Ever since I saw these on Slashfood, I’ve sworn I’d never have them in my house, but they’ve never left my mind. A few days ago I ran across them… perhaps sought them out… at the local food coop. I was horrified… perhaps gratified… to find them.

My eating habits have changed quite a bit over the years and I no longer consider Oreos particularly good food… okay, they were never particularly good food but I no longer consider them something I’d generally want to eat at all. But for old time’s sake, and for the love of dulce de leche (which is a sort of Spanish cooked, caramelized milk) I decided I should try them.

The verdict is that they’re not really bad, but they’re not really good, either. I found the dulce de leche flavor to be a bit burned and artificial (and admittedly, the box says “Artificially Flavored” rather prominently). These are not the cookies that will make me start eating Oreos again. The act of twisting open the Oreo, however, and nibbling the soft creamy interior, was just as good as I remembered it.

When did Oreos become kosher? They don’t seem to contain cow anymore… I remembered the days when friends who kept kosher sought out Hydrox because Oreos contained meat products. Now it seems that they may contain neither meat nor milk. At least they don’t have soy, either.

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