TRIFECTA!! Waffles & Syrup Oreo Review!

If you read my Fireworks Oreo review, you'll remember I said there were 3 new Oreo flavors, so this is number 2.  (Still hunting for the 3rd much to my dismay).

These Oreos are exclusive to Safeway type stores, so that also includes Jewel-Osco, Shaw, and Von's.  Anyway, thanks to networking with people from all over the country with Perfectly Posh, I was able to have someone from Montana mail me these 😋😋😋

What's the first thing you noticed on the packaging?  They're 5 more calories per cookie than usual. HAH!  These are far from being diet friendly, but hell, calories add up fast, so of course I had the attitude of "these better be worth the extra minute on the dreadmill!"

When I first opened the packaging (again, yay for the pull tab!), I was immediately hit with the scent of sugary syrup.

As usual, I twisted the cookie apart.  Inside the cream filling had a tan colored center with white cream around that (as pictured on the packaging).  Now, before I opened the cookies, I was pretty hesitant about the cream appearance.  There is something about it that reminds me more of an egg.  Don't get me wrong, I like eggs, but not with Oreos.  Luckily, the tan color reminded me more of peanut butter in this case than it did an egg yolk.  Phew.  Crisis averted.

The yellow cookie part tasted like it always does - nothing fancy there. So now we get to what makes the cookie a Limited Edition.  I wasn't surprised in the least when tasting it - if I could smell syrup, I could taste syrup.   I really never got a hint of waffles; however, bravo to Nabisco for nailing the syrup flavor.  For those that are hoping it's maple syrup, I hate to disappoint, but it just tastes like your standard Mrs. Butterworth or whatever other store brand you prefer.  The cream is very sweet so I really probably couldn't eat more than two in one sitting even if I wanted to torture myself with countless miles later.

So do I like these better than the Fireworks ones?  Ehh, yes, but then I'm comparing apples to oranges.  Final rating: 8/10. 

FOOD REVIEW: Tostitos Sopapilla chips

I know a sopapilla isn't the same as a churro, and I have indeed had sopapillas before, but I blame Disney for my love for churros.  I decided these were a "must have" because I figured they're close enough to a churro thanks to the cinnamon sugar.

Sometimes I admittedly like to cheat before buying something, and reading reviews from others.  But that's the beauty of reviews.  A review is your own opinion, and guess what? Not all opinions matter,  nor do all opinions match.

Anyway, I had been reading positive feedback on these.  So I had high hopes! ... Remember how in my Oreo post (just the one prior to this one), that I had low expectations and sometimes if they're low, the outcome is better?  Well, same thing holds true for high expectations.  When you set them too high, you can be faced with disappointment.

Cue the disappointment. 😭😭😭

So what didn't I like about them?  Sometimes I'm terrible at explaining things, which is probably the case with this.  But there was just this weird after-taste to them.  I think it was the attempt at artificial butter perhaps?  I had to eat SEVERAL (and very quickly!) to try to get that taste to go away.  Did it? Yes, but I shouldn't have to binge on them to find them acceptable and have my taste buds find them edible.  Was I repulsed? No.  I just feel no need to buy them again.

NOTE: Many others who reviewed them claimed that they either added them to vanilla ice cream (as the back of the bag suggested) which I did not, and others stated that the ratio of "seasoning" to chip needed improved upon.

So what's my final rating? 4/10 from me.  My fiance seemed to approve of them much more than me, though, so I say that if these sound intriguing to you, please don't let me own opinion sway you and go give them a try.

She's back with a BANG! ... Bringing you FIREWORKS Oreos!

I'm sorry I haven't posted in awhile.  Work happened.  Then a week long illness.  Then a "racecation" to WDW for the (Star Wars) Dark Side Half Marathon weekend.  Then... well, you get the picture.

So here I am back with a foodie review on 1 of 3 new Oreo flavors that are currently available.  

The good news?  You should be able to buy these anywhere.  They're not exclusive to any one store, which makes my life a hell of a lot easier, and also why you're getting this review.  I'll have one more flavor to review, but I have yet to get my hands on the third flavor.  They're eluding me still.

The bad news?  While they're readily available, they're not exactly "new". What do I mean by this?  Well, the Fireworks Oreo is essentially your standard Oreo, but there are "popping candy" bits inside the cream.  Notice, I didn't call them Pop Rocks.  I'm guessing that's due to legal issues with using the trademarked name and all that jazz.  And the candies are colored blue and red.  (Hooray for patriotism!)  I actually thought these wouldn't hit shelves for another month in honor of the 4th of July, but Memorial Day makes sense, too.

So as I mentioned above, there's nothing too wild and crazy about these Oreos, so I really didn't have high expectations.

What happens if you set low expectations?  You're generally pleasantly surprised when your expectations are surpassed, and that's exactly what happened with these.

I actually don't generally separate the cookie from the cream filling, except when trying a new flavor.  However, I did this with every one I ate.  Standard chocolate cookie, nothing new here.  But I was pleasantly surprised with the popping candy!  Now, it's far from an explosion, and I think the ratio of candies to cream was far from consistent, but when I happened to find an "active" cookie, I could really hear and feel them popping, especially on the roof of my mouth and on my tongue. I even got adventurous and took a sip of soda (yes, I call it soda!) and it did intensify the result.  (No, I didn't die clearly.)

So how would I rate these?  Their gimmicky, but I love Oreos.  So I'd give these a 7/10 overall.

PS - can we both be excited this packaging also has the pull tab?  Sometimes the specialty flavors don't!