There are flavors that taste great together...and then there are flavors that should be subject to a restraining order and never allowed to come within 90 feet of each other. Swedish Fish Oreos are definitely in the latter group.
For anyone who might be unfamiliar with them, Swedish Fish are chewy candy more akin to a soft gumdrop than a gummi bear. The flavor has never officially been disclosed, but there are those who suspect it is lingonberry due to its Swedish origin (and, yes, you can buy them at IKEA to go with your meatballs). To me, Swedish Fish taste more like wild cherry than anything--and not the "good" kind of wild cherry as in a Life Saver, but the "bad" kind of wild cherry as in a Chlorasceptic throat lozenge.
The best that can be said about these cookies is that Oreo has captured the taste, if not the consistency, of Swedish Fish in the bright red creme. You'll realize that immediately as you open the bag and inhale the aroma. The creme is surrounded by the standard chocolate Oreo wafer rather than a graham or yellow cookie as many of the recent limited edition Oreos have been. I suppose the Nabisco employee who came up with this combination might have been thinking about chocolate-covered cherry cordials. Of course, the employee might also have been thinking about how many people he or she could make sick by proposing this combination.
Swedish Fish Oreos have a taste that will stay with you for a long time. A very long time. I violated the rules of childhood by having one before dinner, and yet after eating a full dinner and washing it down with a few drinks, I could *still* taste the Swedish Fish Oreo about an hour later. I have a feeling that if I scraped the top of my tongue off with a cheese grater, I could still taste the Swedish Fish Oreo. It may not be the worst thing I've ever eaten, but it is definitely the worst tasting cookie I've had in a long time...Oreo or otherwise!
RATING: 1/5
