Udi’s cookies a chip off the ol’ gluten-free block

Product: Udi’s Gluten-Free Chocolate Chip Cookies – $5.99+

Just call me a real-life cookie monster.  They are my second favorite treat.  Ice cream will always be my first.  So, one day while perusing my local grocery store for manager’s specials, I found Udi’s brand cookies on a table in the bakery.  These were not on sale, but I knew I had to try them.

Why?

Because Udi’s was the first really delicious gluten-free brand I tried after having to go gluten-free.  I was in Boulder, Colorado…and eating out at a restaurant called The Buff.  I was prepared to, as I normally have to do now, order something without the included toast, but I noticed on the menu the option for gluten-free toast.  SOLD!  And it just so happened to be Udi’s bread.  Back at the hotel in Denver, I had purchased a loaf of Udi’s bread for my roommate and I to use for our breakfast/lunch so we wouldn’t eat out all the time.  I loved what I tasted at The Buff…and so, my love affair with Udi’s began.

And it has never stopped.  I’ve tried two types of their muffins, I’ve had their bagels, and, of course, I’ve had their bread.  But the cookies…this was the first I had seen of them in the area.  The store only had a few packages…and they were all chocolate chip (which is my favorite type of cookie anyway so…that didn’t matter!), so I picked one up and actually paid full price for them.  Don’t judge.  I’m a woman with a gluten-free sweet tooth.

The package made it as far as the car before I had it open and my roommate and I were each trying one out.  Instant cookie heaven.  These look like they would be hard and crumbly, but they are actually the perfect cookie texture.  A little crunch, but soft.  And sweet.  They are flavored with molasses, vanilla,  and evaporated cane juice.  It was the perfect level of sweetness and the chocolate chips were the star.  Honestly…great chocolate chip cookies to munch on!  I only wish they were bigger.  These cookies are, honestly, about the side of a half dollar.

But the flavor does make up for the lack in size, and the serving size is two cookies.  So it really is the perfect amount in the end.

The difficult thing now is finding them.  That grocery store no longer carries them.  My local Whole Foods and Rainbow Blossom don’t carry them.  My other go-to grocery stores stock different varieties of gluten-free cookies…but not Udi’s.  So, I found a delicious treat, but now I can’t buy it.

Hopefully they will work their way back into the products stocked by my local grocery store.  Thankfully, they are a bit more plentiful in other places.  Next time you feel like a cookie monster, reach for Udi’s gluten-free chocolate chip cookies.  They are…cookie perfection!