Oreo Cookies Vanilla.....
Ok, so you must be reading this review because you are interested in purchasing these biscuits.....Well I am going to tell you about these biscuits, what I'm not going to tell you is all about the company who manufacture these biscuits or the life long history of these biscuits. I intend on telling you exactly what I would want to know, if I myself were interested in buying these biscuits for the first time and then you can decide if you think they are worth going out and buying for yourself.
What I'd want to know...
Firstly, I got about 15 actual biscuits in the 154g packet that I bought, always important I think, people want to know how many biscuits they are actually getting, at least I like to know. They're smaller than the average biscuit about 1 and 3/4 inch diameter, this is something to take into account because if your like me and maybe give your children a couple of biscuits at a time, with these being that little bit smaller you may find another biscuit is needed for the kids to make up for this. They are made up of two, round, very dark brown chocolate biscuit slices, held together by a white smooth creamy vanilla filling. Each biscuit slice is covered with a pattern and has the word Oreo in the middle. I don't suppose it's that important to me in particular, what the actual biscuit looks like, I'm more interested in how these biscuits taste.
Taste...
Well, the biscuits in my opinion taste very nice, quite a rich, if not somewhat sickly, chocolaty taste coupled with a smooth creamy vanilla flavor thrown in. I personally couldn't smell anything from the biscuits until I had the biscuit literally up to my mouth, then I could detect the smell of chocolate and a very slight vanilla smell. Once bitten into, the biscuit crumbles and I found that little tiny bits of biscuit stuck to my fingers whilst other crumbs decided to fall here there and everywhere. It might just be me but I find these biscuits to be quite messy to eat. My son decided to try the "Twist it, Lick it, Dunk it" test, the top twisted off without breaking, good start, licking it he had no problem with, however before he got a chance to dunk it, the biscuit broke and fell onto the floor in bits. So I say the test was unsuccessful. These biscuits are very crumbly and seem to break up very easily.
Other stuff...
Another thing I noticed about these biscuits was the fact that the way they have been sandwiched together, is not all neat, precise and exact like you would expect from a more expensive biscuit. No, they just seemed stuck together anyhow, this did not make them look particularly inviting as the majority of the biscuits just looked like any old random pack of value biscuits that you'd pick up for 30p from any supermarket. Some people may not think anything of paying £1.00 for a packet of 15 biscuits which makes them around 6.5 pence per biscuit, I actually paid 99p for these biscuits, but I still think it's a lot when I compare them to value biscuits, which I might add do often taste just as nice as the more expensive ones. The actual packet the biscuits come in is of quite good quality though, quite thick packaging, keeping the biscuits securely in place without fear of the packet splitting and the biscuits falling out all over the place. For those who are interested, I'm usually not, there is a list of nutrition information, ingredients etc. written on the packet. I realize a lot of people like to be aware of these things for whatever reason, but personally I just want to know what flavor they are, how many I'll get and what they are going to cost me. A biscuit is a biscuit at the end of the day, all I want to know is, are they worth paying a little extra for.
And so...
So, summing up these biscuits then, I like them but I don't buy them all the time. I personally think there are a lot of cheaper versions out there that taste just as good as these. But occasionally I will buy myself a packet of these Oreo's to treat myself. I wouldn't go out of my way in order to try and find these biscuits, if I couldn't see them in the shop I would just as happily pick something else. You can pick Oreo biscuits up from most supermarkets, they appear to be widely available.
I'm going to give these Oreo's 4 stars, I would have given 3.5 but as I can't I will give them the benefit of the doubt and give them 4.
I hope this has helped you in your decision as to whether you want to buy these biscuits or not. Everything I have told you is everything I would want to know before I went out and bought these biscuits for the first time. Thank you for reading my review which may also be posted on other sites.
