However, in the 1970's & 1980's my dad worked at Nabisco corporate. He worked in accounting & purchasing. He told me the filling for an Oreo is basically Crisco vegetable shortening and sugar.
Think about that next time you sit down to eat half a bag of Oreos!
Posts: 6038 | Location: 7400 feet in Conifer CO | Registered: November 14, 2006
Oreos are all about the frosting/ filling to me. I prefer the ultra stuffs or whatever they’re called that’s got even more filling than the double stuffs.
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Posts: 6046 | Location: Upstate NY | Registered: February 28, 2002
A restaurant we'd go to used to make a pie crust by smashing up Oreos and then take the filling and use it in frosting. The insides were sort of like a Mississippi mud pie.
My favorite part was the pie crust so I guess my fave is the cookie part.
This explains a lot of why I'm pudgy.
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As a kid, IIRC we got Sunshine Hydrox cookies more than Oreos. They may have been a bit less expensive. This Wiki article (and in my memory bank) it says Hydrox has a less sugary filling.
Filling for me. One of the Christmas cookies my wife makes is oreo's ground up in the food processor with cream cheese, formed into balls, chilled and dipped in melted chocolate.
Posts: 3974 | Location: Sunshine State | Registered: July 01, 2006
Cookie for me. I scrape off the frosting often. I’ll spread on peanut butter or just dunk in milk.
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I’m really not into normal Oreos but I love the Christmas ones that have red frosting. I know it’s just red food coloring, but I swear they taste better.
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Posts: 3895 | Location: TX | Registered: October 08, 2005
Haven't had one in years but they came out with a lemon flavor I really liked. As a side note, I remember a standup comic, said his dentists hygienist who cleaned teeth was a very attractive young lady. He would sit in the waiting room and eat a whole sleeve of oreos. LOL
