Kitchen

[NickNack]

I bought them once a long time ago from TJMaxx.  I wasn't impressed with them.  I've been tempted to order them since they make them sound so good, but then I remember that I didn't think they were all that great.  I don't like Cheryl's at all.

[MalteseMomma]

Exceptionally good 

[eddyandme]

@chickenbutt

Yeah, the purses were turn-offs for me too!  I've got a rooster, chickens (gave one away), doggie(gave away!) and a beautiful bunny rabbit (sent directly to a friend when she was recouping years ago.  

In fact. that's what started me on these pastries.  My friend lived in a different state and went through a wicked recovery after a few operations.  I would make up care packages - which she looked forward to bigtime.  After her last operation, had nothing on-hand to put together a care pkg, so ordered the bunny rabbit filled with brownies and crumbcakes. Well, needless to say her enitre family (including five sisters, one brother) raved about it - loved the pastries, too.  So, decided to get some and yeah, wish QVC would sell the brownies and crumbcakes - and with cookie jars even better!

[CWS22]

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@Sherbear1 wrote:

Are they good? How do you freeze them if they are not individually wrapped?

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I've ordered David's Cookies before and they're delicious. But I also like Cheryl's as well.

If I recall, David's cookies/brownies are bagged inside the boxes and so whenever you want to take a bag out of the freezer, if you don't plan on defrosting/serving the whole bag - then you could simply re-seal the bag & put back in the freezer. Or you could put the rest of them into a Lock & Lock and then put back in the freezer. That's what I do.

You can also store the balance in the fridge for a few days, if you know you'll be finishing them up in a couple of days.

But I would be leery using a FoodSaver, only because the pressure might crush the cookies if you aren't careful and monitoring it during the vacuum process.

[Kachina624]

I've gotten David's Cookies for several years and thought them quite good for what they are.  I got their crumb cakes on AD for about 3 years.  I really miss them; very good.  All of David's products are a big improvement over Cheryl's.

[BeccaLou]

Maltese Momma, I don't think I've ever seen these cookies on the Q. Are these David venable Products, like he had influence on the cheese burger pot-stickers?

[CLEM]

Back in the 80s when I bought one of their crumb cake slices  and sort of liked it, but was way too buttery (and I love butter) and sweet.  Then a few years ago I ordered some scones and the meltaway cookies, but both were quite stale.

@BeccaLou  you didn't address your post to me, but no they are not David Venable's cookies.  They are from a NY company and have been around for a few decades.

[Rockycoast]

I have had both Cheryl's and David's cookies. David's win hands down in both taste and texture.  Cheryl's are no better then grocery store cookies. More of a mass produced flavor and wayyyy to sweet and cakey. David's have more of a homemade flavor. If you can't make them at home, I would go with David's.

[SahmIam]

We've done both. Cheryl's were just too sweet and tasted like something you'd buy in the store. 

Davids: Depends. We ordered them last year from HSN and it was a large bundle of cookies. Some arrived in boxes like you would buy at the grocery store: NOT impressed in any way, in fact, they tasted stale. Others arrived in a plastic baggie placed inside a box. THOSE WERE AMAZING!!!!!

The ones in the plastic box looked, tasted and smelled as if I had just made them in my kitchen. EVERYONE loved them. The ones I remember that were stale were:

shortbread

Florentines (you see these at TJMaxx all the time)

pecan shortbread

choco chip shortbread.

The meltaways were....out of this world. 

[Fiero Woman]

Don't know about David's cookies but Cheryls cookies are awesome, especially the ones with buttercream frosting.  Yummmmm