Review of Lenny & Larry's All New Complete Cremes Cookies... We'll Be Honest, They're Terrible!!!

Lenny & Larry's the makers of Lenny & Larry's Complete Cookie, are probably some of the most popular protein cookies on the market. They come in a great variety of flavors, they taste pretty decent, have a decent texture, they're actually a good product. My only real complaint is the calories and fat are a little high and I find it a little disingenuous how the brand considers one cookie to be two servings. Aside from that however I'm a fan.

Lenny & Larry's The Complete Cremes on Amazon $5.99 for a 18 Pack

Lenny & Larry's had recently announced these all new The Complete Cremes, as well as an all new Keto Cookie as well. We recently had a chance to try the all new The Complete Cookies and today are going to be doing a review and a full rundown.

The Facts

So you get 18 cookies per pack, a serving size is two cookies, and the size of the cookies is about that of an Oreo. A serving of two cookies contains 6 grams of protein, 120 calories, and 5 grams of fat. You can checkout all the macros below for yourself

The Taste

So Lenny and Larry's describes these as sweet creamy filling in between two rich chocolaty wafers.

I personally would describe them a bit differently. Upon biting into these the first thing I did get a bit of sweetness of the cream filling, however the 2nd thing which I quickly noticed was how hard the cookies were. Not crunchy, straight up hard, it was almost like a stale cookie. As I chewed the cookie more I noticed how dry the cookie texture was. The actual chocolate cookie has next to no taste, and the longer you chew it the more dry and sawdust like the taste and texture is.

These cookies not only taste bad, they have a bad texture, and when you look at the macros they are pretty high in fat and calories for tasting so horribly.

This is something I run into with a lot of protein snacks and functional foods, while yeah you do get a moderate bit of protein your eating a snack that tastes subpar to the real thing and still getting a lot of fat and calories. If we were to look at the supplement facts of a real Oreo which actually tastes good, we could have 3 Oreos for 180 calories, 9 grams of fat, and we'd only be missing out on a couple grams of protein. 

The Wrapup

Functional foods are great in theory, the reality however is that few actually pack a decent amount of protein. Most taste decent, but not great compared to the real food they are trying to replace. And lastly, personally speaking, I'd probably rather just eat 3 Oreos, have something that actually tastes good, drink a protein shake and hit the gym later. 

Lenny & Larry's New Complete Cremes and Keto Cookies Arrive Tomorrow - To Hit Walmart and Vitamin Shoppe Before Halloween

We've recently posted about two exciting new Lenny & Larry's snacks, a couple of Keto Cookies and Complete Cremes, cream filled cookie sandwiches.

The brand has announced these new snacks will be available at their very own website starting tomorrow. The Keto Cookies come in boxes of 4 and 12 in the flavors of Peanut Butter, Coconut, and Chocolate Chip. The Complete Cremes come in packs of 18 and are available in Chocolate and Vanilla.

While initially these will only be available on Lenny & Larry's website, sometime before Halloween they will be rolling out to Walmart and Vitamin Shoppe as well.

Lenny & Larry's Peanut Butter Complete Cookie Review

So I've been familiar with these Lenny & Larry's Complete Cookies for quite some time. The gym I used to attend years back always had them for sale at the front counter, and people would always rave about them. I'd been meaning to try them but just had never gotten around to it.

Well today, I happened to wake up late and left my Fit Crunch Bar at home, and my go to Protein Bar was sold out, so I decided to pick-up and try a Leny & Larry's "The Complete Cookie". 

These cookies come in a variety of flavors, something to suite every taste. Some of these flavors include Salted Caramel, Chocolate Donut, Coconut Chocolate Chip, Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip, Oatmeal Raisin, Birthday Cake, and about a dozen other flavors. The particular flavor I grabbed today was Peanut Butter Cookie. 

These cookies are vegan which is pretty amazing, especially considering how tasty they are. They contain 10g of fiber, no dairy, no egg, and no soy. They also have 16 grams of protein. 

Now make no mistake, while this cookie probably is better for you than a Ms. Fields Cookie, this isn't exactly a healthy snack either. Just because they throw in some protein and fiber doesn't automatically make this a magically healthy food. 

One other thing that annoys me a bit is a single cookie is 2 servings. To me things like a cookie should be a single serving. A half a cookie has 210 calories and 10 grams of fat, so that means if you were to eat a full cookie, which is honestly what most people are going to do, your having 420 calories and 20 grams of fat. That's actually pretty bad. Personally for those macros, while these cookies are pretty good, I'd rather eat a Finalfex Protein Pie. 

So yeah, these things aren't exactly great for you and your diet, but how do they taste? I was actually pleasantly surprised by the taste and texture. While it's not going to win any fresh baked cookie awards, and while it's not as good as say a Ms. Field's Cookie the texture is pretty good, its not a crispy cookie, more of a chewy consistancy cookie. The texture is a little dense like most protein foods, however not bad by any means. I personally am very sensitive to textures and hate a lot of protein bars for being overly dense and I thought these cookies were pretty solid when it came texture.

In regards to taste, the taste was pretty solid as well. Sure it's not super buttery and rich like a real cookie, but its not bad for a "healthy snack"

The real question though, would I buy these again or would I waste my calories on these again? Honestly probably not. Don't get me wrong, they are pretty good cookies, if you haven't had one I would recommend picking one up and trying it, however the calories and fat are pretty high for something which the taste and serving size doesn't justify those calorie and fat counts. For this amount of calories and fat I'd probably instead opt to have a Robert Irvine Fit Crunch Bar or a Finaflex Protein Pie.