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Chips Ahoy! Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies, Family Size
Snacks, Chips & Dips
📊 NOVA 4

Chips Ahoy! Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies, Family Size

Chips Ahoy!
19.50 oz
Available at Foodtown
140
Calories
1g
Protein
11g
Sugars
85mg
Sodium
62
Ingredients

What You Should Know

Chips Ahoy! Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies (Family Size, 19.5 oz) is a familiar sight in the cookie/snack aisle, typically shelved with other mass-market packaged cookies and near family-size crackers and chips. You’ll find it alongside other Nabisco/Mondelez brands and impulse snack packs intended for lunchboxes and pantry staples. This product fits casual, everyday occasions — school lunch packing, after-school snacks, movie nights, road trips, and last-minute party cookies — and is often bought on grocery runs where convenience and familiarity matter. Brand positioning leans on classic American nostalgia and family-focused marketing: playful blue-and-white logo, fun messaging about softness and chewy texture, and advertising that targets parents and kids seeking affordable treats. The front label emphasizes softness and “chewy” indulgence rather than health; there’s no organic certification, and despite any “real chocolate” or comfort-oriented imagery, the ingredient list contains refined flours, high fructose corn syrup, hydrogenated oils, and artificial flavors. In plain language, this is a highly processed, ready-to-eat cookie made with industrial ingredients and additives to ensure consistent texture, shelf stability, and flavor. Sensory details: each cookie is soft and chewy with sweet, slightly caramelized notes, studded with fudge chips that provide pockets of chocolate-like sweetness; mouthfeel is tender with a slightly oily finish from palm/hydrogenated oils. Packaging is a family-size, flexible plastic bag with a lift tab for reclosing — the ritual is informal: grab a handful for a snack, dunk in milk, or toss a few on a party platter.

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 2
Servings per Container: 1
Calories140
% Daily Value*
Total Fat6g8%
Saturated Fat3g15%
Sodium85mg4%
Total Carbohydrate21g8%
Total Sugars11g
Added Sugars11g22%
Protein1g
* The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.

Ingredients

INGREDIENTS:, UNBLEACHED, ENRICHED, FLOUR, (WHEAT, FLOUR,, NIACIN,, REDUCED, IRON,, THIAMINE, MONONITRATE, [VITAMIN, B1],, RIBOFLAVIN, [VITAMIN, B2],, FOLIC, ACID),, HIGH, FRUCTOSE, CORN, SYRUP,, FUDGE, CHIPS, (SUGAR,, HYDROGENATED, VEGETABLE, OIL, [PALM, KERNEL, AND/OR, PALM, OIL],, COCOA, [PROCESSED, WITH, ALKALI],, DEXTROSE,, SOY, LECITHIN,, ARTIFICIAL, FLAVOR,, NONFAT, MILK),, PALM, OIL,, SUGAR,, CORNSTARCH,, DEXTROSE,, BAKING, SODA,, SALT,, CARAMEL, COLOR,, NATURAL, AND, ARTIFICIAL, FLAVOR., CONTAINS:, MILK,, WHEAT,, SOY..

Flagged Ingredients:

  • Palm Oil - Seed oil high in omega-6 fatty acids
  • Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil - Seed oil high in omega-6 fatty acids
  • Soy Lecithin - Processed emulsifier
  • Caramel Color - Artificial coloring
No Seed OilNo EmulsifierNo Additive

Dietary Labels

This product is not vegan, is not gluten-free, and is not organic.

Ultra-Processing Assessment

NOVA Score:4 / 4

Ultra-Processed

Why this score?

Contains multiple industrial ingredients and additives (high fructose corn syrup, hydrogenated vegetable oil, caramel color, artificial flavors) and is produced as a ready-to-eat, shelf-stable snack, consistent with NOVA group 4 (ultra-processed).

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Common Questions about Chips Ahoy! Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies, Family Size

Well, it depends on your definition of healthy! If you're looking for a treat to satisfy a sweet tooth, these cookies fit the bill. However, with added sugars and high fructose corn syrup, they're more of an occasional indulgence than a health food. So, enjoy them, but don’t be surprised if they don't fit into a strict 'healthy' diet!

Perfect For

back-to-school
movie-night
road-trip

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