• The Consumerist, Wednesday, November 2, 2011 10:20 AM

Cookies light and crispy, or chewy? In the war of chocolate chip cookie aesthetics, Consumer Reports weighed in and crispy won, though chewy dominated the leading pack.

The Yonkers, N.Y.-based test meisters studied 18 brands of chocolate chip cookies, including everything from packaged food giants like Nabisco and Keebler, to quick service eateries like McDonald's, Subway and Dunkin' Donuts. The only cookie to earn an "excellent" was from Tate's Bake Shop, sold at Whole Foods or a similar grocery store. While almost all the cookies tested received "good" results from tasters, the only three to be labeled "very good" came from QSRs: Starbucks, McDonald's, Subway. All three of those cookies were described by tasters as "soft" and "chewy."

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