Truly Free Bakery & Deli’s Whoopie Pie and Paleo Cookie
Price: $4.99 for a chocolate-drizzled whoopie pie and $3.99 for a Paleo cookie
Presentation: More impressive than the plain presentation on tissue or plate is TFB’s adherence to clean eating. Its food is free of a myriad of things, like gluten, casein, dairy, eggs, GMOs, artificial sugars, etc. The place serves a full menu, including burgers, salads and cookies from classic snickerdoodles to Paleo cookies, dessert item of the Paleo (caveman) dieters.
Taste: The Paleo cookie was incredibly soft, while the whoopie pie— made of two chocolate chip cookies around a pad of icing— was crunchy and crumbly. However, natural, unrefined sugar, even in smaller quantities, is so much sweeter than regular sugar. I almost got a toothache from the icing in the whoopie pie alone.
Rating: 3.5 out of 5
Walk-on’s Bistreaux & Bar’s Cookie Skillet Sundae
Price: $7.99 for one dish, large enough for 2 to 3 people to share
Presentation: It was exactly what I expected from the menu description. Nothing too fancy.
Taste: It’s not that the cookie and ice cream tasted bad, but they weren’t especially good. Except for the restaurant-style presentation, I could make this dish at home, saving myself the trip and money.
Rating: 2.5 out of 5
Bacio di Roma’s Biscotto and Coffee Cookie Flavors
Price: under $5 for a medium-sized cup
Presentation: The two flavors lobbed together in a small dish didn’t sag like traditional ice cream as it melted, although it did drip.
Taste: The new coffee cookie flavor was more intense than the classic biscotto — or Italian twice-baked cookie — flavor. The biscotto especially had a hint of the baked goodness of a crumbly cookie. The gelato’s texture was as thick and creamy as any ice cream, with the right balance of airiness and richness.
Rating: 4 out of 5

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Angela Major

Cookie Crumble Parfait is a regular desert menu item at Bistro Byronz on Government St.