Kitchen

[ScrapHappy]

For myself, I find them so-so and definitely on the too sweet side.  I have a 12 year old daughter who ate 1 or 2 and was done with them.  But my mother likes them a lot.  I did order some for my Mom for Thanksgiving.  We'll be at her place with my sister.  She enjoys them and doesn't like to bake anymore so I thought it was a good idea.

[Qshopper1991]

@hondagirl

I purchased these last year for my office and had no complaints.  They gobbled them up like it was the last thing they were going to eat in years.  But then again, they would eat dog do-do if I put it out!  LOL 

I think they are good, but the ones with the butter cream icing are way too sweet.  That's my opinion.

It sounds like your work place is a bunch of ungrateful D-heads.  I wouldn't bring in as much as a crumb for those baffoons.

[SahmIam]

@hondagirl  I know exactly what your coworkers are saying; they are sickening sweet. 

I've ordered them twice: both were holiday sets and 1 set went with my husband to his office, the other I used as a fill in for my own holiday cookies as I was unable to bake that season (well, at least not as much as I usually do). The cookies were fresh, moist and looked lovely. They were also sweet....too sweet. My teeth ached in the back (and the only happens with really sweet things). It's like they're too rich too eat but it's because they're so sweet. 

I could tell people didn't care for them because I was finding cookies with a bite or two out of them left on plates. My husband brought back the tin a few days later and told me he found lots of partially eaten cookies in the garbage. He asked two of his buddies and they both said that they were good but too sweet so...they didn't finish them. Let it be told that my husband HATED the sugar cookies as they were "sickly sweet" in his words.

The brownies were great, however, lol. 

[Topaz Gem]

I don't get all the "too sweet" comments about Cheryl's, LOL.  They're cookies after all!  I guess some people don't care for frosted cookies, as it must put them over the top. 

I love them, but I am very disciplined when I order a batch.  I generally have only one with an unsweetened cup of tea.  I never put sweetener in my tea, so the cookie offsets the beverage nicely, as someone else mentioned.  I was on A/D for Cheryl's for about 1 1/2 years and took one to work each day to enjoy with my lunch.  

I don't think David's are particularly unique, although they are good also.  The pecan meltaways are good, but not nearly as good as Jimmy the Baker's version, and they can be easily found at Home Goods, Marshall's, and TJ Maxx.  What got me to buy David's from HSN were the cute cookie jars that were sold with their Today's Specials.

[Maloyo]

I've never tried Cheyl's cookies; I do not like soft and/or "cakey" cookies, so they just don't appeal to me, but I've sent them a few times to my mom & stepfather (79 & 81 years old, respectively) and they absolutely love them.  Haven't bought them from the Q however, a few years ago while sending my mom flowers as I was checking out, the option "would you like to add Cheryl's cookies blah, blah...for X price?"  I did on a lark and they were a big hit.    

[Bandwife23]

@Blingqueen023 - I agree w/your post. I share Cheryl’s cookies at work, and they always tell me they are happy to get them, but are glad I don’t bring them all the time bc they are “dangerous.” 🙂 I work @ at school, and every 2-3 months our offices(guidance, main office, youth services, school clinic) take turns & have a small potluck. I bring something for everyone, but there are a few that I’m really close to who get a Cheryl’s cookie as well. One year I almost ordered some to put in every teacher’s mailbox, but decided not to. So many have dietary restrictions and I figured a lot of them would go to waste.

[Blingqueen023]

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@Bandwife23 wrote:
@Blingqueen023@ - I agree w/your post. I share Cheryl’s cookies at work, and they always tell me they are happy to get them, but are glad I don’t bring them all the time bc they are “dangerous.” 🙂 I work @ at school, and every 2-3 months our offices(guidance, main office, youth services, school clinic) take turns & have a small potluck. I bring something for everyone, but there are a few that I’m really close to who get a Cheryl’s cookie as well. One year I almost ordered some to put in every teacher’s mailbox, but decided not to. So many have dietary restrictions and I figured a lot of them would go to waste.

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@Bandwife23 Thanks for your post.  It's funny we have drug reps that come into the doctor's office where i work and they often bring food with them for us.  Now this particular drug rep knew this office was only me and the doc.  She comes in with a dozen doughnuts for us.  What are we going to do with a dozen doughnuts?  I never even buy doughnuts.  I didn't want to hurt her feelings by not taking them.  We took them and the doc and I split one and I gave the rest to other offices on the floor where I work at to get rid of them.  To me, that was the same principle as with these cookies.  In otherwords, it was a nice gesture and we thank you, but I had to tell the rep that and say we're watching our sugar, so please don't bring us sweets again.  

Enjoy your weekend and make it a safe happy one. 

[TenderMercies]

I have a better one.  I keep a really festive candy bowl in the closet in my office that I take out every year around Halloween and fill with candy.  I buy big bags of mixed chocolate at Sam’s, and put the bowl in a common area of my office by the water cooler, fax machine, etc.  Everyone always looks forward to it, and I notice people are peppier in the afternoon hours when most people are in food comas from lunch.  Yesterday, right before the end of the day, I received an email from a coworker who has only been with the company for about 6 months.  Here is the text:

Dear X,

While I appreciate an act of generosity, I feel that you are being a little insensitive by not considering my recent diagnosis of diabetes.  If we were having a potluck, and you knew that there were several vegetarians in the office, would you bring a meat dish?  If you knew that some of us were allergic to peanuts, would you bake peanut butter cookies and bring them in to share?  Probably not.  So, next time you consider bringing in something to share with your coworkers, please make sure it is something we can all enjoy as to not exclude or hurt the feelings of some of us.  Have a great weekend!

-A

I haven’t decided how to deal with this yet.  I thought about forwarding it to all my coworkers just to show them what a total jerk she is, but I’m also considering replacing the bowl with a larger one the size of a bath tub and filling it with chocolate.

[Danky]

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@TenderMercies wrote:

I have a better one.  I keep a really festive candy bowl in the closet in my office that I take out every year around Halloween and fill with candy.  I buy big bags of mixed chocolate at Sam’s, and put the bowl in a common area of my office by the water cooler, fax machine, etc.  Everyone always looks forward to it, and I notice people are peppier in the afternoon hours when most people are in food comas from lunch.  Yesterday, right before the end of the day, I received an email from a coworker who has only been with the company for about 6 months.  Here is the text:

Dear X,

While I appreciate an act of generosity, I feel that you are being a little insensitive by not considering my recent diagnosis of diabetes.  If we were having a potluck, and you knew that there were several vegetarians in the office, would you bring a meat dish?  If you knew that some of us were allergic to peanuts, would you bake peanut butter cookies and bring them in to share?  Probably not.  So, next time you consider bringing in something to share with your coworkers, please make sure it is something we can all enjoy as to not exclude or hurt the feelings of some of us.  Have a great weekend!

-A

I haven’t decided how to deal with this yet.  I thought about forwarding it to all my coworkers just to show them what a total jerk she is, but I’m also considering replacing the bowl with a larger one the size of a bath tub and filling it with chocolate.

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@TenderMercies---------I will provide the bath tub and even have it delivered to your office.....when did the world switch to where, instead of dealing with your own issues, the whole world is supposed to accommodate you ?

[TenderMercies]

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@Danky wrote:

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@TenderMercies wrote:

I have a better one.  I keep a really festive candy bowl in the closet in my office that I take out every year around Halloween and fill with candy.  I buy big bags of mixed chocolate at Sam’s, and put the bowl in a common area of my office by the water cooler, fax machine, etc.  Everyone always looks forward to it, and I notice people are peppier in the afternoon hours when most people are in food comas from lunch.  Yesterday, right before the end of the day, I received an email from a coworker who has only been with the company for about 6 months.  Here is the text:

Dear X,

While I appreciate an act of generosity, I feel that you are being a little insensitive by not considering my recent diagnosis of diabetes.  If we were having a potluck, and you knew that there were several vegetarians in the office, would you bring a meat dish?  If you knew that some of us were allergic to peanuts, would you bake peanut butter cookies and bring them in to share?  Probably not.  So, next time you consider bringing in something to share with your coworkers, please make sure it is something we can all enjoy as to not exclude or hurt the feelings of some of us.  Have a great weekend!

-A

I haven’t decided how to deal with this yet.  I thought about forwarding it to all my coworkers just to show them what a total jerk she is, but I’m also considering replacing the bowl with a larger one the size of a bath tub and filling it with chocolate.

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@TenderMercies---------I will provide the bath tub and even have it delivered to your office.....when did the world switch to where, instead of dealing with your own issues, the whole world is supposed to accommodate you ?

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@Danky I forgot to mention that on her very first day of work, she sat down on the toilet in the handicap stall in the ladies room, and her weight tore the toilet seat off the bowl.  She claims she tried to grab hold of the safety bar on the wall to keep from falling on the floor and that grabbing on to it so quickly sprained her wrist.  She filed a claim with workers comp, saw a doctor, got an X-ray, and they couldn’t find anything wrong with her.  Six months later, I can still hear her on the phone with workers comp several times a week complaining that she can’t do her job and demanding a settlement.  She’s a real treat.