Snack Review: Late July Organic Dark Chocolate Sandwich Cookies

I admit it: like the guy in the Monty Python skit, I came here for an argument.

All I wanted were some cookies. But I was at Whole Foods, where even cookies are a political statement. Everything about this box of cookies annoys me. I hate the fake old-fashioned design of the logo. I think there has never been a stupider name for a company than Late July. I am suspicious about the “2g whole grains per serving” claim on a cookie – and I don’t eat cookies to get my antioxidants, either. And finally, the “Dark chocolate - intense and decadent” thing – well, you’re obviously spoiling for a fight, Late July people.

As I said about Crummy Brothers Organic Chocolate Chip Cookies , there is one sense in which I always have high hopes for all natural baked goods. While there is something annoying about a label that trumpets a list of NON-ingredients that takes up the whole side of the box – no trans fats, no hydrogenated oils, no corn syrup, etc, etc – it is also the case that those are all Nos that are true of my own home baked goods. So why shouldn’t the product be perfectly delicious?

Sigh. And yet, they always seem to manage to mess it up somehow.

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