I just had to get them. They were only $2.99 (or was it $3.99?) and they had macadamia nuts, white chocolate chips (a great combo in itself), AND cranberries! AND it came in this unique, festive striped box.

I can’t believe I held off until today to eat them (um, I bought them yesterday..hey now, that is called restraint!). I was thrilled to read that I could eat 3 in 1 serving. Tore open the box and a shiny silver bag happily greeted me:

So yes, there are two barriers to get through to these cookies. They’re on the small side, which I expected since I was able to eat 3 for 140 calories:

They are CRUNCHY! Think crust but the whole way through. A good crunchy. I liked it. It was a break from the smooth, buttery I’ve been having a lot of recently. It goes down in 3-4 quick bites. They are delicious! Crunchy, but not too crumbly, and I couldn’t get over how much flavor the cookie part had alone. I would prefer more nuts / chips in the batter though. Not more cranberries — one annoying factor is how the dried cranberries got stuck in my teeth. They felt really sticky once inside my mouth. When I eat dried cranberries, they’re usually sticky anyway, but I think the combination of cookie that I already have to use my tongue to wipe off your teeth + sticky dried cranberries made these cranberries extra sticky. All in all, good flavor, so-so ratio of toppings to cookie and great crunch.

• Taste: 8
• Crust moistness: crunchy!
• Center moistness: crunchy!
• Value: 8 servings on the box; 24 small cookies for $3-$4. That’s a lot of cookies at a good size for a small price; that’s like 8 larger cookies for at most $4. 10
• Overall: Great taste, crunchy cookie, 2 of my favorite things of all time + 1 of my favorite seasonal things, I’d buy it again, (and here is why the 8 turned into a 7) but not very often as TJs in LA are insanely crowded with no parking ever; 7

Have you tried this cookie? What about any other TJ cookie brand? Tell me your thoughts!