Confession time! I don’t know the difference between a chocolate chip blondie and a chocolate chip cookie. Like, I get that a blondie is like a brownie minus the cocoa powder, but also doesn’t that effectively make it just a slightly cakier cookie? Anyway, you can feel free to explain the distinction in the comments—but also know that these new Chips Ahoy! Blondie Baked Bites are, for all intents and purposes, just small, square Chips Ahoy! Cookies. Is that a bad thing? Not necessarily! Here’s what we thought of this slightly confusing new Chips Ahoy! offering.
- Chips Ahoy! Blondie Baked Bites
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Chips Ahoy! Blondie Baked Bites are approximately one-square-inch cubes of pale, chewy dough studded with chocolate chips. Besides the blondie-versus-cookie conundrum, I’m compelled to point out that calling these “Baked Bites” is weird. All cookies/blondies/brownies are baked, no?
Pros: These are fun to eat. They’re chewy and fun to sink your teeth into. And they have a lot of chocolate chips, which is nice since that is Chips Ahoy!’s whole thing, right?
Cons: First of all, these are ugly as hell. They’re pale and they look horrifyingly dry and crusty. They taste better than they look, but I can’t stress enough that they look bad. And while the chewy texture is nice, it’s hard to escape the flavor of the preservatives that facilitate that chew. I will say that they taste less like Play-Doh than other Chips Ahoy! cookies. I did eat a whole packet of them, but I’m not sure I would seek out another.
Thoughts? Questions? Complete disagreement? Leave a comment!