Cookies

44 products ranked by Scout score

Best cookies right now

Skout Organic Cookies 90/100
Scout's analysis: Skout Organic Cookies score 90/100. USDA Organic, Non-GMO Project Verified, and made with just 7 clean ingredients. The base is organic oat flour and organic tapioca…
Bakr Brown Butter Chocolate Chunk 88/100
Scout's analysis: Bakr Brown Butter Chocolate Chunk scores 88/100. Reads like a homemade cookie recipe with just 9 simple ingredients. Wheat flour, brown cane sugar, real salted butter,…
Siete Grain Free Chocolate Chip 85/100
Scout's analysis: Siete Grain Free Chocolate Chip Cookies score 85/100. Grain-free, dairy-free cookies made with a clean almond flour and cassava flour base. Uses coconut oil and avocado…

What to skip

Crumbl Strawberry Shortcake Cookie 1/100
Scout's analysis: Crumbl Strawberry Shortcake scores 1/100. A bakery cookie built like a mass-market snack cake: bleached enriched flour, canola oil, and sugar from at least four sources…
Little Debbie COSMIC BROWNIES WITH CHOCOLATE CHIP CANDY 1/100
Scout's analysis: This product is heavily processed and contains multiple harmful ingredients, including enriched bleached flour, high fructose corn syrup, and artificial colors. The…
Annie's Gluten Free Bunny Cookies (Cocoa & Vanilla) 1/100
Scout's analysis: Annie's Gluten Free Bunny Cookies (Cocoa & Vanilla) scores 1/100. EWG 2019 oat-based snack testing and Food Democracy Now / The Detox Project (Anresco Laboratories)…

Independently lab-tested cookies

5 of the 44 products ranked here have a lab panel on their pages — each measured amount, the level it falls in and the report it comes from.

Kashi Soft-Baked Oatmeal Dark Chocolate Cookies 4/100
Oreo 1/100
Oreo Double Stuf Chocolate 1/100
Oreo Double Stuf Golden 1/100
Annie's Gluten Free Bunny Cookies (Cocoa & Vanilla) 1/100

Ingredients to watch in cookies

The flagged ingredients that show up most often across these 44 products. Each link opens Scout's analysis of the ingredient.

Sugar in 18 of 44
Soy Lecithin in 14 of 44
Natural Flavor in 9 of 44
Palm Oil in 8 of 44
Wheat Flour in 7 of 44
Cane Sugar in 7 of 44

What the better cookies have in common

Sea Salt in 17 of 44
Egg in 11 of 44
Vanilla Extract in 11 of 44
Butter in 7 of 44
Coconut Oil in 5 of 44

Common questions about cookies

What scores highest in cookies on Scout?

Skout Organic Cookies leads Scout's cookies ranking at 90/100, followed by Bakr Brown Butter Chocolate Chunk (88) and Siete Grain Free Chocolate Chip (85). Scores compare products within the category on ingredients, processing, packaging and any lab results.

What should I avoid in cookies?

Crumbl Strawberry Shortcake Cookie scores 1/100, the lowest of the 44 products Scout has analyzed in cookies; next lowest are Little Debbie COSMIC BROWNIES WITH CHOCOLATE CHIP CANDY (1) and Annie's Gluten Free Bunny Cookies (Cocoa & Vanilla) (1). Each product page lists the ingredients behind the number.

What drags scores down in cookies?

Across these 44 products the most common flagged ingredients are Sugar, Soy Lecithin, Natural Flavor, Palm Oil, Wheat Flour, Cane Sugar. Each appears in at least two of the products ranked here.

Is anything in cookies independently lab tested?

5 of the 44 products on this page carry independent lab results — Kashi Soft-Baked Oatmeal Dark Chocolate Cookies, Oreo, Oreo Double Stuf Chocolate, Oreo Double Stuf Golden, Annie's Gluten Free Bunny Cookies (Cocoa & Vanilla). Each of their product pages shows the measured amounts, the level each falls in and the report they come from.

How does Scout score cookies?

Every product in cookies gets one 1–100 score for comparison within its category: the full ingredient list judged by a category-specific framework, the published processing level, the packaging, and any credible lab results. Lab results are disclosed, not scored. Scout takes no payment for scores or placement.

How Scout scores cookies

One 1–100 score per product, judged within its category: every ingredient on the label through a category-specific framework, the published processing level, the packaging, and any credible lab results. No brand pays for a score or a position on this list. Read the full methodology →