![]() The only way to find out is to try them for yourself.Īnyway, here we are more than 100 years after the Oreo hit the market and they’re still more popular than ever. No, seriously… you can buy them on Amazon right now and according to some of the reviews, “they’re still better than Oreos.” Actually, a lot of the reviews say similar things. Then, in a move no one sees coming, in 2015 a new company buys Hydrox and re-releases them under the same bad name. Honestly, we’re surprised it took that long. The revamped cookies are officially discontinued in 2003 without much fuss from the public. The cookies are officially deemed kosher and Nabisco edges out Sunshine once more. In 1998, Nabisco finally revamps the recipe and removes the lard from Oreo cream. Unsurprisingly to… well, anyone, they don’t take off and Oreo continues to thrive. The company rebrands Hydrox as “droxies,” which still sounds more like a designer drug than a cookie. A bold choice by the Keebler Elves for sure. In 1996 Keebler bought the company and tried to breathe new life into Hydrox. Hydrox never stood a chance, but Sunshine Biscuits wasn’t ready to roll over and die. That same year, Oreos officially earn the title of best selling cookie in the world, according to the Guinness Book of World records, selling more than 6 billion cookies a year. As if that wasn’t enough, in 1985 Dairy Queen teams up with Nabisco to launch the Oreo Blizzard and what could be better than ice cream and Oreos? Oh, right. Even if they are actually only about 1.8x the stuff of traditional Oreos. In 1974, Nabisco releases Double Stuf Oreos and nothing is the same again. While Sunshine Biscuits’ creation falls apart, Oreo continues to grow. Hydrox remains popular for a little while with Jewish snacks because Loose made them kosher and Oreos, for whatever reason, have lard in the cream, but for the most part, Hydrox is done. After his death, Oreo runs Hydrox into the ground, and in the decades to come, Oreos become one of the most popular cookies in America. Although his cookie idea was stolen, he’s very rich (but not like… Oreo rich, probably). Nabisco estimates more than 50% of all Oreo fans twist open their cookies before tossing them back. Nabisco kicks things up a notch in 1923, placing Oreo ads on trolly cars promoting what eventually comes to be known as the “Oreo twist.” Much to Loose and Sunshine Biscuits chagrin, the twist takes off. The rivalry lasts most of the 20th Century, which is a long time to be fighting about cookies. Whatever the case, the folks at Sunshine Biscuit were ready to duke it out with Nabisco. It’s unclear where the name comes from, but it’s abundantly clear that it’s a better name than Hydrox, which is maybe why Nabisco so coldly and blatantly ripped of Sunshine Biscuits’ idea. The tasty treat is described as “two beautifully embossed chocolate-flavored wafers with a rich cream filling” and thus Nabisco’s Oreo is born. ![]() The Midwest quite literally eats it up and then, out of nowhere, in 1912 some city slicker at the national biscuit company in Manhattan announces that they “invented” a new cookie. ![]() For whatever reason, Loose thinks the best name for his cookies is a combination of the names of the molecules that make water: hydrogen and oxygen.īy some miracle, or perhaps a lack of the extensive snack market we’re accustomed to today, Sunshine Biscuits is able to sell Hydrox. If you don’t think that sounds appetizing, you’re not alone. He names the brand Sunshine Biscuits and they release an ultra exotic English biscuit called Hydrox. A few years earlier, in 1902 Jacob Loose, a member of Nabisco’s board of directors, branched out on his own to create cookies in Kansas City with his brother. It took roughly another decade, but in 1908, the Oreo was finally invented. In 1898 a bunch of cookie slingers came together to create a company called “The National Biscuit Company,” which was a mouthful to say the least. Hard to imagine a world where grocery store shelves aren’t stocked with your favorite snacks, right? Sadly, the Oreo wasn’t there just yet. Mass-produced cookies like fig Newtons and Animal Crackers first started gracing the shelves of grocery stores across the United States at the turn of the 20th Century. There’s a reason people have been munching on them for decades. Nothing beats the taste of a homemade cookie, but Oreos come close. There are some things you eat that you’ll never forget: your first McDonald’s Chicken McNugget, a delightfully messy Doritos Locos Taco, or the taste of a perfectly balanced Oreo.
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