The most polarizing food: where do you stand?

pancakerunner

bpetrosky

Meh

Phirrgus

*IF* I liked them (gag) I would fit what I could where I could - cookies like that are just too rich and sweet for me.

Keto_Vampire

mph323

Generally, packaged cookies aren't worth the calories for me, and honestly, even if they were gluten free I'd give them a pass. They just don't look appetizing at all.

lalalacroix

Definitely not worth the calories to me.

Now some homemade brownies would be awesome!

aokoye

Wait - those are polarizing? I thought you were going to say something like mayonnaise, ketchup on hamburgers (or hotdogs), or candy corn. Unless you're talking about the dialectical differences pertaining to whether or not you call what's in the above picture cookies or biscuits.

lalalacroix

Or this

Gisel2015

I don't like or eat cookies or brownies. Since I don't have a sweet tooth (never did), I am the polarizing agent ion this world .

seltzermint555

I HATE those Lofthouse sugar cookies. They look like they might be good, guilty pleasure type of sugary sweets...but they are VILE!

Why do I feel like people aren't responding here because they have not tried this horrible trick of a cookie?

lynn_glenmont

seltzermint555 wrote: »

I HATE those Lofthouse sugar cookies. They look like they might be good, guilty pleasure type of sugary sweets...but they are VILE!

Why do I feel like people aren't responding here because they have not tried this horrible trick of a cookie?

I don't think I've ever seen that particular brand. But I'm suspicious of any product that thinks "soft" is a plus for a cookie. I imagine they're all cake-y and bend-y. No snap. No crunch. Blech.

neldabg

I can and have literally eaten an entire box in one sitting lol. They're dangerous!

AnnPT77

I've never eaten that brand, but they look similar to ones I have. Bland, simple, only-sweet, generally awful. Bleaagh, no thanks.

You can have my share.

JBanx256

not a fan.
I like cookies in general, but not those.

corinasue1143

Hate em. Cookies are my weakness. Not lofthouse.

seltzermint555

Yay! I'm so glad some other people get the horrible qualities of Lofthouse in particular.
Bad cookie.
Bad frosting.
I love cookies & frosting, generally.

BecomingMoreAwesome

I think that brand may go by a different name here, but hose cookies are strictly school party fare. I love cookies, but those are too “kid-friendly” for my tastes. The ones at my grocery store are usually peanut and treenut free though, which is why they make an excellent class party treat.

bpetrosky

Someone brought a couple boxes of the Lofthouse cookies to my office and put them in the break room... They lasted a week.

StatChicBayes

not a fan of sweets at all - now avocados with olive oil and salt- yum!!!!

lemurcat2

Re the food in the OP, ick, not my thing. I'm picky about sweets.

Re "polarizing":

aokoye wrote: »

Wait - those are polarizing? I thought you were going to say something like mayonnaise, ketchup on hamburgers (or hotdogs), or candy corn. Unless you're talking about the dialectical differences pertaining to whether or not you call what's in the above picture cookies or biscuits.

Heh, I thought it was going to be bread, corn, or potatoes, although ketchup (esp on hotdogs, which is a travesty) and mayo are good ideas, and now that I'm thinking about it, cilantro, of course. Or soybeans.

I went out to dinner tonight, and my friend and I agreed at great length that marshmallows are one of the worst foods ever, so them too.

mph323

lemurcat2 wrote: »

Re the food in the OP, ick, not my thing. I'm picky about sweets.

Re "polarizing":

aokoye wrote: »

Wait - those are polarizing? I thought you were going to say something like mayonnaise, ketchup on hamburgers (or hotdogs), or candy corn. Unless you're talking about the dialectical differences pertaining to whether or not you call what's in the above picture cookies or biscuits.

Heh, I thought it was going to be bread, corn, or potatoes, although ketchup (esp on hotdogs, which is a travesty) and mayo are good ideas, and now that I'm thinking about it, cilantro, of course. Or soybeans.

I went out to dinner tonight, and my friend and I agreed at great length that marshmallows are one of the worst foods ever, so them too.

THANK YOU! Until I moved from New York to California I never realized that ketchup on hot dogs was even an option

Maxematics

seltzermint555 wrote: »

Yay! I'm so glad some other people get the horrible qualities of Lofthouse in particular.
Bad cookie.
Bad frosting.
I love cookies & frosting, generally.

Years ago I watched some show on the Food Network about how stuff is made; I think it was called Unwrapped. Anyway, these cookies were featured on an episode and they kept saying how Lofthouse cookies have a huge fanbase, etc. I told my mom about them and she mentioned they sell them where she lives and next time she saw me she'd bring me a pack. Well, she did and I took one bite and spit it out. I don't want to yuck anyone else's yum but for me everything about them was absolutely disgusting. I don't have a huge sweet tooth anyway so I'm not surprised I found them too sweet but even the texture was off-putting.

COGypsy

mph323 wrote: »

lemurcat2 wrote: »

Re the food in the OP, ick, not my thing. I'm picky about sweets.

Re "polarizing":

aokoye wrote: »

Wait - those are polarizing? I thought you were going to say something like mayonnaise, ketchup on hamburgers (or hotdogs), or candy corn. Unless you're talking about the dialectical differences pertaining to whether or not you call what's in the above picture cookies or biscuits.

Heh, I thought it was going to be bread, corn, or potatoes, although ketchup (esp on hotdogs, which is a travesty) and mayo are good ideas, and now that I'm thinking about it, cilantro, of course. Or soybeans.

I went out to dinner tonight, and my friend and I agreed at great length that marshmallows are one of the worst foods ever, so them too.

THANK YOU! Until I moved from New York to California I never realized that ketchup on hot dogs was even an option

I’d be a horror show then.....if I eat a hot dog in a bun, it has to be with ketchup, mayo and dill relish. I don’t like mustard at all even a little bit, so all other condiments have to be used instead, I suppose.

glassyo

I always have ketchup on hot dogs! Or chicken dogs as the case may be these days. And I eat marshmallows almost every night.

The lofthouse cookies aren't worth the calories and the icing sucks so the one time I bought some, I just ended up eating around the outside edge of the cookies and threw the part with any icing away.

lemurcat2

I've never heard of mayo on a hotdog.

Re ketchup: https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1993-08-04-1993216204-story.html

Phirrgus

glassyo wrote: »

I always have ketchup on hot dogs! Or chicken dogs as the case may be these days. And I eat marshmallows almost every night.

The lofthouse cookies aren't worth the calories and the icing sucks so the one time I bought some, I just ended up eating around the outside edge of the cookies and threw the part with any icing away.

And scrambled eggs - ketchup is awesome. Maybe it would make the cookies in the OP a bit better too?

StatChicBayes

lemurcat2 wrote: »

Re the food in the OP, ick, not my thing. I'm picky about sweets.

Re "polarizing":

I went out to dinner tonight, and my friend and I agreed at great length that marshmallows are one of the worst foods ever, so them too.

marshmallows are also on my least favorite foods list, along with cotton candy, and candy apples.

One of my daughters loves ketchup, mayo, and mustard with pickle relish on hotdogs (chicken dogs in our case) with american cheese. I'm a mustard, american cheese, and pickle relish gal.

kimothyschma

Lol, my husband hates these cookies with a passion. I think they're okay. I could take it or leave it.

CR_Edwards_2015

I love them! I like to scrape off the icing though and eat the cookie part.

*edited to add that I do not eat them anymore. I don't keep anything in the house that I cannot control myself around. That's not to say that I won't ever eat one ever again. Just count my calories and go on with my life!!

chelny

seltzermint555 wrote: »

I HATE those Lofthouse sugar cookies. They look like they might be good, guilty pleasure type of sugary sweets...but they are VILE!

Why do I feel like people aren't responding here because they have not tried this horrible trick of a cookie?

They are so bad. There are thousands of much better cookies, if you can work them into your plan.

JeromeBarry1

My youngest adult daughter likes them the way I liked real cookies when I was at her age. Thus is signified the Apocalypse.