Comments   


FRESH-BAKED COOKIES 

HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON'S
        Delicate crispness, chewy; smooth, chocolatey chips.

ORIGINAL NESTLE TOLL HOUSE   
        Crisp and buttery; smooth, chocolatey chips. 

MRS. FIELDS  
        Somewhat crisp, greasy; lots of big, smooth, chocolatey chips. 

STOP & SHOP  
        Somewhat crisp; chocolatey chips. 

DUNCAN HINES  
        Light and crisp, very sweet; chocolatey chips.

DAVID'S  
        Greasy and very dense, underbaked center, sugary, buttery; lots 
        of smooth, chocolatey chunks.

DAVID'S  CHOCOLATE CHUNK
        Very chewy, very sweet, browned-butter flavor; smooth, chocolatey 
        chunks.

GREAT AMERICAN COOKIE COMPANY
        Little  crispness, browned, molasses, smoky, clove flavors, little  
        fresh taste; soft, chocolatey chips.

PILLSBURY OVEN LOVIN'  
        Puffy, hard edge, soggy center, stale off-flavor; few chips,
        but chocolatey.

PILLSBURY  
        Somewhat crisp, raw flour and stale off-flavors; fairly chocolatey 
        chips.

PACKAGED COOKIES 
                                                
PRESIDENT'S  CHOICE  
         Light, crisp, browned, slight  coconut flavors; lots of fairly soft, 
         chocolatey chips. 

PEPPERIDGE FARM AMERICAN COLLECTION NANTUCKET
         Crunchy; lots of chocolatey chunks.  

SAM'S AMERICAN CHOICE(WAL-MART)   
         Browned, slight coconut flavors; lots of soft, fairly chocolatey  
         chips. 

NABISCO CHIPS AHOY! SELECTIONS   
         Shortbread-like texture; fairly soft chips. 

PEPPERIDGE FARM SOFT BAKED  
         Slightly tough, slight apple/fruity flavor; lots of chocolatey 
         chunks. 

KEEBLER CHIPS DELUXE BAKERY CRISP
         Browned flavor with fairly soft chips  that taste like chocolate 
         frosting. 

KEEBLER CHIPS DELUXE 
         Shortbread-like texture; fairly soft chips that taste like chocolate 
         frosting.

SUNSHINE CHIP-A-ROOS   
         Browned flavor.

FREIHOFER'S (NORTHEAST)  
         A bit gritty; small chips. 

ENTENMANN'S 
        A bit gritty, bland with slight artificial vanilla flavor; small chips. 

MOTHER'S OLD FASHIONED (WEST, SOUTHWEST)  
        Small hard chips. 

KEEBLER SOFT BATCH 
        Fairly moist, a bit gritty, slight unbaked dough and raisiny flavors; 
       fairly soft chips. 

KROGER CHIP MATES    
        Browned flavor; small, hard, bland chips. 

NABISCO CHIPS AHOY!  
        Small chips. Some slightly stale-tasting samples. 

VOORTMAN  
        Dry cookie; small, hard, bland chips. 

PEPPERIDGE FARM  FAMILY REQUEST 
        Bland. Some  stale-tasting samples. 

LADY LEE CHIP-A-RIFFIC (LUCKY) 
        Strong artificial vanilla flavor. Some stale-tasting samples. 

BUSY BAKER (SAFEWAY) 
        Bland chips. Some stale-tasting samples. 

FAMOUS AMOS 
        Dry and hard; chips have potent medicinal flavor. 

ARCHWAY HOME STYLE 
        Very tough, chewy, clove flavor; few fairly soft chips, artificial 
        chocolate  flavor.

R.W. FROOKIE 
        Hybrid of soggy hard cookie and dried-out soft one, nutty flavor; 
        bland chips. 

NABISCO CHEWY CHIPS AHOY! 
        Soggy, a bit gritty, raisiny/fruity flavor; bland chips. 

NABISCO SNACKWELL'S 
        Tiny, very hard and crunchy,  slight brown-sugar flavor; smidgens 
        of chocolate with little chocolate flavor.

ESTEE  
        Somewhat soggy, flavorless; few small, hard, bland chips with hint 
        of bitterness. 

WEIGHT WATCHERS  SOFT AND CHEWY
        Tough, dry,  stale dried- fruit flavor; few hard, dry chips. 



       
GRAPHIC: Photograph, bite-sized vs. big.  We found mini cookies from 
Keebler, Nabisco, and Sunshine to be somewhat similar to their maxi 
brandmates, with one exception: Their little chips made for a cookie 
with less chocolate taste; Photographs, Mrs. Fields, Freihofer's, Nabisco 
SnackWell's; Photograph, the Clinton Cookies; Photograph, Original 
Nestle Toll House; Photographs, Stop & Shop, Duncan Hines, David's 
dough; Photograph, Mrs. Fields; Photograph, David's; Photograph, 
President's Choice; Photograph, Sam's; Photograph, Pepperidge Farm; 
Photograph, Pepperidge Farm Soft Baked; 4 non-captioned photographs; 
1 table.