{"id":20177,"date":"2016-06-10T02:00:52","date_gmt":"2016-06-10T12:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=20177"},"modified":"2021-01-05T21:14:08","modified_gmt":"2021-01-06T07:14:08","slug":"review-keebler-limited-batch-birthday-cake-fudge-stripes-cookies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2016\/06\/10\/review-keebler-limited-batch-birthday-cake-fudge-stripes-cookies\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Keebler Limited Batch Birthday Cake Fudge Stripes Cookies"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

During the 45 years or so of the Cold War, the United States and Soviet Union built up massive quantities of nuclear weapons in an effort to counter each other and become the world\u2019s leading super power.<\/p>\n

Each had their own spheres of influence, but since separate hemispheres weren\u2019t enough, both nations just kept building more and bigger missiles until one couldn\u2019t keep up any longer.<\/p>\n

A quarter century after the Berlin Wall fell, another arms race is occurring. The good news is that the entire existence of the human race is no longer at stake. The bad news is that we are all going to get massively obese.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a trade I am totally cool with.<\/p>\n

Gone are the days when Oreo was content with being the world\u2019s leading chocolate sandwich cookie; likewise, Keebler\u2019s elves aspire to an empire greater than just fudge covered shortbreads. The two companies have fought for cookie supremacy in recent limited time offerings of red velvet and pumpkin spice, but the latest flashpoint in the great cookie conflict is one flavor that I never get tired of celebrating: Birthday Cake.<\/p>\n

While I give the elves credit for creating a cookie that has all three traditional elements of birthday cake (sprinkles, frosting, and uh, “cake”) I do need to point out that the box artwork features a cupcake. At first I thought this was just a celebration of portion control, but since the package also happens to be non-resalable — thus increasing my chances of inhaling all the cookies in one sitting — I realize the elves probably just suck at making distinctions.<\/p>\n

I, however, do not. And to be sure, the distinction of Birthday Cake vs. Cupcake is one I take seriously. If you show me a cupcake, I expect the frosting to steal the show. That\u2019s not the case with these cookies, though.<\/p>\n

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

Oh, I mean the shortbread element is fine. It\u2019s buttery with a delectably fine crumb and the non-overpowering element of sweetness I admire about the original Fudge Stripe. <\/p>\n

But whereas the original Fudge Stripe can get away with a faux-chocolate glaze that works to balance the shortbread, the frosting glaze on the latest batch of shortbread just tastes like that generic palm oil glaze we\u2019ve all had a million times. It\u2019s not buttercream frosting; it\u2019s not cream cheese frosting; it\u2019s not even a damn Swiss meringue. It\u2019s just way too sweet, and lacks that luscious mouthfeel of an actual frosting element. Likewise, it\u2019s cut off from the sprinkles, which themselves lack the crunchy contrast I want buried in frosting.<\/p>\n

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

Fortunately, since my pantry is always willing to celebrate an actual birthday, I had some rainbow chip frosting handy. Now, while I realize this stuff would be good on anything from pancakes to Ritz crackers, I did find it especially wonderful when stuffed between the Fudge Stripe Birthday Cake cookies. <\/p>\n

Biting through the crunchy shortbread into actual, sprinkled-filled frosting — even in an artificial, shelf-stable form — reminded me of <\/a>Oreo\u2019s birthday cake attempt and how providing just a level of textural contrast can go a long way to really making a birthday cake-flavored product worth the purchase.<\/p>\n

Does the fact that Oreo makes a better birthday cake cookie than Keebler mean that the Elves are destined to toil in a downtrodden economy until an ex-KGB spy who likes to take his shirt off<\/a> attempts to assert them as the world\u2019s leading cookie makers? Probably not. But in the arms race of cookie flavors, Keebler\u2019s latest gambit just can\u2019t keep pace.<\/p>\n

(Nutrition Facts – 2 cookies \u2013 130 calories, 6 grams of fat, 4 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 0 milligrams of cholesterol, 70 milligrams of sodium, 18 grams of carbohydrates, 10 grams of sugar, and less than 1 gram of protein.)<\/small><\/p>\n

Purchased Price:<\/b> $2.99
\nSize:<\/b> $2.99
\nPurchased at:<\/b> Weis Markets
\nRating:<\/b> 5 out of 10
\nPros:<\/b> Delectable shortbread crumb. Crunchy sprinkle pieces. Wonderful vehicle birthday cake frosting.
\nCons:<\/b> Waxy, mostly tasteless frosting element. Too much shortbread taste for a birthday cake product. Non-resalable packaging. Cookie company flavor arms races.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

During the 45 years or so of the Cold War, the United States and Soviet Union built up massive quantities of nuclear weapons in an effort to counter each other and become the world\u2019s leading super power. 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