Fruity Crisp Oreo: This Summer's Most Honest Cookie

Fruity Crisp Oreo

History: The Fruity Pebble Oreo was released in June 2016, in tandem with the previously reviewed Blueberry Pie Oreo. Cereal flavors aren't unprecedented; a Rice Crispy Oreo was released in 2014, and was actually very decent. Fruity Pebble Oreo seems strange, but - well, heck. Read on.

Cookie: Just more Golden. Nothing to see here. Move along.

Creme: Like many of the more "complex" specialty flavors, these feature a thicker creme than traditional Oreo, which has a chalkier creme. The creme tends to stretch, if you try. Which I did. I'm not sure you would, but for an Oreo reviewer, everything is up for consideration. Anyway, this creme is pretty delicious. A coworker pointed out it tastes like Fruity Pebble Breakfast bars, and he was right.on.the.money. Now, those taste like a bowl full of Fruity Pebbles + Milk, so if that's your only experience, just go on this. Unlike many fake flavors (lookin' at you, Blueberry / Strawberry / Watermelon), this flavor is very on-point and precisely what you would expect. That said, this also suffers from the 'too sweet' problem, wherein your mouth feels like you ate a spoon of sugar rather than a cookie. But that's the price you pay for speciality Oreos, I suppose.

Milk Taste-Test: My lactose intolerance has become so intense that I can't actually have milk with Oreos anymore. I'll make an exception when an exceptional cookie comes along, but this is not the cookie.

Gorgeability: Far, far too sweet. So sweet I could smell them through the ziploc full of cookies that were sitting in my metal filing cabinet at work today. I would never gorge these.

Verdict: 3 / 5. Sure, it's a bit too sweet, but the taste is actually really pretty decent. For a novelty Oreo, it tastes precisely how you would expect it to. And, heck. I like Fruity Pebbles pretty well.

Blueberry Pie Oreos Really Blew-Berry My Previously High Expectations by Being Lame.

Blueberry Pie Oreo

History: Blueberry Pie Oreos were released June 6th, limited to Target stores. Honestly? You'll probably be able to find them back-stocked for a few months to come. I recently helped at a food bank, and while sorting food found boxes and boxes of unpurchased Coconut Creme Oreos. This was after finding them at my local Target store for several months post-release. What I'm saying is, you shouldn't rush out to try these, both because there will be an ample supply but also because demand will be low - they're not very good.

Cookie: Point-blank: who gives a shit about Golden cookies. I know I don't. You know I don't. I know you might think you do, but you actually don't. They're definitely the lamest part of this cookie, bland, tasteless.

Creme: Have you ever eaten a Blueberry pop-tart? I hope you have, because those are pretty great. The Blueberry creme in the Blueberry Pie Oreo is like a lighter, less intense version of that filling, but with the nasty Oreo finish common in fruit varieties. That said, this creme isn't "bad," so much as it is totally unremarkable.

Milk Taste-Test: My lactose intolerance has become so intense that I can't actually have milk with Oreos anymore. I'll make an exception when an exceptional cookie comes along, but that is not this cookie.

Gorgeability: Not happening.

Verdict: 2 / 5 Oreos.  This was an unexceptional Oreo. I appreciate Nabisco branching into further fruit flavors; perhaps someday we will finally see Cherry, which I once had an intensely emotional dream about. But that's a story for another day.

Strawberry Shortcake Oreo: Short on Cake, Straw on Be - wait, what?

Strawberry Shortcake Oreos



History: Strawberry Shortcake Oreos were officially released on April 4th, 2016. They were the first 'spring' flavor of the year. In terms of 'strawberry' Oreo chronology, they are the fourth major release featuring the flavor, after 2010's Strawberries & Creme,  2011's Neopolitan Triple Double, and 2014's Banana Split. There were probably more, but I never tried them.

Cookie: A regular golden cookie. Indecent. The vanilla cookie is fine, and allows for the strawberry to be fully expressed. However, it doesn't add much to the 'shortcake' dynamic. A new cookie would have been appreciated.

Creme: The Strawberry Creme makes a star appearance, with only minor flavor variation.  It tastes like the milk you slurp up after a bowl of fruity cereal. Delicious. If you're a licker, note that the strawberry creme has a much softer, smoother texture than most cremes, which can tend to be a bit chalky. All-in-all, an excellent creme, if a little high on the 'sweet' scale. If you are averse to fake fruit flavors this might be more tolerable than most Oreos, but only by a smidgen.

Milk Taste-Test: Delicious, but not necessary. It only makes it taste more like the result of a finished bowel of Fruity Pebbles. Your mileage may vary.

Gorgeability: I ate two servings when I first opened the package. I could have eaten more but it hurt my tummy.

Verdict: 3/5. An inessential but inoffensive entry into the fruit Oreo canon. Essentially a re-release of Strawberry. Definitely the best since the legendary Strawberries & Creme Oreos, but inferior due to the lack of plain creme to mitigate the sweetness factor.

Lemon Oreos: Don't Forget Your Dentures, Grandma.

Lemon Oreos.



History: First released in 2012, the Lemon Twist Oreo became a permanent member of the Oreo family in 2013. The Lemon Cookie is a classic variety in the sandwich cookie world. Like Golden, these were a no-brainer. Unlike Golden, they totally rock. 

Cookie: A classic golden cookie. Nothing to write home about.

Creme: The Lemon Creme is both tart and sweet. It's the perfect level of lemon flavoring, without being an odd and overwhelming experience. It goes well with tea, milk, and, well, pretty much anything. It is a relaxing creme. You can eat it forever. It makes you feel classy; it's the kind of cookie a sweet old grandmother might have at her house; not too sweet, not too weird, and not a cookie you appreciate until you're a bit older.

Milk Taste Test: Decent! Not necessary, but decent. 

Gorgability: I brought a ziploc full of these to "Batman v. Superman," and by the end of the movie I had eaten all of them. Then again, I might have been eating away the pain of watching the crap. But the deliciousness of the Lemon Creme Oreo certainly did not deter me.

Summary: 3/5. A high '3.' I would never say the Lemon is a must-buy, or a frequent buy, but it is a decent buy.


Note: My Failure


The "Lemon Twist w/ Chocolate Cookie" Oreo is the only variant I have missed in the past six years. It never came to the Hoosier market. I managed to duplicate the basic concept by buying Frankensteining myself one using Lemon Twist and Chocolate Creme Oreos, but I doubt it was the same. Someday I will try these. Someday.

Fruit Punch Oreo: You'll Never Be a Kid Again.

Fruit Punch Oreo


















History: The Fruit Punch Oreo tasted like summers that will never come again. Friends and places you cannot return to. Childhood dreams, remembered in one blast of red-gold sugary goodness. It was a unique kind of cookie. It first appeared in 2014. I brought it to Half-Price Books for my coworkers to try; it wasn't a popular one. Oh Well.

Cookie: Classic Golden Oreo. As always, bland and relatively flavorless. Especially against the overwhelming force of Fruit Punch.

Creme: Visually, the Fruit Punch Oreo was the prettiest Oreo. Ever. The odd pink color of the creme was both pleasing to the eye, and precisely how it tasted.  It tasted pink, punchy; like a pixie stick. It has the same level of sugary sweetness as a pixie stick, of course, which means it was a one-and-done kinda Oreo cookie. Unlike other flavors, however, the taste is strong enough to make that one cookie meaningful and memorable.

Milk Taste Test: I never actually dipped these in milk.

Gorgability: I ate very few.

Summary: 3/5 stars. A classic novelty flavor, one I avidly hope makes a reappearance some summer down the line.

Chocolate Creme Oreos: Fine.

History: I cannot find a direct history of the "Chocolate Creme" Oreo, but I never noticed or tried them before 2010. I'm sure they've existed in other forms over the years. 

Cookie: Classic chocolate cookie.

Creme: Packaged chocolate creme cookies rarely sit well with me - there's often something off about the chocolate. EL Fudge cookies, for example, have a very dry chocolate filling. It doesn't sit well on the tongue. Mixed with the very, very 'fake' chocolate flavor....

Not a great mix.

When I first tried Chocolate Creme Oreos in 2010, I found the chocolate filling to be comparable. When I bought a pack this year I was pleasantly surprised to find the creme much improved. It's not great on its own, so forget licking the cookies, but as part of the mixture it makes for a pleasant enough cookie. The chocolate flavor is minimal, but at the least the creme has the same smooth 'feeling' as the traditional Oreo creme. 

Milk Taste Test: Decent, but not a notable improvement over eating them dry.

Gorgabiliy: I didn't tend to find myself tempted to eat more than a serving (2 cookies) at any given time.

Rating: 3/5. The Chocolate Creme Cookie suffers from being a decent but unremarkable member of the Oreo family. Good for something different, but not a must-buy.

Mega Stuf Oreo: What the Stuf?

Mega Stuf Oreo


History: The Mega Stuf Oreo was introduced in 2013. It is available in both chocolate and Golden varieties. The Mega Stuf features roughly 2.5x stuf. It's not a significantly larger cookie, but it does have a significantly different taste. Basically, too much too much too much Stuf. I might as well have bought a tube of Stuf and eaten it plain. Which I would do in a heartbeat.

Cookie: Both chocolate and Golden are available, and taste about standard.

Creme: Both varieties of Mega Oreos are vanilla creme only. The amount of creme is overwhelmingly sweet, to the point of rendering the full cookie nearly tasteless.

Milk Taste Test: Delicious, but not significantly different than regular Double Stuf Oreos.

Gorgabiliy: Not a pleasant eating experience. A single serving (2 cookies) feels like a gorge as it is.

Rating: 2/5. Something all Oreo fans had wanted to see just to see it, but definitely proof that something enough stuf is enough stuf.