Why do Milano cookies taste gross now?

[Anonymous]

The rules of the food game have changed. For the better. Companies using certain ingredients were forced to change or go out of business. I won't tell you what they changed but rest assured you are now eating clean food where before it was disgusting. We were so used to eating garbage we forgot how good most food was. There are many great tasting cookies out there. Gluten free Oreos are very good. I personally prefer scratch homemade to any store bought ones. I make 6 dozen cookies at a time and freeze at least 3 dozen.
Try the gluten free quick breads. EASY EASY EASY and they lunch tote well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The rules of the food game have changed. For the better. Companies using certain ingredients were forced to change or go out of business. I won't tell you what they changed but rest assured you are now eating clean food where before it was disgusting. We were so used to eating garbage we forgot how good most food was. There are many great tasting cookies out there. Gluten free Oreos are very good. I personally prefer scratch homemade to any store bought ones. I make 6 dozen cookies at a time and freeze at least 3 dozen.
Try the gluten free quick breads. EASY EASY EASY and they lunch tote well.

Is your contention truly that the ingredients have improved? Because they taste horrible now, and no I did not have Covid, and yes I do make my own cookies when possible but we just wanted something easy for DD’s lunchtime treat.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OMG I had some recently and thought the exact same thing! I thought perhaps my tastebuds had changed but they were truly terrible.

Same with those Tate's Bakeshop cookies--just cardboard.

+1. Milanos have been cheap crap for many years though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think our tastes have become accustomed to more butter.

Back in the day there wasn’t anything so buttery and flavorful and salty out there. We loved low-fat and high sweet.

I don't think much of this processed stuff actually contains butter. Most of the fats are like diesel by products.

[Anonymous]

Didn’t Milanos also get smaller?

[Anonymous]

I totally agree with you. I used to love them as a kid. Bought them recently and my DD who loves cookies only took one bite before declaring them "disgusting".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Didn’t Milanos also get smaller?

yes, they are smaller! it is not your imagination, the shape is as disappointing as the flavor profile.

a related question: has anyone eaten any funfetti products lately? Does it still taste good?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The rules of the food game have changed. For the better. Companies using certain ingredients were forced to change or go out of business. I won't tell you what they changed but rest assured you are now eating clean food where before it was disgusting. We were so used to eating garbage we forgot how good most food was. There are many great tasting cookies out there. Gluten free Oreos are very good. I personally prefer scratch homemade to any store bought ones. I make 6 dozen cookies at a time and freeze at least 3 dozen.
Try the gluten free quick breads. EASY EASY EASY and they lunch tote well.

Oooh! Oooooh! Was it ... GLUTEN?

Dun-dun-dunnn!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Famous Amos were never good. You just liked the catchy rhyme.

I have to disagree with this. They were really delicious back in the 1990s. I had some recently for nostalgia purposes and they’re awful now. I think the brand was purchased by a large company.

+1
They were good in the 90s

[Anonymous]

I ate plain aka milk chocolate m&ms yesterday for the first time in forever and the tasted horrible. Just really really gross and full of chemicals. Is Hershey trying to sabotage their own business?

[Anonymous]

I have never eaten the snack packs, but we get milanos frequently and I think they taste the same as when I was a kid. Ditto all the other PF classics like gingerbread, chessmen, Bordeaux. The cookies I think taste different than the ones from my youth are chips ahoy- now those taste like cardboard and I find it hard to believe the chips are real chocolate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OMG I had some recently and thought the exact same thing! I thought perhaps my tastebuds had changed but they were truly terrible.

Same with those Tate's Bakeshop cookies--just cardboard.

+1. Milanos have been cheap crap for many years though.

I agree about Famous Amos and Mikanos, but I think Tate’s are still Ok, especially the gluten free chocolate chip.

[Anonymous]

I read an article the other day about how, due to supply chain issues and inflation, companies are trying to see how far they can push the envelope on the quality of ingredients before customers notice. I think it’s a combination of that and manufacturers cutting back on salt so the “sodium” count will be lower.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I read an article the other day about how, due to supply chain issues and inflation, companies are trying to see how far they can push the envelope on the quality of ingredients before customers notice. I think it’s a combination of that and manufacturers cutting back on salt so the “sodium” count will be lower.

I think this is true of every business and industry now.

[Anonymous]

Chocolate has more butyric acid and less cocoa than it did in the 90s. This is not due to supply chain issues/covid, it's just the way it's formulated in the USA.