What are they?
First, just look at this package. Nothing says “I have a problem” clearer than when your snack foods arrive looking like they were crowbarred out of the quarter panel of a car crossing the border.
China has figured out the optimal way to sell novelty flavored Oreo cookies – in a variety pack! (Meanwhile, we’re still stuck with 20-packs of Swedish Fish Oreo.) This box had two identical sleeves containing eight Oreo of varying bizarro-ness. Genius.
There was a classic Oreo, Chocolate, Mango, Spicy Chicken Wing, Strawberry, Wasabi, Blueberry, and Seaweed (a flavor I haven’t seen sold on its own yet).
How are they?
I expected the aroma inside the sleeve to be a mishmash of sweet and savory, but it was a general chocolate and slightly citrus-y sweetness.
I’ll skip the classic and chocolate because they’re basically the same cookies we have here and the Spicy Chicken Wing and Wasabi, as they’ve been reviewed before. The Mango I’ll also skip because it tasted the same as the Orange & Mango that was reviewed earlier, just with a single color filing.
The first cookie I tried was Blueberry, which was really lovely. Not totally natural, but not unpleasantly fake. It was tangy and went nicely with the chocolate cookie. I picked up a good amount of raspberry as well, which made me think this is a single-color version of the Chinese Blueberry/Raspberry Double-Fruit Oreos (Orange/Mango). In any case, I could have eaten a whole package of these.
The Strawberry didn’t work as well, mostly because it was so subtle that it almost disappeared under the chocolate. On its own, the filling was OK – actually a hair more authentic than the blueberry – but anything it’s paired with will overwhelm it.
Lastly, the Seaweed. In the words of Rihanna, this is what you came for. The filling was a beige tint with little green flecks and some tiny yellowish chunks (still haven’t figured out what those were). They still tasted like the basic Oreo, but with a savory overlay. It wasn’t particularly fishy or salty, but that vaguely defined “umami.”
Unlike the Chicken Wing and Wasabi, which were downright horror shows, these were edible and genuinely interesting. I can easily see them finding an audience with people who prefer their treats on the less-sweet side. While I wouldn’t want a 20-pack of them (two is perfect for me), I liked them a lot more than I thought I would.
Is there anything else you need to know?
The flavors in the sleeve did not match the running order on the back of the box. Very upsetting for us OCD-adjacent folk.
Conclusion:
Blueberry(/Raspberry) I want more of. They’re worth buying on their own if they come here. Strawberry – meh – not great enough to seek out. Seaweed – better than I expected and worth a try for the adventurous snackers or to goad your friends into eating at a party.
Purchased Price: $14.95 + free shipping
Size: 155g box (16 cookies)
Purchased at: eBay
Rating: 9 out of 10 (Blueberry)
Rating: 6 out of 10 (Strawberry)
Rating: 5 out of 10 (Seaweed)
Nutrition Facts:: (per 100g) 486 calories, 21.2 grams of fat, 440 milligrams of sodium, 67.6 grams of carbohydrates, and 5.2 grams of protein.
I’m surprised the seaweed flavor was that good, especially after how poorly reviewed the previous savory flavors were. Now I want to try it!
On a side note, look at the hand on the right of the packaging. Who holds an Oreo like that? I don’t want your nasty thumb-grease embedded in my Oreo filling!
Forget the new flavors, can we get variety packs in the US??
I’ve requested that several times, actually posting to Oreo’s official FB page. I just get the “thank you for your suggestion, we’ve forwarded it to the appropriate dept” answer. They should do a year recap of all the limited flavors (in a single variety pack) at Christmas time. They’d sell boatload of these.
You don’t want to know what those “tiny yellowish chunks” embedded in the cream of the Seaweed Oreos are. By the way, that’s an astonishing amount of protein (and calories, too) for just 100 grams worth of Oreos. That can’t be right.
Whoops! It’s missing a decimal – 5.2 grams! Good catch~
Seaweed Oreos in America when? At least sell them in Asian supermarkets.
The seaweed flavor should be called a Noreo. Sorry.