Giant cookies have landed at Costco’s food court, replacing a longtime fan-favorite dessert item.
The plus-size Double Chocolate Chunk cookies, about 7-inches across and an inch thick, launched Sunday, Jan. 7 at most Costco stores in the U.S.
At the Tustin Legacy store on Monday, the food court had a plentiful supply of the “all butter” cookies, which sell for $2.49 each.
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The cookie, which will cost your waistline 750 calories, includes bittersweet and semi-sweet chocolate chips.
Fans of Costco’s food court were quick to point out that the cookies took the place of the popular $1.49 churro.
Reddit users were hot on the cookie trail when it launched. One user called it “thick, extremely dense and loaded with chocolate.”
“I never would have imagined myself saying this — but it has too much butter and chocolate,” wrote Reddit user Impossible Cow 9178. “It’s way too rich, and I’m the kind of person that can eat a gluttonous amount of unhealthy food and feel fine… “
“Eating 80% of this cookie made me feel like a fat slob,” they wrote.
The cookie is going head-to-head in the country’s budding cookie war. Franchise concepts like Crumbl and Cookie Plug sell a single mega-cookie for $5.
A Costco employee in Tustin laughingly recommended sharing the cookie.
Also new to Costco this year is a new chief executive. Ron Vachris replaced the company’s longtime CEO, Craig Jelinek, who retired.
