Oreo cookies.

Oreo Cookie may also refer to a pejorative term

Oreo is a trademark for a popular type of sandwich cookie manufactured by the Nabisco Corporation, introduced in 1912. It is very similar to Sunshine's competing Hydrox cookie, introduced in 1908, which, having lost market share to Oreo for years, was withdrawn in 1996 (Lukas,1999). The modern design of the Oreo was developed in 1952 by William A. Turnier. It consists of two circular chocolate wafers with a sugary white filling (commonly referred to as "cream", although it is actually not) sandwiched between them. Originally, Oreos were mound-shaped; some postulate that this is the source of the name "Oreo" (Greek for "nice"). The modern design of the Oreo allows it to be eaten in several ways. Some people twist apart the wafers and eat the filling first; others eat the cookie without taking it apart. Some prefer to eat Oreo cookies after dunking them in milk. Image File history File links Oreo3. ... Image File history File links Oreo3. ... In African-American vernacular slang, Oreo Cookie (alternatively Oreo or Coconut) is a pejorative term for another African-American who has largely eschewed African American culture in order to ingratiate themselves to the European majority. ... Look up pejorative in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A chocolate chip cookie In the United States and Canada, a cookie is a small, flat baked cake. ... Nabisco logo Nabisco is a U.S.-based manufacturer of cookies and snacks, including brands such as Chips Ahoy!, Fig Newtons, Mallomars, Oreos, Ritz Crackers, Teddy Grahams, Triscuits, and Wheat Thins. ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Sunshine Biscuits was started in 1913 by Jack and Taylor in their home. ... {stub} Hydrox was a brand name for a successful creme-filled chocolate sandwich cookie which debuted in 1908 and was manufactured by Sunshine Biscuits (Lukas, 1999). ... 1908 (MCMVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Chocolate most commonly comes in dark, milk, and white varieties, with cocoa solids contributing to the brown coloration. ... Cream is a dairy product that is composed of the higher-fat layer skimmed from the top of raw milk before homogenization. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... To dunk is to dip biscuit, bread, cake, or doughnut into a beverage, usually hot, especially tea or coffee, but the popular American snack milk and cookies features cookies dunked into cold milk. ... A glass of cow milk Milk most often means the nutrient fluid produced by the mammary glands of female mammals. ...

The Oreo cookie is commonly used as an ingredient or adornment for other foods. Milkshakes containing Oreo cookies are popular, and deep-fried Oreo cookies, which are batter-dipped Oreos fried like funnel cakes, are sometimes sold at carnivals and fairs. Also, the development of premium ice creams has produced "cookies and cream" flavors, a vanilla ice cream with chunks of chocolate sandwich cookies included. Cookies 'n' Cream may or may not contain actual Nabisco Oreo cookies, however, and may instead have non-Nabisco brand chocolate sandwich cookies that are functionally identical, such as Hydrox and an endless stream of "generic" brands. Many cookies similar to Oreo cookies are commonly referred to as "Oreo" despite not having an actual connection to Nabisco. A chocolate Milkshake A milkshake is: in the United Kingdom and Australia a beverage which is made from milk and flavourings, whereas a thick shake is made from milk, ice cream and flavourings, a smoothie is milk, fruit and optionally ice cream or yoghurt, and iced coffee and iced chocolate... An advertisement for an automated deep fryer from 1973 A deep fried twinkie. ... Funnel Cake with powdered sugar Funnel cake or funnelcake is a regional specialty food, originally associated with the Pennsylvania Dutch region of the United States. ... Swabian-Alemannic carnival clowns in Wolfach, Germany A carnival is a public celebration or parade combining some elements of a circus and public street party, generally during the Carnival Season. ... A fair is a gathering of people to display or trade produce or other goods, to parade or display animals and often to enjoy associated carnival or funfair entertainment. ... Missing image Ice cream is often served on a stick Boxes of ice cream are often found in stores in a display freezer. ... Cookies and Cream is popular flavouring in foods, including ice creams, milkshakes, and confectionary. ... For other uses, see vanilla (disambiguation). ... {stub} Hydrox was a brand name for a successful creme-filled chocolate sandwich cookie which debuted in 1908 and was manufactured by Sunshine Biscuits (Lukas, 1999). ...

According to a statement from Kim McMiller, an Associate Director of Consumer Relations, there is a two-stage process that is used to make Oreo cookies.

The base cake dough is formed into the familiar round cookies by a rotary mold at the entrance of a 300-foot-long oven. And key ingredients include sugar (later supplanted by chemically produced high fructose corn syrup), Dutch cocoa, and pure chocolate liquor purchased from outside suppliers in addition to flour which is milled at Nabisco's flour mill. High fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is a newer and sweeter form of corn syrup. ...

History

The Oreo was first targeted at the people who drank tea in England. The creators had decided that England's biscuit was quite boring to dip in their tea and that they should create a new "Different" biscuit that would be fun and interesting. Oreos were produced in two flavors of cream, vanilla and lemon meringue. This later changed, eliminating lemon meringue and to make way for the many other flavours. The cookie made better progress than what was expected but made greater progress in America later on, which surprised its creators greatly. Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location (dark green) within the United Kingdom (light green), with the Republic of Ireland (blue) to its west Languages English Capital London Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population – 60,609... A biscuit is a small baked bread or cake. ...

A little known fact is that each side shows twelve flowers around the Oreo design.

Etymology

Some have suggested the name "Oreo" came about because it was a nice and melodic use of sounds that were easy to pronounce. Others claim the name is based on the French word for gold, a color used on early packaged designs. Another theory is that the name comes from the Greek word for nice (oreo), as previously mentioned. Some people believe that the creators took the re from the word cream and that the two o's represent the two cookies on both the bottom and the top (o-re-o).

In the mid 1990's, as part of the "Got Milk?" advertising campaign, a commercial was produced which gave an explanation, albeit a joking one, for the naming of the cookie. It all takes place in the Nabisco boardroom. The president of the company showed all of his executives the Oreo cookie, which didn't have a name. The spot where you see OREO on the cookie is blank. The president of the company tells the board members that this cookie will make them all rich, but they need to come up with a name for it. All of the board members proceed to eat the cookies with milk. The youngest board member, Hurley, puts a cookie in his mouth, but when he goes for milk, there's none left. The other board members are yelling out names for the cookie like "Wafericious" and "Chocoriffic" The president is not satisfied with any of these names. He then asks Hurley in a very scornful tone what he thinks. Hurley says "I don't know", but since his mouth is filled with oreos and he has no milk to wash them down, it sounds like he said "Oreo". The president calls him a genius, and history is made.

Varieties

Oreo cookies in Canadian packaging

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• Oreo Big Stuff!!! - an Oreo cookie about twice the size of a regular one
• Double Stuf Oreo - an Oreo cookie with a double portion of filling
• Double Stuf Peanut Butter Creme Oreo - an Oreo with a double portion of a peanut butter-flavored filling
• Double Stuf Chocolate Creme Oreo - an Oreo with a double portion of a chocolate-flavored filling
• Colored creme Oreo - Instead of white cream, these Oreos contain cream that is tinted a certain color. They are sold at appropriate times of the year (orange at Halloween, red at Christmas, blue and yellow during springtime). All colored creme Oreos have special designs like kites, pumpkins, or Christmas trees.
• Chocolate Creme Oreo contain chocolate-flavored cream instead of the traditional white cream. A similar cookie by the name of Fudgee-O is made in (and available in) Canada, also made by Nabisco. (This is also available in "Double Stuff")
• Fudge Oreo - like the traditional cookie, but with an overall coating of chocolate fudge
• White Fudge Oreo - Oreo cookies with a coating of white chocolate fudge (these are usually sold during winter, to be reminiscent of snow)
• Mystic Mint - like the traditional cookie, but with an overall chocolate mint flavored coating
• Double Delight Oreo - Oreo cookies with two different flavors of filling in the same cookie
  • Peanut Butter and Chocolate - The filling is half peanut butter and half chocolate-flavored "cream".
  • Mint 'n' Creme - The filling is half white "cream" and half mint-flavored "cream".
  • Coffee 'n' Creme - The filling is half white "cream" and half coffee-flavored "cream".
  • Mocha 'n' Chocolate Creme The filling is half mocha "cream" and half-chocolate "cream". This product is only available in Canada.
  • Caramel 'n' Chocolate - The filling is half caramel "cream" and half chocolate flavoured "cream".
• Uh-Oh! Oreo - The flavors of the cookie are reversed; the wafers are vanilla flavored and the cream is chocolate. The name comes from a television commercial for the cookie, in which a little girl exclaims, "Uh-oh!" after watching malfunctioning factory equipment create a reversed cookie.
• Cup o' dirt or Dirt pudding - This children's dessert is not exactly an Oreo, but a cup of chocolate pudding and crumbled Oreo cookies on top, filled with gummy worms. May alternatively be called "worms 'n' dirt."
• Golden Oreo - have the usual cream, but yellow wafers instead of chocolate ones. "Uh-Oh! Oreo" is essentially a Golden Oreo cookie with chocolate filling.
• Mini Oreo - A smaller, "bite-sized" version of the cookie, they are packaged in bags or individual snack packs rather than the usual wrapped trays.
• Oreo Barz - a candy bar variation of the cookie, containing the wafer and cream, plus a chocolate coating and chocolate chips for topping
• Oreo O's - a breakfast cereal containing the chocolate and cream flavors of the cookie with marshmallow bits. Post makes this cereal.
• Oreo Ice Cream - a brand of cookies 'n' cream flavored ice cream containing blended Oreo cookies and vanilla ice cream. Breyers makes this ice cream in the United States while Nestlé makes it in Canada. Dairy Queen would use this idea for their Blizzard while Canadian McDonalds stores would use this for their McFlurry.
• Oreo Ice Cream Sandwiches - same as the cookie with larger wafers and Oreo ice cream in the middle (without the huge chunks of oreo cookies in it) Breyers makes this Ice Cream in the United States while Nestlé makes it in Canada.
• Jell-O Oreo Pudding - Jell-O brand chocolate pudding at the bottom and on top, with vanilla in the middle.

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Oreo cookies in popular culture

• For many years, one of the most well-known traits of the DC Comics character J'onn J'onzz, the Martian Manhunter, was his addiction to Oreo cookies. Later the addiction was changed to "Chocos" due to trademark or copyright laws.
• On TV commercials for Oreo cookies, an Oreo cookie sometimes makes a child's milk disappear because he/she continues to dunk the cookie into it, implying that Oreo cookies can make children drink more milk.
• Some have created "Quadruplestuf" sandwich cookies by taking the tops off 2 Double Stuf Oreo cookies and putting them together. "Quadruplestuf" (or Quadruple Stuf) Oreo cookies are not an official brand, but they have been shown in the media and on TV shows such as South Park.
• Some pet owners have been known to name pets with black and white coloring "Oreo" after the cookie.
• "Weird Al" Yankovic sang a song called "The White Stuff", about the cream "in the middle of an Oreo". It was a spoof of You Got It (The Right Stuff) by New Kids on the Block.
• Oreo cookies were once thrown at Michael Steele, an African American Republican politician by demonstrators, which was taken as a racist statement.
• In the 1976 remake of the film A Star is Born the Caucasian singer played by Barbra Streisand is flanked by two African-American backing vocalists known as "The Oreos" (played by Venetta Fields and Clydie King).
• A popular band in Aruba is named Oreo.
• Shown on episodes of WB series 7th Heaven

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Dietary compatibility

In 1998, Nabisco declared that Oreo cookies were kosher-dairy in Kosher diets. 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... The circled U indicates that this can of tuna is certified kosher by the Union of Orthodox Congregations. ...

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As of January 2006, classic Oreo cookies are no longer manufactured with hydrogenated oils. Older packages will still be on store shelves for some time, and other varieties may not have eliminated hydrogenated oils completely. 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Depending on the area of manufacture, Oreo cookies may or may not be vegan. Hens kept in cramped conditions — the avoidance of animal suffering is the primary motivation of people who become vegans A vegan is a person who avoids the ingestion or use of animal products. ...

Reference

Lukas, Paul. Oreos to Hydrox: Resistance Is Futile. Business 2.0 March, 1999.

External links

• Official site
• Additional history notes on Oreo cookies
• Exploration of an Oreo (including ingredients)