“Gin-ger-bread gin-ger-bread gin-ger-bread Or-eee-ooo. Oh what fun it is to snack-on-you even though-there-is-no snow. Hey!”
That’s right, baby! It’s only October, and there’s ZERO snow in sight, but my heart is-a-singin’ cause Gingerbread Oreo are back! Sort of. Originally released way back in 2012 and making appearances for several years after, Gingerbread Oreo have returned to usher in the 2020 holiday season in a new festive form.
The original Gingerbread Oreo, last seen in 2015, was a standard Golden Oreo cookie filled with a gingerbread-flavored creme. The newest iteration is a gingerbread-flavored cookie filled with classic Oreo creme and crunchy sugar crystals. The wafers are garnished with five wintery designs to warm our holiday hearts.
I’m an autumn boy through and through, and spice is the name of my game. The last three years, Pumpkin Spice Oreo have vanished from shelves, and while Maple is a nice addition, it doesn’t quite hit with the same punch as those lovely warming spices. Needless to say, I love the new Gingerbread Oreo.
Opening the package is like a cozy holiday nostril massage full of cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger, rounded out with a cool vanilla sweetness. Gingerbread is at its best when its aggressive spice is complimented by a sweet, soothing and creamy, frosting. The cookie itself isn’t over the top spicy, but it’s more pronounced in its assertiveness than Cinnamon Bun and a whole helluva lot more impressive than the lackluster Cookie Butter.
The balance between the cookie and the creme is great. While I wouldn’t have been mad at a cream cheese flavored filling, the original Oreo “white stuf” does a convincing job at bringing the sugary blast my tinsel-y tastebuds want.
The crunchy sugar crystals add a nice little textural intrigue. Their red color, paired with the undeniably cute designs on the outside, really brings the jingle bell vibes full circle. The Oreo actually look like a perfect cookie representation of an inverted slice of gingerbread loaf, and I find the visual-meets-taste appeal to be hard to stop eating. I just want to keep going. Run run as fast as you can, you can’t catch me I’m the gingerbread man!
Yes, it’s still spooky season, and I actually dug into these right before watching “The Thing” for the sixth time. But it’s my first taste of Christmas this year, and quite frankly, Nabisco won me over. Whether these are better than the sweeter and more vanilla-forward Gingerbread Oreo of the past will be totally subjective. But for this spicy boy they’re right in the same tier of junk food greatness.
Purchased Price: $4.99
Size: 10.7 oz
Purchased at: Walgreens
Rating: 9 out of 10
Nutrition Facts: (2 cookies) 150 calories, 7 grams of fat, 2 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 0 milligrams of cholesterol, 75 milligrams of sodium, 20 grams of carbohydrates, 0 grams of fiber, 12 grams of total sugars, and less than 1 gram of protein.
WOW, looks amazingly SWEET! I always LOVED the crunchy sugar crystals in these types of snacks.
Can’t wait to find these! Sadly, seasonal editions are sorely lacking in gingerbread flavors across the board. I want more.
@Jennifer. I totally agree with you on the gingerbread flavor. I always think Gingerbread and Eggnog are typical Christmas flavors to be used and instead most things are Hot Cocoa, Peppermint, or Sugar Cookie flavored. I much rather have new food items flavored with Gingerbread or Eggnog. Life cereal had the Gingerbread flavor and it was a very good cereal.
To my taste buds, Ben & Jerry’s Pumpkin Cheesecake ice cream actually tastes like eggnog. So good.
I can’t wait to find them and try them.
Got ’em. Was excited… then I tasted them! Ugh, it’s like eating a candle.
I’m hoping I can make a cheesecake crust from them that eventually resembles something edible.
Do we know if these are available everywhere, or were they exclusive to specific stores?
They’re in a couple of stores early but these should be available everywhere starting next week, AFAIK
Will be at WM next week
My husband found one package at Dollar General.
How utterly disappointing. What’s the f’ing point of a Gingerbread Oreo if it doesn’t have a gingerbread flavored creme?! BOO!!!!!
I saw them at Walgreens. Didn’t realize they were new, just thought they were a seasonal returning flavour.
They are a returning flavor kind of, but it’s different for 2020. The old one was golden cookie with gingerbread creme, this is gingerbread cookie with plain creme+sugar crystals.
Best oreo ever.