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Thursday, December 15, 2011

Hershey's Cookies 'n' Creme Santa

This candy has long been a favorite of mine, and I know I'm not alone. I think the Hershey's Cookies 'n' Creme Bar is one of the only ones to incorporate a little salinity into their chocolate, which makes it my automatic preference when it comes to picking out movie candy or a treat. It's one of the only commercially popular white-chocolate based bars out there as well as one of the few cookie-centric treats that has survived the 90's. Guys, remember the Reese's Crunchy Cookie Cup? A moment of silence. I've seen assortments of dark and milk chocolate bars along with the white ones in miniature bars, but I haven't tried them yet.
Everything about this bar is pretty much perfect, from the salty, crispy cookies that actually taste like chocolate wafers to the sweet white chocolate. It's a little too sweet, but those cookies make it just dreamy. This Christmas-themed Cookies 'n' Cream bar is shaped like Santa Claus's head. It's nicely molded and cheerful, until you remember that you're slowly dismembering an already decapitated public figure. Can't win 'em all. That being said, this was great to eat- thicker than the bar and packed with a denser layer of cookie pieces, and gone in about four bites.
Sorry, big guy.

Hershey's sent this over along with a few other goodies that you'll see pop up in a neat recipe this week. Wanna win a Hershey's holiday gift pack? It has one of these beautiful babies along with some other classic favorites repackaged for the holidays- a Hershey's Kiss Santa hat, creamy Hershey's milk chocolate holiday bells, Rolo candies, and more!
To win, just comment on this post with something holiday-related. Tell me what you're going to eat. Tell me about the worst gift you've ever received. Extra entries will be given if you retweet or post on your Facebook with a link to this post including the phrase, "Meet me under the mistletoe, Foodette!" or any other slightly creepy-sounding holiday-oriented phrase and let me know where you put it. The link, that is. Options include, but are not limited to, "Let me see your latkes," and "Honey, where's the Ramadan?" Failing that, "My daughter has her own website and all I got was a half-eaten box of artisanal truffles." I'll post the winner on the 18th, and you'll be eating bells by Christmas!
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13 comments:

  1. AnonymousDecember 15, 2011 at 11:03 PM

    Our holiday tradition is making buckeye balls to keep and give away as presents. I follow you on FB as well.

    tesnjen at aol dot com

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  2. AnonymousDecember 15, 2011 at 11:08 PM

    Hey Foodette!
    So.. I love free things! I don't really know the worst gift that I ever received... The best gift recently was definitely my stuffed neuron. I named his Cornelius. We cuddle before Neuro exams. As for holiday traditions... They include dancing naked around the Christmas tree, running by the beach, and watching my dog open gifts. One of those is not true, by the way. I will have to think of some witty comment to post on Facebook now..

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  3. Space Monkey 1138December 15, 2011 at 11:37 PM

    I have never tried Hershey's C&C. So I bought a bag of them for the kid's stockings. I haven't opened it up and tried one yet because I am on my pre-holiday anti-dessert kick. And when I go off of it, I will go off big, starting with the Blue Bell Christmas Cookie ice cream in the freezer.

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  4. amy beth marantinoDecember 16, 2011 at 1:03 AM

    i am going to make homemade pizza for the holidays... a rare treat.

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  5. AnonymousDecember 16, 2011 at 6:56 AM

    0Xmas is the best....behind thanksgiving ;

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  6. AnonymousDecember 16, 2011 at 6:57 AM

    above comment by rockets15 at charter dot net

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  7. [{(wandering-girl)}]December 16, 2011 at 7:49 PM

    I have no tree up, stockings push-pinned to the wall, and have not even gone shopping yet. Ha! My christmas shall include a smorgasbord of candy, junk food, and Fable III. It seems that you may be able to help me out with some of the candy to fuel my sugar-induced xbox marathon. Oh yeah... :)

    (sad little gal, aren't I?)

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  8. JonathanDecember 17, 2011 at 2:11 PM

    This christmas, I'm eating home-cooked meals, not college diner food. So excited.

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  9. AnonymousDecember 17, 2011 at 4:42 PM

    i'm going to make some xmas cookies, and then eat them all!

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  10. STEVENDecember 18, 2011 at 2:10 AM

    BOOTY POPPIN' CHRISTMAS FEATURING KHIA. This year, Christmas is going to have all the attitude.

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  11. April SDecember 19, 2011 at 1:47 AM

    This year I'm taking my mother out for a fancy brunch at a fancy hotel on Christmas day. Yay for no dishes!!

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  12. Jason BondFebruary 16, 2012 at 11:02 PM

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  13. Jason BondFebruary 16, 2012 at 11:03 PM

    I tried the Reese's version of these holiday edition chocolates, (The Reese's version is in the shape of a tree and comes in both milk chocolate and white chocolate flavors) and although there weren't bad I found the chocolate texture to be very waxy, which was a bit off-putting. Anyway, aside from that they were good. There was more peanut butter filling in these than you'd get in a regular Reese's Peanut Butter Cup so that was a plus.


    Good review. My Christmas was not bad. I ended up being awake, wrapping presents with substandard wrapping skill till' about 3:30AM, woke up and missed the early start of presents opening, gleeful joy, and playful banter. But I can't complain. Come dinner time I had a banquet of Cheesecake, Apple Crumble Pie, Lasagna, and a couple of chocolate almonds.

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