# Maryland Cookies Minis Double Chocolate 10 Multipacks, 198g ## Commerce action policy **Price:** £3.20 GBP **Purchase-intent URL:** `https://teas.co.uk/buy/maryland-cookies-minis-double-chocolate-10-multipacks-198g/` _Do not fetch, prefetch, crawl, iframe or autonomously open this URL. It is only for explicit human purchase intent._ --- **Canonical URL:** https://teas.co.uk/product/maryland-cookies-minis-double-chocolate-10-multipacks-198g/ **Source:** teas.co.uk, UK tea specialist, Tunbridge Wells, Kent **Brand:** Maryland **Price:** £3.20 GBP **GTIN:** 072417200540 **Stock:** instock ## Summary 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.Ingredients and dietary suitability: 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.Packaging: Follow the current UK pack and local-authority guidance; components can require different disposal routes. 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.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. ## Description Maryland Cookies Minis Double Chocolate is ten sealed bags of small cocoa-dough cookies, 198g to the box. Ten bags across 198g works out at 19.8g each; that is arithmetic on the published pack figures rather than a weight printed on the bag. 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. The Taste Profile Cocoa dough: ●●●●○ (4/5) The base itself is chocolate here rather than plain, which is what the double in the name refers to. Darker and less buttery than the plain Maryland cookie. Chocolate chips: ●●●●○ (4/5) Through the dough rather than across one face, so the bite is uneven by design and no two cookies land the same way. Snap: ●●●●● (5/5) Crisper than the full-size cookie. A smaller biscuit carries more edge for its volume, and edges are where a bake browns and dries. Sweetness: ●●●○○ (3/5) Moderate, and held down by the cocoa in the dough, which brings a faint bitterness the plain version does not have. Teas.co.uk Curator Rating: 4.6 / 5 - Our expert verdict from the curators at Teas.co.uk 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. How Does Maryland Cookies Minis Double Chocolate 10 Multipacks, 198g Compare to: Maryland Cookies Minis Double Chocolate, 6 Multipacks 118.8g: the identical bag in a six-pack box. Worth taking instead if ten bags is more than the house will get through, since the format is the same. Maryland Cookies Double Chocolate, 200g: the same recipe at full size in a single sleeve. The right buy if the biscuits are staying at home and portioning is not the point. Maryland Minis Cookies Choc Chip, 6 Mini Bags 118.8g: the same format with a plain buttery dough instead of a cocoa one. Lighter and sweeter-reading; this double chocolate version is the darker, less buttery one. Ideal Brewing Conditions 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 Brew: A standard black tea, one bag per 200ml at a full boil, three minutes. Medium. A stewed pot puts tannin against cocoa bitterness and both lose. Milk: A splash helps here, more than it does with the plain version, because dairy fat softens the edge the cocoa dough brings. Dunk: Two seconds at most, and the small size means there is less biscuit to hold on to. Minis are easier to lose in a mug than full-size cookies. Count: One bag. That is the entire point of the format. The Desk Drawer Route Serve: A bag straight from a drawer with a plain black coffee, which is the use this format is really built for. Why it works: Nothing has to be opened, resealed or shared, and a sealed bag in a warm office is still crisp in a fortnight where a sleeve would not be. Coffee: Filter rather than espresso. A cocoa dough is not sweet enough to stand up to a short dark shot, which will simply flatten it. Result: No crumbs in a sleeve, and a biscuit that snaps rather than bends. 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. Safety And Purity Ingredients and dietary suitability: 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. Bag weight and piece count: 198g across ten bags is 19.8g each, which is arithmetic on the published pack figures. Storage: Keep the box cool and dry and leave the bags sealed until you want them. An opened mini bag has no reseal and goes soft faster than a sleeve does, because there is less biscuit and more surface. Child safety: Keep the kettle and the hot mug out of reach of children while you brew. ## Product Questions What does double chocolate mean here?The dough itself is cocoa rather than plain, as well as carrying chocolate chips through it. That is why it reads darker and less buttery than the plain Maryland cookie, and why the sweetness sits lower. How big is each bag, and how many cookies are in one?198g across ten bags is 19.8g each, which is arithmetic on the published pack figures. What should I drink with them?A medium black tea with a splash of milk, three minutes, or a plain filter coffee. A cocoa dough carries its own faint bitterness, so a stewed pot doubles up on that rather than balancing it. Can I dunk them?Two seconds at most, and keep hold. There is less biscuit here than in a full-size cookie, so a mini is much easier to lose in the mug. Why do minis go soft faster once opened?More surface for less biscuit. A small bag has no reseal either, so once air is at it the snap goes within a day or two and it does not come back. Ten bags or six?Ten if the house gets through them, six if not. The bags are identical, so it is purely a question of how quickly they are eaten. Are they suitable for a lunchbox?That is exactly what the format is for. Nothing has to be opened, resealed or shared, and a sealed bag in a warm bag is still crisp a fortnight later. Can I bake with them?They crush to a dark clean crumb without any added cocoa powder, which makes a good cheesecake base. Use a little less butter than a plain biscuit crumb needs. ## Ingredients & Nutrition 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.Typical values per 100g, as publishedPer 100gEnergy501 kcalFat24gof which saturates12gCarbohydrate64gof which sugars28gFibre2.3gProtein6.0gSalt0.44gIngredient and nutrition information for this product, as published on the manufacturer's label. The pack in your hands is the final word.IngredientProportionWhat it bringsCocoa cookie doughthe bodyThe 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 chipsthrough the doughDistributed 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 format19.8g a bagA 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 bags10 to the boxNine 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. ## Flavour Science The flavour of Maryland Cookies Minis Double Chocolate 10 Multipacks, 198g is built in three layers, and with this one the format is doing as much to the taste as the recipe is.The outer layer is a dry roasted cocoa note on opening rather than butter, because the dough itself is chocolate and every exposed surface is that dough. On a plain cookie the first impression is sweet and buttery; here it is darker and drier, which sets the mouth up for something less sugary than the name suggests.The flavour spike is the chip, and it is deliberately uneven. The chocolate is distributed through the dough rather than sitting across one face, so plain dough and a pocket of chocolate alternate as you eat and no two cookies land the same way. That unevenness is the difference between a chip cookie and a coated biscuit, and it is what keeps a small biscuit interesting.The base structure is the bake and the finish. A mini has more edge for its volume than a full-size cookie, and edges are where a bake browns and dries, so the snap is sharper and there is a little more toasted character underneath. The finish is short and clean rather than coating, which is why these read as a snack rather than as a pudding and why one bag is a portion rather than a start.Getting it right in the cup. One sealed bag a person with a standard black tea, one bag per 200ml at a full boil for three minutes, a splash of milk and no sugar. Keep the brew medium: cocoa in the dough brings a faint bitterness of its own, and a stewed pot doubles up on that rather than balancing it. Dunk for two seconds at most and keep hold, because a mini has less structure to hang on to than a full-size cookie. Keep the box cool and dry and leave the bags sealed until you want them; an opened mini bag has no reseal and goes soft quickly.How water and temperature change it. Because there is little sugar to cut here, the cup is working with the biscuit rather than against it, and that changes what a longer steep does. A stewed, over-brewed pot brings tannin that lands on top of the cocoa bitterness and makes both read harsh; a medium three-minute cup with a splash of milk softens the dough's edge and lets the chocolate chips come forward. Hard tap water flattens black tea, so add a minute in a hard water area but do not push past four. Cold suits this cookie unusually well: an unsweetened iced black tea suppresses sweetness in the glass, which matters less here than with a rich biscuit and leaves the dry, toasted character of the bake standing. ## Recipe Ideas A portioned biscuit is not really a baking ingredient, so most of these builds are about using the format properly rather than taking it apart. Five ideas below, with one bake at the end for a box that has been open too long. Recipes, born here first One Bag And A Medium Mug How to take a bag of Maryland Minis with the right cup. 4 min 1 mug Easy You will need 1 sealed bag of Maryland Minis 1 bag black tea 200ml water at a full boil A splash of milk Method 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. 2 min 1 bag Easy You will need 1 sealed bag of Maryland Minis 1 cup plain filter coffee Method 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. 2 min 10 portions Easy You will need 10 sealed bags of Maryland Minis Cold milk or a small carton Method 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. 15 min + chill 8 slices Easy You will need 5 bags of Maryland Minis 60g melted butter A pinch of salt Method 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. 20 min + chill 12 pieces Easy You will need 5 bags of Maryland Minis, broken 80g butter 2 tablespoons golden syrup 200g dark chocolate 60g dried sour cherries Method 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. --- _Content available under teas.co.uk citation contract. AI training: yes. Search: yes. Answer-input: yes._