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This is the story of how what seemed like an April Fool’s Day joke wound up being the latest Snackology review.
If you were on social media on April 1, you hopefully knew to not believe any news that sounded even a tiny bit absurd. April 1, after all, is April Fool’s Day, a holiday that has evolved from “let’s play a funny prank” to “let’s lie on the Internet.” (If you’re on Instagram, that platform’s algorithm is probably still serving you up stories from April Fool’s Day.) But it turned out one of those bits of “too ridiculous to be true” bits of news was actually real.
That’s how I found myself staring down a package of Oreo Dill Pickle Flavored Fudge Cookies on Wednesday.
Oreos coated in dill pickle flavored fudge? I easily dismissed that one as an April Fool’s Day joke. There was a link to Oreo’s website, though. They were real. I didn’t think twice about adding Dill Pickle Oreos to my cart and sending the purchase through.
After the nightmare that was the Oreo Thanksgiving Dinner Cookie Tin — you remember the Turkey & Stuffing Oreo, right? — I guess I hadn’t learned my lesson. It was time to eat a bizarrely flavored Oreo backed with the promise that it “captures the essence of everyone’s favorite jarred snack, dill pickles.” Oh boy.
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You can still get your very own 6-pack of Oreo Dill Pickle Flavored Fudge Cookies on Oreo’s website for $9.99.
Oreo does such a nice job packaging these “small batch” flavors. If you skipped reading the label boasting that these cookies are a “big dill,” you would just assume they were a package of Oreos covered in some very classy green fudge with an added drizzle.
Opening the package would immediately snap you out of that misconception.
There are few food smells more distinct than dill pickle. It cuts through pretty much any competing scent. My brain struggled to reconcile this dill pickle smell with the fact that I had just opened a package of fancy Oreo cookies.
Inside that pickle-y exterior was a perfectly normal chocolate Oreo. Based on the cross section, I’m pretty sure they’re standard Oreos and not Double Stuf ones.
OK, time for a bite ...
Wait. I was scared. The Thanksgiving Tin had scarred me. Why was I doing this to myself again? I didn’t have to do this. I don’t pay my mortgage with this newsletter. This was supposed to be a joke. A prank release. Oreo even warns that this is a “playful take on beloved and unexpected flavor profiles.”
Summoning an insane amount of courage, I took a bite of the Dill Pickle Oreo.
And then another.
I really don’t know how to deliver this news other than to say that Oreo Dill Pickle Flavored Fudge Cookies aren’t bad? At least, they’re not the abomination that were the Turkey & Stuffing Oreos. Would I eat them willingly or choose them over pretty much any other flavor of Oreo? Well, no. But I gotta say that brininess of the dill pickle fudge kind of works with the chocolate cookie and Oreo creme filling.
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