I've said this before, but apparently I need to repeat myself...almost as if no one from Nabisco, Hostess, Kellogg's or Hershey is reading this blog! THERE IS NO SUCH FLAVOR AS BIRTHDAY CAKE! And, as long as we are on the subject, neither is there such a flavor as ice cream, pie or donut...or even pizza, for that matter!
That's not to say, of course, that we don't all recall a specific taste when we hear those words. But your mental pictures...I mean, flavors...of cake (German chocolate), ice cream (Rocky Road) and donuts (glazed) may be quite different than my cake (lemon), ice cream (Americone Dream) and donuts (maple bar). I know for a fact that my default pizza taste (pepperoni and sausage, heavy cheese, light red sauce) is not the same as my wife's (chicken, bacon, spinach and mushrooms with creamy garlic sauce).
So, for those of you who prefer strawberry, spice, marble or literally every flavor (is there a pizza birthday cake?) other than vanilla, Nabisco owes you an apology for getting your hopes up.
Considering that Nabisco already makes a golden Oreo with vanilla creme, what exactly is the difference here? Well...um...this creme has microscopic rainbow-colored sprinkles which may be pleasing to your eyes even if they are inconsequential to your tastebuds. The creme is also slightly sweeter, in my opinion, but by a magnitude so minor that you might not notice it at all. It does sort of taste more like vanilla cake frosting but without the added bonus of turning your tongue blue or red thanks to the food coloring.
Does that make for a bad cookie? Not at all. I happen to like golden Oreos more than the regular chocolate variety, so these taste fine to me. But, are they anything to praise (a la Blueberry Pie or Cookie Butter Oreos) or condemn (a la Swedish Fish or Sour Patch Kids Oreos)? Again, not at all.
Sounds like a pretty boring birthday party snack to me! Might as well eat them with vanilla ice cream...and cheese pizza.
RATING: 3 / 5
