Oreo are officially launching two new flavors for their brand of cookies: Marshmallow Crispy and Cookie Dough.
TIME magazine was lucky enough to taste the cookies before they hit store shelves on Feb. 3. The "Marshmallow Crispy" flavored Oreo looks like it was inspired by a Rice Krispies treat, which the brand couldn't obviously state due to copyright infringement.
"One person declared it inedible, throwing it into the trash in a huff. Others, however, were particularly excited about this variety because its creme center features bits of crisped rice," TIME reports. "Unlike the cookie dough variety, this cookie's flavor corresponds with its name: it really does taste like a Rice Krispies Treat. We suggest pulling off one of the cookies - which are of the "golden" vanilla persuasion - so you can taste the creme by itself to get the full effect of the crispiness."
Before you start scratching your head as to why a cookie brand would make "cookie dough" flavored treat, it's not what you think. For the Oreo "Cookie Dough," you'll get a cookie dough inspired creme filling in between two classic chocolate cookies.
"Here's the thing, though: it doesn't really taste like cookie dough. Several staffers said they got hints of coffee or caramel, and one said it should be renamed the Frappuccino Oreo," TIME reports. "It's good, we all agreed, but if you were to taste it blindly, you most likely wouldn't guess that it's supposed to represent cookie dough. Still, because it's technically a cookie dough-flavored cookie, one colleague dubbed it the 'meta Oreo.'"
The two new Oreo cookie flavors are available for a limited time only, six to eight weeks to be exact, according to TIME. Oreo is the only brand that's releasing a new chocolate treat. Hershey is competing with Nutella with the launch of their own chocolate spread, click here to read more.
