106 Oreo flavors, ranked worst to best
For reasons I cannot even begin to fathom, one of the fundamental achievements in my journalism career has been over a decade of reviewing and ranking Oreo cookies.
I did not anticipate this odyssey. But neither did Odysseus.
He had to deal with an angry Cyclops, cannibals and an enchantress turning his men into pigs. I had to deal with three different variations of Pumpkin Spice Oreos. I think it’s pretty clear who had it worse.
It’s been 11-and-a-half years since I reviewed my first Oreo for MassLive and I’ve finally crested above the 100-flavor mark.
Now seems as good a time as any to look back at all my old rankings and give a full recap of where each flavor stands and what I thought about them at the time.
106 Oreo flavors, ranked worst to best
( NOTE : The reviews and descriptions of these Oreos are pulled from previous posts and reused for this ranking.)
Turkey & Stuffing Oreos highlighted among the Thanksgiving Dinner Oreo Tin flavors.(Nick O'Malley/MassLive)
106) Turkey & Stuffing (OREOiD Thanksgiving Dinner Tin)— This is an abomination. ... This is like eating a gravy lollipop. It’s like someone frosted a chocolate/stuffing cake. My mouth feels like a trash bag that should have gone outside three days ago. It tastes like an abandoned broom. I feel like I just licked a garage floor.
A box of Banana Split Oreos.(MassLive File Photo)
105) Banana Split Oreo— This filling is the equivalent of a man in a banana suit screaming “Hey! I’m a banana! Believe that I’m a banana!”
There’s no actual split/sundae element, which was unfortunate, because I was counting on the red part (I don’t even know if it was supposed to be another flavor) to make up for the banana. It turns out, it’s all the same, awful flavor.
I think I can still smell it on me.
Creamed Corn Oreos highlighted among the six flavors in the Thanksgiving Dinner Oreo tin.(Nick O'Malley/MassLive)
104) Creamed Corn (OREOiD Thanksgiving Dinner Tin)— Oh no. It tastes exactly like corn — too much like corn. It’s like eating a spoonful of canned corn and raw butter. It’s a cross between eating a candle and corn on the cob. It’s remarkably accurate, and that’s the scary part.
A Cookie Dough Oreo highlighted among other flavors.(Nick O'Malley/MassLive)
103) Cookie Dough Oreo— I was personally offended by this cookie. I felt like this cookie kicked my dog and said mean things about me on Facebook. I’d be fine with this cookie being pedestrian. Instead, it tastes like a stick of butter squished between the two cookies.
Cherry Cola Oreos (Nick O'Malley, MassLive)
102) Cherry Cola Oreo— This was pretty much an impossible flavor to make work in the first place. The cookie pulled it off with all the grace of a caffeinated rhinoceros in a bounce house.
A Berry Oreo that has been split open.(Nick O'Malley/MassLive)
101) Berry Oreo— This tastes like generic berry flavoring you’d find in your standard macro dessert. It was pleasant enough, but I have no interest in eating another one of these ever again in my life.
A Limeade Oreo highlighted among a group of Oreos.(Nick O'Malley/MassLive)
100) Limeade Oreo— This cookie is lime-flavored, which is — for whatever reason — apparently intentional. The single-note flavor from the creme provides a somewhat harsh pop when you bite down and doesn’t really make for a particularly pleasurable cookie experience.
Apple Pie Oreos (Nick O'Malley)
99) Apple Pie Oreo— This cookie smells good. It looks good. It’s got a graham-flavored cookie and everything. But the filling? It tastes like a green apple lollipop, with hardly a hint of cinnamon or any of the flavors that make apple pie awesome.
This is one of the most disappointing cookies in Oreo history. Don’t bring these to a family get-together. There will be punches thrown.
A bag of Reduced Fat Oreos.(Nick O'Malley/MassLive)
98) Reduced Fat Oreo— These taste like an Oreo where they just got the recipe wrong and forgot a quarter of the ingredients. The entire cookie is dry. It’s a weak, crumbly, starchy mess with a too-small dollop of thick, gritty, tasteless creme.
Pina Colada Oreo Thins(Nick O'Malley/MassLive)
97) Oreo Thins Piña Colada— This has all the flavor — and disappointment — of a $22 fruity cocktail with a little umbrella in it. You start excited and end up mad that you’re left with this giant pile of mismanaged sugar that you don’t even want anymore.
Irish Creme Oreos(Nick O'Malley, MassLive)
96) Oreo Thins Irish Créme — This cookie doesn’t have any actual dairy in there. Instead, it tastes like derrière.
The funky filling mixes with the chocolate outer cookie to create an odd combination of flavors. It’s not particularly sweet. It’s weirdly nutty and tangy. It’s a gray, overcast sky of wonky chocolate with astringent rays of Irish cream coming through
MassLive's Nick O'Malley trying out a Caramel Apple Oreo back in 2018.(Nick O'Malley/MassLive)
95) Caramel Apple Oreo— You know how “salted caramel” products go for a nice, clean caramel flavor? This is the exact opposite. You can taste the caramel and the apple. But you can also taste the languid, melding, wet flavors of a caramel apple that’s been left out too long. Bleh.
Key Lime Pie Oreos.(Nick O'Malley/MassLive)
94) Key Lime Pie Oreo— The biggest takeaway is the fragrance. Even if you seal it back up, you can smell the sharp lime lingering. Fortunately, the flavor is a little bit more tactful. The graham-flavored cookie helps a little bit here.
Fruit Punch Oreos highlighted among a group of other flavors.(MassLive File Photo)
93) Fruit Punch Oreo— The Fruit Punch Oreos are heavily reminiscent of Trix cereal (before they cheaped out and changed from the actual fruit shapes ) and a little bit of raw Kool-Aid. Like the Limeade variety, it’s quite pungent, but a little less acrid upon the initial taste.
Oreo Thins Pistachio(Nick O'Malley/MassLive)
92) Oreo Thins Pistachio— When you bite down, you start off by tasting nothing but cookie before you hit a sharp wave of bright flavor from the creme. It’s way flashier than any nut flavor has any business being.
A box of Hot & Spicy Cinnamon Oreos.(Nick O'Malley/MassLive)
91) Hot & Spicy Cinnamon Oreo— The filling tastes just like Big Red gum. It’s a weird combination with the cookie. If you’re one of those people that like the hot cinnamon flavor, you may just like this. I’m not about it.
Sour Patch Kids Oreos(Nick O'Malley, MassLive)
90) Sour Patch Kids Oreo — These cookies take you on a journey. They start sweet and lemony. But after a few chews, they really pop with sour flavor, firing off flashes of sharp tartness around your mouth.
Overall, you get a tart flavor that’s mostly lemon, but might have some other fruity notes in there. That pairs well with the vanilla cookie, which adds a foundation of sweetness and sets the stage for the fireworks show of sourness that comes later on.
The classic Golden Oreo (left) and Gluten-Free Golden Oreo (right) side-by-side(Nick O'Malley, MassLive)
89) Gluten-Free Golden Oreo— The issue with the Gluten-Free Golden Oreo is the outer cookie. While the original has a nice, clean vanilla sweetness, the gluten-free cookie has a bit of an off-taste. There’s a chalkiness to it that’s reminiscent of a Necco Wafer.
A Pumpkin Spice Oreo highlighted among other flavors.(MassLive File Photo)
88) Pumpkin Spice Oreo (2014 version)- The Pumpkin Spice Oreos are the first cookies to breach the “Just OK” line. They’re mellow enough for the eater to simply sit back and enjoy them instead of tensing up like they’re tossing a citrus cookie grenade down the hatch and hoping for the best.
Mystery-flavored Oreos.(Nick O'Malley/MassLive)
87) Mystery Oreo (AKA Fruity Crisp)— Pairing the “Fruity Crisp” flavor with the chocolate cookie creates a weird mash of dissonant flavors.
Then there’s the smell. It permeates the packaging. It gets everywhere. It’s like a fruity Axe body spray that will overpower every other scent in a 10-foot radius. This is a good thing at first. But then your nose gets tired of it, and you’ll want to lock the package in an old crate in the basement.
Chocolate Covered Pretzel Oreo cookies.(Nick O'Malley, MassLive)
86) Chocolate Covered Pretzel Oreo - It would be more accurate to call this a “pretzel-covered chocolate” Oreo. Just read that phrase one more time. Just by switching two of those words around, it now sounds 85% worse.
Caramel Coconut Oreos (Nick O'Malley, MassLive)
85) Caramel Coconut Oreo— You will either hate this flavor or be really into it. It’s kind of like Waffle Crisp cereal. There’s a mild coconut flavor that adds a little bit of creaminess. It’s hard to pick up over the artificial sweeteners of the caramel flavor screaming over everything.
PB&J Oreos(Nick O'Malley/MassLive)
84) PB&J Oreo— You get a taste of nice, mellow peanut butter, but then the jelly comes crashing in through the front door, throwing off everything the cookie was trying to do at that point.
Cranberry Sauce Oreos highlighted among the Thanksgiving Dinner Oreo Tin flavors.(Nick O'Malley/MassLive)
83) Cranberry Sauce (OREOiD Thanksgiving Dinner Tin)— Amid all the waxy fudge coating, you get vivid waves of tart flavor. It’s almost like eating a Sour Patch Kid. ... There’s a pleasant part, but you’re going to have to buckle in and ride out the sour portion to get there.
Oreo Thins Bites Fudge Dipped Mint(Nick O'Malley/MassLive)
82) Oreo Bites Fudge Dipped Mint Creme— I’m a fan of the normal mint Oreos, but not these. Either the creme is different or my mouth is dumb.
Lemon Oreos highlighted among other flavors.(MassLive File Photo)
81) Lemon Oreo— Of all the fruit flavors, this one is pretty manageable. To be fair, though, a lemon cookie is anything from groundbreaking. That’s why this one tastes similar to a low-end Italian lemon cookie, sort of on the lines of a Vienna Finger.
Oreo Thins Latte(Nick O'Malley/MassLive)
80) Oreo Thins Latte— This is a pretty disappointing cookie. Coffee Oreos are pretty good. But there’s something about the milky element in this one that made the flavor cloudy and unappetizing.
Toffee Crunch Oreos.(Nick O'Malley/MassLive)
79) Toffee Crunch Oreos — It’s sickly sweet, all sugar all the time. It’s a carnival of caramel-adjacent flavors. But not in a “ Hugh Jackman playing P.T. Barnum ” sort of way. It’s more of a “There’s one sad camel and the people protesting outside had a point” carnival.
Oreo Thins Salted Caramel(Nick O'Malley/MassLive)
78) Oreo Thins Salted Caramel— The “thin” aspect really hurt these cookies. You really don’t get much flavor at all outside of the cookie, which is a shame, because the flavor of the creme itself is pretty good if you can find it.
The new limited edition Coca-Cola Oreos.(Nick O'Malley, MassLive)
77) Coca-Cola Oreo — That cola flavor is contorted in some confounding ways by the vanilla and chocolate from the cookies — but not too much. That strange spin of flavor is launched into another sphere of peculiar by the popping candy, which crackles at the back of your mouth after you’ve chewed for a little bit.
Oreo Thins Lemon(Nick O'Malley/MassLive)
76) Oreo Thins Lemon— I’m pretty big on the Oreo Thins overall. The lemon version has a really nice cookie-to-creme balance, especially between the vanilla and lemon flavors.
Fudge-Covered Oreo(Nick O'Malley/MassLive)
75) Fudge-Covered Oreo— This is an Oreo wearing a chocolate blanket, and you can feel the overall weight of it dragging you down. It tastes good. But it doesn’t have good cookie replay value, which is where Oreos have their greatest strength. It’s really more of a confection than a cookie.
Cookies & Creme Oreo(Nick O'Malley/MassLive)
74) Cookies & Creme Oreo— Yes, this is the Oreo-flavored Oreo. It’s peculiar because it has about as much creme as a double stuf, but the flavor balance of a normal Oreo.
There’s really no reason for this cookie to exist. It’s a more efficient method of eating two Oreos simultaneously. These cookies are dumb and expensive and a monument to man’s folly.
Chocolate Creme Oreo (Golden)(MassLive File Photo)
73) Chocolate Creme Oreo (Golden)— This cookie is wholly unremarkable in every way. It tastes a bland sort of chocolatey with some vanilla cookie. Meh.
Salted Caramel Brownie Oreos (Nick O'Malley, MassLive)
72) Salted Caramel Brownie Oreo— The bits of salt on the outer cookie are noticeable, creating little pops of salty flavor in your mouth as you chew. The problem is that, since the salt is only mixed in with the outer cookie, your mouth is pretty much only paying attention to that part.
Post Malone Oreos(Nick O'Malley, Masslive)
71) Post Malone Oreo — The mixture of caramel and shortbread flavors in the filling creates a nice wave of sweetness that’s more balanced than most caramel Oreo offerings. It’s sweet and buttery rather than a pure firehose of sugar.
Oreo Thins Coconut(Nick O'Malley/MassLive)
70) Oreo Thins Coconut— I’m a somewhat coconut-averse person. Usually, there are better flavor options. But in this stance, I can appreciate it as a solid complement to the cookie. This is the first cookie that I could actually go around recommending to people (provided they like coconut).
Snickerdoodle Oreos (Nick O'Malley, MassLive)
69) Snickerdoodle Oreo— This is the first of a number of flavors that’s reminiscent of a Dunkaroo, with the combination of spiced cookie and creme. However, it’s a little lacking once you get into it. The sweetness is dialed down, while the winter spices are dialed up.
Peppermint Bark Oreos(Nick O'Malley/MassLive)
68) Peppermint Bark Oreos— I really don’t have any strong feelings about this cookie. It lands with a thud under the York Peppermint Patty-esque combination of chocolate and peppermint. It’s a fine combination and this is a perfectly fine Oreo.
Peeps Oreos(Nick O'Malley/MassLive)
67) Peeps Oreo— There’s no crazy marshmallow nonsense that normally comes with Peeps. Instead, we get a bright pink filling with crunchy little sugar bits. The best way to describe these cookies is that the creme tastes like “pink.”
Golden Oreos(Nick O'Malley/MassLive)
66) Golden Oreo— Golden Oreos tend to get overlooked in the hurricane of flavors, new and old. They’re forgettable, but not bad with their Vienna Finger-like flavor and crunch.
Oreo Thins Golden(Nick O'Malley/MassLive)
65) Oreo Thins (Golden)— It’s the same vanilla cookie/creme flavors as the original. But for whatever reason, the balance between the two comes off a little better in this formula.
Double Stuf Golden Oreos(Nick O'Malley/MassLive)
64) Golden Double Stuf Oreo— When you start messing with different sizes, it’s a weird matter of taste. Somehow, once you reach a certain point of creme content, it breaks into a higher threshold of flavor. That’s what happened with the Golden Oreo.
Neapolitan Oreo(Nick O'Malley/MassLive)
63) Neapolitan Oreo — The triple-flavor filling does what it claims. It hits in multiple different ways. Sometimes it’s chocolate-forward. Other times, you really get the strawberry. It’s a big flood of flavor that pops up in different areas. However, it’s a bit unwieldy with all the creme.
Blueberry Pie Oreos(Nick O'Malley/MassLive)
62) Blueberry Pie Oreo— These cookies will likely get your hopes up. You don’t get that much actual flavor when you eat them. The inclusion of the graham-flavor cookie is a nice wrinkle. However, the blueberry creme just doesn’t stand out much.
Pumpkin Pie Oreos highlighted among a tin of Thanksgiving Dinner Oreos.(Nick O'Malley/MassLive)
61) Pumpkin Pie (OREOiD Thanksgiving Dinner Tin)— These are cloyingly sweet with a pop of pumpkin pie-adjacent flavoring. I want to be clear: It’s not pumpkin pie spice. It’s straight-up industrial nutmeg goo.
Oreo Thins Extra Stuf(Nick O'Malley/MassLive)
60) Oreo Thins Extra Stuf— This is a weird cookie. This is a stupid cookie. It probably shouldn’t exist. Yet it does. I guess it’s for people that want to mainline the creme and ignore the cookie.
It has the creme proportions of a normal or Double Stuf Oreo, but less cookie. As a result, it’s mainly a brittle vessel for a creme overload.
Pictured: One of our former interns being subjected to a Jelly Donut Oreo.(Nick O'Malley/MassLive)
59) Jelly Donut Oreo— It’s a normal Golden Oreo, just with a separate grape jelly-flavored creme in the middle. This adds a really cool wrinkle to the whole experience. You get that nice blend of jelly and vanilla flavors, which go together surprisingly well.
Kettle Corn Oreos(Nick O'Malley/MassLive)
58) Kettle Corn Oreo— This reminded me of the old Waffle Crisp cereal. Deep down, I wanted something with a big blast of flavor like a breakfast cereal. Instead, this comes off as kind of middling.
Pumpkin Spice Oreos (the version released in 2022)(Nick O'Malley/MassLive)
57) Pumpkin Spice Oreo (2022 Version)— These are pleasantly sweet and balanced with a nice hum of those familiar pumpkin spice-adjacent flavors. The cinnamon and nutmeg notes are there. But as is tradition with mass-produced pumpkin spice products, there’s not a lot of actual pumpkin flavor.
I am 100% convinced that there have been minor tweaks from the 2014 version to make it a better, cleaner, tastier cookie and will not be convinced otherwise.
Caramel Apple Pie Oreos highlighted among the Thanksgiving Dinner Oreo Tin flavors.(Nick O'Malley/MassLive)
56) Caramel Apple Pie (OREOiD Thanksgiving Dinner Tin)— They certainly hit the namesake flavor with a thin, tinny sweetness that rattles around between a jolt of caramel and a chemically induced round of apple. The cookie really helps mellow the whole thing out. It’s milky sweet and a sugar rush, but fun — not terrible.
Chocolate Hazelnut Oreos(Nick O'Malley/MassLive)
55) Chocolate Hazelnut Oreo— This is essentially a Nutella Oreo that dances around copyright. It also dances around the flavor. The Nutella-ish filling almost tastes watered down and is overpowered by the cookie.
Oreo Mini(Nick O'Malley/MassLive)
54) Oreo Mini— No other Oreo has more cookie in the cookie-to-creme ratio than these. So if you really dig the crunch, then you may like these more.
Oreo Bites Fudge Dipped Original(Nick O'Malley/MassLive)
53) Oreo Bites Fudge Dipped Original— This is barely an Oreo, but I still like it. It’s a nice little mound of chocolate crunch that has the creme on the inside as basically a little afterthought. In terms of chocolate-to-creme ratio, this is the Oreo with the most chocolate involved.
Oreo Mini Golden(Nick O'Malley/MassLive)
52) Oreo Mini Golden— Similar to the original minis, but with the golden cookie. Between the two, you’re basically picking which cookie you think tastes better. If we’re mostly tasting cookie, I’ll go for the gold.
Sweet Potato Oreos highlighted among the Thanksgiving Dinner Oreo Tin flavors.(Nick O'Malley/MassLive)
51) Sweet Potato (OREOiD Thanksgiving Dinner Tin)— It’s cinnamon-forward, with more caramel than the caramel one. If they told me this one was “Cinnamon Roll” or “Pecan Pie,” I’d believe it. It’s a pretty well-balanced sweetness with a buttery hum.
50) Caramel Mocha Latte Oreo— This cookie does a good job of balancing all the different flavors it had going on. It easily could have fallen out of balance. But instead, it leads with the coffee flavor and thrives with the caramel and chocolate playing support roles.
49) Java Chip Oreo— There’s no real distinguishable difference between this and Dunkin’ Donuts Mocha Oreo.
Dunkin' Mocha Oreo(Nick O'Malley/MassLive)
48) Dunkin’ Donuts Mocha Oreo— The Mocha Oreo does a great job of emulating exactly what you want from a sweet mocha concoction. You get that nice chocolatey goodness up front, with the coffee filling out across your palate on the back end. It’s a solid one-two punch of chocolate and coffee.
Peanut Butter Creme Oreos.(Nick O'Malley/MassLive)
47) Peanut Butter Creme Oreo— Woah. This was not as sweet as I thought it’d be. It’s a much duller, darker peanut butter taste than you’d expect. More like a Nutter Butter than Reese’s Peanut Butter. But that dull peanut butter tastes doesn’t mesh very well with the chocolate, the whole thing tastes dull and doesn’t have that fun peanut butter/chocolate combo.
Peanut Butter Cup Oreo(Nick O'Malley/MassLive)
46) Peanut Butter Cup Oreo— A minor step up from the original peanut butter version. The separate peanut butter and chocolate creme flavors both work and create a sweet, mellow overall flavor that’s pretty darn good. It’s a little more chocolatey than the standard peanut butter version.
Reese's Oreo Cookies.(Nick O'Malley/MassLive)
45) Reese’s Oreo — There’s a reason Oreo keeps releasing this flavor with a fresh coat of paint. It rules. The chocolate Oreo is the perfect habitat for peanut butter creme. The nuttiness of peanut butter and the cocoa-laden bitterness of the outer cookie lay a fertile flavor foundation that explodes when all the sugar gets added to the equation.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie Oreo(Nick O'Malley/MassLive)
44) Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie— This is basically the old Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup Oreo with a different cookie on the outside. This time around, it’s a graham-flavored cookie, which leans heavily into the peanut butter flavor. It’s very much like a Nutter Butter and really nails the graham, buttery sweet flavor.
Loaded Oreos, with Oreo cookie crumbs in the filling.(Nick O'Malley, MassLive)
43) Oreo Loaded — They’re “Loaded.” Loaded with what? Itself, like a bored marketing executive, lost in a carnival mirror maze looking at myriad permutations of their reflection, thinking about their life and concluding that, yes, buying a Cybertruck will fix their internal philosophical quagmire instead of actually going to therapy.
Chocolate Creme Oreo(Nick O'Malley/MassLive)
42) Chocolate Creme Oreo— Not as chocolatey as I hoped it’d be. It was just an Oreo, with less classic creme taste and a lingering taste of what I guess was chocolate-esque. Overall, it just kind of tastes like a cookie, which isn’t bad. But it also isn’t double chocolate.
Dark Chocolate Oreos(Nick O'Malley/MassLive)
41) Dark Chocolate Oreo— Since this is dark chocolate, it comes off more like a really nice ganache rather than a big sugar bomb. It’s more of a slow chew rather than something to binge. For once, we’ve got an Oreo that isn’t designed to be eaten by the sleeve (not that I’m saying you can’t).
Rocky Road Trip Oreo(Nick O'Malley/MassLive)
40) Rocky Road Trip Oreo— You know what? I like this cookie. Flavor-wise, it’s similar to the chocolate-chocolate cookie. But the marshmallow bits and faux-nuts add a fun textural element. There’s just more going on in this cookie. It’s a slightly enhanced chocolate Oreo.
39) Black & White Cookie Oreo— This is a double-flavor cookie where both halves are solid, but entirely forgettable. There are simply too many flavors that are mixes of chocolate/vanilla.
The new Most Oreo Oreos (Nick O'Malley, MassLive)
38) Most Oreo Oreo — At its core, the Most Oreo Oreo is the company’s Most Stuf Oreo modified to feature cookies-and-creme filling, which is just a blend of Oreos in the creme that they used in their relatively bland “Cookies & Creme Oreo”
They’re ridiculous, but they do taste good. As the name implies, they’re Oreos. This just involves more Oreo in your Oreo. In fact, there’s more Oreo in this Oreo than any previous Oreo had in an Oreo.
Mega Stuf Oreo (Golden)(Nick O'Malley/MassLive)
37) Mega Stuf Oreo (Vanilla Cookie)— Is this a sugar bomb? Sure. But it’s an awesome sugar bomb. In this format, the cookies are pretty much just acting as vessels to carry the creme. Golden Oreos usually aren’t exciting. But once they reach ridiculous creme proportions, they start meriting more attention.
Oreo Bites Fudge Dipped Coconut(Nick O'Malley/MassLive)
36) Oreo Bites Fudge Dipped Coconut— These cookies have a great mix of chocolate and coconut flavor. It’s like a Samoa cookie without the caramel. The result is a satisfying chocolatey crunch that’s buoyed by a wonderful, creamy coconut flavor on the inside. What’s more, it has all the coconut flavor without the gritty coconut consistency — because apparently, that’s a thing for some people. (Well, at least Woody Harrelson in “Zombieland.”)
The limited editions Star Wars Oreos, featuring the light side (left) and dark side (right) varieties.(Nick O'Malley, MassLive)
35) Star Wars Oreo — Despite the elaborate marketing and packaging, Star Wars Oreos are a pretty tame flavor. They’re Double Stuf cookies with crunchy sugar crystals added. Again, the only difference between the “light side” and “dark side” cookies is the color.
Space Dunk Oreos(Nick O'Malley, MassLive)
34) Space Dunk Oreo — The new Space Dunk Oreos filled with “cosmic creme” are complete nonsense cookies and make zero sense. That’s why they’re awesome.
I tried these before looking up “cosmic creme” and finding out that the actual flavor is “marshmallow.” So when I bit into these, the flavor threw my mind through a loop.
Gingerbread Oreos(Nick O'Malley/MassLive)
33) Gingerbread Oreo— Gingerbread cookies by themselves? Meh. Gingerbread cookies combined with Oreo creme? Now that’s a recipe for success, especially with the pops of sweetness from the sugar crystals in there.
Carrot Cake Oreos(Nick O'Malley/MassLive)
32) Carrot Cake Oreo— Now we’re starting to enter the top tier of flavors. Everything past this point is really good. Even if you’re not a huge carrot cake fan, give this a try. It leans more “cinnamon roll” than “carrot cake.”
Cotton Candy Oreos(Nick O'Malley/MassLive)
31) Cotton Candy Oreo— It’s crazy how spot-on the cotton candy flavor is in this cookie. But the most remarkable quality is the texture of the cotton candy-flavored creme. If you isolate it and bite down, you actually get that familiar dense-sugar feel of a bite into actual cotton candy. It’s a technological marvel.
Mint Creme Oreos(Nick O'Malley/MassLive)
30) Mint Creme Oreo— I love over-the-top-sweet mint mixed with chocolate flavors. So, even though the mint flavor was a little out of control — like a box of Andes mints fired out of a T-shirt cannon — it was still enjoyable.
Avoid eating en masse. It’d probably end up feeling like downing a dozen cough drops covered in icing.
Most Stuf Oreo (Nick O'Malley, MassLive)
29) Most Stuf Oreo— It’s a Mega Stuf Oreo with more filler. You don’t really get any extra flavor with the extra cream. Instead, you get more of blank, crystalline substance in the creme to make the cookie thicker. There’s a reason the serving size is one cookie: There’s no reason on the planet to eat a second one.
The new Ultimate Chocolate Oreos (Nick O'Malley, MassLive)
28) Ultimate Chocolate Oreo — Eating a normal Mega Stuff makes you feel like you’re eating a depraved lab experiment gone wrong. The Ultimate Chocolate Oreo tastes like you’re eating an actual chocolate dessert. It’s like when a chocolate cake has too much frosting. For some people, it’s overwhelming. For others, it’s everything they need.
27) Oreo Thins Dark Chocolate— This is the only Oreo where the creme is an extension of the cookie and plays a backup role. Everywhere else, it’s the other way around, with the poor sandwich playing the role of an overmatched cookie Atlas holding an entire planet of creme on his shoulders (looking at you, Most Stuf).
It’s about as different from a normal Oreo as you can get without introducing wild flavors. It’s a great example of a success story in tinkering with the amount of creme and cookie in an Oreo.
26) Moon Oreos— There’s something about the simplicity of the marshmallow flavor and the moon aesthetic that really vibed with me here.
Fireworks Oreos(Nick O'Malley/MassLive)
25) Fireworks Oreo — They go down like normal Oreos, but leave behind a tiny cacophony of crackling sensations in your mouth. It’s like the Oreos rigged your mouth with the world’s most bubbly plastic explosives set to go off the moment your guard goes down (likely as revenge for devouring its small Oreo village like the Cookie Monster you are).
Fireworks Oreos.(Nick O'Malley/MassLive)
24) Birthday Cake (Chocolate Cookie) Oreo— I’ve long been a proponent of “birthday cake” as a flavor, probably because I’ve largely been invulnerable to overly sweet things and may or may not still have the palate of a 12-year-old. Still, this combination works well as a vessel for that little funfetti party of creme between the cookies. The chocolate cookies don’t do too much to complement the flavor, but they do get out of the way while providing that crunchy/creamy texture.
Triple Double Oreos(Nick O'Malley/MassLive)
23) Triple Double Oreo— At a certain point, this thing has to stop masquerading as a cookie. This is really just a miniature layered cake consisting of thin biscuits and icing. However, this cookie is more balanced than you might expect. It’s not overpowering and had a bunch of different textures and flavors unbecoming of this group. It really eats more like a dense cake than a sugar-rush cookie.
Maple Creme Oreos(Nick O'Malley/MassLive)
22) Maple Syrup Oreo— As far as maple-flavored cookies go, this is pretty good. It could have come off gritty and artificial. Instead, it’s delightful and mellow.
Mystery-flavored Oreos.(Nick O'Malley/MassLive)
21) Mystery Oreo (2019 Edition, AKA Churro)— Cinnamon Oreos are great. However, there’s a weird dissonance between the appearance of the cookie and the taste that knocks off a couple of points.
Red Velvet Oreo(Nick O'Malley/MassLive)
20) Red Velvet Oreo— The frosting is a rockstar here. It’s got a splendid cream cheese flavor, which is a little sweeter, a little creamier and has the same aftertaste as a dense cream cheese frosting.
Cinnamon Bun Oreos(Nick O'Malley/MassLive)
19) Cinnamon Bun Oreo— These are the best-smelling Oreos I’ve ever encountered. There could have been a bit more cinnamon flavor, but it’s still a really good cookie.
Apple Pie A La Mode Oreos.(Nick O'Malley/MassLive)
18) Apple Pie a la Mode Oreo — The moment you open the packages, you’re hit with a sweet smell of cinnamon and vanilla. Good news: Those notes carry on straight through into the flavor as well. Lots of Oreos try to capture the magic of their flavor inspirations. This is one of the best magic acts an Oreo has ever pulled.
Oreo Thins Chocolate(Nick O'Malley/MassLive)
17) Oreo Thins (Chocolate)— With less creme, there’s more room for the cookie to shine. In this instance, it’s a more balanced chocolate-y experience that pops off with more flavor than the original version.
Cookie Butter Oreo(Nick O'Malley/MassLive)
16) Cookie Butter Oreo— This pretty much tastes like a Dunkaroo. It’s awesome.
Oreo Thins Mint(Nick O'Malley/MassLive)
15) Oreo Thins (Mint)— I was expecting mint flavor, but not this much. This is basically the flavor profile of a Thin Mint jacked up by the creme to give you a blast of cool mint through the crumbly cookie. While the normal Mint Oreo has just a bit too much creme, this version hits just the right balance.
Chocolate Marshmallow Oreo(Nick O'Malley/MassLive)
14) Chocolate Marshmallow Oreo— “Marshmallow” might be the most underrated Oreo flavor. Every time they use it, the resulting cookie is awesome. This flavor just suffers from being a little boring.
Dirt Cakes Oreos.(Nick O'Malley/MassLive)
13) Dirt Cake Oreo — Despite the ballyhoo that Oreo stirs up with the gummy worm imagery on the package, these just taste like good chocolate Oreos. If you really think about it, you might get a little bit of fruity flavor. But that could just be a sprinkle placebo making my brain taste things that aren’t there.
Blackout Cake Oreos(Nick O'Malley/MassLive)
12) Blackout Cake Oreo — Once in a while, there’s this moment when you taste a good chocolate treat where your eyes go a little wide and you think “Oh, this is good. This is what chocolate is supposed to be.”
That’s the chocolate flavor you get from this Oreo. There’s almost a buttery element to it as the sweetness is dialed down into the sweet spot that is so rare for Oreos.
Mega Stuf Oreo (Nick O'Malley, MassLive)
11) Mega Stuf Oreo— Here we are: We’ve entered the realm of the classic Oreo. There are four iterations, all basically on the same tier. At this point, it’s basically a matter of what kind of creme-to-cookie ratio you want.
Mega Stuf is still really, really good. But unlike the vanilla version, the chocolate cookie doesn’t shine quite as brightly when serving as a vessel for a ton of creme.
Special edition Selena Gomez Oreos.(Nick O'Malley, MassLive)
10) Selena Gomez Oreo — When you bite into this cookie, you’re met with a pleasingly balanced cloud of cinnamon flavor. It’s sweet, with a powerful pop of the spice. But none of it is overwhelming. The cinnamon flavor is live and electric. It makes you want to grab another one right away.
Gluten-Free Double Stuf Oreos (Nick O'Malley, MassLive)
Tied 8) Double Stuf Gluten-Free Oreo — I closed my eyes and had someone give me Gluten-Free Oreos and regular Oreos. I couldn’t tell the difference. This is all you really need to know.
Double Stuf Oreo (Nick O'Malley, MassLive)
8) Double Stuf Oreo— Oddly enough, Double Stuf seems to have turned into the standard level of creme for the new flavors, which is probably why so many of them are over-the-top sweet. The classic Double Stuf, though? It’s still fantastic. It’s the first real experiment that Oreo put out, and it remains one of the best.
Oreo Thins Extra Stuf (Nick O'Malley, MassLive)
7) Oreo Thins— Thins over Double Stuf? Call me a heretic if you want, but they’ve won me over.
I love the balance here. You get the flavor of the creme, but without the mush out the sides that usually comes when you bite into an Oreo. It’s a small change, but it does produce a cool overall flavor and texture that makes me want to go back for more than the over-stuffed versions do.
Left column: Regular Oreos. Right column: Gluten-Free Oreos (Nick O'Malley
Tied-5) Gluten-Free Oreo — If you’re really trying to pick it apart, you can argue that the cookie carries a little lighter weight to it than the original, like a rice cereal vs. a wheat cereal. Does it ultimately matter under the sugar and chocolate? Not really.
The classic Oreo (Nick O'Malley, MassLive)
5) Oreo— Going back to a classic Oreo after trying all of the new flavors is like trying a bunch of slices of pizza topped with lasagna, french fries and chicken nuggets from a mediocre-quality joint before going back to a place that does it right and eating a slice of cheese or pepperoni. It’s just so much less of a damn chore to eat. Sure, it’s less exciting, but it just tastes good.
This is the only (non-thins) cookie I’d advocate eating more than four of in one sitting. The new flavors are too sweet to do anything other than give you a headache after you have more than a few. It’s not dissimilar to pounding shots at a bar: Take a dozen and you run the risk of barfing it all back up.
Hot Cocoa Oreos (Nick O'Malley, MassLive)
4) Hot Cocoa Oreo— This is a fantastic combo of chocolate and marshmallow. The marshmallow may seem like a small element, but it really adds a lot to the overall flavor of the cookie. It’s more balanced. It’s a chocolate-laced cookie warhead, sure, but that marshmallow aspect really makes it pop.
Birthday Cake Oreo Golden(Nick O'Malley/MassLive)
3) Golden Birthday Cake Oreo— The only exception to the chocolate vs. vanilla cookie rule. This Birthday Cake Oreo has the same filling, but the vanilla cookie on the outside is playing for the same team, adding another dimension to the bright, sweet icing on the inside. It’s less of a contrast than a complement, which results in a cookie that actively knows what it’s doing as a dessert.
Marshmallow Krispy Creme Oreos (Nick O'Malley, MassLive)
2) Marshmallow Krispy Creme Oreo— Have you ever tried Rice Krispies Treats cereal ? If so, this is the only thing I’ve ever encountered that’s ever come close to replicating that taste.
The smell is pungent and overpowering, the taste is surprisingly reminiscent of a Rice Krispies treat, while still retaining a unique mellow flavor.
S'Mores Oreos (Nick O'Malley, MassLive)
1) S’mores Oreo— The creme is addictive, and one of the rare instances where Oreo layered two flavors on top of each other (a technique they should experiment with more).
The separate marshmallow and chocolate cremes that fuse into a satisfying s’mores flavor fusion hitches a ride with a graham flavor jetpack and flies off into the cookie heavens.
This is the king of Oreos and needs to come back. Heck, they should make their own brand just from “S’moreos.”
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