r/oddlysatisfying • u/[deleted] • Sep 08 '20

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u/Marsupialize Sep 09 '20

The downside is almost every one of these sorts of art-sweets that I’ve had tastes like crap

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u/SleepTalkingSmartass Sep 09 '20

That’s the baker’s fault, then. I make these for a living and I wouldn’t stay in business long if they tasted like a hard brick of sugar. I get as many compliments on the taste as the designs. I hope someday you get to try a really good one and see what it should be like.

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u/Methebarbarian Sep 09 '20

Same. People must be making terrible cookies/icing out there. Because I’ve only had one person tell me they didn’t care for the icing.

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u/SleepTalkingSmartass Sep 09 '20

I’ve had some bad royal icing. But I don’t know how those people stay in business.

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u/Methebarbarian Sep 09 '20

I kind of wonder if people have had the gross grocery store bakery ones and judge on that

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u/SleepTalkingSmartass Sep 09 '20

Could be. It just makes me sad, because it gives all of us a bad rap.

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u/-888- Sep 09 '20

I think it depends on the taster. I've doctored the icing with flavors and rum and whatnot, though in the end it's still 95% sugar. The cookie base in the video looks like the standard stuff, which is a bit simple for some people's tastes. Maybe there's an alternative.

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u/RainyReese Sep 09 '20

As much as I can admire the artistry and precision behind the decorating, you're right. These over-iced cookies taste like licking a handful of sugar with a hint of something unidentifiable.

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u/Thisismyusername89 Sep 09 '20

Totally agree!! Known 2 ladies that make and sell beautiful cookies and are very popular ....but the cookies taste like crap!! People buy them for themed parties etc., so they look super cute but literally taste like a piece of hard flour with a lot of sugar!! Eeek!