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Post by RosieKat on Dec 14, 2022 17:24:36 GMT
Since morecowbell wants more action here, I propose we all try to oblige. What's your least favorite Christmas cookie? You may not include the nasty tasteless cardboard sugar ones that are pretty but truly tasteless, as no one likes those. However, other sugar cookies and all other cookies are game. Bonus points for including random slander against people who make those awful cookies, purely in the interest of sparking discussion. (kidding/not kidding) I don't get a lot of them in general, but I'm not an oatmeal raisin girl as a whole. As for specific Christmas cookies, my MIL makes something called "Hello Dollies." I don't know if that's a standard name, and I'm not bashing her specifically, but they are just so so sweet. They have coconut and chocolate and like evaporated milk or something and I don't know what all. If I eat one, I feel like I need a dentist visit ASAP. Others in the family love them, so I just leave them for everyone else. |
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Post by workingclassdog on Dec 14, 2022 17:30:49 GMT
Anything that usually has a lot of 'stuff' in them.. raisins, coconut, etc. I like pretty much plain'ish cookies.
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Post by MrsDepp on Dec 14, 2022 17:33:37 GMT
I don’t really know if peanut butter is considered a Christmas flavor but I do not like them, nor do I like Reese peanut butter cups but love peanut butter straight from the jar or on a sandwich. I don’t really like oatmeal cookies either.
Maybe it’s easier to say what I do like. I like chocolate chip cookies. Not crispy not overly soft.
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Post by paget on Dec 14, 2022 17:35:08 GMT
I don’t want any jam in my cookies. Thumbprint cookies, I’m looking at you.
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Post by papersilly on Dec 14, 2022 17:35:30 GMT
anything with peanut butter or any spiced cookie.
ETA: having read some of the later comments, i have to add mint or peppermint to my list. breath mint tasting cookies don't appeal to me at all. LOL
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Post by anniebeth24 on Dec 14, 2022 17:41:16 GMT
I think they're called Russian Tea Cakes. It's a powdered sugar covered, ball shaped cookie with crushed nuts inside. Too crumbly, too powdery, too messy, not enough flavor.
That said, maybe the bakers in my family aren't good at making them. (My weak contribution to the snark factor of the thread.)
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Post by huskergal on Dec 14, 2022 17:48:37 GMT
I can't think of a traditional Christmas cookie that I don't like.
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Post by mimima on Dec 14, 2022 17:50:23 GMT
I don't like chocolate cookies or those fruitcake ones 🤢
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Post by quiltz on Dec 14, 2022 17:57:30 GMT
They have coconut and chocolate and like evaporated milk or something and I don't know what all Sweetened condensed milk. Different from evaporated milk. |
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Post by chitchatgirl on Dec 14, 2022 18:01:11 GMT
Anything with mint. Grosses me out every time.
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Post by ~summer~ on Dec 14, 2022 18:11:23 GMT
Any sort of ginger cookie.
Or anything with candy cane in it.
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Post by Delta Dawn on Dec 14, 2022 18:25:59 GMT
Mint, peanut butter, tons of nuts and raisins are all yuck for me. I am not a cookie eater. I had a couple of short bread cookies the other day and they made me cough. Not cool.
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Post by jenr on Dec 14, 2022 18:27:25 GMT
Dang, I must like them all because I can't think of a single one I won't eat!  |
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Post by RosieKat on Dec 14, 2022 18:30:28 GMT
Maybe it’s easier to say what I do like. I like chocolate chip cookies. Not crispy not overly soft. Check out the Martha Stewart Soft and Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies. This has been my go-to recipe for this type of cookie for years. I usually add a bit more vanilla, chill for about an hour after mixing up, drop by level cookie scoops, and bake for 13 minutes in my oven (which is typically a little bit cool). |
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Post by Ryann on Dec 14, 2022 18:32:15 GMT
I don't care for chocolate chip cookies, but I do if there is a complementary flavor added - walnuts, peanut butter, mint, etc. When I was a kid I didn't like chocolate at all, but as an adult I'm mostly indifferent to it.
I also don't care for gingerbread cookies.
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Post by essiejean on Dec 14, 2022 18:39:17 GMT
I am in the hate anything with jam (thumbprint cookies) and/or fruity chunks
Love anything gingersnap
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Post by auntkelly on Dec 14, 2022 18:39:19 GMT
I don't like macaroons.
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Post by Linda on Dec 14, 2022 18:42:16 GMT
I don't particularly care for sugar cookies - and I detest the Lofthouse type cookies.
Otherwise...there are cookies I'll reach for first (pretty much anything with chocolate or ginger) and ones I'll eat if that happens to be what's available (jello cookies, peanut butter cookies)
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Post by littlemama on Dec 14, 2022 18:44:08 GMT
I like most of them, but sugar cookies with frosting and peanut butter blossoms are the 2 that I can walk away from.
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Post by myboysnme on Dec 14, 2022 18:55:17 GMT
GREAT question! I have a few to mention equally. If it is a Christmas cookie, then I like it to be Christmassy. So chocolate chip and even peanut butter blossoms are not Christmas cookies to me. But I will eat them. My mother makes a fruitcake like oatmeal recipe that was her grandmother's so I count them as Fruitcake inspired therefore, they are a Christmas cookie! I cannot tolerate alcohol in any food, and it does not cook out if you have an allergy. So rum balls are right at the top of the disliked cookies list for me. Now at a cookie exchange, if you bring something like lemon bars I'm sorry, but you might as well just bring no bake cookies. Because I do not cook/bake, I used to take different recipes of essentially no bake cookies, but trust me, they were better than lemon bars! I'm a bit "snarky" just in the spirit of discussion  |
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Post by gina on Dec 14, 2022 18:56:01 GMT
I'm a cookie monster. There aren't many cookies I don't like (except black & whites. I think they're too cake-y and boring tasting).
Anyway, I don't care for chocolate chips on cookie trays. That's an every day cookie - not a Christmas tray cookie. I mean, I'll still happily eat them. But for the purposes of answering this question, there's my answer.
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Post by padresfan619 on Dec 14, 2022 18:56:45 GMT
Gingerbread or lemon bars.
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Post by CarolinaGirl71 on Dec 14, 2022 19:01:41 GMT
I don't like anything licorice or anise flavored. most other cookies I like. I love oatmeal cookies with chocolate chips, but I detest raisins in oatmeal cookies or anything else. (Craisins are fine - go figure).
I don't like fruitcake cookies either!
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Post by iluvpink on Dec 14, 2022 19:02:29 GMT
Christmas or not, I don't like overly sweet cookies/treats. And no coconut please, certainly not with chocolate.
I tend to prefer shortbread, sugar, nut type cookies. My favorite are my mom's Hungarian Kifli and shortbread thumbprints.
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Post by J u l e e on Dec 14, 2022 19:14:28 GMT
Anything no bake. Haystacks, that pretzel with the melted Hershey’s kiss or MandM or whatever it is, that no bake with a dozen things dumped in it. Pass.
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Post by anaterra on Dec 14, 2022 19:18:47 GMT
I dont like those cookies made with cake batter that you roll in powder sugar and they "shatter" when they bake... look cute but not a good cookie to me
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Post by breetheflea on Dec 14, 2022 19:39:15 GMT
I don't like anything with frosting, red velvet, or gingerbread.
I am also probably the one person on earth who actually likes fruitcake.
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Post by mollycoddle on Dec 14, 2022 19:49:05 GMT
Gingerbread or lemon bars. Sacrilege!!! 😁☺️ I don’t care for no-bake cookies. But don’t get between me and a shortbread cookie. 😁 |
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Post by cindyupnorth on Dec 14, 2022 19:52:37 GMT
Gingerbread cookies. blech
and anything no-bake.
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Post by disneypal on Dec 14, 2022 19:58:35 GMT
I pretty much like any cookie, but there is one I refuse to eat....Pfeffernusse - not a fan at all!
Like cindyupnorth , I'm not really crazy about no-bake cookies either. |
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