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| Gluten Free Cookies: Mary's Gone Crackers Double Chocolate Cookies |
BRAND: Mary’s Gone Crackers
COST: $4.75
SIZE: 12 cookies (5.5oz)
COST PER COOKIE: $0.40 ($0.86/oz)
CERTIFIED GLUTEN FREE: YES
CERTIFICATION AGENCY: GFCO
ORGANIC: YES
CERTIFICATION AGENCY: ICS-INTL
VEGAN: YES
GLUTEN FREE FACILITY: YES
LOCATION OF FACILITY: CALIFORNIA
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REVIEW:
While I was at the 2011 Fancy Food Show at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, I came across the Mary’s Gone Crackers booth. If you recall, they make delicious gluten free crackers made with a blend of seeds. I spoke with them briefly about their products and was informed that they actually make gluten free cookies as well. They call them Love Cookies.
Today, we decided to try the Double Chocolate Love Cookies. If I recall correctly, the representative said that Double Chocolate was one of the newer flavors. The packaging is very similar to their crackers with very nice graphics on the front. If you are familiar with the brand, you would be able to pick it find it on the shelves with no problem. Open up the box and you will find 2 separate packages with 6 cookies in each package. Although it is extra packaging, I liked this concept. The package is not resealable, so it’s a good way to ensure that at least half the cookies stay fresh.
The first thing I noticed about these cookies is that they look a lot like chocolate snickerdoodles. Pop one into your mouth and you will be greeted with a very nice chocolate flavor. This cookie is not overly sweet, which is one of my favorite things about it. It is a very dry cookie, but you have to remember that this cookie is dairy-free. The organic gluten free blend of brown rice flour, tapioca flour, potato flour, potato starch, and amaranth flour give this cookie a very unique texture that I haven’t had with any other cookie. Combine that with the chunks of chocolate in the cookie, and you have a very pleasant cookie.
Mary’s Gone Crackers have done a great job with this cookie. It tastes great, has good texture, and it’s not horrible for you. It is organic, kosher, non-gmo, gluten free, vegan, allergy friendly, uses low glycemic sweeteners, contains chia seeds, no hydrogenated oils and has no trans-fats. It’s like a health freak’s perfect cookie. At 130 calories and 100mg of sodium for 2 cookies, it’s not as bad as some other cookies, but as always, remember to watch what you are eating and practice portion control.
Taste: Great rich chocolate flavor that isn’t overly sweet combined with a nice dry, but chewy texture.
Labeling: Very attractive labeling similar to their other line of products.
Packaging: 2 sealed packages with the cookies split evenly in a recycled paperboard box.
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RATING:
Texture: 5
Taste: 5
Value: 3
OVERALL: 4.3
Reviewed 011911 by CC
1 comment:
I love their ginger snap cookies- Sooo good with Chai tea!
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