UNDERCOVER EXPAT: OREO - China's Favorite Cookie. Seriously.

     

 This post is dedicated to my friend K-Balls. And obviously to Oreo's 100th birthday.

 For arguments sake, K-Balls' favorite cookie is the Oreo. Kraft/Nabisco has also branded it as America's favorite cookie. Well move aside K-Balls and America, Its CHINA's Favorite cookie, and with a population of over a billion people, its China for the win. 

Now, the Chinese (and Kraft for that matter) don't take this moniker lightly. Their Oreo game is beyond on point, with many other seemingly un-related products spawned from the humble chocolate and god only knows what flavor it actually is, white icing sandwich cookie. 

Obviously, the Centennial cookie flavor was heavily promoted here (birthday cake icing flavor with funfetti) and I would be lying if I said that i didn't have a few boxes of these special edition munchies stashed away in my room. ....

But the massive footprint of OREO is best seen in its bevy of products available to the Chinese market. Behold, this is the selection of Oreo products that take up one side of an entire aisle at the supermarket. 

Mango and Orange dual flavored Oreos; Green Tea Cheesecake and Peach flavored Oreos; Vanilla Ice Cream flavored oreos, Green Tea Ice Cream flavored oreos; Original Oreos, Cookies and Creme Oreos; Strawberries and Creme Oreos; Chocolate Oreos; Birthday Cake Oreos. All available in convenient single serving boxes, packs or family packs.

 And should get bored of the Oreo in its pedestrian sandwich cookie form, fear not, fret not, because you can also get it in Wafer Form as well as Cookie Straw Form. And your options don't end there, you can continue to customize by either choosing said wafer or cookie straw in "plain" or drizzed/dipped in additional chocolate/ganache/god only knows what.

 And of course, who could forget the Blueberry/Raspberry combination.

   K-Balls, the Oreo's alone are worth a visit. Have you bought your ticket yet?