The latest release in the lengthy limited edition category for Oreo takes us on a trip to Italy as Nabisco attempts to put a pocket-sized spin on a classic romantic dessert — Tiramisu. The perfect ending to a garlic and tomato-filled meal can now be put into your lunchpail, backpack, and night table for easy access bedside snacking so the romance can commence all night long.
Limited Edition Tiramisu Oreo is one of the more bold flavor choices for a limited edition variety, and I don’t mean in the weird way that Cotton Candy and Swedish Fish are, but this is a complex flavor to replicate.
As a quick refresher, tiramisu is a layered cake made up of sweet whipped mascarpone cheese, espresso-soaked ladyfingers, a hint of liqueur, and a dusting of cocoa powder.
The layered aspect of the dessert is represented in the Oreo as two different colored cremes – one lighter brown with a sweet coffee flavor, and a white one, which reminds me of a cross between Oreo’s birthday cake and cream cheese frosting flavored cremes.
The latter is sweet but has a hint of funkiness that I associate with a cheese-based frosting, and I like that added kick. The coffee flavor here is subtle but present. I’m not sure if my mind is playing tricks on me, but I swear I can taste and smell a hint of the alcohol that usually lingers in the ladyfingers.
These cookies remind me of the very well executed Latte Fudge Dipped Oreo Thins Bites that came out a few weeks back. Those tasted a bit more like coffee with a chocolate frosting finish. But those are similar enough in flavor with these that I almost feel as though I would have been more impressed with Tiramisu Oreo if I hadn’t had the dipped ones first. But I can’t be mad at two awesome treats in one month.
Tiramisu Oreo is an excellent cookie – complex and true to its namesake, with a more enjoyable overall flavor than the only other full-sized coffee Oreo – 2017’s Dunkin Donuts Mocha. Its only weakness is it’s a bit too chocolate heavy to be a truly faithful representation of the Italian dessert. Luckily, that’s easily remedied by removing the top chocolate wafer.
Purchased Price: $3.49
Size: 12.2 oz.
Purchased at: Target
Rating: 9 out of 10
Nutrition Facts: (2 cookies) 140 calories, 7 grams of fat, 2.5 gram of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 0 milligrams of cholesterol, 90 milligrams of sodium, 20 grams of carbohydrates, less than 1 gram of fiber, 13 grams of total sugars, and less than 1 gram of protein.
Thanks for the review: maybe it would have been a 10 if they’d had one of the cookies be different than chocolate (like the Banana Split Oreo I’m seeing under Related, which had one chocolate and one vanilla cookie), like the Cinnamon Bun cookie?
Absolutely. If they used a cinnamon bun cookie this coulda been a 10 all day!
So here are my thoughts…definitely would have been better on a golden oreo, or especially as a cakester. The chocolate overpowers the mascarpone/coffee flavours. Not bad, but I don’t feel like i’m eating tiramisu. Also, maybe its because I haven’t had an oreo in ages but the cookie itself seems thinner, and the filling lighter than it used to.
this is NOT GOOD. IT IS TOO SWEET AND TASTES LIKE BUTTERSCOTCH HARD CANDIES ON CRACK. get NORMal or MINT OREOS ONLY!!
oh yeah, idea, next time dunk them in a mudslide…
Okay, so are, like, Oreos the test kitchen equivalent for cookies that Pringles seem to have become for potato chips? As such, any conceivable dessert or dessert combination becomes fair game for these classic sandwich cookies? Just musing aloud, kind of already know the answer, but if Nabisco has been able to pull off a Tiramisu flavored Oreo that tastes good, without any chemical traces to the flavor, then Congratulations!