Simple Mills, Cocoa Cashew Crème Sandwich Cookies - Gluten Free, Vegan (Pack of 1)

After many disappointing experiences buying gluten free foods, I took a chance on ordering cookies from Simple Mills. Boy, was I pleasantly surprised! These cookies are delicious!These remind me of Oreo cookies, only better. The chocolate cookie is a rich dark chocolate with a pleasing crunch. The cream filling is tasty and provides a lovely balance to the cookie.I don’t write that many reviews but I ran across a few extremely negative reviews of these cookies and I thought I needed to help clear up their apparent confusion:These cookies are made with cashews but they don’t taste like cashews. Those of us who are dairy free are aware that cashews (& other ingredients) are often used to provide a creamy texture. They are a healthier replacement for dairy than hydrogenated oils, for example. While the overall taste and texture is pleasing, don’t expect it to taste like nuts.This brand uses a mixture of gluten free flours in their cookies like watermelon seeds and nuts. Just because nuts or seeds are used, don’t assume the cookies will necessarily taste like nuts. Want to taste a cashew, eat an cashew. Want delicious gluten-free cookies? Try these ones from Simple Mills.Are these cookies expensive? Compared to mainstream cookies with gluten, dairy, soy, and other allergens I need to avoid, yes they are. The prices on Amazon seem to vary a lot and the package size is much smaller than non-gluten free cookies. The ingredients they use are also more expensive than mainstream brands. That’s to be expected. I do closely watch the pricing of the cookies and don’t buy them if the price is temporarily too high. However, gluten-free cookies always cost more than regular cookies.In summary, these are great cookies if you need to avoid gluten, dairy, and soy but don’t want to sacrifice flavor. I’ve also enjoyed their chocolate chip, chocolate thins, and pecan cookies but these are still my favorite. Yum!

Truthfully, I don't know how they are able to fit good peanut butter flavor that for me is the right amount of sweetness (as a person with a true sweet tooth), into an albeit little cookie and still be so satisfying. Simple ingredients. Relatively low calories if you stick to the serving size. About the size of an Oreo. Maybe not quite as much cream, but flavorful. Perhaps a bit crispy of a cookie, so works well with plant milk for me. The coconut sugar is a deeper flavor similar to a roasted peanut butter sort of vibe. Depends on what you're looking for, but I needed a healthier option and smaller portions than what I normally go for. Have not tried the other cookie flavors yet. Hope the price remains reasonable. My only problem is now I want to overeat them. Who am I kidding? Probably going to subscribe.

With all the products I’ve reviewed this is the first our adult family quickly and resolutely came to a unanimous rename: Cocoa Cashew only in your Dreams “ This is NASTY STUFF. DONT BUY IT OR OTHERWISE GET NEAR IT. Here are a few key reasons why: 1) The entire product cookie part and cream part have neither discernible cocoa or cashew flavors. None at all. Nada. Absoluut geen. We each tried several cookies from our two boxes cleansing palate between them & had the same results. Both cookies and cream tasted overcooked & though not appreciably discolored, tasted like the nuts and cocoa were severely over-roasted, like the nut equivalent of badly burned toast. As we opened each box, each box forewarned us with that burned smell. 2) Consistency of cream and of the cookies was resultantly too firm. We did not expect soft, but neither super-fragility on some samples and objectively too hard on others. The bottom line: to a person, my family loves all kinds of nuts, especially cashews. We are also “card carrying certified chocoholics”. What the makers of this product is certainly not a punishable legal crime BUT IT IS A DIRTY ROTTEN SHAME A WASTE OF RAW MATERIALS AND NOT WORTH LOOKING AT OR PURCHASING.

Don’t compare this with anything because nothing taste like this. Better ingredients healthier for us but all the trash cookies do taste better and cheaper. I’ll keep trying this company till I find my right fit. These are far from bad don’t get me wrong but for price and better ingredients I expected more. Nice Crunch though.

I bought these cookies after watching a vegan YouTuber rave about these. Fast forward to receiving them today and I didn't like them. They tasted like chocolate cardboard for the cookie part and the middle filling is underwhelming and leaves more to be desired. I've been vegan since childhood and have had many creme filled cookies and these just missed the mark so much. I put them in almond mylk and within seconds, they disintegrated into a pile of mush. That was irritating because I like dunking my cookies in mylk. I usually buy Oreos (yes, those are vegan friendly too) but decided to give these a try and I have instant regret. I definitely won't get these again. They were six bucks and you don't get that many. Picture getting half a sleeve of Oreos and that's me being generous with the assumed portion. Do not recommend and will not repurchase.

I decided to buy this product on a whim while browsing Amazon for other food items. Simple Mills is a quality brand that I am familiar with. I am so glad I purchased these cookies! They were unlike any other cookie I have tried. So yummy and pure ingredients. Will be purchasing again!