Junk Food Nation, here’s what I’m thinking about this glorious Sunday morning in DC:

1. Daylight Savings Time is over, which for most people means they get an extra hour to sleep.  Or for you lushes, it meant you had an extra hour to party last night. Or for the zombie worker bee like me, it meant you woke up at “5:00 am” and couldn’t fall back asleep.  Did you know it’s still really effing dark at 5 o’clock in the morning?  ‘Cause it is.

2. The NYC Marathon is today.  Shout-out to my friend Kristi, aka the Bionic Woman, who is running it. Daylight Savings Time AND the NYC Marathon on the same weekend?  For some reason, I feel a Seinfeld flashback.

3. Buffalo Bills Watch, Week 9: Today the Bills take on the division rival Jets.  It is 37 degrees in Buffalo right now.  37.  Has anyone ever had a beer just freeze in their hands during these games?  I think its worth exploring.

4. Final shout-out to my parents, who have been married for 40 years today.  Can you imagine doing ANYTHING for 40 years?  I mean, working at the same job for 40 years…even if it was an amazing job, like being a Victoria Secret suntan lotion assistant, even THAT would get old after the first two decades, no? But marriage for 40 years…now THAT’S impressive.

Today’s review is a Non-Review: Winter Oreos!

The Money Shot

I was scouring the grocery aisles when I stumbled upon these Winter Oreos.  At first, I thought, “NEW FLAVOR NEW FLAVOR RED ALERT RED ALERT!” All of my junk food senses were popping and my taste buds were firing on all cylinders.  Then I looked closer:

Yeah...no

Red Creme: same great taste???? Oh no, Oreos – this is like those Football Oreos or Halloween Oreos, aren’t they????  Four fun winter shapes, sure, but same great taste?  You’re not gonna sprinkle in some peppermint, or some nog flavor, or maybe even some bits of candy cane?  Sigh.  Nope, you’re not.

Also, I don’t know if you can REALLY read it in the bottom right, but there’s a notice that says SEALED: Slit Appears When Opened.  I know what this means in the context of the packaging, but it still sounds dirty.

It's like eating Oreos soaked in dye

When you open these Oreos up, sure they look festive – red all over.  And it looks like the filling is more akin to the Double Stuff proportions, so there’s that.  But is there any change here except for the food coloring and stencil on the cookie itself?  Nope.

I can’t blame Oreos for marketing the cookies this way, though – it is the holiday season and it is worth taking advantage of.  Bit I kind of want to stand next to the Winter Oreos, screaming at anyone who buys them, “THAT’S RIGHT, LEMMINGS, BUY INTO THAT CORPORATE MARKETING MACHINE!”

Pre-2009

Incidentally, I did a little research and found that Winter Oreos have been around for a while, dating back I think to even 2003, where the packaging looked like the above pic…

2009 to present

…for a brief period of time, Oreo switched the Winter Oreo packaging to the one above, getting rid fot he snowman and focusing heavy on the cookie.  Personally, I like that they brought back the snowman.  The picture above makes it look like you’re about to chow on a wagon wheel.

Happy Sunday, everyone! And let’s go Buffalooooooooo!

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Sincerely, Junk Food Guy