Trader Joe's Cookies & Crème Pretzel Slims, 170g

Like many great food inventions, the ‘cookies and cream’ flavour has uncertain origins. While we may not know exactly who first had the idea to blend ice cream with crushed-up chocolate sandwich cookies, there’s one thing we can safely assume—that person was a genius! And since the late 1970s, this cookies-and-cream concept has been applied to cakes, milkshakes, candy bars, and even trail mixes. Now TJ's has added another shining star to the cookies-and-cream universe: Cookies & Crème Pretzel Slims.

The base for these treats is TJ's Pretzel Slims with their thin, crisp, salty character. Each Pretzel is dunked in a creamy confectionary coating that includes notes of natural vanilla flavour, and crushed bits of TJ's Chocolate Vanilla Bean Cream Joe-Joe’s cookies. That would be enough—but they couldn’t help but add a final flourish of chocolatey drizzle.

Are TJ's Cookies & Crème Pretzel Slims worthy of their ingenious heritage? Perhaps you might weigh in.