The Sweet Treat That Costco Shoppers Keep Running To The Food Court For: '100% Worth It'

After a couple hours of pushing a heavy cart around Costco, you're bound to feel a little hungry. Costco, which has a ton of bakery items worth raving about, is a great place for sweet treats, from its Caramelized Blueberry Cheesecake Croissants to Almond Danishes. You can also find sweets among the menu items at Costco's very own food court. Yes, that never-changing $1.50 hotdog is spectacular, but have you tried their Double Chocolate Chunk Cookie? It replaced the beloved food court churro at the start of 2024, and immediately sparked buzz and debate in its debut. But after a couple of years on the menu, it is now a Costco food court staple.

Priced at $2.49, the Double Chocolate Chunk Cookie is ooey and gooey in all the right ways. Served warm in a brown paper sleeve, this buttery cookie has a soft, doughy interior, a nice crunch on the outside, and is filled with bittersweet and semi-sweet chocolate chips. It also has a nice crunch on the outside. And clearly, Costco fans love this cookie. One Redditor commented: "The chocolate double chunk cookie really is a good little sweet treat." Another Redditor succinctly agreed, writing, "Messy but 100% worth it."

Fair warning, though: Costco's Double Chocolate Chunk Cookie is high in calories — 750, to be exact, which may be due to these cookies being baked with lots of butter. Another reason might be the generous portions of chocolate chips in the dough, though the size of the cookie is also noteworthy in and of itself. Coming to about 5 inches, Redditors note that the Costco food court bakers use giant dough balls (the size of a baseball) to keep the inside soft while giving the cookie edges that crisp and chewy texture.

What do fans think of this cookie being the same calories as a meal? Well, most Redditors have embraced the fact that this beast of a cookie is truly a decadent treat, with some users comparing it to Crumbl's chocolate chip cookies, but cheaper. Others are absolutely obsessed, with one Redditor even raving: "I am obsessed with this cookie. I have driven to Costco just to buy one. Yes, I am well aware of the calorie count, cookie haters, yet I still come back for more!"