I remember having these while I was in Amsterdam one spring. Weird what you end up craving there. The ones I had were usually completely covered in chocolate. When I saw this in the store I thought why not give it a try and relive some memories. Plus, turns out this is made down in South San Francisco by Suite Foods which actually has a brick and mortar shop in Bernal Heights. I think overall this suffered from what most packaged baked goods suffer from--it didn't really taste fresh and was a tad dry. Though I do give props for adding some chocolate and having nice crunch from the chunks of sugar just like you get overseas. I tried heating it up but that didn't really help. I missed the soft crunch on the outside and doughy middle you get on a fresh one--this one fell just on the side of stale. I suppose if you could truly package freshness it would be a real boon to the pastry industry thus whoever figures that out will make some bank. I guess I'll just need to go and check out their physical location to see what they are really like hot off the griddle. Till then, I'll just skip the grocery store version and remember Amsterdam through my pictures and slightly fuzzy memory.
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