I remember how I did not like anything coconut at one time. Come Christmas & Chinese New Year every year, when my mum made her coconut cookies and coconut cake, I would not eat them…if I could help it. It was the same after I got married – I was not into the ones my missus made either.
I don’t know when my taste changed but I can recall how I loved the coconut tarts here but of course, I shall not be buying those to eat anymore because of the sugar content. The same thing applies to all the coconut cookies, buns and whatever available at the shops, I’m afraid.
Well, thankfully, I got these very delightful ones…
…from this bakery…
…a cookies company in Ontario, Canada…
…from my girl for Father’s Day.
They tell you on the pack that they make their cookies using real coconut…
Some of those cheap(er) ones that I used to enjoy never claim anything like this, unlike this one that does not mince their words in declaring all the pros…
…regarding their product including the fact that it is sugar free.
I don’t know what sweetener they use or whether they use any at all (none that I can identify in the list of ingredients) but the cookies…
…are slightly sweet, not as sweet as regular cookies but I would not say they are not sweet at all. Having said that, if there is any difference between sugar and any artificial sweetener that they may have used, I must say I did not feel a a thing!
I love the “real coconut” in them and if you are like me in the past, you probably will not like them because of this.
They are over RM9.00 a pack at that supermarket in town that sells all the imported stuff from all over the world, very much cheaper than those Scottish shortbread which, like the coconut tarts that I love so much. I would not be buying anymore because of the sugar content.
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...STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS! 