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I'm just going to say it: I'm Oreo's b*tch. I love Oreos and have tried almost every one of the overpriced "special editions" the company hawks. So, no surprise, I was going to try this one ⇩ today as I was a fan of the Double Stuff Oreo the day it came out and the Mega-Stuff one when it made its debut as well. That said, a little part of my brain - not lost to my sugar endorphins - thought this sounded silly.
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Bushman

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I'm just going to say it: I'm Oreo's b*tch. I love Oreos and have tried almost every one of the overpriced "special editions" the company hawks. So, no surprise, I was going to try this one ⇩ today as I was a fan of the Double Stuff Oreo the day it came out and the Mega-Stuff one when it made its debut as well. That said, a little part of my brain - not lost to my sugar endorphins - thought this sounded silly.
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I do love Oreos, but that's an excellent way to pack less cookies in the box if you ask me. :p
 
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I do love Oreos, but that's an excellent way to pack less cookies in the box if you ask me. :p

All the special editions are rip-offs to the point of obnoxiousness. The packages are specifically designed to hold less cookies. If I was a stronger person, I'd boycott the entire manipulative effort, but darn it, life is short, I love Oreos and don't really feel like I have to take a stand on this one.
 
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I saw this and thought of Brother Fading immediately:

https://leafbrands.com/hydrox/

I read recently somewhere about Hydrox trying to make a comeback, but that Oreo (or Mondelez, the parent company) is squeezing Hyrdox out of shelf space so as to not give the company a chance to make that comeback. The cookie business is cutthroat. Growing up, I remember having both cookies, but Oreo was the preferred one in our house. And once Double Stuffs came along - game over.
 
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I never have had a babkas, but those pictures sure leave me wanting for one or two. They are beautiful.
:D

I only learned about them when I moved to NYC as they are (I think) a Jewish/Russian baked good. Also, they seem to be having a "moment" right now as the foodies have discovered them as they are popping up everywhere (and being "deconstructed" and "expanded" in every way possible - at least in NYC).

In the end, they are, basically, a version of a coffee cake. I've had an almond one from a local Harlem bakery that is outstanding. It's from a bakery "incubator" that gives young bakers a chance to build a business before they have the capital to start a full bakery.

It is one of my favorite things that happen in NYC as it is an example of real multiculturalism where you have young black and hispanic bakers creating incredible Jewish/Russian babkas not because of a top-down or government do-good program, but because the bakers want to do it from a creativity and business perspective.
 
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I only learned about them when I moved to NYC as they are (I think) a Jewish/Russian baked good. Also, they seem to be having a "moment" right now as the foodies have discovered them as they are popping up everywhere (and being "deconstructed" and "expanded" in every way possible - at least in NYC).

In the end, they are, basically, a version of a coffee cake. I've had an almond one from a local Harlem bakery that is outstanding. It's from a bakery "incubator" that gives young bakers a chance to build a business before they have the capital to start a full bakery.

It is one of my favorite things that happen in NYC as it is an example of real multiculturalism where you have young black and hispanic bakers creating incredible Jewish/Russian babkas not because of a top-down or government do-good program, but because the bakers want to do it from a creativity and business perspective.
I first heard of babkas during the Seinfeld episode wherein he has to settle for a cinnamon babka instead of a chocolate babka. An almond babka with a cup of coffee and a plate of bacon sounds like a great way to start a Sunday morning.
:D
 
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I first heard of babkas during the Seinfeld episode wherein he has to settle for a cinnamon babka instead of a chocolate babka. An almond babka with a cup of coffee and a plate of bacon sounds like a great way to start a Sunday morning.
:D

Until I had that one - I didn't even know almond babka was a thing.
 
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Just coming back from grocery store. A new storebrand one! Plum-crumb cake! Need a couple of hours to defrost, right now. No advice for microwave-defrost, this time.
 
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NY Deli-style “Chinese Cookies”- Almond cookies with a dollop of bittersweet chocolate on top -a classic (at least in the greater NYC-metro region):
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scotrace

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My wife has subscribed to a snack delivery thing, thenaturebox. All natural snacks that are really quite delish. I like the dark chocolate covered almonds and the jalapeño cheddar popcorn, m'self.
 
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My wife has subscribed to a snack delivery thing, thenaturebox. All natural snacks that are really quite delish. I like the dark chocolate covered almonds and the jalapeño cheddar popcorn, m'self.

We were gifted several month of that service (I'm 90% sure it was Nature Box) a year or so ago - very nice stuff (always wished the quantities were larger).
 

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