I’ve eaten grasshopper tacos, cricket protein bars, and cricket chips…now it’s time for cricket cookies.
Why am I doing this to myself? I’m interested in more sustainable forms of protein. Insects aren’t commonly used for that in the US, but I think they might become more prevalent.
I’ve backed several insect-related Kickstarter projects, and the latest was for cricket flour. I received my reward a week or so ago. I debated using it to make biscuits, but I decided instead to make chocolate chip cookies.
The fine print in the photo is a little hard to read, but it basically says that this is a mix of regular all-purpose flour and cricket flour. The result is 8 grams of protein per serving.
The other cricket-based foods I’ve eaten have definitely tasted faintly of insect. They weren’t bad, but they also weren’t great. However, I couldn’t taste the cricket at all in the cookies. The bag says that they add a “nutty” flavor, and I combined that with some oatmeal in the batter. The result was a genuinely delicious cookie:
I shared a plate of them at game night, and I was a little surprised that only two people even dared to try a bite. That wasn’t a bad thing, though–more for me! Would you have tried one? Do you have any experience eating insects?
I’ve eaten worse things so I would definitely have tried one! Did the other people who dared to try a bite enjoy it as much as you did?
I think so! I mean, they weren’t the best chocolate chip cookies in the world, but that’s more a result of my baking skills than the use of cricket flour. 🙂
I would certainly try them, and would like to do a taste comparison with a control made with regular flour. (I was favorably inpressed with the entrepreneur who gained a Shark Tank investor for his cricket flour.)
I‘m curious as to what a “faintly insect taste” is like.
It’s kind of an earthy taste (dirt, grass, etc).
Yes, that would be the real test. Have Jamey make 2 batches of cookies simultaneously.
DELICIOUS SCIENCE!
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I would, absolutely!
But then, I’ve also eaten friend insects, which I really enjoyed.
Slightly disheartened to know that so many folk were put off by the mere fact that it was cricket flour.