Oreos: How do you eat your
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the Oreo Survey: How do you eat your Oreos?!
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About Oreos: An Oreo is a type of cookie manufactured by
Nabisco Corporation, introduced in 1912. It is very similar to
Sunshine's competing Hydrox cookie, introduced in 1908, which
having lost market share to Oreo for years, was withdrawn in
1996. The modern design of the "Oreo" was developed in 1952 by
William A. Turnier. It consists of two circular chocolate
wafers with a sugary white filling (commonly referred to as
"cream," although it is technically not) sandwiched between
them. The design of the Oreo allows it to be eaten in several
ways. Many people twist apart the wafers and eat the filling
first; others eat the cookie without taking it apart.
The Oreo is commonly used as an ingredient or adornment for
other foods. Milkshakes containing Oreos are popular.
Deep-fried Oreos, which are batter-dipped Oreos fried like
funnel cakes, are sometimes sold at carnivals and fairs. Also,
the development of premium ice creams has produced "Cookies
'n' Cream," a vanilla ice cream with chunks of Oreo cookies
included. Cookies 'n' Cream may or may not contain actual
Nabisco Oreos, however, non-Nabisco brand chocolate sandwich
cookies that are functionally identical, such as Hydrox and an
endless stream of "generic" brands, are commonly referred to
as Oreos.
In 1998 the makers declared that Oreos were kosher-dairy in
Kosher diets. On May 13, 2003, British-born attorney Stephen
Joseph filed suit charging Nabisco with using hydrogenated, or
partially hydrogenated, oils to make the cookies. The suit was
dropped as Nabisco considered replacing the hydrogenated oils
with alternative oils. Depending on area, Oreo cookies may or
may not be vegan.
For many years, the DC Comics character J'onn J'onzz, the
Martian Manhunter, had an addiction to Oreos (later "Chocos"
due to copyright laws). This is one of the character's most
well-known traits.
Oreo varieties
Not all varieties are listed here, and not all are available
in every country. Shown Below:
* Oreo Big Stuff!!! - An Oreo cookie about 3x the size of a
regular one.
* Double Stuf Oreos - an Oreo with a double portion of filling
* Colored Creme Oreos - Instead of white cream, these Oreos
contain cream that is tinted a certain color. They are sold at
appropriate times of the year (orange at Halloween, red at
Christmas, blue during springtime, etc.).
* Chocolate Creme Oreos - contain chocolate-flavored cream
instead of the traditional white cream. A similar cookie by
the name of Fudgee-O is made in (and available in) Canada,
also made by Nabisco.
* Fudge Oreos - like the traditional cookie, but with an
overall coating of chocolate fudge
* White Fudge Oreos - Oreos with a coating of white chocolate
fudge
* Double Delight Oreos - Oreos with two different flavors of
filling in the same cookie
o Peanut Butter and Chocolate - The filling is half peanut
butter and half chocolate-flavored cream.
o Mint 'n' Creme - The filling is half white cream and half
mint-flavored cream.
o Coffee 'n' Creme - The filling is half white cream and half
coffee-flavored cream.
* Uh-Oh! Oreos - The flavors of the cookie are reversed: the
wafers are vanilla flavored and the cream is chocolate. The
name comes from a television commercial for the cookie, in
which a little girl exclaims "Uh-oh!" after watching
malfunctioning factory equipment create a reversed cookie.
* Cup 'O Dirt - Not exactly an oreo, but a cup of chocolate
pudding and crumbled Oreos on top of that, filled with gummy
worms.
* Golden Oreos - have the usual cream, but yellow wafers
instead of chocolate ones
* Uh-Oh! Golden Oreos - consist of the yellow wafers of Golden
Oreos and the chocolate filling of Uh-Oh! Oreos
* Mini Oreos - a smaller, "bite-sized" version of the cookie.
They are packaged in bags or individual snack packs rather
than the usual wrapped trays.
* Oreo Barz - a candy bar variation of the cookie, containing
the wafer and cream, plus a chocolate coating and chocolate
chips for topping
* Oreo O's - a breakfast cereal containing the chocolate and
cream flavors of the cookie with marshmallow bits
* Oreo Ice Cream - an ice cream containing blended oreo
cookies and vanilla ice cream. Breyers makes this Ice Cream in
the States while Nestle makes it in Canada.
* Oreo Ice Cream Sandwiches - same as the cookie with larger
wafers and oreo ice cream in the middle (without the huge
chunks of oreo cookies in it) Breyers makes this Ice Cream in
the States while Nestle makes it in Canada.
* Jello Oreo Pudding - Jello chocolate pudding at the bottom
and on top, with vanilla in the middle.
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