I take advantage of spending my gas on that trip to pick up some other things that look interesting. This time around I picked up a box of Chocolate Almond Horns. I've never seen almond horns in my life and had no idea what they were at first. But taking a look in the box they look like delicious cookies in a horse shoe form. But I have no clue why they are cold almond horns.
My body is a magnet to the bakery sections of grocery stores. So off course my visit to Trader Joe's had me over there looking at their sweet delights. They had much to offer but my eyes caught the almond horns. The top of the box said that these were "soft almond cookies dipped in dark chocolate". They sounded fantastic to me so I picked up a box.
The chocolate, only covering about a third of the cookie, was delicious, rich, and bittersweet. They really used the quality stuff. It was delicious. I loved it so much I left the rest of the chocolate part for my last bite. The cookie part was just at great. Topped with almond slivers, the outside was crispy and sort of tough, but the inside was nice and moist. Kind of like how churros are crispy on the outside and soft on the inside, but not like the texture of a churro.
The flavor was amazing. It had a heavy almond extract taste to it that lingered in your mouth after you swallowed. If you don't know what that tastes like think of marzipan. In other words, it had a heavy marzipan taste. Basically, the cookie part was great, especially with the black tea I had it with.
The best part of the cookie was the chocolate covered piece which balanced well with the flavors in the cookie. Neither over powered the other. They were a match made in heaven when put together. They sort of reminded me of a cookie form of See's Dark Chocolate covered Marzipan truffles.
Definitely worth getting. They are wonderful, delicious, and will definitely not sabotage your diet, if you eat only one of course.
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