Oreo cookies have been around since 1912, where they were developed and produced in NYC, and ever since they've grown and spread to different countries around the world to be enjoyed by more and more people. And I can say that I'm definately one of those people!
Firstly I'll start with the ... Read review
Advantages: Amazing taste, fun to eat, best with milk Disadvantages: More-ish, sometimes difficult to find, nutrition
Oreo cookies have been around since 1912, where they were developed and produced in NYC, and ever since they've grown and spread to different countries around the world to be enjoyed by more and more people. And I can say that I'm definately one of those people!
Firstly I'll start with the part that you may find the least important, but seeing as I'm writing a review on this cookie, I thought I should inform you of all the little facts, ... ...is a wide range of Oreo cookies, and I can't say I've ever come across any except for the original and mini's. But anyway, here's the variety of different Oreo's that are avaliable;
Oreo Fudge Rings, Oreo Waferstix, Golden Oreo, Golden Chocolate Creme Oreo, Mini Oreo, Vend Pack Oreos, Double Stuf Oreo, Big Stuf Oreo, Double Delight Oreo, Cool Mint Creme Oreo, White Fudge Oreo, Milk Chocolate Oreo, 100 Calorie Pack Oreo/Oreo Thinsations, Triple ... more
Oreo cookies have been around since 1912, where they were developed and produced in NYC, and ever since they've grown and spread to different countries around the world to be enjoyed by more and more people. And I can say that I'm definately one of those people!
Firstly I'll start with the part that you may find the least important, but seeing as I'm writing a review on this cookie, I thought I should inform you of all the little facts, too! The Oreo cookie was first made back in 1912, by the company Nabisco. Originally it was supposed to be targeted for the British market. This was because Nabisco thought our biscuits were 'too ordinary', but obviously it became more popular in America than over here, and has gradually built up it's popularity in most countries since.
In the US there is a wide range of Oreo cookies, and I can't say I've ever come across any except for the original and mini's. But anyway, here's the variety of different Oreo's that are avaliable; Oreo Fudge Rings, Oreo Waferstix, Golden Oreo, Golden Chocolate Creme Oreo, Mini Oreo, Vend Pack Oreos, Double Stuf Oreo, Big Stuf Oreo, Double Delight Oreo, Cool Mint Creme Oreo, White Fudge Oreo, Milk Chocolate Oreo, 100 Calorie Pack Oreo/Oreo Thinsations, Triple Stuf Oreo, Sugar Free Oreo, Reduced Fat Oreo, Oreo Cakesters, Banana Split Creme Oreo, Oreo Handi-Snacks, Chocolate and Dulce de leche Oreo, Oreo Sippers and there may be more.
Oreos can be bought in many different types of packaging. There's the tube packet, which the majority of biscuits/cookies are sold in, the snack packs - most suitable for lunchboxes, or the tray packet, which I think is the most popular type of packaging over here in the UK. The packaging that I like to call the 'tray packet' is basically a tray container inside the plastic wrapper, that is easy to slide out when you have the urge for an Oreo or two. I think this is a good idea as it's easier to avoid breaking the Oreos when you open the packet, which can often happen when trying to open the plastic wrapper on a tube of biscuits, and it also means they're sealed really well. The packaging is a dark blue colour, with a light blue background behind the word 'OREO', which stands out in capital white letters. Underneath this in smaller, white writing is the sentence 'Chocolate Flavoured Sandwich Biscuits', and beside this is a picture of one Oreo cookie that has been twisted apart, to show the white cream inside of the biscuit.
Oreo's are now alot more well known in the UK than they were around a year ago, and you can buy them in most large supermarket's now. The 165g packet in my cupboard was bought from Sainsbury's, and although I'm not sure on the price, they were on offer for an amazing, cheap price of around 59p. I'm not sure if this is the right price exactly, because my mum did buy them, but I think this was around the special offer.
Okay, so onto the more important part, actually getting round to eating the biscuit, because obviously this is the part that you want to read about the most, right? Once you've opened the plastic wrapper, and pulled out the black tray, you see many of the little Oreo cookies lined up beside each other. The most noticeable part is the white cream sandwiched between the two black chocolate biscuits. I'm not sure how many Oreo's are in a packet, but I'd guess around 20 biscuits for this 165g pack that I'm talking about.
When you pick up the Oreo, the texture of the two chocolate biscuits are quite rough, you can also tell that if they weren't sandwiching the white cream that's lay between the two biscuits, they'd be extremely crumbly as they're quite thin - but just the right size.
The smell of the biscuit is very sweet. When you bring it closer to you, it gives off a very bitter, chocolate aroma from the chocolate biscuits. I don't think you can smell the white cream, but maybe the smell of that is mixed in there somewhere with the chocolate biscuits. The smell from the small cookie is definately a good indication as to what to expect when you take a bite into it.
So, onto the taste. When you take the first bite into the biscuit, the first taste is the overpowering chocolate. It's a very bitter, cocoa tasting chocolate biscuit that is just the right amount of sweetness. When you take another bite, you get the same taste as the first, but this time more of a creamy, vanilla taste. Obviously this comes from the white cream sandwiched between the two cookies. The two tastes work brilliantly together, and the same taste lasts throughout the whole cookie.
There are several ways in which you can eat this cookie, which always adds to the fun of eating one. Like the well known slogan for the Oreo, you can 'twist, lick' and 'dunk' it. This involves twisting and pulling apart one of the chocolate biscuits from the cookie, licking or eating the white cream, sticking the two chocolate biscuits back together and then dunking it in milk - or any other drink if you want. You can eat all three layers seperately, or you could just take bites out of it as it is. There's so many ways to eat this little cookie. Usually what I do is twist off one of the chocolate biscuits, dunk that into my milk and eat that part first, then dunk the chocolate biscuit with the white cream on in my milk and then eat that part. That's my favourite way to eat it.
The packet provides alot of information on the cookies, which I think is always really helpful incase you need to know what it contains due to allergy, keeping an eye on your intake etc.
Ingredients: sugar, wheat flour, vegetable oils (antioxidant e-320), fat reduced cocoa powder (7%), glucose and fructose syrup, raising agents (sodium and ammonium bicarbonates), dried whey (from milk), cocoa mass, salt, emulsifier (soya lecithin), flavouring. May contain traces of sesame seeds and nuts.
Obviously this is a snack to not eat if you suffer from an allergy due to any of these ingredients. And although it doesn't state it on the pack, I'm guessing these are suitable for vegetarians due to the fact that none of the ingredients contains animal products. I'm hoping so anyway, because I'm a vegetarian haha.
Nutritional information: Per 24g (2 biscuits) Energy 471 kJ Calories 113 Protein 1.4g Carbohydrates 15.6g of which sugars 9.5g Fat 5.0g of which saturates 2.6g Fibre 1.1g Sodium* 0.1g *equivalent as salt 0.3g
I'd definately recommend trying these wonderful little cookies if you've never tried them, as it's highly likely you'll take a liking to these if you have the right kind of tastebuds!
Advantages: tasty, cheap Disadvantages: thin, contain traces of nuts
...a few years ago.
An Oreo is a cookie style biscuit that derives from America back in the eartly 1900's. It's two chocolate cookies with a white cream filling. The history of an Oreo cookie is paired with stories of dunking in milk. I can't personally imagine myself doing that with these but they are delicious in their own right.
I bought mine in a box containing four snack packs. This makes them perfect for the lunch box, if not a healthy option.
... ...one of the nicest.
Oreo cookies are made by Nabisco (Kraft) foods. They don't seem to be too widely available in supermarkets, but now I've found them I know where to go back to. My box containing four snack packs was 59p, excellent value for a lunch box styled product. As normally anything put into smaller packets seem to be more expensive for some reason.
The exact calorific amounts are unknown to me but after a bit of searching, I imagine these ...
yukkibear 24.01.2006
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...at once!
The original Oreo cookie was created in 1912 in New York City by Nabisco at one of their factories. The original purpose of creating the cookie was to target the British biscuit market as Nabisco thought that British biscuits were too boring!
Even thought the makers originally made the biscuit for a foreign market, I don’t think they anticipated the success that it would have at home in the USA! It is one of the best known cookies in the ... ...Nabisco have cashed in on Oreo by making other varieties of the biscuit. There are currently 52 Oreo relates snacks available to buy in the USA. Some of these sound delicious but very fattening. For example there is an Oreo Crust Pie which in total contains 780 calories!
There are also ‘Pure White Fudge Covered Oreo Sandwiches’ which sound incredible. In the covered range there is also ‘Milk Chocolate Covered Oreos’ and ‘Milk Chocolate Covered Mint’. ...
luceey 19.08.2009
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Advantages: Delicious dunked in milk Disadvantages: There are none
...eat the middle of an Oreo first and save the chocolate cookie outside for last." I'm sure most of you have never heard that little jingle before, but I grew up with it. This was the jingle used on the Nabisco advert for Oreo Chocolate Sandwich Biscuits, or as I like to call them, cookies.
Oreo's are the number one selling cookie in the US and as proudly stated on the front of the box, they are the world's number one biscuit. They have been around ... ...How did the Oreo get it's name? According to Nabisco, there are several theories. One theory is that it was named by taking the "RE" out of cream and sandwiching it between the two "O"s from the word chocolate.
Another theory is that it was just an easy name to pronounce with just a few letters, that had a nice ring to it. Yet another is that it came from the french word for gold, "or", a colour used years ago on the packaging. Whatever the answer, ...
Lgair 12.12.2001
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Advantages: Great taste and fun to eat Disadvantages: Contain a worryingly high amount of sat fat & sugar
...the U.K as well. An Oreo is basically two pieces of chocolate biscuit sandwiches together with cream in the middle.
I buy my packs from Tesco where they currently have an offer on until the 16/09/2008 where you can buy a pack of 14 for £0.49 rather than the usual £0.87 so of course I bought 4 packets this weekend, they'll all be gone within a few days. Anyway they come in a dark blue wrapper which has a light blue streak across the front on which ... ...Oreo with the top twisted off of it. On the back of the packet you can find the ingredients, nutritional information and eating instructions.
The ingredients, which I include in most of my reviews for people who suffer from food allergies are:
Sugar, Wheat Flour, Vegetable Oils (Antioxidant, E-320), Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder (7%), Glucose and Fructose Syrup, Raising Agents (Sodium and Ammonium Bicarbonates), Dried Whey (from Milk), Cocoa Mass, Salt, ...
faders321 31.08.2008
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Advantages: Most of it (except disadvantages). Disadvantages: They make your tongue black!
I was in Tesco looking at the biscuits, and I didn't want something boring like a rich tea biscuit, but something that looked new, fun and exciting! I saw "Oreo's" and decided that THOSE looked nice!
Overall Quality
The "Oreo" itself, is a chocolate biscuit, sandwiched with vinilla. It's very clean, and isn't unhygenic like some foods, and is really nice.
Value For Money
I brought a single pack for about 59p which is good value, I got a "Snack ... ...is clean and is made out of cardboard. You can recycle cardboard which is good for the enviroment!
How loyal am I to this brand?
I am very loyal to "Kraft", who make "Oreo's", I don't know if they make other products but if they do, I don't think they could top "Oreo's"!
Taste
"Oreo's" taste a bit like cocoa powder on it's own, but it doesn't taste disgusting, they are chocolate flavoured sandwich biscuits!
Overall
Everything about "Oreo's" ...
AlexanderBanks 19.01.2009
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Like many people, I've heard of Oreocookies through watching american t.v shows and reading books by american authors, and I realised they must be extremely popular across the pond. They sound lovely, but I didn't think I would get to try unless I ever happened to travel to America. Thankfully, I was wrong!
I stopped at an off-licence on my way to work yeterday as I had forgotten to take any luch and my tummy had already started to rumble. I don't visit this shop often, mainly because it's not that close to home, but also because they charge you for payments less than £5. Whilst I was searching for something to sustain me for the rest of the day, I spied a little tub of Mini Oreos. Curiosity won out and I purchased the 115g tub for 99p, which I thought was cheap.
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Advantages: taste good, unusual Disadvantages: hard to find
Most people who have travelled to America have probably heard of Oreocookies. They are something that most people such as myself come back wanting because they're so addictive and hard to get hold of. I have been on a lot of website selling American goods such as these cookies but they charge ridiculous amounts like £5.50 for a packet. So, I was shopping in my local Farmfood's and surprisingly saw a mini tub shape. I picked it up and noticed the words Mini Oreo, so excited by this I bought them and my day was fulfilled.
So, Oreocookies are in fact made by the company Nabisco. I noticed that these cookies were not actually shipped from America but interestingly made in Barcelona, Spain. Luckily for us there is a factory there so we can get hold of these cookies for a much cheaper price.
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