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Oh boy.
There really needs to be a warning on the wrappers of these cookies. They cause EXTREME intestinal distress. I mean room clearing, paint peeling, noxious gas and explosive diarrhea. I did not realize this until after I had already ate a couple of them. I had gas so bad that I literally was unable to leave my house. It was horrible. This went on for days as I kept eating the cookies because I had no idea that it was the cookies that was causing it. I now call them "fookies", or fart cookies. I have never been more grateful to be single, work from home, and live alone as I currently am. No one else would be able to survive in an enclosed space with me right now. It's really bad. I have to keep apologizing to my dogs. It sounds like the 4th of July and smells like The Bog of Eternal Stench in here. Poor things have no idea what is going on. After it finally clicked that it might be these cookies causing the issue I came here to read the reviews and now I see that I am definitely not alone. I have also seen the responses from the manufacturers of these cookies, the ones that say that it's because of the chicory root fiber and you have to get used to it, if your body is not used to this kind of fiber then you may have some gut problems. That is putting it mildly. I feel like the gas that I am producing could be used to launch rockets into space. They also say that it takes around 7 days for your body to adapt - well, I'm 16 days in and on my 2nd package of 12 of these cookies and there has been no improvement. It's just as bad now as it was on the first day. So. Again, please put a warning on these cookies. This is information that consumers need to have upfront. The fumes that your body will produce are WMDs that should not be unleashed upon innocent bystanders. I have one more 12 pack of these to eat and I'm going to eat them because apparently I am unable to learn from my mistakes, but I don't see myself ever buying these cookies again.
Aside from all that, the cookies were great! None of them have been broken at all and they are fresh and tasty.
March 2020 · Health and Household · verified purchase