This is Part 1 of our new series: “We Did This to Ourselves.”
Last year, Oreo held the #MyOreoCreation contest. Fans were encouraged to submit their flavor ideas with rules that were loose at best.
From the official contest rules: “Enter by texting your idea that captures the next creation or essence/inspiration of a creation that an Oreo cookie should capture.” One of their actual examples was “singing in the rain,” and the by-laws restricted sexually explicit or suggestive submissions. All of my submissions were now null and void.
Faced with endless opportunity so long as it didn’t give you a boner, we landed on three finalists. Two of them are drinks, and one is popcorn. You see what happens when we’re left to our own devices?
Ladies and gentleman… this is review one of three.
Cherry Cola Oreos
Nabisco Cherry Cola Oreos
Cherry Cola Oreos feature the chocolate wafer with a cherry cola flavored creme and popping candy (last seen in Fireworks Oreos). The popping candy will help emulate the fizz of a carbonated beverage, making these Oreos ideal for people that prefer to dunk their cookies in Pepsi instead of milk.
In other words, no one.
I started this review series with Cherry Cola Oreos because they sound God-awful.
I took a nice, refreshing sip of Oreo creme first.
As far as cola goes, the creme deserves plenty of applause for accuracy. It tastes like those frozen Slushee cokes, favoring a pure cola flavor over a cherried one. Though half is a red cream and half is a white one, both sides are identical in flavor.
The popping candy goes nutso almost instantly, which is either really fun or really annoying depending on where you stand on the matter. My personal take is that adds significant novelty to this borderline psychotic creation.
Where things go wrong with Cherry Cola Oreos – as anyone could have predicted except for the dumbass who submitted the flavor – is how the cream plays with the chocolate wafers. If it’s not totally gross, it’s simply not good. The chocolate cookies dilute the cola flavor, as the chocolate and cola clash a little. Then the bitterness of the wafer takes over, followed by a smack of fake cherry. It’s the final landing spot that is most troublesome.
“Generally unsatisfying,” I think to myself as the popping candy just won’t quit.
A good creme does not guarantee a good Oreo. Such is the case with Cherry Cola Oreos, much as it was with Root Beer Float Oreos back in 2014 (although the Golden wafer produced a better result with the latter in my opinion). Unless Nabisco masters the “ice-cube flavored cookie wafer,” I’m just not sure this creme has any place on any cookie.
Vote for Cherry Cola Oreos in the #MyOreoCreation contest if you’re an idiot.
Dunking Oreos in Pepsi Rating: 0 out of 10
Dunking the Flavor Creator’s Head Into the Toilet Rating: 10 out of 10
Overall Rating: 5.5 out of 10
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I really liked these because they were on the chocolate wafer. The cherry cola flavor itself was great (I’ve been dreaming of a cola Oreo, there’s not enough cola flavored things besides actual cola) and I thought the chocolate wafer worked well with it. The buttery, sweet golden wafer is just meh for me and I’m really happy they did another limited time flavor on a chocolate wafer. But then again, I’m weird and liked the Mystery Fruity Pebble Oreos which were on the chocolate wafers.
Cookie ok, the inside cream too sweet & then it tasted like candy pieces was added… just a little too sweet for me.