Oh, the holidays, the most wonderful time of the year. Colorful lights, Mariah Carey, and low-budget Hallmark movies. But with good comes bad, and with bad comes overrated desserts. There are many (guys… don’t even get me started on cheesecake), but one ultimately takes the cake for most overhyped, which I’m sure will be on every table this winter. Lofthouse cookies. As I’m sure you’re familiar, these cakey, frosted sugar cookies seem to have everybody’s heart. But do they live up to the hype? 

Contrary to popular opinion, these cookies are trash. Picture this: you’ve never had a lofthouse cookie before, and someone offers you one. You bite into it, and the first thing you notice is the consistency. It’s way too soft and cakey, and it catches you off guard because cookies have no right to be so soft. It’s a cookie. The next thing you notice is how insanely sweet it is. A vanilla  cookie under vanilla frosting with nothing else to balance it out (with almost 16g of sugar, but who’s counting?). Well, you manage to swallow the cookie, and the last thing you notice is the aftertaste. It leaves a seemingly chemical flavor in your mouth that tastes somehow worse than the actual dessert. 

Seems pretty bad, right? I will admit, though, that these cookies are fairly cheap and convenient. At Whole Foods, you can buy 10 for only five dollars. But still! We have Wawa, Whole Foods, CVS, and Target, so we have so many better cookie options! Don’t settle for lofthouse!