A Review and Release History of Walmart Brand Great Value, Freshness Guaranteed, & Bettergoods Foods, Snacks, & More

These cookies are quite large and thick. I also especially love how soft, lightly moist, and chewy they are—they feel absolutely premium in this regard. Although they do also have an artificial, but not off-putting, texture, as if they weren’t made to go old quickly. Interestingly, the texture is mostly uniform throughout—I would have thought the embedded chips would add a crunch of sorts, but they’re nearly equally as soft as the cookie itself!

The taste is lighter than I expected. It sports a light vanilla and creamy orange, very reminiscent of that of an orange popsicle, just as advertised on the package, although perhaps not as sweet. Overall, it’s very refreshing, actually, and doesn’t come across as too sweet or too punchy. In my opinion, these would absolutely pair well with a vanilla or cream cheese frosting.

This is my first time seeing these. Mentions date back to June 2025, although some say they’ve been out before. Found June 2025.

The texture of these is phenomenal and complex! It’s soft, fairly dense, and so easy to bite through. The graham cracker crust and shortcake are crumbly, especially the strawberry top, but then you have a complementary, contrary, thick caramel goo center that holds both together–it’s great! This caramel is moderately sweet, not as sweet as a candy-based caramel; it’s much more tame and doesn’t taste artificial or feel fake. The strawberry top is also lightly sweet and provides an authentic strawberry taste. Overall, these so-called brownies are moderately sweet, have a shortcake and light caramel flavor, and the texture is so, so darn interestingly wonderful!

While I’m unsure of an exact release date, reviews date back to early 2025. Found May 2025.

Overall, it’s decently creamy, soft, fluffy, and a little moist, like a good boxed cake mix. There’s a distinct, creamy strawberry taste that comes across as lightly sweet throughout.

However, what makes this cake is the drizzle. This thin layer of drizzle that is layered on top, on the side, and in the center is absolutely wonderful! It provides it with a ton of moisture, making it denser, as well as providing a sweet hit of well-needed sugar. However, it’s only the surface level, leaving the rest of the cake pretty tame and a bit boring. Essentially, this is a decent cake that desperately needs more of that sugary-sweet drizzle, but aside from that, it has a decent, pleasant, and well-balanced creamy strawberry flavor throughout.

I’m not sure of a release date for this. Found at Walmart April 2025.

For whatever reason, I absolutely love these darn cookies. And to top it off (literally), you can get them decorated with that cheap, sweet-tasting frosting. Together, it’s just… magical.

Despite not being a freshly baked cookie, they’re soft, moist, and dense. They remind me of those fancy dessert cookies you find in restaurants or skillet cookies, albeit more artificial in terms of taste and texture, as if they were made to sit out for a long time.

They seem like cousins of Chewy Chips Ahoy! in terms of composition and flavor, coming across as sweet and milk chocolatey. The abundant bits of chocolate chips are soft and add an appreciable soft-solid chew contrast to the already soft and dense texture. Lastly, the frosting: it’s super artificial and fake feeling, sweet, and pairs so well with the cookie for some reason; perhaps artificial plus artificial equals yum?!

To sum it up, personally, I prefer these at room temperature. When it’s warmed up, it falls apart too easily and becomes squishy. On the other hand, it gets a lot more chocolatey as the embedded chocolate chips melt and seem to spread throughout the cookie itself.

They have been around for as long as I can remember. Found March 2025.

This is more or less the same as their pecan pie but with a bitter bourbon aftertaste. At first, I thought it was some weird, artificial fakeness happening, but it’s definitely a bourbon flavoring. Honestly, despite loving bourbon, I’m not sure if I like it here. I’d much rather just buy their regular pecan pie, which doesn’t have me questioning what that odd aftertaste is.

Nonetheless, the pie is reasonably sweet with a pecan taste. What’s especially nice is the thick caramel-like, gooey inside texture that sits below the top layer of pecans, which is satisfying to chew through both warm and especially chilled when it becomes a soft-hard texture. However, the crust feels so cheap! It’s simply too thin and dry.

While I’m not sure of the exact release date, reviews date back to around 2019. Found February 2025.

For such a cheap price, this sweet-tasting baklava was absolutely a steal for the quality. Each one had distinct flavors and different notes that set them apart, something cheap baklava often doesn’t do. In addition, the texture and composition are nearly perfect and resemble much more expensive baklava. With regard to freshness, it was middle of the road. It wasn’t prepared minutes ago by a bakery, but it isn’t anywhere near being bad or being “Walmart quality,” either.

May have been released around October 2020. Found November 2023.

Honey Bun
It’s a bit different than a honey bun, as it’s obviously a cake. It’s soft and just slightly moist, making it a decent texture. The taste is like a regular honey bun, although not as sweet, as the glaze-to-cake ratio is quite off; there’s a lot of cake to a thin layer of glaze!

Louisiana Crunch
It almost tastes like a regular yellow cake but with some of this almost lemony tart taste. The texture is soft and slightly moist.

Sock It To Me
This is more or less a regular-tasting coffee cake. It’s fairly sweet and has that traditional coffee cake, brown sugar, and cinnamon flavor throughout. The texture is slightly moist, semi-thick, and soft.

Triple Chocolate
The cake itself is pretty sweet, especially with the drizzle. It’s almost like they used a dark chocolate cake mix but added a lot of sugar to make it less bitter. The texture is soft, moist, and semi-thick.