@actionjbone@Kyeh@PooltoyWolf That’s not an artificial sugar. It’s essentially just glucose and fructose. Invert sugar is also produced when making jam at home during the heating process, for example.
@actionjbone@Kyeh@PooltoyWolf@raive Invert sugar needs no acid, heat alone will cause the sucrose to break down into glucose and fructose. In that sense, it is exactly equivalent to HFCS50. And being 50% fructose, limiting intake of it is a good idea. (Avoiding anything with more than 50% fructose in the HFCS is an even better idea.)
@werehatrack It doesn’t strictly “need” it, but it can be much faster and prevent crystallization, so people don’t really do it without. HFCS50 is also “exactly equivalent” to table sugar. It’s not like any of it is poison. Everything in moderation.
@Cerridwyn Being a single guy, I tend to buy my meh food with the intention to give bags and boxes of bars, biscotti, hummus, chickpeas, edamame, ramen, jerky and cookies to my family and neighbors
All that really matters is if you follow through with it, rather than eating all 180 cookies by yourself, spread out over an entire weekend and paired with a gallon of ice cream.
@Cerridwyn@troy@xobzoo
Hey, you are telling our story! Please point that camera lens into someone else’s house, no one is supposed to know what’s happening over here during the wee hours of night!
@troy before I retired I would take them into work and a lot of the stuff that I would buy here was really well loved. The stroopwafels, the corn, etc. Now that it’s just me I’m always afraid the stuff is going to go to waste
@hchavers Yeah I wondered if this was some ikind of dark pattern. Meh, not nice! But it is 5 oz per bag per the info on the back, x 12 bags = 60 oz = 3.75 lb. So about $7/lb. I will resist.
@hchavers@Kyeh@Lynnerizer@robson@troy I recently had a chance to sample Oreos made elsewhere. For the most part, they were all much better than the domestic US version.
I miss the days when the gooey filling in the middle was made with lard.
@hchavers@Kyeh@robson@troy@werehatrack
I didn’t know they changed the center filling of the Oreo but that doesn’t surprise me since I’m not a connoisseur.
It does remind me of how I LOVE that I can buy those little dehydrated marshmallows that are in cereals like Lucky Charms. THEY’RE SO GOOD!
These are one of my favorite treats that Delta hands out on flights. They almost always have these in the snack basket for comfort and first class. I always try to stock a few in my briefcase, but I guess I’ll be stocked up for the next month before these expire.
I’m both surprised and not surprised that these wound up here, because they’re also on sale on Amazon. See these links (there are also a few other products available):
They’re about the same price per cookie for this particular flavor as Amazon if you’re getting the full 15% subscribe-and-save discount (still slightly cheaper here). Might be more of a gamble at Amazon with regard to best-by dates, though. But if you want the dark chocolate version, you’ll have to buy there.
I guess they simply made too many, and now they’re hitting the clearance circuit.
@heartny@Kyeh Looks like good ideas for Christmas trays. Maybe add Santa and some elves in this style. (I’d also put a shirt, as well as a hat, on Santa.)
@Kyeh
no… I was sorely tempted, but with SWMBO doing WW right now (in anticipation of our upcoming Italy trip) I decided I would pass. I have had these type of cookies before, and they are great. But, I also was a bit leery of the best buy date with a ‘made with real butter’ product. I have a pretty good nose/tastebuds for oils that are ‘off’. Probably not a big deal, but if they weren’t stored in climate (well) controlled environments etc it might be. Would have had to plow thru these at a pretty good clip to make that window.
@Kyeh
yep, that’s the plan! Though I must admit we blew a bunch of calories yesterday with another couple over at the house for a wine tasting/lesson. 6 wines from Spain/Portugal followed by a meal of Raclette.
That one was off the charts.
Specs
Product: 180-Pack: Michel et Augustin Milk Chocolate & Caramel Mini Cookies (12 bags)
Model: 812668020654
Condition: New
What’s Included?
Price Comparison
$67.96 (for 180) at Amazon
Warranty
90 days
Estimated Delivery
Thursday, Jan 25 - Monday, Jan 29
OM NOM NOM NOM
/giphy cookie monster
Holy crap, actual delicious cookies that aren’t a form of health food in disguise??
@PooltoyWolf this will probably be the one item where the best-by date actually matters
@PooltoyWolf Haha - that’s exactly what I was thinking! No keto, no artificial sweeteners, no caffeine, no claims to do anything but taste good!
@Kyeh @PooltoyWolf the second ingredient is “invert sugar syrup” - so yes, it contains artificial sweetener.
@actionjbone @Kyeh I can find no evidence that inverted sugar is artificial.
@actionjbone @Kyeh @PooltoyWolf That’s not an artificial sugar. It’s essentially just glucose and fructose. Invert sugar is also produced when making jam at home during the heating process, for example.
@actionjbone @Kyeh @PooltoyWolf You make it by heating sugar with a weak acid. Or by having bees make it. So it’s about as artificial as table sugar.
@actionjbone @Kyeh @PooltoyWolf @raive Invert sugar needs no acid, heat alone will cause the sucrose to break down into glucose and fructose. In that sense, it is exactly equivalent to HFCS50. And being 50% fructose, limiting intake of it is a good idea. (Avoiding anything with more than 50% fructose in the HFCS is an even better idea.)
@werehatrack It doesn’t strictly “need” it, but it can be much faster and prevent crystallization, so people don’t really do it without. HFCS50 is also “exactly equivalent” to table sugar. It’s not like any of it is poison. Everything in moderation.
But the quantity you have to buy them in makes me want to cry
@Cerridwyn Being a single guy, I tend to buy my meh food with the intention to give bags and boxes of bars, biscotti, hummus, chickpeas, edamame, ramen, jerky and cookies to my family and neighbors
@Cerridwyn @troy Sure, you start with that intention.
All that really matters is if you follow through with it, rather than eating all 180 cookies by yourself, spread out over an entire weekend and paired with a gallon of ice cream.
@Cerridwyn @troy @xobzoo
Hey, you are telling our story! Please point that camera lens into someone else’s house, no one is supposed to know what’s happening over here during the wee hours of night!
@troy before I retired I would take them into work and a lot of the stuff that I would buy here was really well loved. The stroopwafels, the corn, etc. Now that it’s just me I’m always afraid the stuff is going to go to waste
@Cerridwyn @troy @xobzoo And chocolate milk.
Had to go to Amazon to see the Net Weight of each bag. You tried to hide it, Meh; but I was too good (this time).
Hmmm… 5 ounce bag with 5 servings; that means 1 ounce = 140 calories.
No thank you. I have enough girth in the middle already.
@hchavers 3 cookies (28g) is 140 calories, nearly the same as Oreos which is 140 calories for 2 cookies (29g)
@hchavers Yeah I wondered if this was some ikind of dark pattern. Meh, not nice! But it is 5 oz per bag per the info on the back, x 12 bags = 60 oz = 3.75 lb. So about $7/lb. I will resist.
@troy Mmmm… Oreos and milk…
Got to snap out of it. I must resist!!
@hchavers @troy these sound better than oreos, but I’m not a big fan of oreos (sacre bleu!)
@hchavers @troy
@robson I agree 100%.
@hchavers @robson @troy
I’m with YOU, not a big Oreo fan. Yucka…
@hchavers @Lynnerizer @robson @troy
This is what I meant, not an Oreos fan either. I just don’t get why they’re so popular.
@hchavers @Kyeh @Lynnerizer @robson @troy I recently had a chance to sample Oreos made elsewhere. For the most part, they were all much better than the domestic US version.
I miss the days when the gooey filling in the middle was made with lard.
@hchavers
Go ahead and buy and enjoy the cookies! Then off-set the calories.
How many of these can you do?
This guy can go on forever.
These are called Butterfly Sit-Ups and can be done relatively easily.
https://www.self.com/gallery/core-exercises-top-trainers-swear-by
@hchavers @Kyeh @Lynnerizer @robson @troy @werehatrack I have had korean Oreos the actual thin ones even and they just taste so much richer
@hchavers @Kyeh @robson @troy @werehatrack
I didn’t know they changed the center filling of the Oreo but that doesn’t surprise me since I’m not a connoisseur.
It does remind me of how I LOVE that I can buy those little dehydrated marshmallows that are in cereals like Lucky Charms. THEY’RE SO GOOD!
damn you I was holding out for Dala Horses.
they make better margaritas than these, but here we are…
Darn, so close to what I’m looking for: chocolate caramel shortbread cookie squares baked with IMPURE butter! Maybe next time.
@wplumleyz yeah… I’m wondering where the concentrated butter is in my kitchen… also what it is.
Tho otherwise, the stuff in these seems mostly ok
They butter still be fresh when I get them, or I ganache be Irked and quite mehd at you!
/buy
@phendrick It worked! Your order number is: uninviting-sordid-machinist
/image uninviting sordid machinist
@mediocrebot What do that image, my order, and machinists have to do with each other? Absolutely nothing!
Made with ingredients I have in my kitchen. Like invert sugar syrup, huh?
@bigmeh https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverted_sugar_syrup
Also https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/invert-sugar
So, it’s fine. And you CAN make it at home. I never have, either.
@EvilSmoo Damn, I figured all I had to do was invert the sugar bag while pouring it. This is much more difficult but yes, does seem doable.
These are one of my favorite treats that Delta hands out on flights. They almost always have these in the snack basket for comfort and first class. I always try to stock a few in my briefcase, but I guess I’ll be stocked up for the next month before these expire.
@tyler524 I once mentioned to a FA that I loved these and she came back with four packs—best flight.
The quickest way to a man’s wallet is through his stomach. Or something.
/showme tropical-mysterious-oregano cookies
@awk yep. That “oregano” looks suspicious
@awk @llangley
I had the same thought.
@awk But the way to a man’s heart is between the fourth and fifth ribs. (Or through his stomach, and up.)
Chocolate cookies are my biggest weakness. Tied with pizza.
@heartny
It’s the caramel and chocolate together that’s got MY mouth watering! OH YEAH, OHH YUMMY YUM YUM!
@bigmeh
/showme sugar inverted in the kitchen
@phendrick look a couple below for another try
I’m both surprised and not surprised that these wound up here, because they’re also on sale on Amazon. See these links (there are also a few other products available):
https://www.amazon.com/promotion/psp/ABU4U470Z2K9B
https://www.amazon.com/promotion/psp/A27DNY3BHW137S
They’re about the same price per cookie for this particular flavor as Amazon if you’re getting the full 15% subscribe-and-save discount (still slightly cheaper here). Might be more of a gamble at Amazon with regard to best-by dates, though. But if you want the dark chocolate version, you’ll have to buy there.
I guess they simply made too many, and now they’re hitting the clearance circuit.
@ShotgunX
because I’m liking the idea of getting one bag of 15 cookies for $6.99 rather than 12 bags for any price! 
Thanks for the link…
@ShotgunX Don’t know how long it will last, but 50% off subscribe & save on a few items.
https://www.amazon.com/promotion/psp/ABU4U470Z2K9B?ref=clp_pc_cart_collapse
/showme bigmeh’s sugar inverted in the kitchen
My kids complained when I started using dry whole milk for their cereal, but it frees up a ton of shelf space.
@mcanavino compared to fresh whole milk? If so I would complain too
@mcanavino
…AND RIGHTLY SO!
YOU should be banished from the kitchen! Lol
@Lynnerizer @mcanavino
I hope you are at least adding in some water so it won’t so dry to eat…
@chienfou @Lynnerizer @mcanavino Then throw the whole mess in a blender.
/showme way too many butter cookies
/showme militarized butter cookies taking over the world
@EvilSmoo That’s actually…pretty good. Haha
/showme internet cookies
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/showme internet cookies
@datruandi It doesn’t work in a reply.
/showme sexy chocolate caramel cookies
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@ponagathos
I think maybe the term sexy is a trigger…??
@chienfou @ponagathos So it would seem.
/showme internet cookies
@mediocrebot Now that is some appetizing looking network architecture!
@mediocrebot @phendrick Particularly that stack of properly-proportioned chocolate chip cookies in the center. I can’t tell what it’s labeled.
@mediocrebot @werehatrack I think that is the recapcha test for access.
These cookies’ future is so bright I gotta wear cookie shades.
/showme cookies as sunglasses
@mediocrebot Almost as convincing as the official ad
photofaux-to.Is Meh going to change it’s name to OldFoods.com?
@jmbunkin The squatter in possession of that domain wants $3,950 for it, so probably not.
@jmbunkin @werehatrack Sheeesh!
/showme one cookie to rule them all
Does this site still sell things that you don’t poop or pee out?
@IAMIS I guess that depends upon your dietary range. Personally, I wouldn’t eat the luminoodles
@IAMIS @werehatrack or the “diamonds”
Someday I will stop buying bulk snacks from Meh and making my coworkers fat with them. Today is not that day
/buy
@DLPanther It worked! Your order number is: voidable-childlike-pencil
/image voidable childlike pencil
/giphy minuscule-uncanny-poison
Shoutout for the Georgia Red day.
/buy
@n3uka It worked! Your order number is: reckless-thankful-roll
/image reckless thankful roll
/buy
@ciabelle It worked! Your order number is: zestful-aromatic-leg
/image zestful aromatic leg
/giphy zestful-aromatic-leg
/image queenly-vivid-assassin
/buy
@Tamok It worked! Your order number is: ambulatory-casual-body
/image ambulatory casual body
/buy
@gorgeousplanet It worked! Your order number is: altruistic-pesky-screwdriver
/image altruistic pesky screwdriver
/showme cookie fetish wear
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/showme cartoon of cookie fetish outfit
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/showme a cookie fetish costume pg rated
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@mediocrebot I think you don’t like the word fetish you silly robot
/showme people in a cookie costume
/showme cookies in a people costume
@mediocrebot No pants.
/showme Taylor Swift as a cookie
/showme The highest paying job in the year 2034
/buy
@badbarky It worked! Your order number is: trivial-lousy-lobster
/image trivial lousy lobster
/showme cookies wearing pants
@heartny
I actually laughed out loud.
@heartny @Kyeh Looks like good ideas for Christmas trays. Maybe add Santa and some elves in this style. (I’d also put a shirt, as well as a hat, on Santa.)
/giphy guided cocky alligator
/showme guided cocky alligator
@chienfou - they’re made in France; did you get any?
@Kyeh
no… I was sorely tempted, but with SWMBO doing WW right now (in anticipation of our upcoming Italy trip) I decided I would pass. I have had these type of cookies before, and they are great. But, I also was a bit leery of the best buy date with a ‘made with real butter’ product. I have a pretty good nose/tastebuds for oils that are ‘off’. Probably not a big deal, but if they weren’t stored in climate (well) controlled environments etc it might be. Would have had to plow thru these at a pretty good clip to make that window.
@chienfou Ohhh - well, definitely wise to save the calorie allowance for Italy!!!
@Kyeh
yep, that’s the plan! Though I must admit we blew a bunch of calories yesterday with another couple over at the house for a wine tasting/lesson. 6 wines from Spain/Portugal followed by a meal of Raclette.
That one was off the charts.
@chienfou Sounds worth it!
Why not!!?
Does the British Internet use biscuits?
Got mine today. I’m sure they must have tasted good before they went stale…
@iluivatar Never had them before, but my first bag tastes fine so far. I actually have to remind myself not to eat too many at once.
KuoH
These are amazing. Killed first bag yesterday already.
These are delicious! Intended to use these with my thank you cards for UE deliveries… definitely keeping some for myself!
These are really good! Too bad there’s only 12 servings.
I wasn’t expecting them to be chewy. The work gang is going to love these at afternoon teatime next month
Must have been good fresh but the ones i got where stale so i threw them out
@Norma161 You’re just barely within the 90 days of the Meh warranty, head over to meh.com/support and let them know.