Semi-Sweet Showdown 😊Enjoy Life Mini Chips vs. Simple Truth Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips Who will pass their HEART Exam and be the better food patient? 🩺🍪
👩⚕️ Hi friends! I’m a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner (NP), but not your NP. This post is for entertainment (and cookie-loving) purposes only—not medical advice. Please grab a cookie, enjoy the read, and remember this is all in fun!
❤️ H = Health
Let’s peek at these chocolatey patients under the health stethoscope 🩺🍫:
Simple Truth Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
✅ Non-GMO
✅ Fair Trade certified cocoa
✅ Vegan
⚠️ No gluten ingredients, BUT package not labeled gluten-free
Enjoy Life Mini Chips
✅ Free from 14 allergens
✅ Gluten-free & vegan
✅ Non-GMO
✅ School safe
But let’s be real—both start with the same first ingredient: SUGAR 🙃. These are not kale chips, friends. I’m making cookies for dopamine boosts, afternoon joy, and maybe a sugar-crash nap. 🍪➡️😴
👉 Fun fact: Cocoa butter actually has polyphenols (antioxidants that fight inflammation), plus a little Vitamin E & K (hello wound healing—like the silly knife cut on my hand 🩹). So while cookies are sweet sugar bombs, there is a sprinkle of nutrition hiding inside.
And because someone will ask, here’s my other trusty lineup for this recipe:
🥄 King Arthur Gluten-Free Measure Flour (certified GF, my go-to)
🌿 Kirkland Pure Vanilla (the BEST vanilla, fight me)
🥛 Kirkland Almond Milk (for all the baking & lattes)
💛 E = Experience/Eating
Recipe of choice: the classic Crisco cookie recipe (yes, butter-flavored shortening that’s actually dairy-free). Is it “healthy”? Nope. Does it make me happy? Yup. Did my mom use this same recipe? Absolutely. 🥹💛
Here’s the showdown:
I doubled the dough, split it in two bowls, and used one bag of Enjoy Life minis and one bag of Simple Truth semi-sweets.
Baked both at 375°F for 10 minutes.
Verdict? All three taste testers (me, my husband, and my daughter) agreed—they tasted the same! 🎉
🌍 A = Accessibility
This is where things get interesting:
Simple Truth Semi-Sweet Chips (10oz bag, Mariano’s/Kroger) = $6.49
Enjoy Life Mini Chips (9oz bag, Whole Foods) = $9.99
That’s a pretty big price gap for two cookies that tasted identical. Yes, Enjoy Life is made in a dedicated allergen-free facility, which costs more. But if you’re on a budget and can tolerate non-dedicated facilities, Simple Truth is your wallet’s BFF. 💸
I also save on bulk staples (Costco for the win):
King Arthur GF flour (5lbs for ~$10)
Kirkland Vanilla (16oz for $9.99)
💙 R = Rating
Both cookies get my favorite outcome:
✨❤️ SINUS RHYTHM! ❤️✨
(aka, they passed the taste test and kept my foodie heart beating in a happy rhythm).
But—because of the price difference—Simple Truth will probably land in my cart more often.
💕 T = Tell Me More
Cookies are pure nostalgia for me. My mom still bakes me chocolate chip cookies every time she visits—she even freezes bags for me to enjoy later. 🥹🍪 That memory alone makes this showdown extra sweet.
Now I kind of want to run back to the store and try every other gluten and dairy-free chocolate chip option out there. Who knows—maybe a “Chocolate Chip Tournament” is in my future. 🏆🍫
Final Note
🍪 This was all in fun and flavor, not medical advice.
💌 I hope you’re all living safe, happy, and healthy.
