So going even further than my last cookie review, Michelle’s Naturally Vegan, I will review a raw cookie. Raw food is that which has been unadultered by the heating or freezing process. Raw foodists do not consume any meat, dairy or eggs. I have the back of the package here that shows the ingredients:

..not that you can read the ingredients, thanks to the flash. The raw fruit burst cookies only contain Organic Cashews, organic agave nectar, organic coconut oil, organic oranges, organic dried cranberries, organic raisins and sea salt. As you can see, nothing that has to be cooked and everything can be eaten fine in its purest form.

These cookies came inside a plastic bag with a zip top to keep these cookies fresh. Tiny cookies that literally look like what the ingredient list lists, all ground up and meshed together. However I couldn’t taste the different ingredients individually except that it had a distinct nutty flavor. The cookies were smooth, thanks to the cashews. They were soft, pliable with your fingers even. It didn’t have enough fruit in it; I wouldn’t have minded some extra whole dried cranberries to change up the texture and taste in every bite (I don’t like oranges or raisins so I’m fine with the little amount they put in there). The best thing I can compare this to would be a Larabar. Larabars are snack bars that contain only dried fruit and nuts so you can imagine the resemblance. This cookie tasted great; nothing like a regular cookie though. I think the only reason that this is called a cookie is because it’s round. Larabar could probably make a “cookie” out of the ingredients they make their bars with with this definition. Then we go into what makes a cookie? Combo of sugar and flour?

Anyway, that’s beside the point. I finished this package in about 2 days (didn’t want the fresh ingredients to go stale, you know…). All in all, they tasted great, but $8 at WF for a box of cookies hurt my wallet more than pleased my mouth and stomach.

• Taste: 7
• Crust and center moistness: very moist and soft all around
• Value: $8 for 8 raw cookies, 84 cals each; eat two and that’s 168 calories. There aren’t that many Raw companies out there, so when you consider the scarcity of products you’ll understand that Raw foods have to be on the pricier side. Not being a Raw foodist, I don’t have to eat these cookies; I actually think this is the most expensive cookie I’ve ever eaten. However, I can officially say I’ve eaten a raw cookie now though, so I have paid $8 to join this club. Therefore I will rank the value at a 2.
• Overall: I’ll have to do more “research” on Raw cookies to see if this brand is more worth buying than other Raw cookies. In terms of cookies in general, I’ll never pay $8 for a box of these cookies again. They are “healthier” than other cookies but.. come on, it’s a cookie. 6!