Junk Food Nation, March Madness starts TODAY.  Forget the stupid four play-in game BS – any real sports fan knows the games start TODAY.  So let’s get to it with my Final Four Predictions!

1. SOUTH REGION: KANSAS. Yeah, I know Florida is in that bracket.  Yes, I know Nate Silver and Five Thirty Eight gave Florida one of the highest changes of winning.  And yes, I know that EVERY SINGLE PUNDIT has Florida in the Final Four.  But if Kansas can Wiggins their way to the Elite Eight, I think the return of Joel Embiid will be enough to overtake the senior laden team of Florida.  At least, I hope. I’ve been a Kansas fan since I was in high school, so ROCK CHALK.

2. EAST REGION: MICHIGAN STATE. The trendy pick for EVERYONE, I’m more upset that Iowa State and MSU are in the same bracket.  Really, NCAA Committee?  These two teams are talented enough to have played in the Finals.  And don’t give me the whole “VILLANOVA IS AWESOME” spiel – the last time I took Villanova seriously was when Kerry Kittles was on the team.  Otherwise, no. MSU will roll.

3. WEST REGION: CREIGHTON.  Oh ho ho, WHAT UP BILLION DOLLARS.  This is the pick that will carry me home.  Arizona is awesome, but Dougie McBuckets will follow in the hallowed footsteps of Adam Morrison, Jimmer Fredette, and JJ Redick as proven champions.  Wait, none of them ever won a championship?  Uh….is it too late to change my pick to Arizona?

4. MIDWEST REGION: LOUISVILLE.  I was all over Twitter during the Selection Show, thinking Louisville got snubbed. I honestly thought they’d be a #1, but no one else thought so.  Well, in the quarter of the bracket that I believe has the most landmines (Duke, Michigan, Kentucky, Wichita State, CAL POLY) I think Pitino and the full court press will outlast the competition.  Plus, they win the prize for most hideous shorts.

Enjoy the games, Junk Food Nation!  I’m be tweeting all day long.  Today’s junk food: Pepperidge Farm Blueberry Cobbler Soft Dessert Cookies!

Pepperidge Farm Blueberry Cobbler Soft Dessert Cookies: The Money Shot

Pepperidge Farm Blueberry Cobbler Soft Dessert Cookies are the next in a long line of dessert cookies.  I’ve reviewed a TON of them on this blog; some good, some bad.  Usually the bad ones are the cookies who purported dessert that they represent is unable to be flavor-translated to a cookie.  I have high hopes for these Blueberry Cobbler cookies, however.  I’m not a huge blueberry cobbler fan, but I think this could work.

Pepperidge Farm Blueberry Cobbler Soft Dessert Cookies: Contains blueberries and pumpkin

Pepperidge Farm Blueberry Cobbler Soft Dessert Cookies: CRUSHED

When I opened these Pepperidge Farm Blueberry Cobbler Soft Dessert Cookies, the cookies were ALL OVER THE PLACE, crushed and messy.  Sidenote: I blame myself.  Sometimes I like to take my groceries and run an obstacle course with them.  Let’s find an intact cookie…

Pepperidge Farm Blueberry Cobbler Soft Dessert Cookies: BETTER

AH THERE WE GO.  Now you can see how one of these Pepperidge Farm Blueberry Cobbler Soft Dessert Cookies looks.  Large and sort of spongy, like a lot of Pepperidge Farm’s dessert cookies, you can clearly see the blueberries and also the large coarse chunks of sugar sprinkled on top.  In a lot of ways, this sort of looks like a blueberry muffin.

When I opened the package and smelled, it certainly smelled like a blueberry muffin too – that familiar blueberry smell, with almost a lemon-y tinge to the aroma. A mix of blueberries and lemon poppyseed bread – that;s what I smelled.  Time to bite.

Pepperidge Farm Blueberry Cobbler Soft Dessert Cookies: CLOSE UP

I bit into one of these Pepperidge Farm Blueberry Cobbler Soft Dessert Cookies and I ahve to say, these were pretty delicious.  VERY soft cookies (plenty of oils in this).  The dough was a bit lemon-y, and did remind me of lemon poppyseed bread or cake – but there was a tiny bit of earthiness to it too, which could’ve come from the pumpkin.  The blueberries gave off unmistakable blueberry flavor.  Really sweet, and really potent.  Honestly, these sort of taste like the muffin tops of blueberry muffins – not sickeningly sweet, but sweet enough to really get that nice cakey and blueberry flavor out of it.

Is this what a cobbler tastes like? I mean, I guess – I don’t normally think cobblers taste much different than pies, except usually more gooey fruit and less dough.  These definitely represented the flavor profile well, but you could’ve called these blueberry pie or blueberry muffin and I still would’ve been satisfied.  Bottom line – if you like blueberries, I really think you’ll like these.  Unlike the other dessert cookies I’ve had from Pepperidge Farm, I don’t think the cookie overwhelms the underlying fruit.  These were nicely balanced.

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Junk Food Guy