Dark Chocolate Cookies - Pepperidge Farm (2024)

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Why are Pepperidge Farm cookies hard to find? ›

While consumer demand for cookies has been steadily increasing over the past few months, Pepperidge Farm has simultaneously faced labor shortages due to the pandemic, according to the company — and it's been hard to keep up with the demand of two of their most popular varieties.

MADE FROM: SEMI SWEET CHOCOLATE (SUGAR, CHOCOLATE, CHOCOLATE PROCESSED WITH ALKALI, COCOA BUTTER, MILKFAT, SOY LECITHIN, VANILLA EXTRACT), ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), SUGAR, VEGETABLE OILS (PALM AND/OR SOYBEAN AND HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN), EGGS, ...

Balance Is Best

For Choi-Rodriguez, baking with chocolate chips comes down to the balance between bitter and sweet. "At home, I like to use anything that's at least 66 percent and higher. Since the dough itself is sweet, darker chocolate balances it out beautifully," she says.

Milano cookies are usually best consumed by the best before date on the package. However, if stored properly in a cool, dry place, they can last a couple of weeks beyond that date, though their quality may begin to decline.

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Technically, semi-sweet chocolate is a form of dark chocolate. Both typically consist of cocoa solids, sugar, an emulsifier and vanilla. There is no precise amount of sugar that categorises chocolate as semi-sweet. However, the name usually refers to chocolate that contains no more than 50% sugar.

Dark chocolate also is known as semi-sweet chocolate. Unsweetened chocolate, or baking chocolate, is 100 percent chocolate liquor and is typically very bitter and astringent. Darker chocolates often have a higher percent cacao, which means they have a higher proportion of cocoa beans in them than other chocolates do.

Use a dark chocolate that contains between 60% to 80% cacao for a classic chocolate chip cookie. The bittersweet flavor of the dark chocolate balances out the sugars in the cookie dough, resulting in a well-balanced, traditional chocolate chip cookie.

On those egg cartons, if an expiration date appears, it can be no more than 30 days after the pack date. "As long as they're kept properly refrigerated at 40°F or lower, fresh eggs are safe to eat four to five weeks beyond the carton's Julian date," Maloberti says.

Can I eat 1 year expired cookies? ›

Cookies often remain safe to eat past their expiration date if they're stored in an airtight container and kept in a cool, dry place. However, their quality—flavor and texture—might diminish over time.

In 1955, Pepperidge Farm launches its Distinctive line of European-style cookies with evocative names such as Bordeaux®, Geneva® and Brussels®. Pepperidge Farm moves into the frozen food business with the acquisition of the Black Horse Pastry Company, manufacturers of delicate and flaky homemade frozen pastries.

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The shortage was caused by a confluence of factors, including supply chain disruptions, shipping delays, and a decrease in the number of Girl Scouts selling cookies due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Whatever moisture is left in the cookies is always in a state of evaporation. At the same time, the sugars and starches are solidifying. Ergo, hard cookies.

The issue comes from a combination of labor shortages and elevated demand for products. Certain Pepperidge Farm cookies—like Milano, Chessman, Linzer, and Bordeaux—might see such shortages due to their particular shapes and textures, as the company doesn't use third-party manufacturers to make them.

Several varieties of Pepperidge Farm cookies have been reduced in size repeatedly over the years.