Each Oreo Cookie Contains 90 Ridges. It Takes 59 Minutes To Make An Oreo

Be ready to observe by having your glass of milk handy as it is National Oreo Cookie Day. This day is recognized across the nation each year on March 6th.

The Oreo sandwich cookie is made up of two chocolate disks containing a sweet cream filling and is loved by millions. Since its introduction, the Oreo cookie has become the best-selling cookie in the United States.

• 7th Century AD- Cookies may have originated during this time in Persia, when sugar became more commonplace.
• 1898 – East Hanover, New Jersey sees the ‘National Biscuit Company’ formed, which is the parent company of the Oreo cookie
• 1908 – Oreos weren’t the first cookie-and-crème brand to hit the shelves. Hydrox began selling in 1908, Keebler’s ‘Droxies’ (as they were renamed) were acquired by Kellogg’s in 2001 and quietly dropped sometime between then and 2003.
• 1912 – The National Biscuit Company (today known as Nabisco) first developed and produced the “Oreo Biscuit” at its Chelsea factory in New York City.
  • Cookie founder Sam J. Porcello was often referred to as “Mr. Oreo” after he introduced us to our favorite sugary sandwich treat.
  • Today, the block on which the factory was located is known as “Oreo Way.”
  • 1912 – The Oreo Biscuit was renamed to “Oreo Sandwich.”
  • 1912 – The name “Oreo” was first trademarked on March 14, 1912.
  • 1912 – The first Oreo was sold on March 6, 1912, to a grocer in Hoboken, New Jersey.
  • The first Oreo cookies in the United States sold for 25 cents a pound in clear glass topped novelty cans.
• 1920 – With the original cream flavor being far more popular, the lemon meringue flavor was discontinued by Nabisco.
• 1948 – The Oreo Sandwich was renamed  “Oreo Creme Sandwich.”
• 1952 – William A. Turnier developed the modern-day Oreo design in 1952 to include the Nabisco logo.
• 1974 – Moving from Oreo Biscuit to Oreo Sandwich to Oreo Creme Sandwich, the name Oreo Chocolate Sandwich Cookie finally sticks.
• 1975 – The original recipe didn’t change much over the years until the favorite Double Stuffed Oreo Cookie was introduced.
• 1992 – Weird Al Yankovic released his album “Off the Deep End,” which included a song dedicated to Oreo. A parody of the song “The Right Stuff” by New Kids on the Block, “The White Stuff” was a tribute to the cookie and its creamy center. In it, he croons that “Twinkies and Ding Dongs” just won’t do, because Oreo cookies are all he really needs.
• 1998 – Oreo removed the lard from their cream, and they contain no dairy, so the cookies are technically vegan.
• 2000s – The first flavor they added to the brand was a lemon-filled Oreo, but it was soon discontinued. It wasn’t until the 2000s that the company began releasing numerous limited edition and holiday-themed flavors every year.
• 2004 – “Milk Favorite Cookie” campaign begins. Previously called ‘America’s Best Loved Cookie’ or ‘The One and Only’, the campaign changed in the early 21st century.
• 2004 – The way that you eat an Oreo might say something about your personality. Kraft Foods surveyed 2000 Oreo eaters and found dunkers tend to be energetic, adventurous, and social; twisters are sensitive, emotional, artistic, and trendy; and biters are easy-going, self-confident, and optimistic. They also found that more women dunk, while more men bite. And Republicans tend to dunk, while Democrats are twisters.
• 2012 – Supposedly, women are more likely to twist open their Oreos while men often devour them whole, according to research done by the company ahead of its 100th birthday. (2012).
• 2013 – They can be as addictive as cocaine. A study done at Connecticut College in 2013 found that Oreos activated neurons in the brains of black lab rats to the same degree as hard drugs.
• 2019 – It is estimated that a massive 450 billion Oreos have been sold since the product launched in 1912.
• The origin of the name Oreo is unknown, but there are many theories. ‘Or’ means golden in French or the Greek word ‘Oreo’, meaning beautiful, nice or well done.
• Throughout the history of Oreo, the brand has released more than eighty five different flavors! This includes Lemon, Birthday Cake, Red Velvet, Churro, Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie, and so many others.
• There’s no official statement on the matter, but it would appear that the plural of Oreo is Oreo. The Oreo and Mondelez websites, as well as all of Oreo’s social media profiles use “Oreo cookies” when they need to reference more than one cookie. They also maintain the all-caps style when referring to Oreo, similar to what’s on the packaging.
• Every Oreo cookie, aside from Double Stuf, Mini Oreos, Mega Stuf, and Oreo Thins, is exactly 71% cookie and 29% cream.
• The wafers could be black or brown. You decide. The chocolate wafers on an Oreo cookie are either dark brown or black, depending on who you ask. The official answer is that there is no answer.
• More than 40 billion Oreo cookies are produced per year.
• Oreo says that 50% of snackers twist and pull their cookies apart before eating, sometimes without dunking.
• A single Oreo cookie contains around 53 calories.
• It takes 59 minutes to make an Oreo.
• Each Oreo contains 90 ridges.
• DOUBLE-STUF MIGHT BE A MISNOMER. They’re actually only 1.86 times bigger than regular Oreos. You can thank a high school math class in upstate New York for the detective work—though following the revelation, a spokesperson for the cookie insisted they do in fact contain “double the stuff.”
• THERE’S A TOOL FOR EASY DIPPING. Those who love to enjoy Oreos dunked in milk should invest in The Dipr. The hook-like (or reaper-like) utensil is perfectly designed to snugly cup an Oreo cookie, allowing for easy dunking—and ensuring that none of the cookie gets lost in the liquid.
• Oreos are vegan.  America’s favorite cookie is, in fact, vegan. Neither cookie nor cream filling contains any dairy products.
• From end to end, these classic cookies could circle the globe over 300 times if lined up along the equator. A tower of Oreos could reach the moon and back at least five times.
• Cookie songs:
  • Oreo Cookie Blues by Stevie Ray Vaughn (1985)
  • “C” is for Cookie by Cookie Monster (1973)
  • Cookie Jar by Gym Class Heroes (2008)
  • Who Stole the Cookie by The Jaynetts (1965)
• Ways to eat Oreos:
  • Twist them apart, eat the cream center, and put them back together.
  • Twist them apart, eat the cream and cookie side first, and cookie only side last
  • Eat the cookie side first, and the cookie and cream side last
  • Any combination of the above while dunking in milk
  • Skip the milk and eat them whole.
  • Eat them whole, with milk but no dunking
  • Eat them whole dunking all the way
  • Some other interesting combination the world has never heard about

Sources

National Day Calendar

Foodimentary

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Spoon University

Mental Floss

Cleverpedia

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