The classic sandwich cookie company announced back in September that it was releasing a mystery flavor of its beloved snacks, and left fans to figure out what the new additions to the Oreo line tasted like. Plus, one lucky guesser would win $50,000!
Well, now the truth can be told: that sweet cinnamon taste was of ... churro flavor!
"Case closed!" Oreo wrote on its Instagram Monday. "The #MysteryOREO is Churro flavored creme. Nice work, super-sleuths... We have notified the winner directly. More details at MysteryOREO.com."
"The cream tastes like chemicals and I usually love Oreo creme," said one disappointed taster.
"I never had an Oreo I didn't like — until now," said another.
.@gatenm123 is no stranger to mystery. So, we’ve tapped his detective skills to solve the flavor of the new Mystery OREO! Check out his profile and follow along as he nominates our next challenger to solve the case!
For some, the cookie was too sweet, but others couldn't stop snacking. Everyone recognized a strong cinnamon flavor, and some were guessing graham crackers, speculoos (cookie butter), gingerbread, Teddy Graham cookies and even s'mores as the inspiration behind the taste.
But churro wasn't one many people suspected.
Back in 2017, Oreo released a different mystery flavor that turned out to be a Fruity Pebbles cereal flavor, and the reaction was mixed then, too.
"I thought it was orange-scented industrial cleaner," quipped one snacker.
The real mystery is how to please everyone, but with all of its varied flavor sensations, Oreo is clearly still on the case.
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In 2019, Oreo released a mystery flavor along with a contest asking fans to write in and guess what they believed the flavor to be. The winner received $50,000. And sure enough, once the contest concluded, Oreo shared that the flavor was indeed churro all along.
This new Oreo features two fried dough-flavored cookies sandwiching a layer of churro-flavored cream with "sugar inclusions." The cookie brand previously offered a churro-flavored cookie in 2019. Oreo first released this as a mystery flavor and later revealed that this cookie contained churro-flavored cream.
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Oreo is the best-selling cookie in the world today. But few people remember the product that Nabisco blatantly ripped off: Hydrox. A creation of Kansas City's Loose-Wiles Biscuit Company, Hydrox was billed as the “aristocrat of cookies,” with a novel combo of chocolate and cream filling.
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Oreo was created in 1912 as an imitation of Hydrox. Oreo eventually surpassed Hydrox in popularity, which resulted in the Hydrox cookies being perceived by many as an imitation of Oreo, despite the opposite being the case.
Oreo launched the classic chocolate cookie in 1912 to widespread acclaim and quickly became America's favorite chocolate cookie. Then, in the 1920s, Oreo launched its first non-chocolate flavor, the Oreo lemon crème.
“America's Favorite Cookie” has attempted many alternate flavors before, but this one had many fans stumped at first bite. The sweet, cinnamon-y cookie was released in September, and now consumers will have the comfort of knowing that delicious flavor is churro.
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