Famous Amos aren’t a cookie that we normally stock in our household. (If this is your first time reading Snackology, we stock a lot of cookies in our household.) But they do hold a special place in my snack-loving heart.
Back in the days before Instacart, one of the first things we’d have to do on a family vacation was make a stop at the grocery store. Our family of six would stock up on stuff to make lunches and a few dinners for a week in Virginia Beach. When our packed grocery cart made it to the cookie aisle, there would usually be some kind of fight over what cookies should make it into the cart.
My youngest brother would always throw a few boxes of Famous Amos Chocolate Chip Cookies into the cart. Would he eat them over the next week? That was the big question, and it’s stuck with my family enough where Famous Amos cookies are associated with him.
So when two bags of the new Famous Amos Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies showed up at my house last week, I wasted little time taking a picture of them and sending them to my entire family.
“Oatmeal and chocolate chip are two classic flavors that simply belong together, and we’re excited to bring them to fans in our famously bite-sized format,” Famous Amos Senior Brand Manager Kim Thomas said in the announcement of the company’s latest flavor. “If you love oatmeal chocolate chip and you love Famous Amos, you’re going to love this cookie. Each cookie blends the wholesome texture of oats with our signature chocolate chips for a flavor that feels both new and familiar.”
Well, I love oatmeal chocolate chip and I also love Famous Amos, so let’s tear into a bag of Famous Amos Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies ...
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The cost
I don’t have an official price for Famous Amos Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies, but a similar 9 oz. bag of the classic flavor goes for $3.69 on Target’s website. Expect a nationwide release of these cookies in the spring.
The pics
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Famous Amos calls this a “fresh twist” on its classic chocolate chip cookie. It’s in no way a reinvention of what Famous Amos is, well, famous for. Which is a good thing. You know what you’re getting when you open up a bag of Famous Amos cookies. It’s a challenge to stop at one ... or three ... or five ...
When I first saw the announcement that Famous Amos was rolling out an oatmeal flavor, I assumed it would be oatmeal raisin. Oatmeal raisin can be divisive, though. But just taking the cozy warmth of oatmeal and adding that to the already tried-and-true Famous Amos Chocolate Chip Cookie? That makes a ton of sense.
Famous Amos Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies are the perfect evolution of what the company is already good at. The addition of “real baby oat flakes” — how adorable is that? — adds just the right amount of texture to the poppable cookies. They’re still crunchy. They’re still chocolatey. They’re still irresistible once you tear open the bag.
Snack Score
Famous Amos Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
🍪🍪🍪🍪
(4 out of 5)
Famous Amos Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies were provided to Snackology for this independent review.
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Snackology is written and produced by Bill Kuchman. Copyediting by Tim Kuchman.
The Omnicosm founder. Snackology, Popculturology and The Cold Open writer. A Rochester, N.Y., native now living in the Washington, D.C., area. Won’t pass up a Genny Cream Ale.
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