Product: Glutino Chocolate Vanilla Crème Cookies – $5.99+
Oreos are a fantastic cookie. You can twist them apart. Eat the cookie part, lick the cream, then eat the other chocolate half. You can dunk them. You can hold them under in milk until they just get soggy enough and then devour the chewy goodness (but don’t linger too long or your cookie ends up at the bottom of the glass). This is what I loved about Oreos…when I could eat them.
And then my diet had to change and so many of my favorite things were now off limits. It’s a sad reality that you do get used to, but it doesn’t mean the cravings go away.
While out at our local grocery store, my roommate decided to treat me to a gluten-free treat of my choice. I love these little moments where I get to stare at the meager selection and think about what I really, really want to try. I spotted the sandwich cookies (there were two brands, Glutino and Kinnikinnick. I studied both brands…weighed the options…and then finally went with Glutino’s version.
Oh. My. God.
I opened these up two nights ago because I really, really wanted to make a gluten-free version of cookies ‘n cream fudge (the recipe is in my blog) and it required sandwich cookies (Oreos). Well…I just happened to have a gluten-free variety of sandwich cookies. But I couldn’t exactly pour these into a vat of melted chocolate and marshmallow fluff without trying them. I mean…what if they weren’t any good. I’d spoil the fudge with crushed sandwich cookies that were sub-par. So…it was quality control time.
One bite was all it took to win my cookie monster heart. Honestly. I think these are even better than Oreos. The chocolate cookies are crunchy and full of rich cocoa flavor. And the cream in the center…ohhhh…the cream in the center is like a little soft, sugary pillow of goodness just asking to be licked out. These cookies are fantastic. Truly fantastic. I wish I had been able to indulge in more than just one (I needed the rest for the recipe). I bet they would be fantastic dunked in a glass of unsweetened almond milk and taken to that level of just soggy enough…
Yeah…I think I need to hit up the grocery store for another pack. And immediately.
On the flip side, the cookies were the perfect match for my fudge. Everyone at my office really enjoyed the fudge and left only high compliments on it. I wonder how many of them realized those were gluten-free cookies. And would it have mattered (it does sometimes with people…they turn up their nose without giving it a fair shake)?
The fact of the matter is…Oreos can step aside because my gluten-free Glutino Chocolate Vanilla Crème cookies just took over my cookie jar. And I couldn’t be happier about it.
The Celiathlete 