Cookies from Mrs. Fields

Update Review, May 2019

I've reviewed basic Mrs. Fields cookies before, so I won't intro this beyond reminding you that I think they are basically fine cookies, but not remarkable.  And I'm not much of a cookie girl anyway.  You are likely familiar with Mrs. Fields anyway, if you've walked through a mall food court and smelt fresh cookies.

Someone in my office ordered a customized cookie cake for a baby shower.   Mrs. Field's dubs these "Cookie Cakes", but I'd really call them a pie ...

Anyway, they are basically just giant thick chocolate chip cookies, decorated with icing.

Big Cookie Cake (obviously not complete). $39.99.

"Our freshly baked custom cookie cake is the perfect gift to show your loved ones how much they really mean to you. Add a personal touch to a party favorite with a custom cookie cake from Mrs. Fields® . You can customize the message and icing color to create a cookie cake that's perfect for whatever occasion you're preparing for. Your personalized cookie cake can be delivered to you or straight to the door of a loved one for a scrumptious surprise. Shop our variety of round cookie cake flavors and create the ultimate treat to celebrate in a big way. Moist and chewy, our colossal cookie cakes are made with real butter, whole eggs, and pure vanilla. Eat your cookie cake with a fork or your fingers, on plates, napkins, or right out of the box. Any way you slice it, our Big Cookie Cakes are still first in flavor."

Our cookie cake was half blue and white frosted, half pink and white frosted, and read, "It's a boy!".

The cookie was basically just a thick chocolate chip cookie.  Decently soft, better when warmed up in the oven to make it softer and the chocolate melty.  A fairly good cookie base, and plenty of chocolate chips.  Above average chocolate chip cookie, but not remarkable.

The frosting was just sweet, no distinct flavor. I thought it was funny everyone went for the pink section, as it really did all taste the same.  Very sweet, but this wasn't a bad thing.  I may have intentionally selected a chunk with the most.  And volunteered to take any extra.

Overall, something different than a standard cake, and if your guest of honor really likes cookies, definitely a more interesting offering.  Best warm, better a la mode.

Original Review, Jan 2013

To celebrate National Cookie Month, Mrs. Fields was giving away free cookies.  I've never had their cookies before, but I do like my sweets (and freebies), so I went to check it out.

Then a few days later at work, someone received a box of Nibblers (their tiny little cookies).  They were clearly not as fresh as cookies at the shop, and I wouldn't have ever known they were from the same merchant, if it wasn't for the labels.  I was not a fan, as I like soft cookies, and the Nibblers were very hard.

I'm glad I got to try Mrs. Fields, as the fresh baked cookies always smell so good when I walk by in the mall, but I don't really have any desire to have them again.

3" White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookie. $1.99.

For free cookie day, I could pick any cookie.  Since I had no idea what they were known for in particular, I asked the woman serving me which cookie was her favorite, and went with her recommendation.

It was a decent cookie.  Soft style, which I like.  The white chocolate was basically just sweet, but a little creamy.  The nuts added a nice crunch.  The dough was nice and buttery.

Nothing extraordinary, but a good enough cookie.

White Chocolate Macadamia Nibbler.  6 for $3.99.

I expected this to be a little mini version of the larger size cookie I'd had with the same name, but honestly, it really didn't seem remotely the same.  Unlike the soft larger version, it was hard.  I didn't find any macadamia in mine.  And the white chocolate chips were just kinda there.  And the base wasn't buttery.  My favorite of the Nibblers, but I wouldn't get again.

Peanut Butter Nibbler.

Like all of the nibblers, another hard style cookie.  Some subtle peanut butter flavor, but not very good at all.  Least favorite.

Cinnamon Sugar Nibbler.

I don't really care for snickerdoodles that much, but I tried it anyway.  Another fairly crispy cookie, not much flavor to it.  A snickerdoodle really needs the base cookie to be good, and this wasn't.  The cinnamon and sugar coating was nice enough.  Second to last favorite.

Triple Chocolate Nibbler.

 Chocolate cookie base, with both white and chocolate chips.  Another hard cookie, not my style.

Debra's Special (aka, oatmeal raisin nut) Nibbler.

Another crispy not good cookie.  The nuts were a nice addition to oatmeal raisin, but the cookie didn't really have much flavor, and honestly, I didn't detect the oatmeal.  The raisins were all clustered to one side.

Semi-Sweet Chocolate Nibbler.

This was a totally generic chocolate chip cookie.  Not very buttery, not very sweet, chocolate pretty standard.  It wasn't crispy, but it wasn't soft.  Definitely not my sort of cookie.