You know that thing that happens when you have a really strong mint and a cooling sensation blasts through your sinuses? I got that while eating Hershey’s Cookies ‘n’ Mint. The mint flavour is not kidding around.
This is actually the third variety in Hershey’s new line of three ice cream-inspired white chocolate bars; the first is Birthday Cake (which I enjoyed), the second is Strawberries ‘n’ Cream (which I absolutely did not enjoy), and the third is this one, Cookies ‘n’ Mint.
It’s fine. I generally like minty desserts, so this was mostly in my wheelhouse, but even for me the mint flavour is a bit overbearing. After my first bite I had decided that I pretty much hated it, though it did (mostly) grow on me.
The cookie bits help. They add a decent amount of crispiness and a mild chocolatey flavour that works nicely with the intense mint.
The bar is also very, very sweet, which works well in this particular case — the intense sweetness keeps it firmly in the dessert category and prevents it from tasting like eating a bar of chocolatey toothpaste (because again, the mint flavour is explosive).
Manufactured by: Hershey
Nutritional info (1 bar, 39 grams): 200 calories, 11 grams of fat (7 grams of saturated fat, 0.1 grams of trans fat), 5 mg of cholesterol, 40 mg of sodium, 24 grams of carbohydrates, 0 grams of fibre, 19 grams of sugar, 2 grams of protein.
Ingredients: Sugars (sugar, corn syrup solids, lactose), cocoa butter, milk ingredients, modified palm oil, wheat flour, sunflower oil, cocoa powder, natural and artificial flavours, lecithin (soy), sea salt, polyglycerol polyricinoleate, spirulina extract, turmeric.