Limited Edition Red Velvet Oreos
We confess. Oreos are one of an extremely short list of packaged cookies that we will buy at the grocery store. Yes, it’s definitely a very rare occasion… maybe once or twice a year we’ll buy a package. Sometimes, we just can’t resist them. But, we just don’t make a habit of it. Oreos and ice cold milk are a guilty pleasure of ours. Oreos and strong mug of coffee work for us, too. Some might be deterred by the words “ARTIFICIALLY FLAVORED” blaring unapologetically across the top corner. Or, maybe the smaller print stating “flavored creme” under the words cream cheese might give you pause. But, no not us. We will not be dissuaded. We like Oreos. We really do. And, these two packages are coming home with us. Two cookies weigh in at 140 calories. They’re a guilty pleasure… a very rare occasional indulgence.
These packages are smaller than the regular Oreos. Each package contains 21 Oreos. And, when you crack open this package the scent of something reminiscent of cream cheese frosting hits your nose. Eaten as a whole, the cookie is quite nice. It tastes a bit like a significantly sweeter Oreo with a milder crisp chocolate cookie and a super sweet butter-y and more vanilla rich cream. If you’ve ever tasted cream cheese frosting out of the plastic tubs sold near the cake mixes (Bleh, cue shiver.), it’s a bit like that… but slightly better. There’s a delicate tang. Then, there’s that inevitable and unmistakable processed aftertaste. The fault of a large dose of fat? Probably. But, paired with the slightly bittersweet chocolate cookie, it’s not that bad. The crispy reddish brown chocolate cookie is very tasty without the cream. While eating our second cookie, we scraped the cream out. Mmm… much better. The crispy cookie is always the best part of an Oreo anyway.
Better than the original? Never!
Would we buy them again? Maybe. We would have to be craving an original Oreo. And, the original Oreos would have to be sold out.
