Not a Good Idea: Coke Oreos

I like to drink Coca-Cola (especially if it is Cherry Coke). And I like to eat Oreos, both original and its many varieties. So I thought that a "Coke Oreo" would be really good! But... no. To give some context, there is now a new flavor of Oreo named Coke Oreo, with the official blessing of the Coca Cola company. It is, supposedly, an Oreo with a taste of Coke: you can see the package and some of the cookies in the pictures below (next to a couple of regular Oreos for comparison).

I ate the regular Oreos, and they were great, as they always are. And then I tried the Coke Oreos. They were not great. It's the flavor of the regular Oreo but with this strong smell of Coke and a hint of Coke flavor in them. But (at least in my opinion) chocolate flavor and Coke flavor are not a good match. So they just tasted... weird, and not in a good way. I tried more to see if perhaps with some more of them it would eventually taste better but, if anything, it got worse. Feel free to try yourself, of course, but you've been warned.




Location: Issaquah, WA, USA

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