pasas<\/i>.<\/p>\n

A \u201craisin cookie\u201d sounds like something your grandmother forced you to eat because you had already eaten too much chocolate that day. \u201cGalletas de pasas<\/i>\u201d sound like an exotic biscuit blended found at a market where they sell Art Deco and hand-woven rugs and play Johnny Cash in the background. Something obscure and enigmatic, yet also specific.<\/p>\n

Despite all that self-imposed delusion, all I could read was, \u201craisin,\u201d and my head\u2014my very stubborn head\u2014kept shouting, \u201cWrinkly, dry nubs! Stay away!\u201d<\/p>\n

My head is no longer allowed to make decisions. These cookies? Put it down. As the perfect entry-level raisin cookie, the small, mini-chocolate-chip-sized fruit bits dot their way along the crispy surface, providing a slight chew and grapey tang that\u2019s effective without being intrusive. The yogurty chips are sparse but wonderful: sweet with a hint of tang at the very end, contrasting and complementing the chewy raisin.<\/p>\n

And let\u2019s not forget about the cookie foundation. The cookie is sandy and crumbly, far more so than the Trader Joe\u2019s shortbread I <\/a>enjoyed earlier this month. While this dough lacks any hint of butter, it dissolves into a fizzle of sweet, sugar-cookie-like dough with the barest bit of molasses at the end, which serves to amp up those the raisins and yogurt chips.<\/p>\n

\"Rah-Rah<\/a><\/p>\n

Of course, this crumbled texture brings a hazard for the cookies. Without any protective plastic tray, the biscuits have trouble maintaining their shape. In my box of 14, three cookies came fully intact. I also realize this could\u2019ve resulted from a bum sample or a transit flub. New York roads are bumpy.<\/p>\n

But let\u2019s be real: Girl Scout Cookies aren\u2019t about the looks. While the cookie\u2019s sturdiness might be a tragedy for its aesthetics, it\u2019s all the better for you as you are left with a big pile of crumblies at the end of your cookie-eating experience. <\/p>\n

Instructions for dealing with crumblies include:<\/p>\n