Maryland Cookies Minis Double Chocolate 10 Multipacks, 198g
Whoever specified this format understood where small cookies actually get eaten: out of the bag, one-handed, nowhere near a plate. The bottom of a bag is crumbs, and with a cocoa dough that is no loss, because crumbs of this still taste of chocolate where a plain buttery crumb tastes of very little. What it is not is a tin biscuit. Tipped unsealed into a barrel beside a teapot, the whole reason for buying the box has been thrown away. Wheat and dairy are in it, and the current box carries the rest of the declaration.
Maryland Cookies Minis Double Chocolate 10 Multipacks, in brief.
Maryland Cookies Minis Double Chocolate is ten sealed bags of small cocoa-dough cookies with chocolate chips through them, 198g to the box and 19.8g a bag. Picked into the Teas.co.uk selection as the portioned version of a crisp cookie, for lunchboxes and desk drawers rather than for a biscuit tin.
You are buying ten sealed portions, and if portioning is not the reason, buy the sleeve. Two seconds in the tea, and keep hold of it.
What you are buying is ten sealed portions, each as fresh as the day the box was packed and none of which can turn into eleven biscuits at half past nine in the evening. For a lunchbox, a desk drawer or a house where an open sleeve does not survive the afternoon, that is the point. For sitting at home with a pot of tea it is not, and you should buy the sleeve.
Curator notes: the tasting profile is our own editorial assessment against the current pack format and the brand's published description. We run same-day UK dispatch on every order placed before 2pm Monday to Friday. Storage notes and pairing guidance are also published in the detailed Q and A tab below.
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The Story Behind The Pack
Maryland built its name on making the American chocolate chip cookie work on a British shelf, which meant a thinner, crisper bake than a bakery cookie, because a packet biscuit has to survive weeks of distribution and still be worth opening. The minis take that logic one step further. Shrinking a biscuit raises the amount of edge it has for its volume, and edges are where a bake browns and dries, so a mini comes out crisper than the full-size version and carries slightly more of the toasted character that comes from the bake rather than from the chocolate.
The sealed bag is the other half of the design and it solves the real weakness of a crisp biscuit. Once air reaches a crisp bake it softens over a few days and the snap never comes back. A sleeve starts that clock the moment you open it; ten individual bags do not, because nine are still sealed while you eat the tenth. That is why this format lives in lunchboxes rather than in biscuit tins. The full ingredient declaration, the nutrition panel and the allergen statement are printed on the current UK pack.
Packaging: Follow the current UK pack and local-authority guidance; components can require different disposal routes.
Our Commitment To The Planet
- The box that arrives is the current UK retail pack rather than an import made to a different recipe for another market.
- Ten small bags use more packaging than one sleeve, and we would rather say that than dress it up. What they buy back is biscuit that does not go soft and get thrown away, which is the commonest way a sleeve of crisp cookies is actually wasted.
- The outer box and the inner bags take different recycling routes, and those routes differ by council. Read the current UK pack and check locally.
- If portioning is not the reason you are buying, the 200g sleeve is lighter on packaging. We would rather say so than sell the wrong format.
Serving Notes For Maryland Cookies Minis Double Chocolate 10 Multipacks, 198g
- Water temperature: Full boil. There is nothing delicate here.
- Measure: One bag per 200ml, one mini bag a person.
- Steep: Three minutes, medium. Cocoa in the dough means the cup does not need to cut anything.
- Service: A splash of milk helps, sugar does not.
- Dunk: Two seconds, and keep hold of it. Small biscuits sink.
- Iced version: An unsweetened cold-brewed black tea over ice suits a dry, crisp, cocoa-based cookie better than it suits a rich one.
- Best with: A standard breakfast blend with a splash of milk, a plain filter coffee, or cold milk.
The story behind Maryland
Packaging: Follow the current UK pack and local-authority guidance; components can require different disposal routes.
Our commitment to the planet
Sourcing and packaging details are printed on the current UK pack; the brand page carries the fuller story.
The taste profile
How does it compare
A cocoa dough is a slightly different pairing problem from a plain one. It is less sweet, so it does not need a cup to cut it, and it carries a faint bitterness of its own, so a harsh brew doubles up on that rather than balancing it. What suits it is a medium, well-made cup with enough body to stand next to the chocolate without competing.
The Everyday Mug
The Desk Drawer Route
Made with this tea
One Bag And A Medium Mug
How to take a bag of Maryland Minis with the right cup.
- 1 sealed bag of Maryland Minis
- 1 bag black tea
- 200ml water at a full boil
- A splash of milk
- Brew one bag in 200ml at a full boil for three minutes; medium rather than stewed.
- Add a splash of milk, which softens the edge the cocoa dough brings.
- Open one bag only. That is the whole point of the format.
- Dunk for two seconds and keep hold; minis sink.
What you will end up with: A portion that ends when the bag does, which is what a sleeve never manages.
The Desk Drawer Bag
How to use Maryland Minis as the office biscuit.
- 1 sealed bag of Maryland Minis
- 1 cup plain filter coffee
- Keep two or three sealed bags in a drawer rather than an opened sleeve.
- Brew a plain filter coffee rather than an espresso; a cocoa dough disappears behind a short dark shot.
- Open one bag and eat it as a portion.
- Leave the rest sealed; a warm office is exactly where a sleeve fails.
What you will end up with: Crisp biscuit a fortnight later, which is the entire argument for the format.
Lunchbox Ten
How to portion Maryland Minis across a school week.
- 10 sealed bags of Maryland Minis
- Cold milk or a small carton
- Put one sealed bag into each lunchbox rather than loose biscuits.
- Pair with cold milk, which suits a dry cocoa cookie better than a sweet drink.
- Keep the box somewhere cool at home between days.
- Count ten bags, which is two school weeks for one child.
What you will end up with: Ten identical portions and no negotiation about how many biscuits count as some.
Dark Cheesecake Base
How to make a cheesecake base from Maryland Minis Double Chocolate.
- 5 bags of Maryland Minis
- 60g melted butter
- A pinch of salt
- Crush five bags to a fine crumb; the cocoa dough gives a dark base without any added cocoa powder.
- Stir in 60g of melted butter and a pinch of salt.
- Press into a lined 20cm tin.
- Chill for an hour and add no sugar to the base.
What you will end up with: A dark, dry base with a faint bitterness that suits a sharp filling better than a sweet crumb would.
Rocky Road For A Tired Box
How to use up Maryland Minis that have been open too long.
- 5 bags of Maryland Minis, broken
- 80g butter
- 2 tablespoons golden syrup
- 200g dark chocolate
- 60g dried sour cherries
- Break the cookies roughly; softened ones are perfectly good here and this is what to do with them.
- Melt 80g of butter with 2 tablespoons of golden syrup and fold the biscuit and the dried cherries through.
- Press into a lined tin and pour over 200g of melted dark chocolate.
- Chill three hours and cut small.
What you will end up with: The right home for cookies that have lost their snap, and the sour cherries keep a dark slab from turning heavy.
What’s in it, what to know
Inside the pack
| Typical values per 100g, as published | Per 100g |
|---|---|
| Energy | 501 kcal |
| Fat | 24g |
| of which saturates | 12g |
| Carbohydrate | 64g |
| of which sugars | 28g |
| Fibre | 2.3g |
| Protein | 6.0g |
| Salt | 0.44g |
Ingredients and allergens. Per the published ingredient list for this product it contains wheat (gluten), milk and soya. Check the current UK pack before purchase; formulations and allergen advice can change.
Ingredients, as published for this product: Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Niacin, Iron, Thiamin), Sustainable Palm Oil, Sugar, Dark Chocolate Chips (15%) (Sugar, Cocoa Mass, Vegetable Fats (Sustainable Palm, Sal, Shea), Cocoa Butter, Emulsifier (Soya Lecithin)), Whey or Whey Derivatives (Milk), Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder, Partially Inverted Sugar Syrup, Raising Agents (Sodium Bicarbonate, Ammonium Bicarbonate), Salt, Flavourings.
Ingredient and nutrition information for this product, as published on the manufacturer's label. The pack in your hands is the final word.
| Ingredient | Proportion | What it brings |
|---|---|---|
| Cocoa cookie dough | the body | The base is chocolate in its own right, which is what the double in the name refers to. It reads darker and less buttery than the plain Maryland dough and brings a faint bitterness that holds the sweetness down. |
| Chocolate chips | through the dough | Distributed rather than coating one face, so the chocolate arrives in pockets and the bite is uneven by design. They are also what sets the limit on a dunk. |
| Mini format | 19.8g a bag | A smaller biscuit has more edge for its volume, and edges are where a bake browns and dries, so these are crisper than the full-size cookie and carry a little more toasted character. |
| Sealed inner bags | 10 to the box | Nine bags stay shut while you eat the tenth, so a crisp bake is not on a clock the way an opened sleeve is. |
Pack: Maryland Cookies Minis Double Chocolate 10 Multipacks, 198g; an outer box holding ten sealed bags of small cocoa-dough cookies. Best before the date printed on the pack, and best left sealed until the bag is wanted.
Characterising components shown.
Sourcing & blend. Maryland Cookies Minis Double Chocolate 10 Multipacks, 198g is made by Maryland, which built its name on making the American chocolate chip cookie work on a British shelf: a thinner, crisper bake than a bakery cookie, because a packet biscuit has to survive weeks of distribution and still be worth opening. The minis take that one step further, since shrinking a biscuit raises its edge-to-volume ratio and edges are where a bake browns and dries. The box you receive is the current UK retail pack rather than an import made to a different recipe for another market. The reading of the bake as crisper than the full-size cookie, and of the cocoa dough as darker and less buttery than the plain one, is our own editorial assessment against the current pack format and the brand's published description.
What is in Maryland Cookies Minis Double Chocolate 10 Multipacks, 198g, and what is not:
- In: ten sealed bags of small cocoa-dough cookies with chocolate chips through them, 198g to the box and 19.8g a bag.
- Not soft-baked: this is the crisp British reading of the cookie format rather than a bakery-style one, which is an editorial description of the bake rather than a claim off the pack.
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