A Great Tasting Kid's Activity (Tesco Choc Chip Cookie Mix)

Member Name: DavyMichelle

Product:	Tesco Choc Chip Cookie Mix
Date:	09/06/09 (49 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Tasty, Easy, Cheap

Disadvantages: Can't Use Cookie Cutters

Tesco Chocolate Chip Cookie Mix costs just 77p for a box of cookie mix that will make six big, delicious home made cookies. They're not the same as doing it yourself no, but they do taste pretty fantastic and the oven-warmth they come out of the cooker with is what gives them a real home made taste.

This is a great idea for an activity to do with little kids. Inside the box, there's just one single packet of mix with all the ingredients included inside the see-through plastic bag. So you can start by snipping the top off, and letting your little helper assist you in pouring the mixture into the bowl.

Then you just add 25g of butter (or I find whatever spread we've got works just fine) and two tablespoons of water. To mix it, little hands can have a go first then the adult can take over to get the mixture to bind properly.

Next, all you've got to do is put the mixture into little balls, and them flatten them out onto a greased baking tray to get them into cookie shapes. It's another easy stage of the process that little ones can join in with easily. Even if they make a mess of them, you can just sneakily tidy them up a bit on their way into the oven.

These take around ten to fifteen minutes to cook, which is ideal for using with youngsters as they're not very patient usually! The only word of warning to note here is that you need to get them out of the oven at just the right time. Too soon and they're raw in the middle, too late and they burn quite easily round the edges.

Once cooked, they take about five minutes to cool then you can eat them while they're still warm.

They taste absolutely lovely, and if you've ever had the Tesco bakery cookies, then basically you can expect your packet mix version to taste pretty much identical to those. They've got that same chewy centre with crunchy outer layer. The chocolate chunks are big and tasty, especially when they're still a little bit melted from the oven. They smell delicious too and really leave a scent in the kitchen that's lovely to come home to.

The only drawback to these is that you can't use cookie cutters or anything with them - the mixture is just too soft and pliable. Your only option is to mould them with your hands, so the grandson was initially disappointed with these because he couldn't use his train cookie cutter. Other than that, these are pretty first rate. They're simple to use, child (and idiot) friendly, quick to make and cook and they taste just great.

Summary: Highly Recommended