Crumbl Cookies Are Coming To A Place Near You

Is any one cookie worth $5? The cookies are fresh out if the oven and very good. Worth $5, no 1 cookie is.

Oh hai, Market Research Person.

We have $4 cookies from Levain bakery, and I do believe they are worth the price. They are loaded with butter and quality chocolate and (depending on the cookie), walnuts. They’re rich as hell, and most of us can’t eat a whole one. It’s common to split them among two or more people because they are so rich. For $4, it makes sense; there’s probably 2 ounces of good chocolate per cookie.

These look like sugar cookies with frosting. Not really expensive ingredients.

Nothing wrong with an Oreo

I've been to 42 states, Publix is the supermarket chain with the best bakery. They have nice sized chocolate chip cookies for 50 cents each. Most people would balk at paying more than $2 for a damn cookie.

Nobody ever asks if a restaurant dessert (which is probably a few days old from a nearby bakery or frozen from a food distribution company) is worth $8-$10.

Nobody asks if a bag of rock hard cookies at the super market is worth $4. This stuff is pumped full of preservatives so it can be shelf stable for months. And there's a huge profit built into that bag.

But an artisan cookie baked that day, or even in last few hours? Hmm lets debate spending $5 on that.

Americans would be better off if they spent MORE on candy and baked goods and consumed less by volume. You're not doing an adult favors by buying them a pound of cheap candy. Buy them a few pieces of high quality chocolate in a nice box instead.

[quote] Nobody ever asks if a restaurant dessert (which is probably a few days old from a nearby bakery or frozen from a food distribution company) is worth $8-$10. Nobody asks if a bag of rock hard cookies at the super market is worth $4. This stuff is pumped full of preservatives so it can be shelf stable for months. And there's a huge profit built into that bag.

Actually people frequently question the value of most everything, even more often now with rising inflation.

[quote] But an artisan cookie baked that day, or even in last few hours? Hmm lets debate spending $5 on that. Americans would be better off if they spent MORE on candy and baked goods and consumed less by volume. You're not doing an adult favors by buying them a pound of cheap candy. Buy them a few pieces of high quality chocolate in a nice box instead.

Americans eat huge quantities everything. Eating less and avoiding sugar all together would be better. That still doesn't justify a $5.00 cookie. Nor do their ingredients.

That unbearable gay vlogger from Indianapolis, Peter Monn, uploads new Crumbl cookie review videos every week.

Oh that’s how big they are? Two servings for $5. Okay.

Melissa’s Cupcakes are $1 each and they’re about a tablespoon’s worth of batter.

People are nuts.

R6 Of course the ingredients are cheap. Food costs are all about labor and location. If you want to eat a fresh baked cookie in a store that only sells cookies, you have to help keep the lights on.

A pizza only costs about $1-2 to make. In the 90's, i remember a local pizza place pegged their costs at 76 cents per pizza.

I haven’t tried them, but you can buy frozen Levain cookies at Whole Foods. 8 for $9 vs 4 for $27? Probably not as good, but…

These look like FRAU cookies to me.

NO. It's shite.

Another annoyingly twee "foodie" trend built on packaging and marketing. The cookies on the website don't look that great and the website requires information like your phone number or address before you even see a price.

Some people must indulge by spending way too much on a luxuriously-priced treat, even if it is not worth what they're paying. They spend $5 on a cookie and then they're done after one, vs spending $5 on a package of cookies and eating them all in a day or two.

I just got back from Publix, R4. Now I want cookies!

R14- NO cookies for you. If you disobey me and eat those cookies I shall send you to be with NO supper.

My choices are either McVitties chocolate digestive biscuits or Biscoff chocolate sandwiches.

It's been weird to watch their growth. Does anyone even notice that they're closed on Sunday, or have they just been conditioned by Chick-fil-A to think that's normal? Mormons tend to substitute junk food and sugar for alcohol and drugs, and the whole point of Crumbl was that they could have warm cookies delivered to their door until midnight.

I'd love to see Swig and the other Morridor dirty-soda places take off. If there's one thing America needs, it's the opportunity to roll up to a window and drive away with a giant sugar cookie and a 44-ounce soda with added syrup and cream.

Absolutely not worth $5. I had one a few weeks ago and it was warm and about twice the thickness of a normal cookie but other than that nothing special. I think they use the cheapest semi-sweet chocolate chips possible. I'll pay $5 for a baked good but it has to be better than something I could make at home. Agree with the people who say it's just twee marketing bullshit.

They’re gross and way too sugary.

These are for fat people. I have no clue who would waste calories on these things, they have to be hovering about 1,000 calories each. All of the fat fraus in my old office used to bring several huge boxes of these in all the time and they’d all eat multiple cookies throughout the day. The types all seem to be sickly sweet monstrosities. Lava cake cookie? Pumpkin cream cheese? Birthday cake batter? What the fuck?

They are no more sweeter than most cookies.

LOL - take a very close look where the outlets are so far.

Of course, they'd be in those locations.

Fat whores rejoice! Their cookies are only 100-150 calories per serving!

Fat whores despair! One serving is 30 grams, meaning each cookie is 5-7 servings.

[R7], that queen's contacts are so fake blue I wonder his channel hasn't been banned.

Cookies are so easy to make--if you want one with real chocolate, sugar, walnuts, just make some yourself. Just as good and much cheaper.

[quote]if you want one with real chocolate, sugar, walnuts

As opposed to fake chocolate, sugar, and walnuts?

Yeah, as opposed to those, which are often used in low-quality mass-produced baked goos.

A friend of mine orders them all the time. I'll have 1/4 of a cookie and that's enough. I love chocolate, but the chocolate ones I've had just taste like brownies and are just ok. I don't like them enough to buy them for myself.

The problem is the size. The ingredients in their chocolate chip cookies are the same as home-baked:

All-purpose flour, brown sugar, white sugar, egg, chocolate chips, butter, baking soda, and salt.

But let me know where I can buy fake walnuts, please.

The chef’s hat on the logo looks like a dirty ass swinging in the air festooned with pimples. Bet you can’t unsee that!

I agree Publix has an excellent bakery and sells smallish portions of similar chocolate laden cookies.

They also have it backwards, the name should say “Cookie Crumbl” with the E broken off the end.

Nobody splits a cookie, you fucking liar r2.

To be fair, if you buy more cookies, like a box of four or box of 12, it costs less than $5/cookie

[quote]But let me know where I can buy fake walnuts, please.

You can't, R29. The by-products/floor sweepings of the nut processing industry is shipped off to various pastry/cookie manufacturers, and cannot be obtained by the general public.

This company was started by a college student in 2017. How good could it be?

"Nobody splits a cookie, you fucking liar [R2]."

Did you use to post here under the name "Fat and Friendless?"

Starved and Stingy?

Cookie Monster?

Stop being pedantic about the cookie ingredients. You know that the poster meant cheap and mass-produced.

So, I take it that cookies are the new cupcakes. Ten years ago a coworker from Atlanta went to NYC with a friend and one of their goals while there was to try as many of the cupcake shops as possible.

They're very good, almost cake like. People pay $5 for a cup of coffee so I can see why they charge $5 a cookie. Though if the economy collapses again, this will be the first thing people cut when they tighten their budgets.

Here's the 2¢ Chick giving a good review

They look like cow patties in a cookie box.

Am I the only person who actually [italic]likes[/italic] oatmeal raisin cookies?

Yes.

I really like their cookies. Yes, they’re expensive, but that just keeps me from buying them too often.

How much are they? $5 even or like $4.50 plus tax? And what is the discount for buying more?

I had one of these at a party; it was good but not worth $5. The woman who brought them talked about these cookies like they were the Beatles and I just don’t quite get it. Whereas I think Levain cookies are worth it. But neither of them comes close to a homemade cookie.

I love oatmeal raisin, R41, as well as oatmeal chocolate chip.

Another fan of oatmeal raisin cookies here. My mom made them, and included a small amount of shredded coconut(not overly noticeable, and it added a pleasant stickiness to the interior of the cookie)

[quote]Am I the only person who actually likes oatmeal raisin cookies?

What's the point? Just eat some oatmeal with raisins in it..

Wait, you mean $5 for EACH cookie? I thought you guys were saying the box was $5.

That is insane. They probably cost about 15 cents to make.

I just had an $4 Insomnia Cookie. Meh.

The other day I tried a $4 donut, Meh

What are you trying tomorrow? Or haven't you learned your lesson yet?

Franchise/chain = a nothing special product for the masses. No thanks. I'd be willing to spend $5 or more at a local French bakery though for a special occasion. Otherwise, home baked is best.

I live in Tampa and they opened one right next to WildFork in an affluent community west of the city .

While I’m sure a few people might try it, long term I think both are DOOMED.

Publix offers fresh meat and a sheer multitude of baked goods that rival Crumbl, the WildFork offerings were shrink wrapped like space food and took two days to defrost. Nah.

A few years ago, there was a “mini donut” guy I saw at every rotary meeting, he had partnered with multiple businesses, ran all sorts of promotions and failed miserably.

They’d have to charge triple because there’s no way anyone will eat this stuff every repeatedly because

PEOPLE DON’T WANT TO GET FAT.

R24 his eyes look naturally blue. I doubt he's wearing colored contacts

These look good

[quote] Publix offers fresh meat

I'm off to Publix.

I just saw signage for one coming to a nearby neighborhood, the only other one I know of in this area is about 6 miles from where I live.

[quote]Wait, you mean $5 for EACH cookie? I thought you guys were saying the box was $5. That is insane. They probably cost about 15 cents to make.

About 15 years or so I was headed to the office when I saw a food cart on the sidewalk, it was for fresh Belgian waffles, so I bought one. The price for one quarter of a whole waffle was something like $4 (similar in size to this).

The cart didn't last long and I know they have a storefront nearby but I've never been.

It would be almost impossible to dislodge the stranglehold Publix has in Florida. It's expensive but the stores are pristine and the deli/bakery is fantastic. I like their products better than what you get at Whole Foods or Trader Joe's.

That is true. Publix are pristine but they are the CVS of grocery stores. I never shop there unless absolutely necessary.

The Whole Foods prepared deli foods are gross. I've never tried their bakery, but my experience with their other prepared foods made me less than enthusiastic about the idea.

The Target bakery is surprisingly good. I like their cupcakes and cheesecakes better than Publix's.

[quote] Wait, you mean $5 for EACH cookie? I thought you guys were saying the box was $5. That is insane.

Where the flyover Bumfucke do you live that you think you can get a whole box of bakery cookies for $5? Do you also think you can get a dozen Sprinkles cupcakes for $5 too?

The macarons at Publix are 2 dollars EACH. They're large and delicious, though. The other cookies are cheaper.

R63, wow, that’s a great deal. They’re twice as much elsewhere. Is Publix low end?

No, Publix is considered one of the premier grocery stores in Florida and Georgia.

I go to Publix every time I visit my in-laws in Florida. You all are on crack if you think it’s baked good are anything special. They taste like typical grocery story baked goods.

It depends on the baked goods: Some Publix stuff is better than others. The macarons are good and so is the bread. The cupcakes taste like a box mix and have fake buttercream (Crisco and sugar) icing. Their premium sheet cakes with real buttercream are great, though.

Isn’t this a gross name for a grocery store? Pubes? Pubic hair? Really? Not really what I want to associate with food.

Affordable luxury for the aspiring broke-ass who can’t afford a $2000 watch.

Who can’t afford a $2000 watch?

It's pronounced Pub-licks, no connection to pubes except in your gutter mind.

Oatmeal raisin cookies are great — as long as they are homemade. Mass-produced ones are gross. I’m not, however, OK with substituting raisins for chips in chocolate chip cookies. Leave the raisins in the oatmeal cookies please.

Chocolate chips in oatmeal cookies are really good.

R79 I’m saying that try-hards who covet a true luxury lifestyle but can’t afford $2000 watches because they work at the mall condole themselves with affordable luxuries like $5 cookies. Hope that made sense.

They look shitty

[quote]The ingredients in their chocolate chip cookies are the same as home-baked: All-purpose flour, brown sugar, white sugar, egg, chocolate chips, butter, baking soda, and salt.

Is the flour bleached and enriched with chemical vitamins or unbleached white not enriched?

High fat butter or cheap butter?

Good genuine chocolate chips or "chocolate flavored" chocolate chips?

Fresh eggs or powdered?

It all adds up.

The owners of Publix are huge Trump supporters so there’s that

[Quote] The ingredients in their chocolate chip cookies are the same as home-baked: All-purpose flour, brown sugar, white sugar, egg, chocolate chips, butter, baking soda, and salt.

Most cookies anywhere are. Yet, they taste so different from cookies baked at home

Publix. That is like saying a Tiffany lampshade is as good as one from Target...LOL

I had a mint chocolate chip cookie from one of these places and it was disgusting. The cookies themselves have no flavor at all. They taste like shortbread gone wrong.

C is for cookie, and that's good enough for me!

Lavain Bakery products are fine for what they are; but anyone who really knows what they are doing could make batches of same cookies or whatever for same money.

Walk past their UES location all the time and two things are certain. Long lines during day, then a conga line of people at night going through their trash bags for what is thrown out.

Early on when location opened people were pulling baked goods by the box full out of those trash bags. Lavain bakery must of gotten wise because now when pass see people hauling out broken or smashed goods.

Not-so-stealth advertising.

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Are these cookies or cakes? They are so thick and soft they look like cakes.

r83

Oh not only am I blocking but I am sharing it so people can see what a snowflake douchebag I am.

Publix bakeries are definitely not anything special. They are serviceable, at best.

The baguettes are terrible, and the much beloved key lime pie is no where as good as Trader Joe’s frozen version.

My mother used to make oatmeal, peanut butter, chocolate chip cookies and they were delicious. I burnt my fingers and mouth countless times pulling them off the hot rack after they were fresh out of the oven. She used to call them Cowboy Cookies but I have no idea why.