600lb. Gorillas Chocolate Chip - The closest to made-from-scratch, hands down. The rich buttery flavor and soft, chewy consistency - even when the cookies were cool - drew raves. Unlike most brands, this one has no trans fats or preservatives.
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Details: $4 for 18.
Frozen preshaped cookes
Available at BJ's Wholesale Clubs.
Our favorite: 600lb. Gorillas. Chewy and moist with an exceptional real-butter flavor. Chunks, not chips, of chocolate make for a grown-up appearance. No trans fats or bad aftertaste. Download the PDF article.
by Nancy Kalajian
I can't resist -- these gorillas really have balls. About 13 of them. And they also have flavor: chocolate chip or oatmeal raisin with white chocolate. 600 lb. Gorillas are like cookie-dough meatballs, packed frozen in a round, colorful ice-cream container. They scoop out easily: place them on a cookie sheet, bake in an oven, and your guests will probably think you made cookies from scratch. Look for the purple, green, and black container featuring a heavy-but-happy gorilla munching one of his favorite deserts. Available at Star Market, Stop & Shop, and other markets in the frozen-food section. An 18-ounce container costs about $4.99.
I didn't understand the allure of store-bought cookie dough until I had a toddler. It's fun to bake with a kid, but sometimes you just want fresh cookies without hauling out a five-pound bag of sugar and trying to keep Mama's Helper from spilling it everywhere. This year, I decided to see if I could fake my usual baking spree, with my one-year-old's assistance. Many not-even-vaguely-grueling batches of cookies later, here's a list of the five tastiest cookies you can make in moments. — Meredith Broussard
These spectacular chocolate chip cookies are not just the 600 lb. gorilla of cookies, they are the Platonic ideal of chocolate chip cookies. Crisp, buttery and made of all-natural ingredients, with a blend of dark semi-sweet chunks and milk chocolate chips, this cookie is perfectly bite-sized and couldn't be easier to make. Even the packaging is handy: the cookies come formed into individual dough balls, inside a recloseable box. The dough balls can be cooked in a toaster oven, which makes them convenient for late-night snacking. You may find it useful to keep some 600-lb dough in the freezer for social occasions when you want to seem like an impressive parent by showing up with warm "homemade" cookies. We also loved the oatmeal raisin cookies with white chocolate chunks. (See Full Review)