ShaSha Co. Ginger Snaps (photo: Donald Kennedy)
By Donald Kennedy
Last time out you’ll remember we enjoyed a soda that had “love” listed as an ingredient. I’m beginning to notice the love theme is a bit of a cliche in the artisanal food world, so this week we add a new category to the stat sheet: Where is the love?
Product: ShaSha Co. Ginger Snaps (spelt version)
Buzz words: Prebiotic, organic and, of course, artisan.
Obligatory trendy ingredients: Organic whole spelt flour, chicory root inulin, myriad of other organic oils, syrups, etc.
Where is the love?: Hearts are all over the packaging and each cookie is heart-shaped and imprinted with a hieroglyph or mystic symbol. See here for the meanings behind each symbol.
Cookies are branded with hieroglyph or mystic symbols (photo: Donald Kennedy)
Cost: $7.29 (purchased at Mother Nature’s Market in Victoria, BC).
Cheapie alternative: $2.50-$3 for a bag of Teddy Grahams wherever adorable, anthropomorphic treats are sold.
My god, if only I was a pregnant lady sneaking in one last youthful ramble before months of breast pain and fitful sleep. Oh, the benefits that could be wrought from these little biscuits!
ShaSha Ginger Snaps come with the trademark “Traveller’s Friend” tagline and claim to relieve pain and motion sickness. “Studies show,” according to ShaSha Co., ginger helps prevent pregnant women (as well as those recovering from surgery and chemotherapy) from tossing their cookies.
Ohhhhhhhhhhh shiiiitttttttt. BO BO BO! SELECTAHHHHH. Wheel up this review ’cause that was some Ron MacLean level punnery.
Right, I’m hopelessly off track here. Enough of pregnancy and puking, do these cookies taste any good?
First snap outta the bag is a little meh, but they get oddly addictive after you’ve popped a few. The pleasant ginger flavour prevents them from being a bland faux health food, and the small size is perfect for snacking. Good enough that you’ll polish off most of the bag if you’re bored, but probably only finish a handful if it’s all knees-up-mother-brown around your place. My biggest complaint is I prefer my ginger snaps to have a crisp exterior and chewy interior. ShaSha’s snaps are small and crispy: more biscuit than cookie, really.
Budget woes have forced me into torturing myself with oatmeal every morning, and these ginger snaps jazz up my mushy meals enough to be almost enjoyable. This is probably where their greatest value lies; not as a standalone cookie, but as an additional ingredient to be added to spoonable breakfasts and desserts.
Worth breaking the budget?: These are fine, but there are so many better ways to blow your money on cookies. You know some places sell homemade Oreos, right?
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