But then the pandemic hit. There was a Tiramisu flavor that I never was able to get my hands on. The Summer Olympics were postponed, too late to stop the production of the triple Stuf USA Oreos. There has been a dearth of new Oreo content since.
But then, like a Christmas miracle, there was a new Gingerbread Oreo that made an appearance in time for the holiday season.
This was an exciting prospect. Gingerbread hasn't necessarily been a family tradition, but I've come to appreciate it in recent years. I've tried to make it to Trader Joe's each year to pick up their gingerbread cookies.
Gingerbread Oreos are pretty good. The packaging describes them as "gingerbread flavored cookie, creme with crunchy sugar crystals." The cookie has a nice gingerbread flavor, sweet and not overly spicy. I can't say I notice the sugar crystals unless I'm eating the creme by itself, though that doesn't take away from the experience.
Well done, Oreo. I wished there would have been a peppermint or candy cane flavor this year, but these were also good. Two people I know told me unprompted how much they liked these (and one hoped I had a special "in" that would make these a permanent part of the lineup). Hopefully we'll see these in future years.
I also saw Oreo candy canes for the very first time this year! I've had friends ask me about these in previous years, but I've never come across them myself before this year. I have to say, the flavor to these is about as close to the chocolate cookie part of an Oreo as you could get, though it tends to get lost. I find these to be a bit unremarkable. But what if you added mint to these? That might make for a more intriguing flavor, a chocolate peppermint candy cane.
I mentioned the Red, White & Blue Oreos that were released for the Olympics. I never wrote about them here, so I'll include them now.
I like the idea of these. In fact, in the Oreo flavor contest from a few years ago, I suggested doing something like this with the different Bomb Pop flavors to the creme. But this is just a Most Stuf Oreo that has a lot of creme compared to the cookie. From the top, the cookies disturbingly remind me of Aquafresh.
I'm not sure if they'll be making these again for the postponed Olympic games. But I would suggest taking a page from the recent Pride month Oreos and having one color per cookie. That would make each cookie a more reasonable size, and less of an abomination.
Speaking of abominations... I didn't know where else to put this review. But there were actually Sour Path Kids Chips Ahoy cookies in 2020.
These were about what you'd expect. The cookies didn't have full-sized Sour Patch Kids in them. But they were pieces of gummy sour candy that was a softer texture than Sour Patch Kids tend to be. In a way, it wasn't bad. The gummy candy reminded me somewhat of Jello shots. But I also only had one or two before I was done.
That brings us to the end of 2020. 2020 was a difficult year in a lot of ways. I'm sure that many of us would love to leave it all behind and forget that any of it happened. But there was still good that came out of 2020. While 2020 had its lows, like Sour Patch Kids Chips Ahoy cookies, there were also bright spots like Gingerbread Oreos. Getting rid of the year entirely would be throwing away the good things, too.
And there are some bright spots on the 2021 horizon. Oreo has Brookie-O Oreos coming out soon, along with Lady Gaga-inspired Oreos. And who knows what else is to come? While I won't pretend that all of our problems are gone now that the calendar changed over to a new year, there will no doubt be some bright spots that will come our way sooner or later.
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