Some Girl Scout cookies are perfection, and should never be messed with: your Trefoils, your Samoas, your Thin Mints. But every once in awhile, the Girl Scouts stirs up its lineup to come up with a new brand, like its recent release of S’mores cookies. A press release announces today that the upcoming 2019 cookie…
Pret A Manger’s U.K. stores used to only sell a gingerbread man named Godfrey. Now Godfrey will have a partner named Annie—only it won’t be a gingerbread woman.
As a passionate home cook, it’s something of a moral imperative to never discard bacon drippings. This delicious by-product, which lasts a long time in your fridge, is a culinary secret weapon. It is the key to great cornbread, makes any vegetable you sauté in instantly elevated, and adding some into your fryer oil…
Walkers calls itself “the world’s finest shortbread,” and we can’t much argue with that. Its buttery, crumbly rectangles and iconic tartan are synonymous with shortbread, and the company exports its simple treats to more than 80 markets worldwide. It is a Scottish national treasure, in the true sense of the word. But…
Here at the Onion Inc. offices, occasionally one of our benevolent colleagues will bring in a snack for the communal snack table. Today, a delightful coworker from marketing gifted us all with the Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom promo version of Fudge Stripes. Totally appreciate the effort (I know, only I could…
Nearly $6,000 has disappeared from the coffers of a Girl Scout troop based in Chicago’s Logan Square neighborhood, and it was allegedly swiped by the freakin’ Troop Leader and her freakin’ assistant.
Gender terms have become less binary in recent years, with some people choosing to us the singular “they,” for example, to describe themselves instead of “he” or “she.” So maybe it’s not that surprising that this culture shift has made its way to a traditional bakery item. The Independent reports that “the owners of…
Oreo cookies didn’t fare well in China their first time around. When Kraft introduced them there in 1996, they were a definite flop. By the early 2000s, Kraft was losing money on every Oreo sold, despite pouring plenty of marketing dollars into the product. The company even had to take the radical step of altering the…
Esquire’s Maxine Wally is good at her job, because she’s very nearly got me convinced that I should put a pickle on an Oreo. In a piece titled “Oreo Cookies Are the Real Pickle Pairing Your Taste Buds Deserve,” Wally makes a very persuasive argument for placing a little pickle slice atop a chocolate sandwich cookie—a…
Looking for the perfect gift for the Oreo lover in your life? The new monthly Cookie Club subscription might be a welcome offering if you have some excess cash currently burning a hole in your pocket. Mental Floss and Delish report that Amazon now offers this subscription in three- ($59.97), six- ($119.94), and…
I believe, in this life, that most people are firmly on one side of two camps. For example, there are swimmers, and there are runners. Those who believe Buffy belonged with Angel versus those who preferred her with Spike. People who like the smell of chlorine, and people who like the smell of gasoline. And there are…
We’re not usually prone to hyperbole, but pastry chef Dana Cree made one of the best chocolate chip cookies we’ve ever tasted.
