REVIEW: Hot Chicken Wing Oreo Cookies and Wasabi Oreo Cookies
 

There comes a day in all novelty junk food reviewers’ lives when we must make the ultimate sacrifice for our craft. We boldly dash past others’ disgusted faces to taste the impossible snacks. We tackle the foods whose descriptions elicit not a single human response of “that sounds edible.”

Today is that day for me.

Eight months after reading about the release in China of Oreo cookies with Spicy Chicken Wing and Wasabi creme filling, I finally gave in to morbid curiosity and vastly overpaid to have a small box of each flavor make the 7,800-mile journey to my home – just so I could say I’d done it, and of course, to write about it.

I wasn’t completely convinced these Oreo cookies would be disasters. While most people turn their noses up at chicken-flavored snacks, I am drawn to anything that tastes like it was dipped in pulverized bouillon cubes (see Chicken in a Biskit crackers, Chicken & Waffles Lay’s Chips, and Chicken Pretz sticks).

We’ve also seen enough hot spice creep into candy recently that wasabi isn’t THAT much of a stretch. I had high hopes that these cookies would smash people’s expectations and be delicious. Okay, maybe not high hopes…a glimmer of hope?

I went for the Wasabi Oreo first. The smell inside the package was slightly cocoa – not at the usual Oreo level – and a faint trace of an earthy something. The first flavor to hit my taste buds was the chocolate, and again, not nearly as sweet as the O.G. American Oreo.

The wasabi jumped in immediately after, with a big flavor but just a tinge of heat – around a 3 (keeping in mind I’m a spicy wussy). The biggest problem was that the tastes clashed. It was the food equivalent of playing Slayer and Carpenters songs simultaneously – two things that shouldn’t go together, working independently to make an all-around unpleasant experience. I had no desire to take a second bite.

And because one must always save the best for last, it was Spicy Chicken Wing’s turn. I was greeted by the familiar and comforting aroma of powdered poultry, and was ready to be enraptured. A cocoa scent was almost unnoticeable.

The flavor was the expected salty, fake chicken, but like the wasabi cookies, it did not work at all with the chocolate cookie. I usually love a salty/sweet combo, but these were too different to do either taste justice. I wondered if they would be better with a vanilla cookie and less salt. There was heat present, but even less than the wasabi filling. The worst part of the experience, however, was the greasy slick it left behind in my mouth that still haunts me.

Saying these cookies were bad doesn’t quite cover it. This was the first time in my life that I ate less than a single Oreo in a sitting. I ate half a package of Swedish Fish Oreo when it came out, fercryinoutloud. Unless you have the neurotic compulsion to try ALL the Oreo flavors (like me), don’t bother with these.

Purchased Price: $9.36 each (+ free shipping)
Size: 97g box (10 cookies)
Purchased at: eBay
Rating: 2 out of 10 (Wasabi)
Rating: 1 out of 10 (Spicy Chicken Wing)
Nutrition Facts: (per 100g) Wasabi – 2035 calories, 21.6 grams of fat, 580 milligrams of sodium, 66 grams of carbohydrates, and 26 grams of protein. Spicy Chicken Wing – 2035 calories, 21.6 grams of fat, 580 milligrams of sodium, 66 grams of carbohydrates, and 26 grams of protein.


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Oh God why?

Kit Kats in Japan have a ton of flavors as well. One of these days I will have to try a soy sauce Kit Kat and wash it down with a Calpis milk soda.

My only true question is...are you really a professional junk food reviewer?

Heading to Japan in the fall. The Kit Kat store in Ginza is on the list.

Chicken wing and wasabi oreos reminds me of the thread not too long ago where some guy couldn't find any peanut butter to top off on his chili so he had to settle for blue cheese dressing and loved it.

This thread reminds me of how I felt when I first learned about the Confederate prison camps in the Civil War.

what?

I just need to put my foot down and go. I've been procrastinating about going to Japan for the past year.

Originally Posted by Rain Man View Post
This thread reminds me of how I felt when I first learned about the Confederate prison camps in the Civil War.

^^^Seconded

600 years ago today on a cold north pole night something magical happened under a star that shined so bright that is right it is the birth of our lord saviour baby jesus christ. a lot of people sometimes always forget the true story of christmas time so pull up a seat or borrow a stool from a friend and listen to the tale of the newborn king. when mary was lay in her bedroom on christmas eve feeling really excited for it being christmas day a angel whos name is called gabron floated down from heaven to tell her that while she was sleeping the other night santa claus laid an egg inside of her and mary said i cant believe it and then gabron did a massive screaming laugh that sounded like someone rolling a barrel of children off a roof and he said well we will see about that haha and then he tapped his finger on his nose 3 times and he did a slow motion wink and then he completely vanished into a puff of steam and then mary ran over to her boyfriend josephs house and she told him that santa claus had laid an egg inside of her and joseph said he couldnt believe it and mary said i know it is the one thing i least expected to happen and then suddenly a bright star whos name is called north appeared in the sky above them and he told them to follow him quickly before it is too late so mary and joseph climbed onto a donkeys back and they galloped after the star which led them to a barn in the middle of the north pole and he said this is where you are going to have your baby and mary said are you actually kidding me this place is so disgusting and it stinks of camels and the star said i know but it is the best i could do at this short notice and joseph said fair enough this will do i suppose and he looked at mary and rolled his eyes and then the star said good and it disappeared into the darkness and then 3 wise men came to the barn because they heard there was some sort of birthing going to be happening and joseph said they could watch if they each give mary a gift so they gave mary some gold earrings a 6 pack of frankfurter sausages and a olly murs cd because those are the things that she enjoys the most and then as quickly as a christmas wish mary starts pooing the egg out of her bum and one of the 3 wise men bursts out laughing when he sees the top of the egg coming out of marys bum and his laughing makes the other wise men burst out laughing as well and joseph kept on looking at them and tutting and then he said either you three just shut up or just stand outside of the barn because you are putting my mary off laying her egg and then mary did one last thick deep push and the egg completely slid out of her bum and landed on the barn floor and cracked open and baby jesus slowly climbed out of the egg and when joseph sees jesus he cant believe how big he is and he screams jesus christ he is massive and that is why they decided to call him jesus christ because it is what everyone always says when they first see the size of him and as mary and joseph and baby jesus and the three wise men all lay in the barn cuddling each others legs they hear the sound of sleigh bells high above their heads and at that very moment they knew that the spirit of christmas will forever live on inside of each and every single one of us for as long as baby jesus name is remembered and that is why on christmas eve santa claus lays an egg down everyones chimneys so they will always be reminded of that magical night when mary laid our lord saviour baby jesus christ out of her bum and into our hearts.

So you’re saying it tastes like your threads...

****ing disgusting.

I said, "This thread reminds me of how I felt when I first learned about the Confederate prison camps in the Civil War."