Gingerbread Kit-Kats - Quickie Review

While I work on my destash video, let's keep the posts a' coming. 

Today I have a quickie, Gingerbread Kit-Kats. 

2020 Cookie Tray and Recipes

2020 Cookie Trays

For nearly a decade, I have hosted a holiday cookie swap, and every year was themed around a movie title. Like year three was Return of the Crumb (LOTR: Return of the King), or The New Batch (Gremlins 2: The New Batch), but due to...everything, that didn't get to happen this year and I'm pretty bummed out about it. As someone who is usually a Grinch during the holidays, I am having an extra hard time getting into a happy festive mood this year, but one things that helps is baking. I didn't put up a tree, or decorate the house, but I did bake a butt-load of cookies. (And fudge!) 

So here's everything I made, links to all the recipes, and what I think about it or would change next time.

Christmas Gingerbread Soft Cookies - Walmart

Christmas Gingerbread Soft Cookies - Walmart

Normally I hate all of those processed grocery store snack cakes, but Little Debbie completely impressed me with their pumpkin soft cookies. Even though they looked like something out of the Mario Brothers movie, they were way tastier than they had any right to be, and they might be my favorite pumpkin product of 2015. 

I loved the pumpkin version so much, that I knew I had to try the winter gingerbread version. Admittedly, I'm a gingerbread snob. I make my own gingerbread from scratch every winter, and like most bakers, I think mine is the best. Still, I wonder if Little Debbie's soft cookies will live up to my snooty standards.

Project 7 Gingerbread Snap Gum - Target

Project 7 Gingerbread Snap Gum - Target

I may be all Scrooge-y about Christmas, but I have to admit...Project 7's seasonal gum is really cute. This smiling gingerbread man has melted my icy Christmas-hating heart with his adorable little cookie face, so into my cart he went.

Random Stuff I Never Wrote Full Reviews For - Part 2

Stuff that never got to be reviewed - Part 2

I tend to photograph a lot of the foods I eat, but not all of them make it onto the blog. I have quite a pile of photos built up, so I thought I'd do a post giving really quick reviews for them. (Since I already took the photos.) I already posted three items here, and today I have three more!

First up, S'more flavored Cotton Candy!

Trader Joe-Joe's (Ginger) - Trader Joe's: Marlton, NJ

Trader Joe-Joe's (Ginger) - Trader Joe's: Marlton, NJ

Happy New Year's Eve everyone! I'll be posting a few things later tonight when I get home from work, including this year's foodie collage, so I hope you all have a fun night and stay safe! (Those of you who are shut-ins antisocial homebody's like me, can look forward to some fun foodie posts to ring in the new year.)

I mentioned buying these Joe-Joe's during our last Candyology101 podcast, and Cybele from Candyblog warned me that they were going to be VERY decadent and coated in chocolate, and boy, was she right. 

Gingerbread Bats (Dun-na-na-na-na-na-na-na Dun-na-na-na-na-na-na-na COOKIES!)

Were you up until 3AM making gingerbread bats? No? Then you must be sane. (Unlike me.) I was up late last night making 5 dozen cookies for my annual cookie swap, which is this weekend, so I was way too busy/tired/insane to write up a review before going to be around 3:30 AM. To make it up to you guys, I'm going to post up two reviews later tonight. (Non-Pumpkin ones.)

In the meantime, gaze upon the uncooked glory of my gingerbread bats! (Why bats? Cause bats are awesome. That's why.)

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Limited Edition Seasonal Oreos have Returned!

Both the of the limited edition Oreos from last year have returned! 

Gingerbread Oreos are back at Walmart! Check out last year's review HERE

Not to be outdone, these Candy Cane Oreos are available at Target stores! Check out last year's review HERE.

Out of the two, I think the Gingerbread are definitely the ones to get. They are a unique flavor that only comes around once a year. If you want a minty Oreo fix you can always go with their classic mint version.

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Gingerbread Oreos - Walmart : Cherry Hill, NJ

Gingerbread Oreos - Walmart : Cherry Hill, NJ

There are two limited edition Oreos out right now, candy cane and gingerbread. These gingerbread ones are only available at Walmart. Now, I make a REALLY good gingerbread every year, so I am going to be pretty critical of these. 

The packaging is nice and bright. I like that they avoided the obvious red/green holiday palette and went for some a warm yellow. I think that the color and the cookie image really makes the package stand out. This package opens like most of the traditional Oreo packs, you peel the front of the package open, which I don’t like. I prefer the resealable bags that allow you to slide the cookie tray out.

Peeling the package open, you can smell the spice right away. I can smell ginger and cinnamon, which I really liked. The Oreos inside are vanilla with a spiced creme filling, and it looks to me like this flavor is double stuffed. There was a decent filling-to-cookie ratio. (As you can see in the photos)

The cookies seem to be the normal, vanilla, blonde Oreo they use for a lot of their limited edition flavors. The filling is REALLY sweet and has a light spiced flavor. The overly sweet filling, with it’s shorting-like consistency, really overpowers the spices.

I loved the idea of spicing up the blonde Oreo cookies…but sadly all the spice-y goodness is lost in the greasy creme filling. I’ll stick to making my own gingerbread cookies this holiday. 

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