These Specialty Cookies Are One Of The Best Things You Can Find In Kroger's Bakery
One of the best treats to enjoy at any age has to be cookies. Maybe you're partial to chocolate chip cookies from chain restaurants, home-baked cookies, or those simply found in your neighborhood grocery store. If you shop at Kroger or any of its affiliates (like Ralphs, Food 4 Less, and Fred Meyer), then you know that it offers an elite grocery store cookie in the form of its Soft Top Cookies.
For those who like soft cookies, these will surely satisfy that craving. Rather than a crunchy treat or even a slightly chewy one, customers at Kroger have described these cookies as "soft, like a cake, and full of flavor!" Not to be confused with an underbaked cookie (although some customers have been unlucky enough to get such a bad batch), the Soft Top Cookies are more like soft muffin tops with a "sticky, gooey middle," as one customer related on the product page for its pumpkin chocolate chip variety (they also pointed out that these were "better than a high end bakery!").
While there's certainly no wrong way to enjoy a cookie, Kroger's website recommends trying its Soft Top Cookies dunked in milk, as a base for ice cream sandwiches, crumbled directly over ice cream, or simply enjoyed as-is. (And believe us when we say we'll be trying all methods. For science, of course.)
Better than a high-end bakery, some say
Available under Kroger's in-house label, Bakery Fresh, the Soft Top Cookies come in an array of flavors. Currently (according to the Kroger website), there are apple cinnamon, banana nut chocolate chip, chocolate chocolate chip, and pumpkin chocolate chip varieties available. (Two of those flavors actually made our list of the best bakery items from Kroger.) The store also offers seasonal variations like cranberry orange, which has customers begging for its return online.
Whatever the flavor, it's clear that these cookies have some serious fans. One Redditor wrote, "I stand by the fact that these are the best cookies I've ever had in my life." Multiple other commenters downthread agreed, stating their favorite flavors of the soft, bakery-style cookies. (Flavor variety will vary by store and season.)
On Kroger's website, fans who review the Soft Top Cookies love the texture and taste and recommend enjoying them with a cup of coffee or tea to cut some of the sweetness. More than a mere handful claim that they're nothing short of obsessed with these treats. That being said, there are some detractors of the cookies, with a few unsatisfied customers claiming that the packages they received were underbaked or even downright raw. Others found the flavor of the treats to be a bit less complex than they had hoped. So, if you're looking to snag a pack on your next trip to Kroger, make sure your cookies are cooked all the way through before shelling out your hard-earned dough!