We Tried the New Pepperidge Farm Peppermint Cocoa Cookies

Pepperidge Farm makes a whole lot of cookies, from Milanos to Mauis to Sausalitos to my favorite (just to say out loud, I’ve never actually tried them) Double Chocolate Nantuckets. And wouldn’t you believe, despite the fact that they already make upwards of 50 different kinds of cookies, Pepperidge Farm has come out with another one just in time for the holidays: Thin & Crispy Peppermint Cocoa cookies. Now here’s the thing, I like a peppermint-and-chocolate combo almost as much as I like yelling “Double Chocolate Nantucket” any chance I get (toe stub, Oscars snub, birthday parties, you get it), so I came into this one with pretty high hopes.

Could these new Pepperidge Farm cookies achieve a Thin Mints-esque flavor with the texture of a Tate’s? Read on to find out.

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Pepperidge Farm Thin & Crispy Peppermint Cocoa Cookies

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Pros: These smell like Thin Mints and mint ice cream sandwiches, with a hint of butter. And while they aren’t quite as melt-in-your mouth buttery as Tate’s cookies (iykyk), they have a similar pleasantly crumbly texture. They are fairly salty which is a nice contrast to the sweetness of the chocolate and peppermint chips. The cookie itself isn’t mint flavored other than what it picks up from the light green peppermint chips embedded in it, which remind me of just the green part of an Andes mint. These would be amazing dipped in a mocha or even just a latte, crumbled on vanilla ice cream, or broken up into some form of holiday bark. If you like subtly cocoa-y cookies with mint chips and a crispy, crumbly texture, you will like these.

Cons: For those of you who are peppermint fiends, I should warn you that the peppermint is only in the peppermint chips, not in the cookie itself. All in all, the flavors are pretty subtle, so if you were hoping these would be some double-chocolate-fudge-drizzled-brownie-splosion or that they would be pepperminty on a Peppermint Oreo level, you might be disappointed. Personally, I want to be punched in the taste buds with chocolate and peppermint, but I still enjoyed these. If you are curious, give ‘em a shot before they go away.

Rating:

8/10

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Pepperidge Farm Holiday Exclusive Thin and Crispy Peppermint Cocoa Cookies

Pros: These smell like somewhere between thin mints and mint ice cream sandwiches, with a hint of butter. They have a very crumbly and buttery texture (they do in fact melt in your mouth if you hold it in there for more than 5 seconds), and they taste like mint, cocoa, and have a lovely browned butter note in there as well.  They are fairly salty which is a nice contrast to the sweet. The cookie itself isn’t mint flavored other than what it picks up from the light green peppermint chips embedded in it, which remind me of just the green part of an Andes Candies. These would be amazing dipped in a mocha or even just a latte, crumbled on ice cream, or broken up into some form of holiday bark. If you like subtly cocoa-y cookies with mint chips and a crumbly buttery flavor and texture, you will like these.

Cons: For those of you who are peppermint fiends – the peppermint is just in the chunks. The chocolate flavor on these is very subtly cocoa-y as opposed to capital C Chocolatey, so if you love things to be double chocolate fudge drizzled brownie-splosion, or pepperminty on a Thin Mint/Peppermint Oreo level, these may be too subtle for you in both the chocolate and peppermint departments respectively. But I am one such person who loves high chocolate and peppermint levels and I still enjoyed these, so I say if you are curious, give ‘em a shot.

7.5/10 Sporks