Have Tate’s cookies become bland?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Bought a package of their chocolate chip walnut for the first time in years. While I was eating them I realized they don’t really have much flavor. Very bland. The isolated chocolate chips don’t even really have a chocolate taste. And no, I didn’t lose my taste from Covid. The ingredient list looks the same as it used to, so maybe they haven’t changed, it’s just always been a pretty bland cookie? I don’t know.

COVID

[Anonymous]

I haven’t had them in a while, but the ginger cookies and the lemon cookies were excellent. They were always very flavorful and nicely crisp.

[Anonymous]

You might want to check your Covid status because we just bought some and they were delicious!

[Anonymous]

I also hadn't had them in a long time, but picked some up the other day. I did think they weren't buttery in the same way but still decent for store-bought cookies and better than most alternatives.

[Anonymous]

They've always been bland to me. Bought once years ago, never again.

[Anonymous]

I had some just the other day and they were buttery and delicious as usual.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bought a package of their chocolate chip walnut for the first time in years. While I was eating them I realized they don’t really have much flavor. Very bland. The isolated chocolate chips don’t even really have a chocolate taste. And no, I didn’t lose my taste from Covid. The ingredient list looks the same as it used to, so maybe they haven’t changed, it’s just always been a pretty bland cookie? I don’t know.

COVID

Nope. Just bland overpriced cookies.

[Anonymous]

The first time I tried them I thought they were great. That was eight years ago. Last week I bought another bag and found them to be nothing more than mediocre -- only a mere scattering of chocolate chips, and no buttery flavor at all. Just dry, dull and certainly not worth the $$ charged for a measly 14 cookies per bag. A total rip-off, and like everything else today, skimping on quality in order to up profit. I'm done with Tate's.

[Anonymous]

They used to be quite good — very buttery, nicely crisp, and just the right amount of chocolate chips. The ginger cookies were very good too. I’m disappointed to learn that they haven’t maintained there quality. Bummer.

[Anonymous]

They were bought by a bottom-feeding Wall Street conglomerate in 2018:

"The Mondelez International company manufactures chocolate, cookies, biscuits, gum, confectionery, and powdered beverages. Mondelez International's portfolio includes several billion-dollar components, among them cookie, cracker, and candy brands Belvita, Chips Ahoy!, Oreo, Ritz, TUC, Triscuit, Nabisco, LU, Sour Patch Kids, Barny, and Peek Freans; chocolate brands Milka, Côte d'Or, Toblerone, Cadbury, Green & Black's, Freia, Marabou, and Fry's; gum and cough drop brands Trident, Dentyne, Chiclets, Halls, and Stride; as well as Tate's Bake Shop cookies and powdered beverage brand Tang."

[Anonymous]

The chocolate chip seem to have degraded but their seasonal ginger snap cookies are spectacular.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They used to be quite good — very buttery, nicely crisp, and just the right amount of chocolate chips. The ginger cookies were very good too. I’m disappointed to learn that they haven’t maintained there quality. Bummer.

Eating the ginger right now! They are surprisingly fantastic.

[Anonymous]

They used to be amazing not anymore they definitely changed something

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They used to be amazing not anymore they definitely changed something

So true. The chocolate chip ones are kind of oily and bland now. All flavors come across as stale, too. Such a bummer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They don't even look appealing on the packaging.

+1. I've never understood the appeal of these cookies.

Same, but I prefer soft cookies. Ditto for brownies #middlebrownieforthewin