Anonymous
Post 05/24/2026 00:55     Subject: Why do Milano cookies taste gross now?
Anonymous wrote: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?


Saw but did not stop and read a headline on my phone news feed that hershey is "going back" to using real chocolate. The chocolate supply chain did get hit very hard. I glanced at the candy bars at the grocery checkout yesterday and was amazed that just a bag of M&M or any other ordinary candy bar was priced at $3.
Anonymous
Post 05/23/2026 19:07     Subject: Why do Milano cookies taste gross now?
Anonymous wrote:
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.


Tates are now just awful. So bad.


Tates are the best.

They are crispy on the edges and chewy in the middle, just like a cookie should be.

The cookies that taste terrible are the doughy cakey cookies. Doughy cookies should just be thrown in the trash.


Are you talking about the new soft & chewy Tate’s? Planned to try them but immediate nope when I saw they have seed oils!
Anonymous
Post 05/23/2026 19:05     Subject: Why do Milano cookies taste gross now?
Anonymous wrote:Tate’s cookies also now taste like nothing. Tate’s claims they still use butter but they sure don’t taste like it anymore.


Agree. However, just tried Tate’s new white chocolate macadamia nut and they were fantastic with their nostalgic butter flavor. But all of their old flavors taste like cardboard.
Anonymous
Post 05/23/2026 08:31     Subject: Why do Milano cookies taste gross now?
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.


They are also smaller in size.
Anonymous
Post 05/19/2026 08:23     Subject: Why do Milano cookies taste gross now?
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.


Tates are now just awful. So bad.


Tates are the best.

They are crispy on the edges and chewy in the middle, just like a cookie should be.

The cookies that taste terrible are the doughy cakey cookies. Doughy cookies should just be thrown in the trash.
Anonymous
Post 05/19/2026 07:08     Subject: Why do Milano cookies taste gross now?
Anonymous wrote:I think the PP that commented on trans fats is right. Trans fats were developed for a reason - they are cheap, taste good, and are ridiculously shelf-stable so the product never goes stale. Now that trans fats are out, companies have to choose between butter (expensive and turns rancid at some point) or other oils (cheap, but taste like cardboard and get stale). Guess which they choose?

Overall I still think it's a good thing. Trans fats are horrible, and I'm glad we're rid of them. If the side effect is that I end up eating fewer Milanos because they don't taste as good without the trans fats ... well, that's not such a bad thing either.


I hear you but sometimes I just want a cookie without baking it myself
Anonymous
Post 05/19/2026 07:02     Subject: Why do Milano cookies taste gross now?
Anonymous wrote:Tate’s cookies also now taste like nothing. Tate’s claims they still use butter but they sure don’t taste like it anymore.


Did you ever notice that common unsalted butter (like Land o Lakes or Kirkland) contains "natural flavoring"? It could be that Tate's is still using butter, but the butter itself is bad.
Anonymous
Post 05/19/2026 06:50     Subject: Why do Milano cookies taste gross now?
Wegman's cookies are still good. Too good really.
Anonymous
Post 05/19/2026 06:11     Subject: Why do Milano cookies taste gross now?
Anonymous wrote:Tate’s cookies also now taste like nothing. Tate’s claims they still use butter but they sure don’t taste like it anymore.


Sad. Tate’s were so good.
Anonymous
Post 05/19/2026 06:05     Subject: Why do Milano cookies taste gross now?
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.


Tates are now just awful. So bad.
Anonymous
Post 05/19/2026 00:44     Subject: Why do Milano cookies taste gross now?
Tate’s cookies also now taste like nothing. Tate’s claims they still use butter but they sure don’t taste like it anymore.
Anonymous
Post 05/18/2026 23:57     Subject: Why do Milano cookies taste gross now?
I think the PP that commented on trans fats is right. Trans fats were developed for a reason - they are cheap, taste good, and are ridiculously shelf-stable so the product never goes stale. Now that trans fats are out, companies have to choose between butter (expensive and turns rancid at some point) or other oils (cheap, but taste like cardboard and get stale). Guess which they choose?

Overall I still think it's a good thing. Trans fats are horrible, and I'm glad we're rid of them. If the side effect is that I end up eating fewer Milanos because they don't taste as good without the trans fats ... well, that's not such a bad thing either.
Anonymous
Post 05/18/2026 23:39     Subject: Why do Milano cookies taste gross now?
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.


Agree. They taste awful now! There is this old expired oil stinky smell when I opened the pack as well....
Anonymous
Post 03/29/2026 16:19     Subject: Why do Milano cookies taste gross now?
I don't know.

I don't have the patience to read 5 pages of this, but I have noticed it too, and so I'm not buying them. I find that the Chessmen are closer to what they used to be. But the Milanos were better. Not anymore.
Anonymous
Post 03/29/2026 14:23     Subject: Why do Milano cookies taste gross now?
Nothing that cheap and shelf stable can be made with good ingredients. It’s poisonous junk. Just use common sense and avoid crap like that. Buy good cookies made with butter from a local baker if you get the urge.