{"id":1111,"date":"2009-06-17T21:17:46","date_gmt":"2009-06-18T01:17:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glutenfreeislife.wordpress.com\/2009\/06\/17\/product-review-betty-crocker-gluten-free-chocolate-chip-cookies\/"},"modified":"2009-06-17T21:17:46","modified_gmt":"2009-06-18T01:17:46","slug":"product-review-betty-crocker-gluten-free-chocolate-chip-cookies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glutenfreeislife.com\/?p=1111","title":{"rendered":"Product Review: Betty Crocker Gluten-Free Chocolate Chip Cookies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have been waiting for months to write out that title.&nbsp; Today is finally the day!&nbsp; Can I get an AMEN??&nbsp; LOL!&nbsp; I posted <a href=\"http:\/\/glutenfreeislife.wordpress.com\/2009\/06\/16\/review-gluten-free-chocolate-chex\/\" target=\"_blank\">yesterday<\/a> that I had finally found the GF Chocolate Chex &amp; 3 of the 4 Betty Crocker Mixes at Kroger.&nbsp; I had to make one of the mixes and the Chocolate Chip Cookies it was.&nbsp; Jon wanted to help\/watch.&nbsp; See if they looked any different than the ones I make from scratch.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>Jon, ready for action (Please excuse the goofy look on his face.&nbsp; Why he can&#8217;t smile is beyond me.&nbsp; Oh, wait, I almost forgot, he is 13):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.glutenfreeislife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/0141.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right:0;border-top:0;border-left:0;border-bottom:0;\" height=\"347\" alt=\"014\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glutenfreeislife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/014_thumb1.jpg\" width=\"492\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>First things first, get all your ingredients out.&nbsp; This mix is super simple.&nbsp; You only need to add 1 egg and 1 tsp of vanilla.&nbsp; It doesn&#8217;t get much easier then this.&nbsp; I went ahead &amp; told Jon not to get his expectations set too high.&nbsp; He is in love with my homemade, from scratch, chocolate chip cookies and I didn&#8217;t want him to be disappointed with the cookies from the mix.&nbsp; I didn&#8217;t think that the cookies would be bad, but just that they might not live up to the expectations of a 13 year old boy. \ud83d\ude09&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>Box &amp; powdered mix:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.glutenfreeislife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/cookiebox.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right:0;border-top:0;border-left:0;border-bottom:0;\" height=\"355\" alt=\"cookiebox\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glutenfreeislife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/cookiebox_thumb.jpg\" width=\"490\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Into the bowl go the wet ingredients:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.glutenfreeislife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/012.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right:0;border-top:0;border-left:0;border-bottom:0;\" height=\"381\" alt=\"012\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glutenfreeislife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/012_thumb.jpg\" width=\"499\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Dough mixed together:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.glutenfreeislife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/016.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right:0;border-top:0;border-left:0;border-bottom:0;\" height=\"376\" alt=\"016\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glutenfreeislife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/016_thumb.jpg\" width=\"500\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On the tray, ready to bake:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.glutenfreeislife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/021.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right:0;border-top:0;border-left:0;border-bottom:0;\" height=\"404\" alt=\"021\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glutenfreeislife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/021_thumb.jpg\" width=\"508\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Coming out of the oven&#8230;.oh, boy, these smell amazing:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.glutenfreeislife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right:0;border-top:0;border-left:0;border-bottom:0;\" height=\"364\" alt=\"024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glutenfreeislife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/024_thumb.jpg\" width=\"511\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>All plated up, ready to chow down:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.glutenfreeislife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/026.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right:0;border-top:0;border-left:0;border-bottom:0;\" height=\"371\" alt=\"026\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glutenfreeislife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/026_thumb.jpg\" width=\"514\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Jon asked me to make him a &#8220;monster cookie&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.glutenfreeislife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/030.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right:0;border-top:0;border-left:0;border-bottom:0;\" height=\"406\" alt=\"030\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glutenfreeislife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/030_thumb.jpg\" width=\"518\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>This thing was huge!&nbsp; It was on the same size plate as those 2 &#8220;normal&#8221; size cookies above.&nbsp; Jon treated this as his &#8220;pre-baseball game snack&#8221;, along with a glass of milk.&nbsp; He made quick work of it:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.glutenfreeislife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/034.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right:0;border-top:0;border-left:0;border-bottom:0;\" height=\"470\" alt=\"034\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glutenfreeislife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/034_thumb.jpg\" width=\"367\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.glutenfreeislife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/037.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right:0;border-top:0;border-left:0;border-bottom:0;\" height=\"491\" alt=\"037\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glutenfreeislife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/037_thumb.jpg\" width=\"371\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Yes, he did indeed lick the plate.&nbsp; That&#8217;s my boy!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.glutenfreeislife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/038.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right:0;border-top:0;border-left:0;border-bottom:0;\" height=\"360\" alt=\"038\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glutenfreeislife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/038_thumb.jpg\" width=\"517\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <\/p>\n<p> Not only did Jon &amp; I sample these cookies, but I fed them to 2, super-picky 6 &amp; 7 year old non-gluten-free girls and they loved them!&nbsp; was super impressed with the taste &amp; texture.&nbsp; They were freakily (is that a word?) close to my homemade, from scratch, chocolate chip cookies.&nbsp; I also fed one to my Dad when he came to pick up my sister, he also loved it and couldn&#8217;t believe how good they were.&nbsp; The last, but not least, taste tester was my BFF, Amanda.&nbsp; She commented that she couldn&#8217;t tell they were GF at all and they tasted just like &#8220;normal&#8221; chocolate chip cookies!&nbsp; Well done, Betty Crocker, well done.&nbsp; \ud83d\ude42&nbsp; I can only find one negative about this cookie mix and that is that the price is a little higher than I expected it to be at $4.49\/box.&nbsp; It is cheaper than a lot of other GF mixes on the market, though, so really, not too bad.&nbsp; Also, Betty Crocker&#8217;s mixes are available on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s\/ref=nb_ss_gw_2_9?url=search-alias%3Daps&amp;field-keywords=betty+crocker+gluten+free&amp;sprefix=betty+cro\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon.com<\/a> and if you sign up for the &#8220;Subscribe &amp; 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