REVIEW: Limited Edition Cookie Butter Oreo & JFBaby Update: 7 Days Later

JFG Nation, hey there. Hey. What’s up in the world? I wouldn’t know, because I’ve been tethered (willingly) to the JFBaby. The only connection I’ve had to the outside world besides random runs to Target to buy a dishwasher basket is watching NFL games on my phone. My Bills managed to score only 3 pts versus the Panthers, who only scored 9pts. Which begs the question: how much do YOU suck, Carolina Panthers?? Plus, Jets – wow. Michael Crabtree is not that good. Stop making him look like Jerry Rice. Then again, the Jets inspired this:

Another observation of these first few weeks of fatherhood is that EVEN IF you had a good partner in crime to assist raising the kid, because you’re tag teaming all your child raising duties, there’s very little new going on EXCEPT the kid. Whereas the JFGal and I used to both come home from work and discuss what happened during the day, this is how our conversations are since we’ve both been on maternity/paternity leave:

JFG: “So, what’s new?”

JFGal: “Dude, we’ve literally been either staring at each other or at this baby for the past 240 hours. THERE IS NOTHING NEW.”

The start of parenthood can be incredibly isolating – both intentionally and unintentionally. It happens naturally because you can’t just step away from your new baby and go to happy hour – not yet at least. So you’re home all the time…but also the isolation occurs because you don’t really return texts or calls because you’re busy trying to figure out your rhythm. We’ve settled into a semi-rhythm where we MIGHT get 5 hours of sleep, in bits and pieces? I’m hoping that gets better and that this dull throb in the back of my hed goes away soon.

So yeah – that’s what’s been going on with me. What’s new with you, JFG Nation? Have I been missing anything important in the news, sports, entertainment world? Let me know in the comments below. And thanks to everyone who commented and wished the JFGal and me congrats – it was much appreciated! Hopefully this blog post doesn’t read nonsensical. I’m running on barely any sleep.

Today’s junk food: Limited Edition Cookie Butter Oreo!!

Years ago, I took an international plane ride where they gave out Biscoff Cookies. These cookies were delicious – brown sugar-y, slightly gingerbread-y in nature, and light and crispy. I remember hoarding them on the flight, swearing they were the best airplane snack ever (WAAAY better then those damn tree shaped pretzels, Delta). Basically, Biscoff Cookies are a sort of brown sugar shortbread, with hints of cinnamon and nutmeg and other spices.

When I realized you could buy them in the states, I bought them whenever I found them on the shelves. Later, when Cookie Butter became a thing, I remember trying it and thinking, “Wait…this tastes just like Biscoff Cookies!” And, duh, the ingredients on the label were “Pureed Biscoff Cookies, oil, etc…” COOKIE BUTTER. Like peanut butter. Genius. Six years ago at the Fancy Food Show, smaller companies were just starting to make their own versions. And now, Speculoos, or Biscoff spread, is everywhere, and it’s finally come to Oreo.

DO THESE TASTE GOOD? YES.

WHY OR WHY NOT? At first, I was skeptical – eating the creme by itself, it tasted a little cloying and a little TOO brown sugar-y. It didn’t have the more complex flavor I expected. The graham cookie by itself was good but also lacked the flavor or feel of cookie butter.

However, once chewed as a whole, this Oreo REALLY worked for me. This is NOT your twist-and-lick Oreo. This Oreo requires eating it as a sandwich because then it very closely approximates the flavor of a Biscoff Cookie, but in Oreo form! Really uncanny. Interestingly, the creme here was sort of granular – maybe to represent the crumble of a Biscoff Cookie. Eaten as a whole, it was sweet, but had the crumbly, gingerbread-y feel of a Biscoff Cookie. REALLY tasty. Perfect with tea or coffee. Just a delicious combo.

Run, don’t walk, to buy these, if you’re a fan of Biscoff Cookies.

ANYTHING ELSE I SHOULD KNOW? I don’t really think of these as “Cookie Butter Oreos” so much as “Hey, Oreo made a cookie that tastes like a Biscoff Cookie!” So, if you’re wondering whether you should just eat Biscoff Cookies instead, I’d say…probably. But these are still damn good.

PURCHASED AT: Target, Rockville Pike, MD.

WHERE FOUND IN STORE? Dunno – the guy was literally emptying out a box of these outside of the cookie aisle when I walked up and asked for one.

COST? $2.99.

Sincerely,

The JFG

Discuss - 17 Comments

  1. Jeni says:

    It seems kind of meta to grind up cookies into a butter to make into a filling for a cookie. Sort of like how the inside of KitKats is supposedly ground up KitKats. (How did they make the first one? Mind: blown.)

    Congratulations on the Junk Food Baby! To answer your questions, yes, you will eventually be able to sleep again, and life will return to a semblance of normal and you will have baby amnesia – forgetting all the crazy difficult nights and days. At which time you will look at JFGal and say, “Hey, let’s have another one!” And depending on how strong her amnesia is, she may or may not clock you.

  2. H M says:

    Why don’t you ask for help from your loyal JFG readers? I know that I would happily write a short review for you in abstentia – not nearly as good as yours – while you concentrate on the new baby. I am sure that others would, as well. We’re here for you – just let us know what we can do 🙂

  3. Chris says:

    Congrats on a healthy JFBaby, Eric!!! Hope things get easier from here. Also I think Michael Crabtree is very good.

  4. Ann says:

    It’s finally happened!!
    Interesting, so instead of Biscoff teaming up with Oreo to make cookie butter sandwiched between two Oreo graham cookies, Oreo made an Oreos that tastes like Biscoff?
    Although I’m wondering if the combo would be better if Oreo used the chocolate wafer with cookie butter filling?

    Well if I ever see it in stores, I will buy a pack. In the meantime, I will enjoy good ol’ Oreos dipped in cookie butter.

  5. Kahnye Best says:

    I’ve never had Biscoff cookies, but these were really good without any context. I agree with taking the holistic approach in eating them.

    News: at any moment, we may be at war with North Korea and also Jared Goff may actually be an ok quarterback. Weird, right?

  6. Chris says:

    I’ve had it with the oreos. So they can combine any flavor combination and market them. WOW If these flavors were so good, they’d have been released years ago. It’s just a pig in a poke. I never liked oreos anyway.

    Congrats on the fatherhood, by the way.

  7. HilaryDuff says:

    Tried these for 1 or 2 days kind of shit. By the Craptials suck, your a season ticketholder

  8. H M says:

    Happy first Christmas to Junk Food Baby!

  9. ruckus says:

    JFG Come back to us!!!

  10. Her Domain says:

    I enjoyed these but I think the Apple Pie ones were similar and tasted even more exciting! :3 <3

  11. Trish says:

    JFG where are you? I miss your posts!

  12. Ryan says:

    Hi bud,hope you and fam are well~~ Miss your posts, take care.

  13. Shawn says:

    Miss you dude like a fat girl love cake!!! You are the reason I eat funky flavor Oreos and such. Your junk food blog was the first I stumbled across and I was excited being a fellow Washingtonian I was super excited. Hope all is well with JFG & JFBaby! Your fans miss you! But I understand completely new baby means a new kind of tired. Watch her grow and love life together the time fly’s so quickly before you know it she will be critiquing her own favorite snacks.

  14. I dont know where mah nigga is says:

    Where is mah nigga?!?

  15. Happy One Year of Your Junk Food Review Hiatus says:

    Hey JFG! Hope you JFGal and JFBaby are doing well!
    I’m sure you’re super busy with life but just know that us readers look forward to your next review whenever you have time.

    Oreo’s been going crazy with their new flavors. Now they have Halloween Oreos out now. In September…

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