I have a soft spot for Girl Scout Thin Mint Cookies. Mostly the soft spot is in my memory, because I don’t find the current day item meets my pickier standards. It shouldn’t be that hard to make a chocolate cookie with a minted chocolate coating.
So, if I can’t get my itch scratched with Thin Mints, perhaps I should turn it on its end and have something chocolate with cookies, instead of cookies with chocolate. Mars’ new Target-exclusive Promises for Christmas are just that: Dove Milk Chocolate Holiday Mint Cookie Promises.
The idea is simple, and certainly not original. They’re milk chocolate, lightly flavored with peppermint along with some crunched up chocolate cookie pieces.
The milk chocolate is fudgy and sweet, but definitely smoother than many other brands like Hershey’s and Nestle that are on the shelves at the moment. The little cookie bits are sandy and crunchy with a bitter note of charcoal and cocoa. Mostly they just sit in the crevices of my molars. The effect is a nice textural change from the smooth melt of the chocolate and a slight note of salt.
The ratio of chocolate to cookie is very good, definitely more chocolate, but they weren’t stingy with the cookie bits, they were in every bite. They were a little on the sweet side, which is really the profile of the Dove Milk Chocolate. Still, I’d love it if someone would do these in dark chocolate.
I hope Target brings these back next year and hopefully they’ll get wider distribution so everyone can enjoy them. But now I’d like someone to explain why I can’t have them all year, like the long gone Hershey’s Cookies ‘n’ Mint bar.
Related Candies
- Nestle Girl Scout Cookie Bars - Thin Mints
- Christmas Bars: Hershey’s, Niederegger, Ghirardelli & Hachez
- Wonka Exceptionals Peppermint Shortbread Chocolate Pieces
- Mint Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Bites
- Mint Crisp M&Ms (Indiana Jones)
- Head to Head: Cookie Joys vs Cookies n Mint
- Hershey’s Cookies ‘n’ Mint
Name: |
Dove Milk Chocolate Holiday Mint Cookie Promises |
RATING:
- SUPERB
- YUMMY
- TASTY
- WORTH IT
- TEMPTING
- PLEASANT
- BENIGN
- UNAPPEALING
- APPALLING
- INEDIBLE
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Brand: |
Mars |
Place Purchased: |
Target (Eagle Rock) |
Price: |
$3.99 |
Size: |
7.94 ounces |
Calories per ounce: |
155 |
Categories: |
Candy, Review, Christmas, Mars, Chocolate, Cookie, Kosher, Mints, 9-Yummy, United States, Target |
Listen. I used to make my fiancé and sister bring me AT LEAST TWO bags of these when they went to Target. They are DELICIOUS.
I would say that most of those never make it all the way home from the store. What I hate about them is picking up all the tiny wrappers after my ride home.
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