I tore into a bag of the new Newman-O’s Peanut Butter Creme Filled Chocolate Cookies, and curiously took a bite. As I contemplated whether I liked the new cookie sandwiches, my hand started reaching for another. And then another.
That answered that.
Basically, I had to close up the bag and move it to another room so that I wouldn’t end up inhaling the entire package. The deep cocoa-tasting, crisp chocolate cookies encase a creamy, subtly salty peanut butter filling. I especially like how the cookies are not that sweet.
The cookies have no cholesterol or trans-fatty acids because of the use of organic palm oil, which is lower in saturated fat than butter and is not hydrogenated.
A 16-ounce package is $4.99. The cookies are available at Whole Foods and other grocery stores.
Newman’s Own Organics (founded by the late, great actor-director Paul Newman and his daughter Nell Newman of Santa Cruz) gives away all royalties after taxes to educational and charitable organizations. Since 1982, more than $200 million has been donated.
Paul Newman may be sadly gone. But his legacy in films, food, and good deeds thankfully lives on.