Outrageously Chocolatey White Chocolate Coated Cookies & Cream (M&S) By @SpectreUK

I love white chocolate and I love biscuits. So, any idea combining the two seems like a great idea to me. These Outrageously Chocolatey White Chocolate Coated Cookies & Cream, does sound like a great idea too.

Apparently there is more than 50% of white chocolate in these Outrageously Chocolatey White Chocolate Coated Cookies & Cream. I didn’t know how much more than 50% of each cookie is white chocolate. Part of my childlike brain was thinking 99% white chocolate, 1% cookie, until Cinabar read the packet and pointed out there was 52% white chocolate.

On opening the packet these Outrageously Chocolatey White Chocolate Coated Cookies & Cream looked like white chocolate snow covered buildings. On first bite, “Holy, sh…” I was having a Hannah Waddington moment when she eats Ted Lasso’s biscuits.

These Outrageously Chocolatey White Chocolate Coated Cookies & Cream really are outrageously chocolatey. They taste like white chocolate cookie creamy heaven.

Once I bite through the thick layer of white chocolate, the cookie inside melted in my mouth and the whole thing ended up tasting like you’d expect a thick white chocolate building cookie cloud would taste like. Yummy. Pass me another.

Information on the packet; Each of the 6 cookies is 171 calories, with 9.5g of fat, 15.3G of sugar, and 0.11g of salt. Please see photograph for the ingredients.

McVitie’s Harry Potter Cookies Butterbeer Flavour (Ocado) By @Cinabar

With the Harry Potter series back in the spotlight after recent casting news, it feels like the brand is everywhere again. One of the most iconic treats from the books and films is Butterbeer, so it was only a matter of time before it turned up in biscuit form.

These McVitie’s cookies caught my eye online as they sounded a bit different. Butterbeer flavour is not something you see every day, so curiosity got the better of me. On closer inspection though, they are essentially butterscotch flavoured cookies with white chocolate chips, which does make a bit more sense.

Once opened, the first thing I noticed was the size. They felt a little smaller than expected, but that might just be my preference for a chunkier biscuit.

Flavour wise, they are pleasant enough. There are hints of vanilla and caramel coming through, giving that sweet, slightly creamy profile you would associate with butterscotch. That said, the flavour does not quite hit the richer, deeper notes I was hoping for. The white chocolate chips do a lot of the heavy lifting, adding both sweetness and a nice bit of texture.

I do have a sweet tooth, so these worked well for me, but I cannot help feeling they played it a bit safe. With a name like Butterbeer and the Harry Potter branding, I was expecting something a bit more distinctive or indulgent.

Still, a nice enough biscuit, just not quite as magical as the packaging suggests.

Colin The Caterpillar Chocolate Cookies (M&S) By @cinabar

Aside from the name and the packaging, I am not entirely sure how these relate to Colin the Caterpillar. They are chocolatey, yes, but there are no faces or caterpillar shapes involved.

There are seven cookies in the box, and I will be honest, the first impression is not great. Once opened, they are a bit disappointing to look at. The sprinkles are barely visible and the chocolate coating on top is messy rather than decorative. Some cookies have a light coating, others are absolutely smothered, and none of it looks particularly deliberate. If these had turned up on Bake Off, they would definitely have been marked down for lack of neatness.

That said, they are seriously chunky cookies, and once I actually tried one, I very quickly forgave how they looked.

These deliver a proper chocolate overload. The flavour is rich and sweet without being dull, and the chocolate colour coated beans add a satisfying crunch to the texture. The milk chocolate coating may not be tidy, but it is generous, full of flavour, and gives the cookies a definite sense of indulgence.

So no, they are not the prettiest cookies on the shelf, and the Colin branding feels a little loose. But in terms of texture and taste, they absolutely do the job and then some.

Will Anyone Survive The Horror Emporium (Adsa) Creepy Green Cookies [@NLi10]

Is green food safe to eat? I mean, probably, they don't want to get sued...

Asda have decided to take the calculated risk of competing with M&S for the Horror Stakes and opened the Horror Emporium!  And no - it's not just the in-store toilets at the end of the day - it's a whole range of Halloween goodies - with green & spooky.

And yeah - this is totally just the bake-in-store white cookie (they get delivered as dough and the store cooks as many as they need each day which is why they are much nicer than the olden days versions).

But green.  And Spidery.

You can have a spooky muffin if you live in a posh neighbourhood too.

But the most important thing about the green cookies is that they still taste great - they look scary enough - but the kids will actually eat them.

I mean, our neighbours kids won't - ours didn't last til today - but in theory this is a nice spooky addition to a Halloween House Party.

Cookie Queen @ Porthleven Food Fest (and your house too!) [@NLi10]

I deliberately left one shop out of the Porthleven Food Festival review last week because it wasn't for eating on the day - it was for taking back to the lodge and savouring another day.

Look at these magnificent Cookie Sandwiches!

 We ate our lunch on a concrete bollard table thing opposite this stall.  It was very popular with the locals and had so many wonderful options that I knew I'd be taking a few home.  The picture at the top was my partners Banoffee Cookie Sandwich - she really liked it.

I'd have zoomed in more to take a picture of the range, but I forgot to get a better one when I didn't have a steak wrap in one hand.

And here we see my lemon cookie sandwich (naughtily being eaten at the excellent Hog & Hedge services - in fairness we did get stuff there both on the way down and back).

It was just the right balance of sharp and fruity, and the cookies were British enough to have lovely natural flavours too.

And the leaflet revealed a big secret - they deliver!!

So while this is a little indulgent to order for yourself (although they do keep 2 weeks) it's a cool thing to do as a birthday thing to take to work, or just to get delivered for relatives.

It's not a common thing to find a baked treat that you can actually recommend UK wide so it's quite cool that these are so good.

Visit www.cookiequeen.uk if you dare!

Wicked Cookies - Birmingham Christmas Market - Chocolate & Orange [@NLi10] @wickedcookiesuk

 Birmingham has a Christmas market this year (of course) and to make it a little more exciting this year they have segmented it up so that you have to visit different areas.  This means the normal shops don't suffer as much, and that each area has kind of got it's own personality.  The more grown-up Christmas market for people who want to spend money on nice things is by the Cathedral in Pigoen Park - and has actual fire like all real German Christmas markets do.

They also sell cookies.

My partner popped in to town one morning and pounced on the store-owners as they were setting up.  And as a result I got this Chocolate and Orange wicked cookie - in the nice branded bag.

They have socials! And more importantly they tell you to pop it in the microwave for 15 sec then let it sit to give it that freshly baked feel.

And it works! A lovely cookie to have in the afternoon with a hot drink, full of flavours and gooeyness.  I'd have more if I could!

On the times I've visited it's been night time so it's a lot more atmospheric but much more suited to sausages & beer.

Have a great Christmas everyone - it'll be here before you know it!