Ah, summer! A time for cook outs, wave pools, and county fairs stuffed with as many unhealthy treats as can be jammed onto a stick and deep fried. It is also a time for "seasonal" foods to come out: Watermelon, hot dogs, snow cones, and a new round of Oreo Limited Edition flavors! Let's dive into today's subject: Cotton Candy Oreos.
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Oreo has standardized their Limited Edition packaging at this point, and I have to say it generally hits all the right notes. Bold Oreo logo, with the flavor right above it, a nice picture of the cookie, and a background image of the flavor being presented. It works pretty well for these smaller packages of cookies. Cotton candy (or spun sugar if you want to get overly formal about carnival food) is one of those foods that triggers memories of going to the fair or the circus, and eating something magically sugary and ephemeral. Cotton candy was never particularly GOOD, mind you, but it is incredibly distinctive in both flavor and aroma. How does the Oreo equivalent stack up?
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Well, I'll give this to Nabisco. They have really stepped up to make these Oreo flavors something interesting. The smell of these things is exactly like golden Oreo cookie mixed with cotton candy. And look at the color of the frosting! They've got that pink and blue down almost perfectly. Very, VERY impressive feat to perfectly replicate that until now unique experience. It also passes the twist off test with flying colors (see what I did there?). Still, it may smell good, but how does it taste?
Well, I'll be damned if it doesn't taste almost exactly like cotton candy filling. The golden Oreo compliments the cotton candy flavor (and let's face it, it was always artificial) of the frosting, which pretty much tastes like cotton candy. Without the cookie, the frosting has that sickly sweetness that cotton candy always has, and it is a damn near perfect recreation of that taste. That said, while that taste brings back a lot of memories, it's not something I would want a lot of. It is also pretty wretched in milk. Not completely awful, but I really don't recommend it to anyone. Spot on flavor wise though!
On the FACE Rating System, this gets a simple 1 smiley face. I would be happy to eat one or two of these at a party or if they were offered, but cotton candy is more of a nostalgic flavor for me rather than something I crave. They are tasty, but not particularly exciting for me. If you love cotton candy though, you should immediately rush out and get them. I doubt there will be a cookie that so perfectly encapsulates the Cotton Candy Experience again any time soon.
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