There are chocolate-chip cookies in the bakery section of several stores.
I had high expectations but Safeway and Walmart did not impress me.
There were a lot of chocolate chunks in the cookies.
Sometimes I bake my own cookies, but you just want to get some at the store.
I make thousands of chocolate chip cookies from scratch as a professional baker.
I've spent a lot of time refining my own recipes for different versions of the chocolate chip cookies that I learned to make as a kid.
I have a strong opinion on what makes a good chocolate chip cookie.
When there isn't enough bitter chocolate folded into the dough, I don't like them overly sweet. There are a lot of different opinions on the texture of cookies.
I understand that when you crave something, you want a store-bought option that will satisfy.
I went to the bakery section at four national chains near me and tried chocolate chip cookies. Here is how they were ranked.
I bought a pack of cookies at a discount.
I could see that the chain's cookies were loaded with chocolateChunks.
The price of each cookie was only 37 cents. Members only have access to the bakery for in-person shopping. Memberships to the wholesaler start at $60 a year and come with a lot of discounts.
The cookie's surface was made of chocolate.
They were soft in the center, but perfect for those who like cookies soft.
The cookies had a nice taste. I liked their golden color, which could be a sign of more brown sugar being in the dough. The other cookies weren't as pale.
I bought 10 chocolate chip cookies at Walmart.
The cookies were small and didn't have a lot of chips.
Each cookie cost 40 cents.
The color reminded me of a sugar cookie.
I think Walmart doesn't use a lot of brown sugar in its cookies. The chocolate chip cookies have brown sugar in them.
The cookie was sweeter than the others because it had a lot of white sugar in it.
Even though the cookie had a great soft center, it was unbalanced by the small amount of chocolate.
I got 18 cookies at the store.
Safeway's cookies looked like they had a balanced amount of chocolate.
The cookies cost 25 cents.
The cookies from Safeway were the most crisp.
The center of the cookie was soft. The cookie did not have a lot of chewing.
These were in the middle of the group. They didn't have a lot of chips but they did have some chocolate chips.
The cookie was sweet and one-note. I don't think it's the best cookie on the market.
I bought a pack of cookies from Kroger for $3.50 with a store card.
The cookies I received at Kroger were labeled with the Fred Meyer logo. The Fred Meyer brand still exists despite the merger of Fred Meyer and Kroger in 1998.
They were filled with chocolate chips.
Each cookie cost 22 cents with my card. They were 34 cents per person without it.
The cookie had the same bumpy exterior and soft center.
It was golden on the outside, but sweeter than the cookies from the store.
It didn't have a notable flavor like chocolate chip cookies. It didn't have those signature molasses and toffee flavors.
You should go to the bakery section for chocolate-chip cookies.
As a professional baker who makes chocolate chip cookies daily, I felt that Costco's cookie was the closest to homemade I had ever tasted.
It is different from the others due to its soft texture, dark chocolate chunks, and flavor.
The cookies from my local grocery store were a close second. Walmart's version felt too similar to a sugar cookie to me and Safeway's was a bit short. It is difficult to go wrong with a cookie from any of these chains.
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