Crumbl Cookies review #96 - Cookies & Cream Mint Brownie (tester), Sea Salt Toffee Skillet Cookie, Semisweet Chocolate and Chocolate Cake Batter Cookie

Crumbl Cookies review #96: Cookies & Cream Mint Brownie (tester), Sea Salt Toffee Skillet Cookie and Semisweet Chocolate

It's been hot in my area, often too hot to turn my oven on, especially when I'm not in a baking mood. I had my bookclub meeting this week and wanted to bring dessert so I went with a 4-pack from Crumbl instead. There weren't really any flavors that piqued my interest but it looked like my store had gone back to testing a new flavor (they hadn't had a test cookie/dessert in a very long time) so I thought it was a perfect opportunity to try a (small) piece of it and share the rest with the others.

I ordered the Cookies & Cream Mint Brownie (tester), the Sea Salt Toffee Skillet cookie (new to me), the semisweet chocolate (new to me) and the churro (one of my favorites).

Churro Cookie

The frosting on the Churro was a little sad looking, as if whoever piped it either got to the end of the piping bag and tried to squeeze out a little more or they didn't have control of the piping bag. But I don't sweat the small stuff and it still tasted good when I had a piece at our meeting.

Cookies & Cream Mint Brownie

                                           

I am generally not fond of mint chocolate as a flavor. I always maintain it's like brushing your teeth then eating a piece of chocolate. So I was more than happy to cut off a little piece of this and share the rest. You can compare the Crumbl marketing picture of the brownie and the one I actually got and see that the Andes pieces on top of mine were way smaller than the marketing picture. That's rather typical of Crumbl. The garnishes often leave something to be desired and don't live up to their marketing pictures. Again, small stuff not worth sweating.

I was actually positively surprised by this brownie. It's more chocolate brownie than mint which is what I prefer. The green frosting didn't taste minty, which I had braced for. It's still too much frosting for me but the brownie itself was moist and delicious. I also liked the chocolate fudge topping. The mint flavor kicked in towards the end of the bite and I think that was mostly from the bits of Andes candy garnished on top. If you like a stronger mint, you might be a little disappointed but for me, this was the perfect balance. Still not my first choice for a flavor but I'm glad I tried it as now I know.

Sea Salt Toffee Skillet Cookie

The Sea Salt Toffee Skillet was marginally interesting to me since I liked the different components to it: the vanilla bean mousse, the toffee cookie, the milk chocolate and caramel drizzle.

Unfortunately, put together, the combination isn't as compelling. It's mostly due to textures and temperatures rather than flavor. Flavor-wise, this was fine. But Crumbl recommends serving this warm. When warm, the vanilla bean mousse isn't as good. Not as much flavor and the texture is too soft and almost liquid-y. Mousse is generally best chilled. But if you chill the whole skillet cookie, the cookie itself has a drier mouthfeel and the texture is more firm.

This is probably best eaten when you first buy it as I assume the mousse is still chilled and the cookie is still warm. So the texture contrasts would be good. But I bought it several hours before I needed it and tried it so I missed that window. 

In general, I don't think Crumbl's skillet cookies hold up very well because of that temperature difference needed between the mousse and the cookie.

Update: as I was literally writing this post, my doorbell rang and a delivery person dropped off a 4-pack of Crumbl cookies! It was a gift from one of my nieces and contained the Sea Salt Toffee Cookie. So I got a second chance to try this as Crumbl meant: the mousse was still slightly chilled and the cookie base was still a little warm. As I suspected, that was MUCH better. The cookie was delicious and the mousse was good. So I will revise my review slightly to say this cookie was amazingly good BUT ONLY if you can eat it shortly after buying it.

The 4-pack gift from my niece contained the Chocolate Cake Batter Cookie which I don't remember ever trying, the Churro (again my favorite and this time I didn't have to share, lol), the aforementioned Sea Salt Toffee Cookie (glad I got a second chance at it) and the Semisweet Chocolate.

The gift pack from my niece - the frosting on the Churro was much better on this one

Semisweet Chocolate Cookie

When I brought the cookies for my book club, I didn't try the semisweet chocolate as I figured trying the brownie and the sea salt toffee was enough sugar for that day. So I'm glad I also got another chance at trying the semisweet chocolate. My first preference is always going to be milk chocolate but I ended up liking the semisweet too. Crumbl's chocolate chip cookies are sweet and there's an argument to be made that semisweet offsets that sweetness better than their milk chocolate. My sweet tooth has a high tolerance so I don't subscribe to that argument. Still, the semisweet was pretty good. The cookie has the same flavor and texture I like in the milk chocolate and Crumbl seems more generous with their semisweet chocolate chunks than their milk chocolate chips. So this was good.

Chocolate Cake Batter Cookie

Another pleasant surprise was the Chocolate Cake Batter Cookie. I don't often get Crumbl's chocolate cookies as they're too rich for me. This was rich as well but my sweet tooth proved accommodating enough. The cookie was fudgy, which is a must in any chocolate cookie. 

I ended up liking the frosting as well. They must use the same recipe as their Dirt Cake Cookie as it tasted similar like from a can of chocolate frosting from my childhood. And I don't mean that in a bad way. I can't explain why but I loved that canned frosting back then. I don't love it as much now that I make my own frosting. But still, my taste buds can get sentimental.

I ended up liking the thickness, texture and flavor of this cookie. Not wild about sprinkles in general but still, small stuff once again. I wouldn't be able to eat this whole cookie or even a half at the same sitting so I did my usual portioning into fourths and tucked most of it into my freezer for consumption at a later date.

Actually, that's where most of the second 4-pack is now so I'm stocked up on Crumbl cookie pieces once again for at least a month.