{"id":20781,"date":"2016-11-01T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-11-01T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=20781"},"modified":"2021-01-07T20:44:27","modified_gmt":"2021-01-08T06:44:27","slug":"review-subway-pumpkin-spice-and-apple-pie-cookies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2016\/11\/01\/review-subway-pumpkin-spice-and-apple-pie-cookies\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Subway Pumpkin Spice and Apple Pie Cookies"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Every fall I can count on two things: 1) Nick Saban and Alabama will absolutely obliterate every football team in the SEC. 2) Pumpkin spice food products will be thrusted in my face at every grocery store, restaurant, and fast food sandwich shop in America.<\/p>\n

Yes, sandwich shop. Thanks to the ubiquitous up-sell of the 60-cent Subway cookie, the most popular flavor of the fall can help you forgot how mediocre your lunch was.<\/p>\n

I like to think of pumpkin spice as the flavor version of Alabama\u2019s football dynasty. The hype is everywhere and, for the most part, the hype is deserved. Sure, the Crimson Tide might trip up once a year, just like how we\u2019ll get a dud like <\/a>Pumpkin Spice M&M’s every once in awhile, but for the most part, pumpkin spice is unstoppable.<\/p>\n

In a lot of ways, the rise of pumpkin spice has correlated with the decline of apple pie, autumn\u2019s previously unstoppable flavor, that’s also a new Subway cookie flavor. You might think of apple pie as the Miami of flavors: Once a shoo-in to compete for a national title, but it\u2019s now a run-of-the-mill ACC middleweight that loses to a depleted Notre Dame team.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s pretty much the same when it comes to Subway\u2019s cookies.<\/p>\n

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

Like Alabama\u2019s balanced offense and stifling defense, the Subway Pumpkin Spice Cookie was seemingly flawless. Textually, the edges were crunchy and the interior was chewy with strong notes of ginger and molasses dominating each bite. The cookie tasted like a ginger snap on steroids. The white confectionery chips added vanilla-flavored bursts of sweetness throughout the cookie, while the sweet taste of cinnamon lingered on my tongue even after I finished the cookie. If there\u2019s one downside it\u2019s that the cookie tastes more like a chewy ginger snap than a pumpkin cookie.<\/p>\n

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

The Apple Pie Cookie is not nearly as good as the pumpkin spice one. If we\u2019re talking football, it loses by at least three touchdowns. The Apple Pie Cookie was much sweeter and, like Miami Hurricanes football during the early 2000s, it\u2019s a sexy cookie on the outside. How can it not be with \u201cnaturally sweetened\u201d apple chunks baked right into the dough? Yet like the Hurricanes dynasty coming undone, it\u2019s got too many bells and whistles to work. The taste of clove and nutmeg is far too floral, while the sweetened apple chunks taste like someone freeze-dried applesauce. The texture of the chunks is off-putting and hyper sweet, and the entire cookie doesn\u2019t really taste like pie.<\/p>\n

Is pumpkin spice\u2019s dominance over the seasonal flavor world annoying? Maybe, but like Alabama\u2019s continued destruction of college football parity, it\u2019s pretty incredible. Subway\u2019s Pumpkin Spice Cookie only adds to that legacy, and is far and away a better end to a mediocre sub than the Apple Pie cookie. <\/p>\n

(Nutrition Facts – Not available.)<\/small><\/p>\n

Purchased Price:<\/b> 60 cents (each)
\nSize:<\/b> N\/A
\nRating:<\/b> 8 out of 10 (Pumpkin Spice)
\nRating:<\/b> 5 out of 10 (Apple Pie)
\nPros:<\/b> Pumpkin spice cookie has a wonderfully complex texture that\u2019s crunchy on the edges and chewy in the center. Deep, warm sweetness of molasses mixed with ginger, butter, and vanilla.
\nCons:<\/b> Pumpkin Spice cookie lacks deep pumpkin flavor. Cream Cheese chunks would have been better than \u201cconfectionery chips\u201d. Apple Spice cookies tastes like what I\u2019d imagine an apple pie air freshener to taste like. Unnatural tasting natural apple chunks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Every fall I can count on two things: 1) Nick Saban and Alabama will absolutely obliterate every football team in the SEC. 2) Pumpkin spice food products will be thrusted in my face at every grocery store, restaurant, and fast food sandwich shop in America. Yes, sandwich shop. 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