Junk Food Review - Oreo Thins

What is it?
Oreos but THIN.

What is different about it?

The new Oreo thins stack up nicely to their thicker forebearers.

While the frosting seems to be the same, the cookie parts are completely redesigned. The crispiness of the original cookie has been increased so that the structural stability and crunch is preserved with the thinner cookie. If they had kept the original recipe of the cookie it wouldn't be enough be satisfied with and by the time you got it home it would be a box of crumbs.



Is it good? 

Yes. Yes they are.

While it is not quite the same Oreos we grew up dipping in milk, it is a good approximation and a very good cookie in it's own right. The cookie parts really have more of a cracker consistency but their thinness masks this almost completely.

Thought the cookie is different in texture the frosting is the same.

The taste does a great job of mimicking the original Oreos. One thing you may notice is that when biting into the cookie the crispness of it makes the shards of cookie slightly sharper against your tongue. There is none of the exploding into a million chocolate cookie crumbs immediately upon impact with your teeth like the original. The crunch of the new cookies is also a very satisfying sound and contributes to the overall munchie satiation power of the cookie.

The cookies break apart more cleanly than the originals and leave behind less crumbs

 Unfortunately I did not have any original Oreos on hand to check HOW thin the new cookies are but I would guess that the cookie parts themselves are at least half as thin with the frosting just a little thinner. Overall the cookie is probably about 60% the size of original cookie. (I also didn't get a chance to dunk these guys in milk but that's because 1- I don't have milk, 2- I don't like milk with cookies, and 3 - I don't like milk.)



Comparing the nutrition facts to the originals we now have 140 calories per 4 cookies making each cookie about 35 calories each. Compare this to the approx 53 calories in the originals* for about a 34% reduction in calories. The thins also have about 0.5g of fat each, compared to 2.33g of fat each for the original giving us a whopping 79% decrease in fat. Nice!

Whatever group of food scientists worked on these new cookies should be congratulated on their concoction. Oreo thins do a very good job of being satisfying as well as legitimately thinner.

Overall junk score:  A-

Good: Tasty and satisfying reproduction of Oreo flavor with less bulk and calories. If you like Oreos you will probably like these as well.

Bad: More crackery than I was expecting. If the gritty cookie crumb feel of an original Oreo is your favorite part of this treat you may want to stick to your old-school Oreos.


* - Original Oreo calorie info: http://www.fatsecret.com/calories-nutrition/oreo/chocolate-sandwich-cookies