{"id":19549,"date":"2016-01-18T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-01-18T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=19549"},"modified":"2023-08-12T15:36:12","modified_gmt":"2023-08-13T01:36:12","slug":"review-papa-johns-brookie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2016\/01\/18\/review-papa-johns-brookie\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Papa John\u2019s Brookie"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Whether it\u2019s Harry and Sally, Boy and World, or Scooby-Doo and the Harlem Globetrotters, we always love when two things meet. Hell, when it comes to turducken, we even love it when three meats meet.<\/p>\n

Papa John\u2019s must have understood this, too, because with their new Brookie, they\u2019ve done more than just have chocolate chip cookies and brownies meet\u2014they\u2019ve baked their sweet, buttery essences together in a big ol\u2019 oven of love. <\/p>\n

Now if only Papa John\u2019s could reconcile with his estranged son Jimmy<\/a>. Maybe we\u2019d finally get the Italian sub crust pizza the world has been yearning for.<\/p>\n

But is it really possible for two superstars of the baked goods world to peacefully coexist under the roof of one cardboard box? Or will their sugary egos get in each other\u2019s way? And how will Oatmeal Raisin feel about being left out of this orgy of dough? <\/p>\n

Let\u2019s tune in to this week\u2019s episode of Beverly Hills 90,210 Calories<\/i> and find out.<\/p>\n

As I headed home from Papa John\u2019s, the tantalizing, authentically homemade smell coming from my Brookie box made me check my phone to see if my technologically-illiterate grandma had somehow accidentally texted me a dozen fresh-baked cookies. <\/p>\n

Feeling more than a little dirty, I locked myself into my room, dimmed the lights, turned on the Magnetic Fields\u2019 69 Love Songs<\/i><\/a>, and bit into a super soft, still warm slice. Better put the kids to bed for this one.<\/p>\n

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

With my mouth glued shut by dense, chocolaty goop, I observed that my Brookie\u2019s center was far closer to batter than it was to an actual, fully cooked cake brownie. Fudgy, rich, and delicious: this sinful, eggy chocolate lava had vesicles of flaky crust on top but still melted in my hands and mouth alike. The thin bed of cookie magma it sat on was largely undetectable, but still contributed some welcome bursts of buttered dough flavor.<\/p>\n

So while the core of Planet Brookie was molten and sugary, the thicker cookie crust was crispy and firm. It had notes of toasted sugar and browned butter with the occasional visit by a large semisweet morsel. But as a whole, the crust was far milder (and significantly less interesting) than the decadent center. <\/p>\n

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

Just like how the Force needs a dark side and a light, the Brookie benefits most from the magical area where brownie and cookie crust meet to form a tasty yin yang. The \u201cfudgy sweet\u201d and \u201cgolden baked\u201d flavors pair well, and the half-crisp, half-gooey textural contrast could be a real crowd-pleaser. <\/p>\n

It could even force a truce between those people who like the middle pieces of brownies and those people who only like the corners. I say \u201ccould,\u201d because I\u2019m just the guy who\u2019s alone in his room, 48 love songs deep into 69 Love Songs<\/i> and dripping with fudge. What do I know?<\/p>\n

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

So as you can see from my above pie chart, approximately 87.5 percent of my Brookie currently resembles Pac-Man, while 12.5 percent does not. I\u2019m quite satisfied with the Brookie; after all, did any of us really doubt that chocolate chip cookies and brownies would work together? <\/p>\n

It might be a little too small and a little too expensive, and I wish Oreos had been invited to the party, but I look forward to eating the rest of this. And I\u2019ll certainly buy another Brookie in the future and bring it to a romantic Valentine\u2019s Day dinner\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2026as my date.<\/p>\n

(Nutrition Facts – 1\/8th slice \u2013 190 calories, 80 calories from fat, 9 grams of fat, 4 grams of saturated fat, 95 milligrams of sodium, 26 grams of carbohydrates, 1 gram of dietary fiber, 17 grams of sugar, and 2 grams of protein..)<\/small><\/p>\n

Item:<\/b> Papa John\u2019s Brookie
\nPurchased Price:<\/b> $6
\nSize:<\/b> N\/A
\nPurchased at:<\/b> Papa John’s
\nRating:<\/b> 9 out of 10
\nPros:<\/b> The best parts of an undercooked brownie and the edge pieces of a chocolate chip bar cookie. The even better part where they kiss meet. Inevitable post-Brookie milk chugging. The guiding life philosophy of cookie-brownie Taoism.
\nCons:<\/b> The price. The size. Washing out those tricky post-Brookie fudge stains. Still waiting on Grandma to email me an apple pie.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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