New Oreo

They are messing with the world's best store bought cookie, the legendary Oreo cookie.  I defy any human, except those food snobs and health nuts out there, to say that the Oreo isn't a delicious treat. That chocolate cookies that encases the whatever that stuff is in the middle, is about as deep chocolate taste as possible in a cookie. Kids love to dunk them in milk and adults love to hide the fact that they secretly eat them. So in response to the latter, the makers of the Oreo have decided it will add "Oreo Thins" to its permanent lineup in the U.S. starting next week, just for adults. The adult Oreo cookie looks like regular Oreos and have a similar cookie-to-filling ratio except that they're slimmer and have fewer calories.

The original Oreo started in 1912, but in this age of PC dieting the company figures a gimmick like a slimmer Oreo may entice adults to eat more Oreos. It might give adults an excuse to eat them. Since the thin Oreos can't be dunked the new thin ones may be ignored by kids. besides, kids like that thick white filling. Oreos made a "double stuff" Oreo some years ago for those who like the filing, and that Oreo is a big seller today. The thin Oreo may become to the regular Oreo what grape juice is to wine, an adult version and a child (and we adults who like childish things) version.

Oroes are about as versatile as a cookie can be.  Manufacturers now put them in everything sweet. There are Oreo candy bars, Oreo ice cream, Oreo brownies, Oreo pies and what may be the best sweet pie crust of all. Just crush about 16 Oreos in a food processor and the amalgamation (no melted butter or any liquid needed because the cream center binds the mixture) makes a great pie crust for a cheesecake or any other sweet pie one bakes. Just about every version of Oreos (they make them in vanilla as well as chocolate and there are endless versions of filling flavors) has been popular.

The traditional Oreo is one of the world's most popular cookies.  So why are we shaming ordinary, beautiful, perfectly delicious Oreos with a trendy more healthy thinner one?  The Oreo company describes the new cookie as “more sophisticated” than regular ones. Are cookies supposed to be sophisticated?  Leave the sophisticated act for wine and just give me the ordinary Oreo.