Ah, the monolithic
beauty of the Oreo,
the Yin of cocoa biscuit
and Yang of vanilla
cream.
The Oreo is the greatest mass-produced
cookie known to man; of this, I have no doubt.
And it is seldom imitated,
in the UK at least.
But now, that most British
of institutions, Marks and Spencer have released the Simply
M&S Cocoa Vanilla Cream
as shameless an Oreo rip-off
as you could ever witness:
The temerity!
Yet despite being produced by British stalwart
Marks and/or
Spencer the imitation
Cocoa Vanilla
Cream is even closer to the classic
American Cookie archetype:
It has a slight softness
as you bite into it, making it the closest
store-bought cookie to the home-made
cooling-on-mammas-window-sill ideal.
This slight softness,
of course, makes it entirely
unsuitable to the act of twisting the sandwich halves
apart and licking
the cream side clean; the Oreo’s pièce de résistance.
The Oreo
consists of two robust discs,
so sturdy they could be separated reliably
by the fumbling
robo-fingers of a drunk Daft Punk
at a corporate
teamwork-building retreat; where bass-punk is the describing
eyes and drum-punk
is the unsighted
arms reaching around.
The SM&SCVC however requires
the delicate precision and soft
hands of an infant surgeon,
lest it crumble
back to the cocoa powder
from whence it came.
For the twist,
the lick, the milk/coffee dunk; the Cocoa Vanilla
Cream boasts no competition whatsoever.
And yet the imposter is a dark, delicious alternative.
If you desire
a less ritualistic
cookie experience seek out the Cocoa Vanilla Cream.
Or just cram the Oreo straight
into your mouth.
They both get 5 stars.
I love cookies.
STOP PRESS - M&S
Oreo imitation packaging
changes to blue, thereby being even more a blatant
imitation.
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STOP STOP PRESS – Oreo Ice Cream, it was ok; it was quite plain.
You’d be better
off getting a decent vanilla
and smushing a pack of Oreos
into it.
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STOP STOP STOP PRESS- This Oreo cheesecake cake (!) is taking over the internet, check it out at the fabulous Erin’s Food Blog: http://www.erinsfoodfiles.com/2012/03/oreo-cheesecake-cake.html
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