Waffles & Syrup Oreo don't make me Waffle, I'm Syr-upting with Thoughts About These Cookies!*

Waffles & Syrup Oreo

History: Waffles & Syrup Oreos were first leaked as a concept in February 2017 - and nobody believed it. Jelly Donut, Mississippi Mud Pie, Firework? All leaked at the same time, all believable. But Waffles & Syrup? Such a complex mixture of flavors seemed a little foolhardy for Nabisco. Could a creme-based sandwich cookie really capture the texture, the experience, of the absolute finest breakfast desert? Well, those wackos at Nabisco really tried. Waffles & Syrup Oreos were released at Albertsons stores in May 2017, a compliment to the Jelly Donut breakfast flavor released nationwide. Albertsons are largely located west of the Mississippi, and none are in Indianapolis. For the first time ever I ordered a package of Oreos online, paying 3x the cost of store-bought cookies. Worth it?

Cookie: Like their Jelly Donut brethren, Waffles & Syrup Oreos feature a standard Golden cookie. My thoughts on these are well documented at this point. Here, the Golden flavor once again makes for an unwelcome addition, too bland to compliment the creme but just, well. Golden cookies only harm, never help a variant flavor because they just suck.

Creme: Ah, the selling point. It's another double-flavor, two-texture variant. This time a smidge of 'syrup' flavor is surrounded by 'waffle' flavor. You've read this far, but here's the real review: disappointing. I felt the same way about Jelly Donut in that the primary flavor 'waffle' is basically traditional Oreo creme, while the middle flavor isn't quite strong enough to feel present. There's a slight aftertaste that is roughly the same as that of an Eggo Waffle, but the actual flavor of the creme is essentially non-existent. In the scale of "gross" to "great," this falls squarely in the middle, which is just too bad.

To illustrate I used a bit of scrap paper to draw the first-ever "Bloreog Scale™."

As you can see, "Swedish Fish" oreos were and AWESOME IDEA but also GROSS. Candy Corn Oreos were a BLAND IDEA and also, GROSS! Red Velvet Oreos? AWESOME + GREAT! Firework Oreos? BLAND but GREAT. I mean, obviously this scale is kind of broken because I didn't put any thought into placing the dots into an actual scale to express *how* awesome or bland or great or gross each cookie is but I hope you get the point: Waffle & Syrup Oreos were probably not worth $10**

Goregeability: I was fine after two. I'm not sure I'll ever need to eat anymore.

3/5.

*Note: My wife said this is the worst title I've ever written.
** Note2: It was totally worth the $10, are you kidding?