Kotas Reviews Cookies and Cream Oreos

Sometimes a product is released that is ridiculous in its conception and it comes out terrible. Sometimes you get something ridiculous that is pretty good.Then there are the products that say "What the hell were you thinking?" because they make absolutely no sense at all. Ladies and gentlemen, today we take a look at Cookies and Cream Oreos.

Yo dawg, I heard you like Oreos...

Cookies and Cream is one of my favorite flavor combinations. The very essence of Cookies and Cream is vanilla ice cream with crushed up Oreo cookies (or other chocolate sandwich cookies, I suppose) mixed in. Best enjoyed fresh made with soft serve, perhaps in the form of a winter storm, it has become a staple ice cream flavor up there with Rocky Road and Mint Chip. So I have to say "What the HELL Nabisco?" In the past, you haven't really involved ice cream flavors, so much as "flavors that are also used in ice cream" but really? This one takes the sundae. Did you even stop to think about the redundancy of this product? 

The package is standard Limited Edition Oreo packaging, with a picture of a nice serving of cookies and cream ice cream...that has an OREO IN IT. Is this some sort of joke? Are you THIS contemptuous of your audience that you thought we wouldn't notice? Eh, fuck it, let's open this up and take a look.

OREOCEPTION!

Well, you know what this looks like? A FUCKING OREO. With rejected creme filling, no less! Seriously folks, as I've noted before, grey is NOT an appetizing color. Sure, it kind of looks like "cookies and cream filling", but you know what that is? OREO CREME AND CHOCOLATE COOKIES! This is making a hamburger by grinding up ground beef. YOU STILL HAVE GROUND BEEF, JUST SLIGHTLY MORE GROUND. So, how does it taste? Can you guess? 

The taste is AN OREO. I know you all are as shocked as I am, but the flavor is the exact same flavor as a regular Oreo. Now, that flavor is a good flavor. One of my favorites even. But this is not a LIMITED EDITION flavor, when you've just put the same old flavor into a slightly worse looking package. Did you think we were idiots Nabsico? Apparently we are, because this bastard costs the same as a standard package of Oreos, but with 4 ounces LESS product. And I bought it, so help me I BOUGHT IT.

On the FACE Rating System, this gets 3 Frownie Faces. It is the height of laziness, arrogance, or both to just barf out a worse looking Oreo that tastes exactly like an Oreo and have the FUCKING GALL to charge a premium for the privilege. The actual taste is fine, it's just EXACTLY WHAT WE ALREADY HAD, in a smaller, shittier package that costs more. Ya done fucked it up Nabisco! I liked the Thins version because it was a fairly interesting texture change...but THIS...Ya done me wrong, Nabisco. That hurts. If you get a chance to taste these without buying them, they taste just fine. Oreo deliciousness. Just don't get suckered into actually paying for them, because there is nothing of value to be had.

Kotas Reviews Oreo Thins

Ah, Oreos, my old friends. If ever there was a mass market cookie that totally capture my stomach, it is you. There is just something incredibly delectable about your sandwich cookie goodness, and other brands just aren't the same, no matter how hard they try. Standard Oreos are one of my favorite things ever, you may have guessed. Today,we look at a variation on them, the Oreo Thins

 

Don't let the name fool you...they are still Oreos.

Everyone is into dieting these days, even Oreos it seems. These are "thin and crispy" sandwich cookies and boy do they look it. It is, in fact, a marvel of food engineering. They have taken every single aspect of a standard Oreo and divided by two, lengthwise. Each of these things is basically half an Oreo. 

Seriously, look at these things!

Other then that? Yeah, they are Oreos. The packaging is a little different, but...Oreos. They smell like Oreos too. But, how do they taste?

It's the suspense that gets me, every time.

Prepare to be shocked...they taste like Oreos! Well, not exactly. They are certainly crispier than a standard Oreo, but the flavor is Oreo. The creme/cookie ratio is exactly the same so other than the initial crunch, the taste is pure Oreo goodness. That said, that extra bit of crispiness greatly increases their...munchability? Is that a word? It is now I guess. Anyway, because they are thin, they have almost no heft and you can just gobble them down like delicious dessert chips made of Oreo. You say "Well, they are half a cookie, so I can have a couple extra..." and before you know it, the package is half gone and you feel bad about your life decisions. Bravo, Nabisco. Bravo.

Of course, it's not all creme filling and happiness. These suckers cost exactly the same as regular Oreos, but you get approximately 28% less by weight (14oz to 10oz packages). So not only do I eat them faster, there aren't as many of them. What the hell are you trying to push on me? Shame on you Nabisco. Shhhaaaaammmmme.

On the FACE Rating System, these get 2 Smiley Faces. My goodness are the delicious, perhaps even preferred above regular Oreos (blasphemy I know), but DAT PRICE just hurts too much to make them more than an occasional treat. Still, definitely worth trying!