Fig Newtons
Random, I know. But with all the recent hype lately over Strawberry flavored Fig Newtons, I decided to do a taste test. The results are in, I am definitely a traditionalist when it comes to my Newtons, I prefer the regular flavor. What are your snack preferences?
WS 
esdWhen my DB, DS and I were kids, that was the only cookie my mother never had to hide. Fig Newtons were her favorite. I still don't like them, but there must be something to them...they've been around for ages.
cbel 
blackcat I love Fig Newtons! The strawberry ones are just 'ok'. I must have missed the hype..?
Lori...Since '73 
Calico696 
dexter One time I got "oreoitis", a condition I named when I ended up in the ER with horrible stomach pains. The only thing I could think of that I ate that day was an unhealthy dose of Oreos! It was my tastiest mistake.
Love original FN, but wonder if anyone has tried the Fig Newton Thins. I'm always tempted to pick a box of them up but tend to be very picky when paying $3.00 a box.
Bessie Speaking of cookies, has anyone seen how small chips ahoy cookies have gotten? I don't like them but my kids do. I'll buy them when they are on sale. I couldn't believe how little they were! The cookie gets smaller but the price doesn't. I don't know what's worse, the price of cookies or the price of cereal! Out of control!
Jaemae And for the record, Keebler Grasshopper cookies taste just like Girl Scout thin mints:)
Bessie,
I like the thins. Have a crunch to them that the regular FNs obviously don't have.
Are the crispies and the thins the same cookie? Are they at Shop Rite? I couldn't find them last week.
@WS, Clyde had a case of jellybeanitis a few months ago..didn't wind up in the ER, but he suffered, hasn't done that again.
I like the regular Newtons, but the new Newton Thins are fabulous. I like the cranberry one best.
wallflower Oh no! Jellybeanitis does not sound fun!
I am SO trying the Newton Thins.
Oh and to Calico696, I appreciated the nerd joke.
Id I told you the story I heard from FIL about fig newtons and how they were made you wouldnt eat them anymore.
I am an oreo and milk fan! Otherwise I LOVE my homemade chocolate chocolate chip cookies.
Christine 
3wbdwnj There's a lot of stuff one wouldn't eat if they knew how it was made.....like bologna.
cowgirl1 Its not so much as how they were made but what happens while they were made.
As the Fig Newton filling was being made and stirred cockroaches would sit on the edge and as they were stirred there heads would be chopped off. thats what made the crunch in the filling!
BUDUMPP BUMP BUMP!!!!
sorry had to do it! My FIL was the biggest jokster around. I never ate another fig newton after that. LOL
Thanks for the tip BLD2! Now that the weather is going to get cooler I think I'll start baking again. No more tiny cookies! One use to fit in your palm. Now 4 or 5 can!
Good God Christine I thought you were serious for a minute! Ya never know. My daughter was one of the people who got salmonella from the peanut butter crackers 3 years ago. What a nightmare. Btw, fig newtons are good for kids who are troubled with constipation according to my old pediatrician. A little health factoid for ya'll.
Don't be! It was funny. And it really does make me wonder what the crunch is now. LOL!
Loved fig newtons years ago....
Now they are smaller in size and with less Fig in filling.
embryodad The FDA has an acceptable limits of "natural contaminents" in food products - http://www.sixwise.com/newsletters/05/06/29/how_many_insect_parts_and_rodent_hairs_are_allowed_in_your_food.htm
apple embryo... I noticed a change in the fig newtons also, one of my favorites, but the new packaging allows them to dry out and there is less filling.....
pmnsk Kraft-Nabisco removed Lard as an ingredient a few years ago which most likely explains a change in taste with the Figs. They also did the same for Oreo cookies a couple years back. I'm now turned off by the taste/consistency with the two and can't bring myself to purchasing either! LOL
Vic
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