Childhood Memories
I absolutely get it - there is a time and a place for the iconic sandwich cookie! Just visualizing the two crunchy chocolate cookies with cream inside can make you salivate and smile! We all grew up with packaged sandwich cookies. There are wonderful memories of being with childhood friends or family.
- Pulling the cookies apart to lick the cream, scrape it with your teeth and then eating the chocolate cookies
- Dunking them in a glass of milk
- Shoving as many in your mouth as you can to compete with a sibling or friend
- Cookies & Cream ice cream, shakes or topping on a sundae on a hot summer day
As an adult, eating one of these cookies can re-kindle childhood memories. Sharing them with your children, you gift them the same silly and fun memories you had. On a tough day of being an adult, sometimes it is nice to eat some of these to indirectly feel the warm and happy feelings of childhood.
Alternatives
Personally, sandwich cookies are not my favorite cookie - I'd do a lot to have a homemade cookie (almost any type) over a sandwich cookie. In the few brands I've tried over the years, the chocolate flavor is minimal, the cream really has no flavor, and the cookies are dry. From a taste standpoint, I have difficulty understanding why Oreos are the top selling brand around the world. I really have to give them credit for their marketing and how they have made their brand represent all the things fun, silly and happy about childhood. The other sandwich cookies that are "me-too" of Oreo have nowhere near the sales.
The benefit of homemade cookies over Oreos or an organic option is that every ingredient is known, so they count as an ancestral food. Grandmothers have been making sweet goodies for generations! They used real butter or lard, raw sugar, and stone ground flour.
As you seek to fulfill a craving for childhood silliness and happiness, which package of cookies do you buy? The iconic brand that is a global top selling cookie that has bio-engineered ingredients in it? Or an organic brand? The one that funds Nabisco / Mondelez shareholders - BlackRock, Vanguard, StateStreet? Or the one that supports a smaller private American company? (The one in this example is owned by a private foundation.)
Vote with your fork (and your wallet)! Interested in escaping the snack pack and picking better for you options, here's a free guide!
