Chips Ahoy cookies are like the human drug testing subjects of the cookie world because Nabisco will stick anything into them to see if it works. Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups…yup. Heath Candy Bar pieces…yup. Candy coated chocolate pieces…yup. Oatmeal…yup. Patriotism…yup.
This time around they’re putting fudge into the center of their signature chocolate chip cookies to create Chips Ahoy Chewy Gooey Chocofudge and Megafudge cookies. Yes, the fudge puts the “gooey” in the Chips Ahoy Chewy Gooey. Yes, Chocofudge and Megafudge sound like Godzilla’s gigantic blob-like neighbors on Monster Island. And, yes, I wish one of them was named Superfudge so that, much like Nabisco stuffs fudge into these cookies, I could stuff this review with Judy Blume references.
The Chocofudge version looks like a regular Chewy Chips Ahoy cookie, while the Megafudge looks like a Chips Ahoy cookie from a bizarro dimension with its chocolate cookie and white chocolate chips. Although, due to the fudge injection, both varieties look a little more plump than regular Chewy Chips Ahoy.
Fudge fills each cookie like a Great Dane fills a Smart Car. With the amount of fudge it’s almost impossible to not get fudge in every bite, unless you’re one of those odd people who nibbles a cookie like a bunny rabbit nibbles on a carrot.
The Chips Ahoy Chewy Gooey cookies are chewy, but I’m not completely sold on the gooey part. In my mind I’ve always imagined gooey being something soft and sticky that holds together as if their lives depended on it as it’s being stretched apart and only separating because gravity demanded it. Although, I may have this mindset from watching way too many pizza commercials. There is some stretching, but the fudge gives up easily, much like I do when playing Madden at All-Madden difficulty. But the fudge doesn’t cry, throw a controller across the room, and scream “I suuuuuck.”
While they aren’t gooey in my eyes, the Chips Ahoy Chewy Gooey Chocofudge are really good and a step above regular Chewy Chips Ahoy. Heck, let me say they’re also better than regular non-chewy Chips Ahoy. The fudge, while not quality stuff, does give the cookie a significantly stronger chocolate flavor which makes these cookies much more satisfying than regular Chips Ahoy.
As for the Chips Ahoy Chewy Gooey Megafudge, I can’t say I enjoyed them as much as the Chocofudge. And I blame the white chocolate chips for that. The chocolate cookie and fudge give it a deep chocolate flavor, but the white chocolate chips disrupt it. They’re like those people who ruin the telling of a really good story by interrupting the storyteller at the most interesting moments with meaningless comments and questions, like “What happened next?” or “If that was me, I’d slap that bitch.”
What happened next? If you shut up, you’ll find out.
I’m glad Nabisco decided to stuff fudge into these Chips Ahoy Chewy Gooey cookies instead of dipping them in fudge like they do with their Oreo cookies, because having fudge on the outside tends to get a little messy. Although, since Chips Ahoy are like the human drug testing subjects of the cookie world, I wouldn’t be surprised if a fudge filled and fudge dipped Chips Ahoy cookie popped up on store shelves.
(Nutrition Facts – 2 cookies – Chocofudge – 150 calories, 60 calories from fat, 7 grams of fat, 3.5 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 1 gram of polyunsaturated fat, 2 grams of monounsaturated fat, 0 milligrams of cholesterol, 110 milligrams of sodium, 60 milligrams of potassium, 21 grams of carbohydrates, less than 1 gram of fiber, 13 grams of sugar, and 1 grams of protein. Megafudge – 150 calories, 60 calories from fat, 7 grams of fat, 3.5 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 1 gram of polyunsaturated fat, 2 grams of monounsaturated fat, 0 milligrams of cholesterol, 110 milligrams of sodium, 80 milligrams of potassium, 21 grams of carbohydrates, less than 1 gram of fiber, 13 grams of sugar, and 1 grams of protein)
Item: Nabisco Chips Ahoy! Chewy Gooey Cookies (Chocofudge and Megafudge)
Price: $3.99 each
Size: 10 ounces
Purchased at: Safeway
Rating: 8 out of 10 (Chocofudge)
Rating: 6 out of 10 (Megafudge)
Pros: Chocofudge is a better Chips Ahoy cookie. Enough fudge to have fudge in every bite. Strong chocolate flavor. Not using an exclamation point after EVERY Chips Ahoy reference. Judy Blume.
Cons: Not as gooey as I hoped. White chocolate chips throw off flavor of Megafudge. People who interrupt storytellers. Playing Madden at All-Madden level.
Let me know how these are after 15 seconds in the micorwave. I zap all my cookies for ultimate homemade effect anyways.
I was about to say the same thing. You beat me to the punch. In the name of clarity and baked good justice, Marvo has to tell us how these are after a few seconds in the nuke oven.
Also, the “Like a Great Dane fills a Smart Car” bit made me laugh.
My arteries became clogged just from reading this…in a good way? If that’s possible? Hmmm….
oh, but I LOVE white chocolate, I’d probably eat these by the buckets 😉 Sounds great!
These look and sound a lot like the “Country Ma’am” line of cookies in Japan, except, bigger, and more fattening. 😉
Damn these do look good, they might dethrone softbatch for me.
I’ll echo Marvo’s recommendation — my wife and I got the Chocofudge variety over the weekend and were impressed. Surprisingly soft and chewy. The only issue was that (as noted) the fudge wasn’t as gooey as advertised. But as Adam pointed out, a microwave would fix that.
The Chocofudge sound interesting, but I rarely buy packages of cookies because I end up eating too many of them at once.
I tried the Chewy Gooey Chochofudge after reading your review. I should have spent my money on something else like perhaps cyanide. The cookies were indeed chewy, but there was nothing gooey about them. After eating just 3 I was done. The flavor of the first one was not bad. It tasted like a store bought chocolate chip cooky. After that it became a cloying super sweet mass.
I did eventually eat the whoe bag because I try not to waste food, but I will not buy these again.
really these cookies took me back, I thought being a chips ahoy cookie they’d be better then they were ~~ just like ~ ya think ~ said; spend your money on something else ~~ yuckie yuck yuck ~~
Not gooey at all. Even my child said it was a rip off because they were not what she expected. Putting them into the microwave didn’t help either as it just made them warm, not gooey.
I saw the commercial for the Gooey yesterday and picked some up today — boy, was I disappointed! There is nothing “gooey” about them! The center chocolate is definitely not soft! If I didn’t know this was a new product, I would think that I had purchased an OLD bag of cookies. Yuck!
Got a bag of carmel gooey cookies. The ladies at poker agreed, much too rich, cant eat many of them and way too gooey. Had the feel of a “half baked” not quite done cookie, and 140 Calories for two cookies–not good. Go back to the crisp quality and cut down on the calories. We did not finish the bag between the six of us.
Helen Boland
Mediocre.