Apple is a pretty popular ingredient in a lot of desserts, but you don’t see it in cookies very often. I also don’t think of apples and fudge as being complementary ingredients. That’s why I was surprised when I stumbled upon these Kirkland Signature Apple Cinnamon Fudge Cookies at Costco. I picked up a pack and I’m excited to tell you all about these unique cookies!
Did you know Costco changes up the flavor of cookies they carry every few months? I’ve tried so many different kinds of cookies from the bakery like the Kirkland Signature Raspberry Crumble Cookies, Kirkland Signature Oatmeal Cranberry White Chocolate Cookies, Kirkland Signature Double Nut, Oatmeal Raisin and Choc Chunk Cookies, Kirkland Signature Confetti Cookies, Kirkland Signature S’more Cookies, Kirkland Signature Ginger Cookies and the Kirkland Signature Chocolate Chip Cookies.
Location in Store
These are located in the bakery section, the item number is 1817053.
Taste
I had to do a double take when I saw these cookies in my local Costco bakery. I don’t normally think of apple and fudge as things that belong together even though I love both of them. I honestly can’t think of another dessert that combines them.
The cookies have the same great texture as most other Costco cookies – they’re perfectly soft and almost melt in your mouth without being under baked. The flavors are also good, but my initial instinct about this being a weird combination did turn out to be true.
Both the apple cinnamon and fudge taste good. They just don’t complement each other at all. They taste like apple cinnamon cookies with some chocolate thrown in. Costco has some great chocolate cookies; they should have left these ones as plain old apple cinnamon.
There are some good-sized chunks of apple in the cookies that add texture and pack tons of apple cinnamon flavor. Costco should have added more of these and skipped the fudge. The fudge isn’t even very noticeable in the cookies for the most part but it does taste like chocolate to me despite being a cinnamon fudge,
Cost
The pack of 24 cookies costs $12.99 Canadian which isn’t cheap. Back in 2021 the same amount of cookies from the Costco bakery cost $7.99 Canadian so the price has definitely increased.
Convenience
The cookies have a best before date that’s five days from the date they were packaged on. I always freeze Costco cookies without any issue so if you’re not going to eat them quickly, freeze them.
These aren’t my favorite Costco cookies because the flavor combination tastes a bit weird so if you’re going to an event or potluck and need to bring dessert I may skip these and instead purchase a Tuxedo Cake.
Nutrition
Calories
I haven’t been able to hunt down the exact nutrition facts for these cookies yet but I’m going to guess that one cookie contains around 200 to 240 calories and nine to 11 grams of fat, 25 to 35 grams of carbohydrates and 16 to 22 grams of sugar. This is just a guess based on my past experience analyzing other Costco cookies nutrition facts.
Ingredients
The ingredient list is similar to all the other Costco cookies I’ve reviewed. I like that there’s actual freeze-dried apple in the cookies. I’m not a fan of the artificial flavour listed or the palm oil margarine. The cookies contain wheat, milk and egg and may contain tree nuts, peanuts, sesame, rye, barley, oats and soy.
Scoring
Taste: 7/10
Cost: 7/10
Convenience: 10/10
Nutrition: 0/10
Overall
Give it a try!
These cookies are still enjoyable and satisfying. They’re just not as good as some of Costco’s other cookies. If they got rid of the fudge and put in more apple chunks, I think they could have a hit among chocolate-hating cookie fans though!
Have you tried the Costco Kirkland Signature Apple Cinnamon Fudge Cookies? What did you think of them?
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I sampled these in store and was surprised how much I liked them with the weird combo…that being said, after seeing the indredients you posted I realized it’s because there’s no real chocolate in these cookies. It’s a cinnamon fudge and fudge doesn’t mean chocolate. Fudge can be all kids of flavours without having cocoa in them. Cinnamon and apple go great together!
Why is it you get all the good cookies in Canada. I live an hour North of San Francisco and all we get are the regular chocolate chip oatmeal and the one with macadamia nuts. They never deviate from that and the cookies are higher in price and the cookies really noticeably smaller these days. The muffins too. I would love yo try these cookies but oh well. I am a faithful reader and really appreciate your reviews. They have saved me money but also made me spend money ha ha
I noticed them recently and immediately thought it was an odd flavour combo. Interestingly the label doesn’t say what kind of fudge…. maple? vanilla? chocolate? Your review confirmed my suspicions and saved me $12.99.
Thanks! 🙂