Okay...I will admit that I am an Oreo cookie lover. There is such a thing as taking things too far! How many kinds are they going to come up with?!
Before I start my review...a few Oreo facts...Did you know that Oreo Cookies were first introduced back in 1912? That means that in just five short years it will be the 100th anniversary of Oreo cookies! I also didn't know that the Hydrox cookie that I always thought of as an inferior Oreo knockoff was actually introduced four years earlier...Oreo just did it better! Original Oreos were mound shaped, and came in cream or lemon meringue flavor. According to some sources the cookies as we know it today was devised around 1952. Now, as I found out to my horror, there are even more varieties than I thought there were! I am not going to review all of them...since I can't get all of them, and I am watching my weight right now, and would rather not watch it increase...In the interest of time and energy I will put a short blurb with my opinion next to each variety. Remember that I am a person that doesn't like a lot of change. I like things when they are good, to stay good...or at least familiar, so while I love certain oreos I am not that thrilled with the changes that new varieties bring.
Original Oreos: I loved these as a kid. I was a dipper back then, and loved the way the little black specks of cookie would freckle the surface of my milk. Unfortunately for this variety I woke up in high school one day and despised the taste of milk. And milk was what redeemed these cookies. Now, in a pinch I might try them dipped in chocolate milk, since I still like chocolate milk, but I will generally pass up original oreos if you offer one to me.
Mini Oreos: Sure you can eat these by the handful, but there is still the same kind of imbalance of cream to cookie ratio that you will experience with Original Oreos. Sorry, not my bag (and they do come in a bag)
Dulche de Leche (caramel cream filling available in select markets, but not my market): This is intriguing...I would try them if only I could find some, and if they were double stuf. (Before you put down my spelling of stuf...that is how Oreo spells it...they think that its original to misspell things rather than just dumb)
Chocolate Cream: Haven't tried them...
Golden Oreo Original: I was going to say that Oreo needed to have a vanilla version for those people out there that don't eat chocolate for whatever reason...imagine my surprise when I came across the description for these...they are the same as the original, but with a vanilla cookie. Yay for Oreo! But again...make it a double stuf, and make it available where I live and not just on the eastern half of the U.S. and I will try it!
Reduced Fat: That is just not right...
Fudge Covered: The only thing besides milk that can redeem an original oreo is covering the whole thing in fudge. I approve!
Fudge Mint Covered: I haven't tried these, but the cream filling wasn't made to go with mint...so I don't approve.
Uh Oh Oreos: Tried them...Didn't like them. The chocolate filling just wasn't the same. These cookies are the reason I don't think I would like chocolate filled oreos.
Double Delight mint and cream: Again, mint and vanilla cream don't go together.
Thin Crisps: What do you get when you cross a wheat thin and an oreo? Well-if there is no filling, then its not an oreo my friend.
Double Delight Peanut Butter and Chocolate: Haven't tried it...don't want to.
Double Delight Mocha and Chocolate: Ewwww. Haven't tried it...won't EVER.
Milk Chocolate Covered: Basically the same as the fudge covered, but there are actually fewer in the package...not right.
Milk Chocolate Mint Covered: Again, cream filling with mint is not my bag.
White Chocolate Covered: This is my second favorite kind, but unfortunately is only available around Christmas.
Double Stuf Peanut Butter: I love peanut butter, but peanut butter flavor with the texture of cream filling just seems unnatural, not that the usual filling seems natural. Now, it needs to be the same filling as Nutter Butters have...then I would be happy.
Double Stuf Mint: My sister Cornflake girl made me try this. Yuck, yuck YUCK! I didn't like it. She likes them, and she can KEEP them.
Last but not least Oreo Double Stuf: Okay...now we are talking! Double Stuf is my favorite! Only I think they still don't have enough filling, so my method of eating is to twist two cookies apart, eat the halves that don't have filling, and put the two filling covered halves together to form the ultimate Oreo... OREO QUADRUPLE! If Oreo would make Double Double Stuf then I would be in heaven. As a kid, I used to scrape the cream filling off with a knife, carefully keeping in in its pristine round shape, and eat it plain. If Oreo filling came by the tub, I would be first in line to buy it. I would eat it with a spoon, I would spread it on toast (okay...on second thought...eww). I would scoop it out with a melon baller and coat it in chocolate and eat it like a truffle. I know a few of you are thinking about my childhood love of eating crisco plain, (remember I stopped doing that years ago), but come on! Oreo filling! As it is I will have to stick with making my Oreo Quadruples, and wishing for a gallon sized container of just the filling. I wonder if they take special orders!
And I know there are many other varieties that have since disappeared. I would love to see the Oreo Big Stuf come back. It was basically a giant oreo...I would like to see that but I want it to look like an ice cream sandwich, only with Oreo filling instead of ice cream inside...Okay? Are you listening Nabisco?!?!
I did stumble across a disturbing recipe in my searches for oreo varieties...Apparently you can get deep fried oreos at fairs sometimes. If this thought intrigues you, you can learn to make your own deep fried oreos at home by checking out this website.
Now for any of you who are concerned for my health, you will be happy to find out that I haven't had an oreo in several months. But I am telling you, if they start selling the filling by itself, I am OFF the wagon!
Before I start my review...a few Oreo facts...Did you know that Oreo Cookies were first introduced back in 1912? That means that in just five short years it will be the 100th anniversary of Oreo cookies! I also didn't know that the Hydrox cookie that I always thought of as an inferior Oreo knockoff was actually introduced four years earlier...Oreo just did it better! Original Oreos were mound shaped, and came in cream or lemon meringue flavor. According to some sources the cookies as we know it today was devised around 1952. Now, as I found out to my horror, there are even more varieties than I thought there were! I am not going to review all of them...since I can't get all of them, and I am watching my weight right now, and would rather not watch it increase...In the interest of time and energy I will put a short blurb with my opinion next to each variety. Remember that I am a person that doesn't like a lot of change. I like things when they are good, to stay good...or at least familiar, so while I love certain oreos I am not that thrilled with the changes that new varieties bring.
Original Oreos: I loved these as a kid. I was a dipper back then, and loved the way the little black specks of cookie would freckle the surface of my milk. Unfortunately for this variety I woke up in high school one day and despised the taste of milk. And milk was what redeemed these cookies. Now, in a pinch I might try them dipped in chocolate milk, since I still like chocolate milk, but I will generally pass up original oreos if you offer one to me.
Mini Oreos: Sure you can eat these by the handful, but there is still the same kind of imbalance of cream to cookie ratio that you will experience with Original Oreos. Sorry, not my bag (and they do come in a bag)
Dulche de Leche (caramel cream filling available in select markets, but not my market): This is intriguing...I would try them if only I could find some, and if they were double stuf. (Before you put down my spelling of stuf...that is how Oreo spells it...they think that its original to misspell things rather than just dumb)
Chocolate Cream: Haven't tried them...
Golden Oreo Original: I was going to say that Oreo needed to have a vanilla version for those people out there that don't eat chocolate for whatever reason...imagine my surprise when I came across the description for these...they are the same as the original, but with a vanilla cookie. Yay for Oreo! But again...make it a double stuf, and make it available where I live and not just on the eastern half of the U.S. and I will try it!
Reduced Fat: That is just not right...
Fudge Covered: The only thing besides milk that can redeem an original oreo is covering the whole thing in fudge. I approve!
Fudge Mint Covered: I haven't tried these, but the cream filling wasn't made to go with mint...so I don't approve.
Uh Oh Oreos: Tried them...Didn't like them. The chocolate filling just wasn't the same. These cookies are the reason I don't think I would like chocolate filled oreos.
Double Delight mint and cream: Again, mint and vanilla cream don't go together.
Thin Crisps: What do you get when you cross a wheat thin and an oreo? Well-if there is no filling, then its not an oreo my friend.
Double Delight Peanut Butter and Chocolate: Haven't tried it...don't want to.
Double Delight Mocha and Chocolate: Ewwww. Haven't tried it...won't EVER.
Milk Chocolate Covered: Basically the same as the fudge covered, but there are actually fewer in the package...not right.
Milk Chocolate Mint Covered: Again, cream filling with mint is not my bag.
White Chocolate Covered: This is my second favorite kind, but unfortunately is only available around Christmas.
Double Stuf Peanut Butter: I love peanut butter, but peanut butter flavor with the texture of cream filling just seems unnatural, not that the usual filling seems natural. Now, it needs to be the same filling as Nutter Butters have...then I would be happy.
Double Stuf Mint: My sister Cornflake girl made me try this. Yuck, yuck YUCK! I didn't like it. She likes them, and she can KEEP them.
Last but not least Oreo Double Stuf: Okay...now we are talking! Double Stuf is my favorite! Only I think they still don't have enough filling, so my method of eating is to twist two cookies apart, eat the halves that don't have filling, and put the two filling covered halves together to form the ultimate Oreo... OREO QUADRUPLE! If Oreo would make Double Double Stuf then I would be in heaven. As a kid, I used to scrape the cream filling off with a knife, carefully keeping in in its pristine round shape, and eat it plain. If Oreo filling came by the tub, I would be first in line to buy it. I would eat it with a spoon, I would spread it on toast (okay...on second thought...eww). I would scoop it out with a melon baller and coat it in chocolate and eat it like a truffle. I know a few of you are thinking about my childhood love of eating crisco plain, (remember I stopped doing that years ago), but come on! Oreo filling! As it is I will have to stick with making my Oreo Quadruples, and wishing for a gallon sized container of just the filling. I wonder if they take special orders!
And I know there are many other varieties that have since disappeared. I would love to see the Oreo Big Stuf come back. It was basically a giant oreo...I would like to see that but I want it to look like an ice cream sandwich, only with Oreo filling instead of ice cream inside...Okay? Are you listening Nabisco?!?!
I did stumble across a disturbing recipe in my searches for oreo varieties...Apparently you can get deep fried oreos at fairs sometimes. If this thought intrigues you, you can learn to make your own deep fried oreos at home by checking out this website.
Now for any of you who are concerned for my health, you will be happy to find out that I haven't had an oreo in several months. But I am telling you, if they start selling the filling by itself, I am OFF the wagon!
6 comments:
I have a fabulous Oreo truffle recipe. Should I send it to you or would that be too evil? If it helps, they taste incredible but look like reindeer poop.
I think I already have that one. Of course...it could be a different oreo truffle recipe.
It's just Oreos, cream cheese, and dipped in almond bark. Very simple recipe. I bribe my father in law with it. :)
My dh's fave are the originals...says the double stuff have too much creme. Is there such a thing?? I like the double stuff. We both like milk. We also both like the mint ones okay...but you know what's REALLY yummy? Safeway's knock-off oreos in the mint flavor. So much better than Oreo thought of being.
-a friend of Heidi's :)
qdidn't they change the recipe? I think the Oreo's of today taste different from the oreo's of my by-gone childhood...
Dang it. Ever since this post about Oreos, I've been obsessed with seeing how many different kinds I can see at the store. So I was happy to see that Safeway had them b1g1 free. My girls got the original Oreos while I got my very own Golden Oreos. I ate so many that I nearly got sick. Two thumbs up for the golden ones.
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