Our Sandwich Cookies - Vanilla Bean with Green Tea & Dark Chocolate

I decided when my son was four and started asking for cookies at the store that it was time for Late July to make cookies!  At home, I love to bake with whole grains, dark chocolate, and Madagascar (Bourbon) vanilla, so I knew I could create cookies for Late July that I would feel good sharing with him.   

First a confession, I have a giant sweet tooth and there are two things I absolutely can't resist - cookies and chocolate so creating our new cookies was a dream come true for me.  To get the recipes right, I baked different cookies and mixed different fillings for almost my entire pregnancy with my second son Benjamin.  I knew I had to finish before he was born, so I used that as my deadline.

My new product development team consists of me and just one other person, Patty so the two of us were very busy mixing and tasting hundreds of cocoa, vanilla and other ingredients before we settled on just a few that were our favorites.  Once we narrowed it down, we brought in the rest of the company to try out different batches of cookies.  Towards the end, we were doing cookie tastings almost daily.  Finally after months of testing, we landed on two recipes that we loved and the rest of the company agreed.

We mixed up so much chocolate and tried so many varieties of vanilla that I thought it might cure me of my sweet tooth.  It didn't! I can't resist either of our Vanilla Bean or Dark Chocolate Sandwich cookies.  I'd like to credit our brilliant recipes with why I love our cookies so much, but I know the credit should go to our ingredients especially the whole grains, the Madagascar Vanilla and the dark chocolate. 

For our organic vanilla bean with green tea cookies we selected an irresistible organic Madagascar Vanilla with the actual bean seeds included because they add so much flavor.  Then we add just a hint of sweet green tea which adds a subtle flavor that enhances the vanilla.  The result is a filling with a real vanilla flavor and not just a sweet flavor.

For our Organic Dark Chocolate,  we actually created our own chocolate blend for the filling using organic non-alkalized cocoa, organic chocolate liquor, organic cocoa butter and a fairly generous amount of organic Madagascar vanilla.  The result is quite a bit different than the traditional chocolate filled sandwich cookie because our cookies have a real piece of dark chocolate sandwiched in the middle.  These are my son Stephen's favorites!

Available Sizes: Along with the take home grocery box (pictured) both cookies are also available in single serve and 6 CT lunch packs of individually wrapped 4 packs.

Vanilla Bean With Green Tea - Ingredients & Nutrition Facts

Ingredients: Organic wheat flour, organic powdered evaporated cane juice with organic corn starch, organic palm oil, organic evaporated cane juice, organic whole wheat flour, organic cocoa (processed with alkali), organic brown rice syrup, organic vanilla extract, organic evaporated cane juice syrup, organic roasted barley, organic chocolate liquor, sodium bicarbonate, soy lecithin, organic cocoa butter, sea salt, organic green tea extract.

Allergens: Contains wheat and soy.  Made in a plant that processes milk, eggs, peanuts and tree nuts.

 

Nutrition Facts:

Serving Size: 2 Cookies (24g) 

Servings Per Container:  about 11

Calories 110   Calories From Fat 50

Total Fat 5g

   Saturated Fat 2.5g

   Trans Fat 0g

   Monounsaturated Fat 2g

   Polyunsaturated Fat 0.5g

Cholesterol 0mg

Sodium 80mg

Total Carbohydrate 16g

   Dietary Fiber 1g

   Sugars 8g

Protein 1g

Vitamin A 0%

Vitamin C 0%

Calcium 0%

Iron 2%

 

 

Dark Chocolate - Ingredients & Nutrition Facts

 

Ingredients: Organic wheat flour, organic evaporated cane juice, organic palm oil, organic powdered evaporated cane juice with organic corn starch, organic whole wheat flour, organic cocoa, organic cocoa (processed with alkali), organic chocolate liquor, organic cocoa butter, organic brown rice syrup, organic evaporated cane juice syrup organic roasted barley, organic vanilla extract, sodium bicarbonate, soy lecithin, sea salt. 

 

Allergens: Contains wheat and soy.  Made in a plant that processes milk, eggs, peanuts and tree nuts.

 

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 3 Cookies (33g) 

Servings Per Container:  7

Calories 150   Calories From Fat 60

Total Fat 6g

   Saturated Fat 3g

   Trans Fat 0g

   Monounsaturated Fat 2g

   Polyunsaturated Fat 0.5g

Cholesterol 0mg

Sodium 125mg

Total Carbohydrate 21g

   Dietary Fiber 2g

   Sugars 9g

Protein 2g

Vitamin A 0%

Vitamin C 0%

Calcium 0%

Iron 2%

Comments

[Michael]

Hi,
I just wanted to let you now that i tried your cookies with the green tea this morning and they were absolutely delicious.
I bought them because i have lost weight and i am now conscious on what i eat. All natural ingredients was a big plus.

I have been controlling my eating and portions for almost six months and i am doing well.

The down side is that i liked your product so much, that i was not able to stop eating them. I devoured the whole box in 20 minutes. I will try to restrain myself when i buy my next box and keep away from binging like that.

I just wanted you to know that i enjoyed your product and it was the first product that made me eat excessively again. That is good and bad i guess.

Best.
MJ

[Melissa]

These are the best cookies you can ever buy. I am hooked on the vanilla ones. Thank you so much for making them!!!

[Mary Lou Neagle]

Hi Nicole and Steve,

I am so happy that your peanut butter is not involved in this recall/scare!! I buy your minis all the time and am addicted to them!! I don't know if you saw FOX news this morning, but they had a segment on "EAT THIS, NOT THAT" - a book that someone has written. They compared 5 better things to eat versus a similar not so better thing. Late July Choc. Cookies was featured as BETTER than Oreos!!! That's a big WOW!! Congrats! Hope the promo helps give a big kick for you!! I am stil having a hard time finding the Choc. cookies. Roche Bros. does have them, Steve, but only in the small packs. Did you tell me that Costco is carrying your line now?? If so, I will make a stop there next time I'm off Cape!!! And what did you tell us about Trader Joes?? Do they carry your line to?? Good luck with the peanut butter thing! (I read your quote, Nicole, in the CCTimes and do hope it HELPS your business too). AND again thank you for your generosity toward The Ridge Club Womens' Breast Cancer Tournaments!! We appreciate all that you do!! All the best! Mary Lou

[Riv]

I found the Dark Chocolate sandwich cookies at Wegmans.They are fabulous! I am currently on Weight Watchers and as a treat I will have 1. I like the natural and organic ingredients. I also like the fact that it does not have Chicory Root in it. More and more products have Inulin and I have a sensitivity to it. I am looking forward to try more of your products.

[emily]

The dark chocolate sandwich cookies are OUtSTANDING!! we purchase them in Texas at our natural foods grocer.One concern, you list the palm oil ingredient,but do not specify if it is from the palm fruit( which in healthy) or the palm kernel which is not so healthy.Could you please give us that info?. Thanking you in advance.a chocolate lover always in search of nutritious dark chocolate goodies.

[ClermontFloridaFamily]

Just picked up your vanilla bean cookies at our new BJ's here in Clermont, Florida. We have a serious cookie addiction in our house (which extends even to our 17 month old son.) I try not to purchase items with preservatives and HFCS if at all possible so your cookies fit the bill. I have to tell you that they are delicious! Not quite an Oreo but I find that Oreos taste different nowadays than they did when I was a kid. These have almost a "refreshing" taste to them, amost "light" if you will.

We will definitely purchase them again! Thanks for making a somewhat *healthy* cookie!

[Joe W]

Do these cookies have any caffeine in them? Green tea typically does. The box does not state one way or another.

[Nicole DC]

the green tea and vanilla cookies are AMAZING!!! Just the smell of them made my mouth water. :-)

[csb]

Your vanilla bean cookies are AMAZING. I can't live without them. THANK YOU!

[satsumabug]

I just tried the vanilla cookies for the first time, and I'm hooked! Thank you for making such a lovely product -- and for sharing the story on this blog. :)

[Miriam]

Hello,
I just ate the vanilla bean and green tea cookies and found them delicious. I noticed on the ingredients listed above, the natural flavors indicated on the package is not listed in the ingredients on the site. How are the natural flavors derived. Do they contain Free glutamates?

thank you for your reply.

[Avelina Wholesale Food]

Your innovative recipe is sweet just like your kids. Never tried late july stuff but would not miss it now cuz love for my kids will not allow me to do so. Thanks.

[Hollie Danhauser]

WOW , just tried your cookies for the first time. We recieved a gift basket from Harry and David and they were part of it. Needless to say the cookies are gone, yummmm. I just looked you up to see where I could get more and I was so surprised you are only 45 minutes away in Barnstable. I'll be off to Shaw's in the morning.