{"id":20421,"date":"2016-08-09T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-09T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=20421"},"modified":"2021-01-07T11:39:38","modified_gmt":"2021-01-07T21:39:38","slug":"review-limited-edition-swedish-fish-oreo-cookies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2016\/08\/09\/review-limited-edition-swedish-fish-oreo-cookies\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Limited Edition Swedish Fish Oreo Cookies"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201cYour scientists were so preoccupied\u00a0with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr. Ian Malcolm famously spoke this line in Jurassic Park<\/i>, and ever since, it echoes in my brain whenever a particularly weird, strange, or repulsive snack food is released. But I bet even Dr. Malcolm would choose an ocean cruise in a plesiosaur\u2019s stomach over a tall stack of Swedish Fish Oreo Cookies. Nabisco might as well have printed the word \u201cWHY?\u201d on the side of every wafer.<\/p>\n

But I plan to eat these Oreo cookies with an open mind. Why?<\/p>\n

Because I may not be a Jurassic paleontologist, but I am a self-described gummy-ologist. I\u2019ve documented every species of gummy bear. I once caught a 30-pound blue gummy shark with a single gummy worm. Heck, I even rallied for gummy octopus rights when I discovered their intelligence was nearly on par with humans.<\/p>\n

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But Swedish Fish Oreos are an entirely different creature. Even though they have Oreo\u2019s iconic, pleasantly crunchy, and cocoa buttery chocolate cookie wafers, Swedish Fish Oreo have a unique creme filling the world hasn\u2019t tasted since the Paleozoic era.<\/p>\n

Or so I\u2019m assuming, since the decision to make Swedish Fish Oreo could\u2019ve only been made by either a Neanderthal or a giant roulette wheel in Nabisco\u2019s office.<\/p>\n

See, this creme isn\u2019t perfectly pillowy, soft, and squishy. It\u2019s a little more sticky, chewy, and dare I say…slimy. It cracks and falls apart like a child\u2019s Play-Doh diorama of the Berlin Wall, and each Oreo I opened contained a different Rorschach test image in its pasty folds. Below I see Donald Trump angrily looking out a castle window:<\/p>\n

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The creme\u2019s taste, though, is just like Swedish Fish. It has potent, puckering pops of candied cherry and a slightly off-putting finish of waxy gelatin. I could probably recreate it with a box of Swedish Fish and a blender, but like shooting fish in a barrel, eating fish in an Oreo is way easier.<\/p>\n

I can\u2019t say if it\u2019s more pleasant, though. Eating the cookie and creme together, I can really only taste the overpowering cherry creme. There\u2019s a processed chocolate aftertaste, but even then, it has to battle for supremacy with the cherry cough syrup layer that the creme plastered on the back of my throat.<\/p>\n

I really wanted to like Swedish Fish Oreo, but the \u201ccrispy fruit medicine puree\u201d textural contrast is too much for even a quasi-licensed gummy-ologist. I thought dunking them might intensify the chocolate flavor, but I worried that dipping these bizarre things in milk might make the beverage renounce Oreo as its favorite cookie.<\/p>\n

So since I already felt ridiculous, I dipped \u2018em in Kool-Aid instead.<\/p>\n

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Surprisingly, it wasn\u2019t even bad. When soggy, the cocoa wafers are \u201cactivated,\u201d and the whole Oreo starts to taste like a vaguely pleasant Dirt Pie.<\/p>\n

Remember Dirt Pies? Those chocolate pudding cups with scattered Oreo crumb soil and gummy worms on top? The desserts you haven\u2019t had since your cousin\u2019s 4th grade Halloween party? They\u2019re delicious, and after squinting my eyes and eating a juice-soaked Swedish Fish Oreo, I relived a little of that nostalgia.<\/p>\n

For 99 percent of people, these cookies will be a major \u201cno.\u201d The texture\u2019s weird, the flavor\u2019s medicinal, and the smell would scare a coyote. But for those rare one percent who are eternal kids-at-heart and want to scratch a doozy off their \u201cCulinary Adventure Bucket List,\u201d then oh boy, does Nabisco have an Oreo for you.<\/p>\n

As for me? I\u2019m just gonna lay down and dream about Dirt Pies for a week.<\/p>\n

(Nutrition Facts – 2 cookies \u2013 140 calories, 60 calories from fat, 7 grams of fat, 2 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 0 milligrams of cholesterol, 85 milligrams of sodium, 35 milligrams of potassium, 20 grams of carbohydrates, 0 grams of fiber, 13 grams of sugar, and less than 1 gram of protein.)<\/small><\/p>\n

Purchased Price:<\/b> $2.99
\nSize:<\/b> 10.7 oz package
\nPurchased at:<\/b> Kroger
\nRating:<\/b> 3 out of 10
\nPros:<\/b> Wistful Dirt Pie memories. Completing my Gummy Pok\u00e9dex. Cookie creme ink blot tests. Googling pictures of plesiosaurs to cleanse my palate.
\nCons:<\/b> Chemical cherry fish paste. Chocolate flavor that disappears faster than Houdini. Scraping the bottom of the flavor idea fish barrel. \u201cOreo: Milk\u2019s Recently Divorced Cookie.\u201d The falling Frankenstein pi\u00f1ata that broke my nose at my cousin\u2019s 4th grade Halloween party.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cYour scientists were so preoccupied\u00a0with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should.\u201d Dr. Ian Malcolm famously spoke this line in Jurassic Park, and ever since, it echoes in my brain whenever a particularly weird, strange, or repulsive snack food is released. 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