Chocolate chip cookies are sweet and delightful and well-known to almost everyone. The smell of fresh cookies always brings me an overwhelming sense of comfort and happiness. Sweet treats are also a great way to show love during the month of February.
While everyone loves a homemade cookie, some might not have the time or the capabilities to bake cookies from scratch. As well-known as cookies are, the number of burnt or undercooked cookies I have had is astronomical. That being said, I wanted to try out some of the most popular premade chocolate chip cookie companies before the February season kicks off.
When it comes to premade, there are endless brands you can buy. A majority of them fall around the same price range as well as cooking time.
For my chocolate chip cookies, I went to Hy-Vee, my local grocery store, and decided to buy three different kinds of cookies including the Pillsbury chocolate chip cookie dough, Nestle Tollhouse Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough and Crav’n Cookie Dough.
Pillsbury Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough – $4.49
The Pillsbury cookie dough is the cookie dough brand that I grew up eating when I was little. The Pillsbury Company was founded in 1989 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, by Charles Alfred Pillsbury and his uncle. Pillsbury is now owned by General Mills. The chocolate chip cookie dough comes in either rolls that you can make your own-sized cookies or a package of cookies that come in either 12 or 24 packs that are preformed into portioned sizes.
I picked the package of 24 smaller-sized cookies. At Hy-Vee, they were $4.49, which I considered a good price for the number of cookies you get. It took these cookies about eleven minutes to cook at 350°F. Once the cookies were done, they came out with a golden-brown color and were nice and warm. Of course, not by surprise, these were my favorite out of all the cookies and tasted perfect to me.
Nestle Tollhouse Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough – $3.99
The Nestle Tollhouse cookie company is where cookies in general all began. The chocolate chip cookie was invented by Ruth Graves Wakefield in the late 1930s. She and her husband owned the Tollhouse Inn in Whitman, Massachusetts, where the popular Tollhouse recipes all started.
The Nestle Tollhouse company has been the foundation for the history of cookies. The Nestle Tollhouse cookies are sold for $3.99, which has been the cheapest out of all the cookies and takes nine to eleven minutes to bake. They came out with a darker brown color which makes me think that they were slightly burnt. However, when I tasted them, they seemed to be perfectly cooked. The chocolate chips blended seamlessly with the brown sugar-based cookie dough. Although they were delectable, they just did not wow me.
Crav’n Cookie Dough -$4.19
The Crav’n brand of cookies is only sold at Hy-Vee, and they were $4.19, being the perfect middle ground when it comes to the price of cookies. When opening the package of cookies, it seemed that it was one big block instead of individual cookies, so I had to break them into chunks. When these cookies came out, they were a golden caramel brown color and seemed to be cooked well. Once again, the cookies tasted great, but just fell short in leaving an everlasting mark.
Overall, I think chocolate chips are just the perfect sweet treat. All three of the presented cookies were ooey and gooey and tasted spectacular. If I had to choose one, I would choose the Pillsbury chocolate chip cookies. The nostalgia and taste just go hand in hand and make the overall cookie reign supreme to me.
